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investors,” he said. “The benefit for the investors is that they actually get a return on their investment, 10.5% over 36 months. Most crowdfunding campaigns work on a donation basis, whereas with Honeycomb, those donations are actually investments. Not only do investors receive a return, they are also investing in the well-being of community based small businesses, which I believe are vital to the local economy.” He added that Back to the Basket isn’t looking to expand to another location …

for restoration of the Klamath River. “Fish came from the ocean and they brought with them these marine-derived nutrients and all the great things that the ocean provides to the land,” Yurok Tribe Fisheries Director Barry McCovey said. “And that was abruptly ended 100 years ago.” A saying often heard with the Klamath River is that the installment of the Iron Gate Dam cut the river in half. “They pretty much extinguished the spring run in the Klamath, the one that everyone was dependent on the most …

. The first one, a 5-year agreement, was approved in 2020. Tribal Lands and Self-Governance Manager Jan Michael Reibach said the 10-year agreement will help reduce staff time spent on renewing agreements more frequently. “Most Tribes have an annual agreement but when you have this, it requires extra processing and you have to renegotiate it every year,” Reibach said at a Tuesday, Dec. 3, Legislative Action Committee meeting. “By entering into the multi-year agreement, it streamlines the process …

Tribal Government & News Tribal Council member wants to explore hatchery business 12.30.2024 Nicole Montesano Fish Matthew Haller By Nicole Montesano Smoke Signals staff writer Fish hatcheries, like most everything else, have two opposing views. “There’s the pro-hatchery folks, who think we could solve all the salmon problems with hatcheries,” Grand Ronde Tribal Fish & Wildlife Program Manager Kelly Dirksen said. “There’re other folks who think hatcheries are the only reason we have problems …

, for fear that species not native to the creek could introduce parasites or viruses to the juvenile fish. The chances of a juvenile salmon surviving to spawn are not high, Weems said. Out of thousands that leave Agency Creek for the ocean, a mere 300 or so make it back most years. Part of that may be the arduous journey. “Coho have to travel 250 miles from the ocean to Agency Creek, through the Columbia, the Willamette and the Yamhill,” Weems said. “By the time they get here, they’re pretty tired …

Tribal Government & News Judge denies PGE, Tribe’s requests for summary judgement 01.08.2025 Nicole Montesano Willamette Falls By Nicole Montesano Smoke Signals staff writer PORTLAND -- A federal district court judge has denied requests to dismiss a lawsuit brought by Portland General Electric against the state of Oregon and Department of State Lands over 5 acres of land at Willamette Falls, meaning the case will most likely go to trial in the spring. Trial is scheduled to begin on Monday …

had been kind of thinking on it already and it seemed like the type of thing that I had done in the past, just maybe not to that extent,” she said. So far, her favorite part of the job is getting to help the Elders and the most challenging part is the subject matter she helps them with. “I very much enjoy going and talking to Elders and listening,” she said. “A lot of times they just need somebody to listen and to know that they were heard.” In addition to the Tribe, King has worked at a care …

are unregulated. “Nobody knows what’s in it; it could be anything,” he said. “A lot of people don’t realize they will become addicted. When it was (popular) before, people were using it to get off heroin. They were thinking, it’s natural, it will ease the withdrawal – and then what would happen is they would get off heroin using kratom, stop taking the kratom and have withdrawal from that.” Seizures are the most common symptom of overdose of kratom or kratom products, Laidler said. In addition, some …

and really work on providing the most benefits and services to the membership and yet maintaining benefits to the employees.” In other action, Tribal Council: Approved a limited waiver of sovereign immunity for Extended Care Professional software, which will be used by the Tribe’s Adult Foster Care lodges to replace paper charting; Approved agreements between the Great Circle Recovery Clinic pharmacy and pharmacy benefit management companies Humana, OptumRX and Prime Therapeutics, to bill …

by $500,000. As the school grows, Flynn said, so will the amount allocated to it by the state. She said her proposal to Tribal Council included a three-year expansion, with additional money coming in from the state each year, to decrease the amount needed from the Tribal budget. By year three, she hopes to have the school offering full-time kindergarten through fifth grade, with the state funding $700,000 annually, and the Tribe funding $800,000. Most of the Tribe’s portion, she said, will go …