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In the leadup to November, Democrats and Republicans have flocked to the furthest reaches of 22 Native American reservations in Arizona in a bid for votes. Native Americans, who make up about 5% of the state’s population, voted in big numbers for the Democratic Party in 2020.

Navajo family farms once lined the San Juan River in southeast Utah, but many have fallen idle. A water rights settlement with Utah has given some Navajo residents hope those farms can return.

Supporters want self-determination, while opponents say incorporation will lead to increased growth in the rural pocket of Weber County.

For more than 20 years, Aaron Reimschiissel has been carving pumpkins. Not the typical jack-o’-lantern, but intricate, 3D sculptural creations.

Native Americans have grown food in the desert for ages, but many tribal agricultural traditions have disappeared. Now, people in southeast Utah are working to bring Navajo traditions back — one fruit tree and garden bed at a time.

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints says a new sleeveless version of the temple garment is especially for people in hot and humid areas. Researcher and religious historian Jana Riess doesn’t think that’s the whole story.

About 32% of Navajo homes still have no electricity. Before the pandemic, Lorraine Black and Ricky Gillis filed the needed paperwork to get power. Nearly five years later, the couple’s mobile home in rural Halchita, Utah, was finally connected to the grid.

The bond doesn’t pay for the criminal justice services – it only funds the infrastructure.

It’s not always easy to make friends in a new place or when life changes, but these women have formed a group where “sisterhood, hiking and booze meet.”

Republican Rep. Burgess Owens and Democratic challenger Katrina Fallick-Wang staked out different sides on social media, abortion and LGBTQ+ rights.