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and interest, to the Tribe from Spirit Mountain Gaming Inc. Tribal Council also approved using up to $20 million from its line of credit to maintain account liquidity. Tribal Attorney Rob Greene said during the Legislative Action Committee meeting that the two moves will help prepare the Tribal for all financial contingencies. Tribal Council member Michael Langley said he thought the line of credit resolution was a “good move” because interest rates are very low currently. Tribal Council member …
/articles/2020/03/18/tribal-council-prepares-for-financial-effects-of-virus-outbreak-declares-emergency/and students navigating poverty than the state as a whole means our continued efforts to foster equity and excellence for all Oregon students continues to yield positive results.” Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, some of the rules regarding graduation were changed. Seniors still had the same 24-credit requirement, but they were given credit for any course in which they were passing at the time of the extended school closure. Gill says that this allowed schools to provide additional focus on securing credit …
/articles/2021/01/29/on-time-graduation-rates-dip-for-oregons-native-american-students/could trade in her Nissan. A few weeks later, she began receiving phone calls about her car payment being late and was ultimately sent to collections for a $10,500 debt. Her car, which she thought was used for a trade-in, was auctioned off. With bills mounting and her credit ruined, she sought legal help from a Flagstaff nonprofit, DNA-People’s Legal Services, and after more than 18 months received a settlement from the auto dealer. Assistant Director of the Midwest Region Joannie Wei noted …
/articles/2022/11/15/is-the-irs-really-texting-you-nope/, Dennis Knight Sr.; grandmothers, Delores Knight and Lola Cooksey; grandfather, Roy Cooksey; brothers, Derrick Cooper and Dennis Knight Jr.; sisters, Rebecca Knight-Alvarez, Rachel Knight and Faith Knight; uncles, Jesse Knight, William Knight, Roy Cooksey Jr. and Gerald Cooksey; aunts, Brenda Gray, Loretta Sisemore, Sirena Cooksey, Rhonda Geppert and Karen Plunges; 12 nieces and nephews; and a great-nephew. Raeann’s memorial service was held at the Lighthouse Church in Grand Ronde, Ore., on April 18 …
/articles/2020/04/29/walking-on-raeann-knight/Tribal Government & News Tribe blesses site of new Willamette Falls fishing platform 09.05.2018 Danielle Frost Tribal Council , Culture , People , History , Natural Resources , State Government By Danielle Frost WEST LINN -- During a beautiful fall afternoon, with blue sky and the roar of rushing water in the background, a contingent of Tribal Council, Tribal members and Tribal employees participated in a ceremony that blessed the future site of a fishing platform at Willamette Falls …
/articles/2018/09/05/tribe-blesses-site-of-new-willamette-falls-fishing-platform/: Authorized a professional services agreement with GBD Architects to create a master plan for the Blue Heron site in Oregon City and work with Oregon City to amend its 2014 master plan for the site. The contract is not to exceed $590,380; Approved a three-year agreement with the West Valley Fire District for the Tribe to provide expanded fire and emergency medical services in the area and take full ownership of the ambulance; Approved emergency adoption of the Fuel Tax Ordinance so …
/articles/2021/12/15/tribal-council-approves-2022-spending-plan/in Sheridan, which is also part of the Tribe’s ceded lands. Stella-Jones is a Canadian manufacturer and a leading producer in the U.S. of treated wood products such as railroad ties, utility poles, residential lumber and industrial products. “Their site sits on top of the former Taylor Jones Lumber site that was already cleaned up as a Superfund site,” Tribal Environmental Policy Analyst Keri Handaly said. “DEQ’s inspection found that (Stella-Jones) practices were re-contaminating portions …
/articles/2025/09/29/tribe-wants-stella-jones-to-commit-to-environmental-responsibility/and coordination. … You might be able to solve a problem by doing that.” Tribal Planning and Grants Manager Kim Rogers said those in attendance provided good input. “The suggestions to add more stops here in Grand Ronde and to look at some kind of local connector service to get people around the community will of course have some cost and we will see where we end up on what services we can afford,” he said. The Tribe hired Kittleson & Associates of Portland to assist with updating its 2007 Coordinated …
/articles/2018/01/31/meeting-allows-for-community-input-regarding-area-transit/of your service?” The survey also asked if people had landlines. People were asked to provide information about how they felt about the cost of their telephone service and rate the quality of the service. The survey asked if people had satellite or cable television and which companies their providers were. Information Services wanted to know if people bundled their current services and asked if Grand Ronde were to start its own company would people be interested in becoming customers. Information …
/articles/2016/12/29/tribe-examining-telecom-business-potential-for-grand-ronde-area/. “It is very unusual.” Chief warrant officers serve a unique role in naval service as they are enlisted people who are commissioned as officers and have been called to serve from their senior enlisted ranks as technical managers. Bly, 54, served in the military from 1982 to 2007, or as he puts it, “Twenty-five years, two months and five days.” Since retiring, Bly has spent much of his time traveling in his motorhome, sailing and in the mountains exploring. His favorite spot to sail is the Saratoga …
/articles/2018/04/30/tribal-elder-ronald-bly-climbed-the-navys-chain-of-command-during-his-career/