The Arizona Attorney General’s Office is looking at whether the Navajo County Board of Supervisors violated the state constitution when it named lawmaker David Marshall the next county recorder.

Last month, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals turned down one of the last surviving legal efforts to challenge the transfer of land from the Tonto National Forest to Resolution Copper. Now, drilling is ramping up.

More than half of the 2,400 miles of Route 66 pass through Indian Country. And much of it follows ancient Native American hunting trails and trade routes.

Oklahoma, California, Washington, Arizona, New Mexico, Wisconsin, Michigan and New York have the most. Some tribes, including the Choctaw Nation in Oklahoma and Oneida Indian Nation in New York, have their own store chains.

From frybread to biscochitos, Indigenous cooks have relied on Blue Bird Flour in its iconic cotton bag since the 1930s. The Southwest staple has now found space inside the Heard Museum in Phoenix.

Since becoming President Donald Trump’s health and human services secretary, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has spent a lot of time in Arizona. His latest stop in the Valley came on Wednesday while visiting the Gila River Indian Community.

Under Operation Not Forgotten, more personnel will be filtering through nearly a dozen FBI field offices with close ties to Indian Country. When asked, the FBI National Press Office would not specify how many agency staff are “surging,” writing “we do not have an estimate” in response to KJZZ.

Tuesday marks the deadline to comment on a Trump administration proposal that could roll back a two-decade ban on mineral leases — including oil and gas drilling — around Chaco Culture National Historical Park in New Mexico.

The Department of Child Safety is backing a package of bills to reform Arizona’s child welfare agency.

After much speculation, Navajo Nation President Buu Nygren has decided that he will seek reelection later on this year. The carpenter became the youngest president in Window Rock after defeating incumbent Jonathan Nez four years ago.

This effort all began three years ago, when Republican state Rep. Teresa Martinez sponsored a bill that pitched letting the Gila River Indian Community design a plate of its own.

County officials discussed the opportunity of connecting Tucson to the Mexican passenger rail network at a Pima Association of Governments meeting in January. The meeting included participation from the Mexican railroad agency and consulate.