You can lose weight, bring down your blood pressure and help your body fight off the novel coronavirus all at one time. That information was shared in a webinar May 30 to help Native Americans and others to boost their immune systems as the COVID-19 virus continues to ravage northwestern New Mexico.

A diet with plant-based food, along with other lifestyle changes, could help boost your immune system, Dr. Caroline Trapp of the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine said.

Trapp is a doctorally prepared nurse practitioner (a nurse with a PhD) and the director of Diabetes Education & Care at the PCRM.

Trapp joined Navajo Nation President Jonathan Nez and other nutrition experts in...

SHIPROCK — The Navajo Police Department has received several reports from concerned citizens from the Shiprock area, including many from the farming community, regarding the possible unauthorized growth of marijuana or hemp in Shiprock.

“We are aware of the concerns brought to our attention by the community and we are working collectively in this investigation with [the] Navajo Department of Criminal Investigation and BIA Drug Enforcement agency on the criminal aspect of these allegations,”  Chief Phillip Francisco said. “We have sent our findings to the Navajo Nation Prosecutors Office for further review.”

Through the investigation, the Navajo Police Department identified...

‘Many of our problems are interrelated and intertwined’

Democratic congressional hopeful Teresa Leger Fernandez’ family tree goes back 16-17 generations in New Mexico.

Born and raised in Las Vegas, in San Miguel County, she says what she always wanted to do was be involved in public service.

Fernandez has a public impact law firm. “I try to take on work that improves communities — Native American Tribes or voting rights or affordable housing,” she said.

She said she decided to run for office a week after Ben Ray Lujan said he was running for the senate. “I realized that this district [Dist. 3] has historically been represented by individuals who have done a lot for the...

Joshua Sanchez, Republican candidate for Senate District 30

Joshua Sanchez sees New Mexico needs a change, and wants to be that change, based on his years as a small business owner.

“We need to bring in more jobs,” Sanchez told the Gallup Sun June 4. “That’s what I’m running on. More jobs means less crime and less drugs. When people have money in their pocket, they feel good about themselves, so there is less of that.”

Sanchez was born south of Albuquerque, in Belen, and now lives in a rural farming community. After graduating from Belen High School, he took the technical skills he acquired from school and working on his family’s farm to RMCI construction and then to...