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order to improve fish passage and water quality at several of its dams for both spring Chinook and winter steelhead — in many cases, by conducting deep drawdowns, to accommodate both outgoing salmon fry and returning adults. The judge who issued that order, U.S. District Judge Marco Hernandez, noted in a ruling that the Corps failed to carry out similar orders from the National Marine Fisheries Service, issued in its 2008 Biological Opinion and Reasonable and Prudent Alternatives report …

with an Associate of Applied Sciences in Secretarial Science Technology. (Contributed photo) In the summer months, she returned home and worked as a fire lookout for the U.S. Forest Service, until a lightning strike during a memorable storm destroyed the radio in the tower she had just exited. For the next three days, she said she was without contact with the outside world. After leaving Haskell, she took a break from school for a few decades, working and marrying, before returning to school …

on enrollment will be under way. I hope we can finally put to bed this divisive issue that has been fracturing our Tribe since 1999. Every current Council member paid lip service to enrollment in his or her campaign, and from what I can tell, not all of them were sincere. There has been little movement on this issue for the past three years. Even now some Council members are passive-aggressively sabotaging the matter by attempting to distract the membership and delay the election even further. On Sept. 14 …

to be competing for a while and then as it gets older it will start to stabilize,” Dillon says. “I do believe over the next five months that I don’t know that the impact will be worse than we’ve seen. … We have a smart competitor with a huge amount of money and a lot of resources. … For Round One, we’re doing pretty good, but there are other rounds to come and I think it will get tougher.” Dillon compliments Spirit Mountain Casino staff members who have worked hard on providing good customer service …

. Cree Confederation played the “Canadian Flag Song,” which master of ceremonies Bart Powaukee said was similar to America’s national anthem. Tribal Council Vice Chair Chris Mercier welcomed Saturday contestants and attendees. “We’re grateful you are here and want to express our gratitude,” he said. “We’d also like to thank our ancestors. Without them, we wouldn’t be where we are today. I would also like to thank our veterans for their service and each and every one of you who chose to spend your …

with our patients and we don’t like it.” The Tribal Health & Wellness Center is working toward implementing new procedures, using treatments such as physical therapy, chiropractic, acupuncture and opioid alternatives like anti-inflammatories and nerve pain medications. Health Services Executive Director Kelly Rowe says that the clinic’s policy changes are being driven by nationwide substance abuse issues, as well as recommendations from the CDC and Indian Health Service. Also, having a pharmacy …

that medical care was the most common service needed by the victims of lifetime violence. Among the women seeking services, 38 percent were unable to get the help they needed. Grand Ronde Domestic Violence Prevention Coordinator Anne Falla said that intimate partner violence is not always limited to just physical abuse. “Abuse is also emotional in nature and it is easy to discredit people who report it by making them look bad,” Falla said. “For example, people will say the person making the claim has …