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the marathon. Despite training most of 2024, Gaston was unable to achieve that one last dream: She walked on unexpectedly on Wednesday, Dec. 4, just days before she was to race. So, the Grand Ronde Emergency Services Department decided to finish what she had started. Gaston had long been a supporter of the department and loved talking to the firefighters. She suffered a sudden emergency on Tuesday, Dec. 3. Emergency Medical Technician/Firefighter Jennifer Colton was one the first people on the scene …

Culture Logan to fulfill childhood dream in New York fashion show 01.31.2025 Nicole Montesano Tribal member Tribal member Auburn Logan models in the Northwest/West Coast Indigenous Fashion Show at Spirit Mountain Casino’s Event Center last July. Logan is modeling in Yurok Tribe member Shoshoni Hostler’s show in New York Fashion Week in New York City on Saturday, Feb. 8. (Smoke signals file photo) By Nicole Montesano Smoke Signals staff writer Modeling Native-designed clothing in one …

votes and George received 528 votes. "This election was like one I've never seen before,” McClary said. “With only 15 votes separating second and sixth place, it literally came down to Saturday's walk-in voters. Perhaps that's a testament to the fact that candidates need to work hard right to the very end. This election cycle seemed very clean and each candidate seemed very respectful of one another. That's something each of us should be proud of, and I hope that can be an example for future …

A-line skirts and breezy summer dresses to formal regalia and gowns. Several of the models wore moccasins in a variety of styles; a couple went barefoot while others sported chunky heels. A few thigh-high boots also made an appearance. Outfits in one collection included several pairs of men’s jeans in heavily patched blue denim as well as orange, adorned with baggy front thigh pockets featuring strips of bright pink and blue floral fabric, “influenced by powwow culture and grandmas all over …

staff writer A game that began as an escape and a lifeline for Tribal member Highpine Eastman has become a cherished hobby – one that is slowly filling his shelves with trophies. Eastman has become a disc golf devotee, and he is working his way up the ranks of the sport, attending multiple competitions every summer. Eastman didn’t foresee this happening; he just wanted to get out of his apartment for a while. He was living in Fairview, near his ancestral Chinookan homeland in 2019 …

barrier to on-time graduation faced by the Willamina School District is that 95 percent of its students are considered economically disadvantaged, which can result in multiple challenges that affect learning and graduating on time, with the biggest one being regular school attendance. The district has one of the highest chronic absenteeism rates in the state. Chronic absenteeism is defined as a student missing 10 percent or more of scheduled school days. As a result, the district was a recipient …

said the most visible part of the project will be one of the smaller parts of the overall expansion construction. “The outside of the building will be clad in cedar that we got from the Willamette National Forest,” said Harrelson. Harrelson said the cedar was donated to the Tribe for the project and that the department only had to pay for transportation of the lumber. He said the cost savings to the Tribe were “huge” because of the donation. Much of the funding has come from years of fundraising …

to spend and that he was able to amend the funds from a 2014 grant to purchase the body cameras and related software. McKnight chose to work with a company in the United Kingdom to secure the cameras his personnel use today. “We tested out a couple of different cameras. The one that we chose to go with is Reveal,” said McKnight. “The reason we chose them is because they had good quality cameras and also the lens on the camera is adjustable so we’re able to turn it. Officers can adjust the lens …

an honor to be on the same powwow grounds with this man (Russell), so give him a big hand.” Russell survived the Pearl Harbor attack by scrambling via rope to the nearby USS Missouri, staying out of the raging oil- and gas-fueled fires in the water. He is one of only 29 Oklahoma shipmates still alive today. Sixteen days after Pearl Harbor, he was reassigned to serve on the destroyer USS Mahan as a gunner’s mate. Three years later to the day on Dec. 7, 1944, he survived unharmed a kamikaze attack …

Ronde area, ranging from leased mobile home sites to Elder housing to low-income and market rate homes to apartments. And there is consistently a waiting list for every conceivable housing option. Occupancy rates in 2018 were between 94 percent and 100 percent for all Tribal housing, according to the Housing Department’s annual report. “Our biggest waiting list is one bedrooms,” says Housing Department Manager Shonn Leno, citing more than 20 people waiting on that particular Tribal housing option …