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purchasing Portland Meadows horse racing track and incorporating a “racino” on the existing site. “We have to pursue all viable options if the rules of gaming in Oregon are about to change,” Tribal Council Chairwoman Cheryle A. Kennedy said. “If the governor is going to allow off-reservation gaming, and he repeatedly said in recent months that he is about to for the Warm Springs, we have a responsibility to our 5,000 members to continue to sustain our economic self-sufficiency.” 2000 – In an effort …

Tribal Government & News Yesteryears -- Aug. 1, 2020 07.30.2020 Danielle Frost History 2015 2015 – Archeology students from the University of Washington in Seattle participated in an archeological dig at a site on Grand Ronde Road. The Tribe’s Historic Preservation Office, in collaboration with the university’s Department of Anthropology, hosted a summer archeology “field school” on the Tribal homelands for students. The course, “Field Methods in Indigenous Archeology,” taught students how …

than one week at a time over a three-week period; Removes state positivity requirement in favor of county positivity requirement. The new guidance also recommends that schools consider hybrid models at the beginning that return a portion of the school population first and then add more students on-site over time. “This will allow schools to build new safety routines, stabilize cohorts and avoid sudden disruptive transitions back to comprehensive distance learning due to quarantine or isolation …

.” Changes to the state guidance on Jan. 19 include resources to support outdoor instruction, revisions to align with the occupational safety and health rules, requiring employee representation for back-to-school planning and a requirement that districts offer on-site COVID-19 testing if they are located in counties in high case counts. Schools in Yamhill, Marion and Polk counties are currently included in that description. The Willamina hybrid model will feature a half-day, morning or afternoon session …

to drive to the clinic. We are in the elderly category with autoimmune issues, so we’ve been sheltering and distancing as much as possible. We had hoped to receive our shots in the coming weeks, but felt it important to get the vaccine at our first opportunity. Once at the site, we found that everything was being run extremely well. The wait was about 15 minutes and everyone respected the mask and social distancing requirement. We were kindly greeted by a staff member who gave us a simple form …

limited on-site meetings and visitors, and limited programming. The Tribe closed to all but “essential” employees in mid-March 2020. It re-opened to most employees in May, but employees were required to undergo temperature checks, wear masks and keep socially distant from colleagues. Mercier said the move to Phase 3 has been prompted by a variety of factors, including the Tribe being able to obtain sufficient personal protection equipment and testing supplies, and there being adequate contact …

personnel on Jan. 4 after finding there was reason to doubt Enrique Omar Mejia’s mental ability to proceed with a criminal defense against the arson charge filed against him. Oregon City police arrested Mejia, 29, for the Dec. 5 fire at the former Blue Heron Paper Mill site that the Tribe purchased in August 2019. He was originally scheduled to go on trial on Wednesday, Feb. 3. Mejia’s court-appointed attorney Ruben Medina Jr. requested a psychiatric/psychological examination, saying …

the purchase of the 25.62-acre Risseeuw 3 property that is immediately south of the Tribe’s Risseeuw 2 property at the end of McPherson Road in Grand Ronde. Tribal Council approved the purchase and sale agreement during its May 19 meeting. The second property is 0.85 acres located in Wood Village adjacent to the former Multnomah Greyhound Park site that the Tribe purchased in December 2015 for $10 million. In October 2020, Tribal Council Chairwoman Cheryle A. Kennedy announced that the Grand …

has two volunteer firefighters as well as manager Steve Warden assisting with the 150,000-acre Bootleg Fire near Klamath Falls. The volunteer firefighters are working on structural protection, while Warden is part of the State Fire Marshal’s incident management team. They are expected to be on site for at least another week and potentially two, depending on fire conditions. Oregon's wildfire season began early this year due to drought and record-high temperatures. In late June, Gov. Kate Brown …

Chairwoman Cheryle A. Kennedy announced the Grand Ronde Tribe would reassess its use of the site for a possible second casino in reaction to the Siletz Tribe’s application to the Department of the Interior to build a second Tribal casino in Salem. In June, Tribal Council approved a supplemental budget to purchase two properties, once of which was an almost acre lot adjacent to the former Greyhound Park in Wood Village. Share On Facebook Share On Twitter Share Article Link Subscribe Subscribe …