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Highway. Warrant service occurred in the 27100 block of Salmon River Highway. A death investigation occurred in the 27100 block of Salmon River Highway. Officers assisted an outside agency on an emotionally disturbed person in the 7700 block of Birch Street. Tuesday, Dec. 26 Warrant service occurred in the area of South Street. Officers assisted an outside agency on a disturbance call in the 100 block of Main Street. A hazard was reported in the area of milepost 23 on Highway 18. A hazard …

Culture MMIP walk honors missing and murdered 09.11.2025 Nicole Montesano Murdered and Missing Indigenous People Riley Freeman, 13, left, and Tribal member Fabian Quenelle participate in Ampkwa Advocacy’s 2025 Missing and Murdered Indigenous People Awareness Walk at Riverview Park in Independence Saturday, Aug. 30. (Photo by Michelle Alaimo) By Nicole Montesano Smoke Signals staff writer It has been 26 years since Leona LeClair Kinsey (Puyallup) of La Grande, Oregon, joined the legions …

and Lands Director Jan Reibach, Social Services Department Manager Dana Ainam. 29 years : Ceded Lands Program Manager Michael Karnosh 28 years : Restorative Assistant Donnette Spaulding, Police Records Evidence Technician Egypt Leno, Cultural Center Supervisor Crystal Szczepanski, Judicial Operations Supervisor Julie Boekhoff. 27 years : Employment Specialist Tauni Tollas. 26 years : Procurement Department Manager Nathan Rolston. 24 years : Housing Improvement Coordinator Donald Coon. 22 years …

prizes of $250; six prizes of $500 and three prizes of $1,000. It honored the following employees: 36 years: Kelly Leno, procurement specialist. 30 years: Julia Papen, licensing program manager. 28 years : Sunni Ulestad, billing supervisor. 27 years: Melody Baker, clinic business office manager. 26 years: David DeHart, employee relations manager; Becky Mode, compensation-HRIS specialist. 25 years: Angela Sears, Spirit Mountain Community Fund director. 24 years: William Mercier, web administrator …

are directed to use your best efforts in the suppression of these evils." Even at 18, Jones saw clearly into the future. In his valedictory speech, also reported in Harrison's biography, he said: "As the Indian was brought to bay, he looked around and saw the white man everywhere. He has submitted to the inevitable, and is now beginning to know that … the white man's God … intends that all men should be brothers. Instead of looking on the white man as an enemy, we turn to you for help. Will you be our …

milepost 26 on Highway 18. A confused elderly driver was contacted and provided a courtesy ride back to their residence. Friday, Aug. 5 Traffic assist performed for a disabled vehicle near milepost 24 on Highway 18. Citizen contact occurred in the 9600 block of Grand Ronde Road. Assisted outside agency with a domestic disturbance in the 200 block Cherry Hill Road. Officers responded and assisted Yamhill County Sheriff’s deputies with the arrest of the involved male. Assisted outside agency …

. Those were some good years. But because I am off Tribal Council doesn't mean I can't fight for my beliefs and for what is right and just. There seems to be a lot of fuss over this most recent constitutional amendment on enrollment. I personally believe most of it is nitpicking. Whether it's one issue or four or five, the Tribal Council is dealing with it how they see it best. The amendment in 1999 was also a bundle but nobody seems to be criticizing that council. I see one issue at stake …

and opportunities for healing and networking for veterans. To help in that effort, the Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde held a pre-summit workshop on Thursday, July 9, in the Tribal Community Center to brief other Pacific Northwest Tribes on its agreement with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs that allows it to serve Native veterans through the Tribal health clinic. Health care for Native veterans living in rural areas or in areas of the country without a Veterans Affairs hospital is problematic at best …

” as it gets. But I also know that following Termination, people left and set up lives elsewhere. They went where there were jobs and means of supporting their families, many leaving the state. There is nothing wrong with that, for many it was the best choice. I don’t look down my nose at these people or their descendants. Which is why I am OK with this proposal. We were given a Tribal government and casino to improve the lives of those descended from the many Tribes and Bands that were forced …

after nine months on Tribal Council. Has it always been this divided? I don't know. What I do know is we have a lot of people in this Tribe who don’t like each other, and they base their votes on that. This constitutional election has made that obvious. But now for my reasons you should vote “yes”: Enrollment: The 1999 amendment needs to be history. A “yes” vote is the right thing to do. The 1999 bundled amendment had multiple facets, and this proposal does the best possible to resolve the chaos …