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on Tuesday, July 20. Within 24 hours, the video of Kayla’s heart-warming tearful reaction has been viewed almost 1 million times on TikTok. Drew, who works as a financial director at Northwest Community Credit Union out of Eugene, said that he thinks the tape originally got lost when the person who recorded it, who also worked for the church, accidentally switched it with another tape. Drew said his wife’s reaction to finally seeing the tape was “pure happiness” and added that his plan …

. 8 Tribal Council packet were approved authorizations to proceed that established a $1 lease fee at the home ownership property on McPherson Road to create an infrastructure fund to supplement the cost of future repairs and upgrades, instructed Finance Officer Chris Leno to start the supplemental budget process to fund the recent increase in minimum wage and related wage compression rate increase in the amount of $486,000 and established the Sept. 15 per capita payment amount. Tribal Council …

, the referral bonuses do not apply to rehires at the casino. Other incentives for people to work at the casino include a $1,000 sign-on bonus, including re-hires who have been gone at least six months; a $17-an-hour minimum wage – more than $35,000 a year -- for non-highly tipped positions; a $1 differential for graveyard shift workers; time and half for employees who work holidays; and $3 an hour extra for employees who work weekends that fall on a holiday. And wait, that’s not all, Mercier said …

in the 8700 block of Grand Ronde Road. Emotionally disturbed person reported in the 9600 block of Grand Ronde Road. Assist outside agency in the 7900 block of Rowell Creek Road. Suspect arrested for giving false information to a peace officer in the area of milepost 1 on Highway 18B. Wednesday, Oct. 13 Citizen contact occurred in the 9600 block of Grand Ronde Road. Driving complaint reported in the area of milepost 4 on Highway 22. Sex offense reported in the 25000 block of Grand Ronde Road …

Jr. He was preceded in death by his parents, Edward and Verna Larsen; brother, Michael Larsen; and sister, Jeannie Larsen. Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 6, in the Grand Ronde Tribal gym, 9615 Grand Ronde Road. Interment will be in the Grand Ronde Tribal Cemetery. Memorial contributions can be made to the Portland Shriners Hospital for Children in care of Dallas Mortuary Center, which is caring for the family. To leave an online condolence or to share a memory …

Gallery is open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday and noon to 5 p.m. Saturday. Kowing was a member and Elder of the Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde. He was born in McMinnville on April 1, 1944, and attended Sheridan and Ballston elementary schools. He graduated from McMinnville High School in 1962 and graduated from Linfield in 1966. After serving in the U.S. Navy until 1968, he studied painting at the Rieveld Academy in The Netherlands and subsequently obtained a Master of Fine Arts …

. It will be followed by the 1 p.m. ceremony, which will be open to the public with no attendance restrictions or mandatory mask wearing or social distancing. The four pillars at the West Valley Veterans Memorial feature the names of Tribal and community members from Grand Ronde, Willamina and Sheridan who served in the four major branches of the U.S. military – Army, Navy, Air Force and Marine Corps. The addition of 12 names total in 2020 and ’21 increased the number of those honored on all four pillars …

Tribal Government & News Watson resigns as Portland’s equity office director 03.14.2023 Danielle Frost Tribal member Lisa Watson By Danielle Frost Smoke Signals staff writer PORTLAND -- Tribal member Lisa Watson has resigned her position as the director of the new Office of Equity and Human Rights for the city of Portland. She was selected by Portland Commissioner Carmen Rubio and began her new role on June 1, 2022. Oregon Public Broadcasting reported that Watson sent out a staff letter …

regarding the Tribe’s error-plagued enrollment files. “We must continue our conversations around the future of enrollment and how we move forward,” Langley said. “We hope that you will continue to join us at our upcoming enrollment meetings and workshops so that we can continue that work.” The meetings will be held in a hybrid format on Zoom and in-person at 5:30 p.m. Thursday, April 13; Wednesday, April 19; Thursday, May 4; Wednesday, May 17; and Thursday, June 1. All meetings will be at the Tribal …

is also a member of the Long Tom Watershed Council, to research whether allowing goats to graze on sections of the property is more efficient than using herbicides for weed control. The property was donated to the Grand Ronde Tribe by The Nature Conservancy in 2019, which also gave the Tribe about $1 million in stewardship funding. Approved the 11 Tribe O’Link memorandum of agreement. The annual agreement is necessary because the Grand Ronde Tribe’s Indian Housing Block Grant service area overlaps …