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Tribal Government & News Tribal Council OKs June 12 per capita date 05.29.2015 Dean Rhodes Tribal Council By Dean Rhodes Smoke Signals editor Tribal Council approved a per capita date of Friday, June 12, during its Wednesday, May 20, meeting. The per capita payment will be the first processed in-house by the Tribe’s Finance and Member Services departments. Tribal Controller Linda Hanna said the move to in-house processing will save the Tribe about $85,000 annually. In other action, Tribal …
/articles/2015/05/29/tribal-council-oks-june-12-per-capita-date/Tribal Government & News Tribal Council amends its own travel policy 01.14.2015 Dean Rhodes Tribal Council Tribal Council amended the policy governing its members travel during the last meeting of 2014 held on Wednesday, Dec. 31. The appendix to the Tribal Council Travel Policy allocates $9,000 annually for each Tribal Council member for business travel. However, travel expenses directly attributed to unavoidable travel delays caused by bad weather, mechanical issues, national disasters and …
/articles/2015/01/14/tribal-council-amends-its-own-travel-policy/Culture Walking On -- Hattie Mae Emmilee Craig 12.17.2018 Dean Rhodes, Smoke Signals editor Walking On Dec. 3, 2018 – Dec. 11, 2018 Tribal member Hattie Mae Emmilee Craig passed away at Oregon Health & Science University’s Doernbecher Children’s Hospital in Portland on Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2018. She was born Dec. 3, 2018, at Willamette Valley Hospital in McMinnville, Ore., the daughter of Grand Ronde Tribal member Stephanie (Wood) Craig and Umatilla Tribal member Fermore Joseph “Joe” Craig Jr. …
/articles/2018/12/17/walking-on-hattie-mae-emmilee-craig/Tribal Government & News Yesteryears -- March 1, 2020 02.27.2020 Danielle Frost History 2010 2015 – The Tribe filled the top spot in the Education Department that had been vacant for three months. Leslie Riggs, 47, a former supervisor for the Tribe’s 477 Program, moved into the job. He moved from managing six employees to almost 50, and said he strived to be the kind of manager who “gets out of the way and lets people do their jobs.” Bringing in grants and other new funding sources, creating …
/articles/2020/02/27/yesteryears-march-1-2020/Tribal Government & News Tribal Council approves additional restoration work on Rail Depot 04.15.2020 Dean Rhodes Tribal Council Tribal Council approved additional funding for the continuation of restoring the Grand Ronde Rail Depot on Wednesday, April 15. The depot is the only local building on the National Register of Historic Places. (Photo by Timothy J. Gonzalez/Smoke Signals) By Dean Rhodes Smoke Signals editor The only building in Grand Ronde on the National Register of Historic Places …
/articles/2020/04/15/tribal-council-approves-additional-restoration-work-on-rail-depot/Tribal Government & News Tribal Council approves seven grant applications 04.29.2020 Dean Rhodes Tribal Council By Dean Rhodes Smoke Signals editor Tribal Council approved seven grant applications during its Wednesday, April 29, meeting that included two requests for COVID-19 pandemic aid, two for the planned Salem clinic to combat opioid addiction with medication-assisted treatment and three for educational purposes. The two grant applications for coronavirus pandemic help were to the Centers …
/articles/2020/04/29/tribal-council-approves-seven-grant-applications/Tribal Government & News Tribal Council approves Public Records Ordinance amendments 08.05.2020 Danielle Frost Tribal Council , Tribal government By Danielle Frost Smoke Signals staff writer Tribal Council approved final adoption of proposed amendments to the Public Records Ordinance during its Wednesday, Aug. 5, meeting. The amendments include changing the name to the Freedom of Information Ordinance and giving Tribal members the ability to request Tribal records that identify them directly …
/articles/2020/08/05/tribal-council-approves-public-records-ordinance-amendments/Health & Education Tribe awarded $590,055 Access to Care grant 05.20.2021 Dean Rhodes Health & Wellness By Dean Rhodes Smoke Signals editor The Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde is one of 48 organizations that will receive a total of $10 million in initial funding to provide services required by Measure 110, the Drug Treatment and Recovery Act approved by Oregon voters in November 2020. The Tribe will receive $590,055, according to a May 18 Oregon Health Authority press release. Organizations …
/articles/2021/05/20/tribe-awarded-590-055-access-to-care-grant/Gaming Casino implements myriad efforts to recruit employees 09.30.2021 Dean Rhodes Tribal employees , Spirit Mountain Casino , COVID-19 Spirit Mountain Casino (Photo by Timothy J. Gonzalez/Smoke Signals) By Dean Rhodes Smoke Signals editor Know someone in need of a job? Refer them to Spirit Mountain Casino and you might receive $500. The referral award is just one of many efforts being made by Spirit Mountain Casino to recruit employees and solve its staffing shortage. General Manager Bruce …
/articles/2021/09/30/casino-implements-myriad-efforts-to-recruit-employees/Tribal Government & News Tribal Council approves three supplemental budget increases 09.07.2022 Dean Rhodes Tribal Council Tribal Council approved a $265,000 supplemental budget on Wednesday, Sept. 7, to purchase the 12.36-acre Freeman property at 28075 McPherson Road in Grand Ronde. (Photo by Timothy J. Gonzalez/Smoke Signals) By Dean Rhodes Smoke Signals editor Tribal Council approved three supplemental budget increases for 2022 during its Wednesday, Sept. 7, meeting. The largest allocation …
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