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the summer with the last measurable rain in March. The winds did start picking up on Monday (Aug. 7) and became really strong on Monday night. The peak wind speed was 82 mph in Maalaea on Tuesday. … The strong winds didn’t die down to normal until Thursday morning.” As of press time, there were 115 confirmed fatalities, according to the Maui Police Department website. Travel to West Maui is discouraged through October, but travel to other parts of Maui is welcomed to keep residents employed …

is a precautionary measure to help protect the Tribal community, staff and guests as the COVID-19 outbreak escalates throughout the state, region and country,” said a press release jointly issued by Kennedy and Spirit Mountain Casino General Manager Stan Dillon on Thursday, March 26. “The Tribe’s and casino’s first priority is the health and safety of everyone that comes to Spirit Mountain Casino. The casino management and Grand Ronde Tribal Council will continue to monitor the situation and will revisit …

a series of several small steps. During her tenure at the bakery, she chaired various auctions, community boards and did volunteer fundraising. After the business sold, she took a few months off for serious soul-searching. “Going into the nonprofit sector seemed like a perfect fit,” Watson says. “This job is a dream for me. My day job informs my work at the City Club as well. … There is a lot of learning involved, but I love it. It’s two sides of a coin.” In her position at Latino Network, Watson …

-century or more club were Higher Education Manager Bryan Langley at 25 years, and Health Benefits Specialist Barbara Steere, Staff Accountant Melanie Hubbard and Procurement Assistant Kelly Herber at 26 years apiece. Employees reaching the 20-year mark of service included Assistant Tribal Attorney Kim D’Aquila and Health & Wellness Data Entry Specialist Sharon Wattier, and Tribal Attorney Rob Greene notched his 22 nd year of employment. Natural Resources Manager Michael Wilson and Finance Officer …

employees and customers. According to the casino’s website, masks must be worn by all employees and guests while indoors. The mandate took effect on Wednesday, Aug. 11. Meanwhile, the Siletz Tribe closed its casino, Chinook Winds, in Lincoln City on Thursday, Aug. 12, and hopes to reopen in Aug. 26. The Siletz Tribal Council and Chinook Winds executive team said the decision was “in the interest of public health and safety.” The Cowlitz Tribe’s casino, Ilani, about 16 miles north of Vancouver, Wash …

Restoration efforts in the late 1970s and early ‘80s, and served two terms on Tribal Council from 2005 to ’11. Merrill, an Army veteran who served from 1958 to ’64, walked on June 26 at the age of 82. He was an active member of the community, having served on the Tribe’s Veterans Special Event Board, in the Honor Guard and on the Rodeo Committee, as well as volunteering at the Grand Ronde Food Bank. Their deaths were acknowledged after the Saturday afternoon grand entry by former Tribal Council …

said, but they failed to provide for fish. “They were put in in the late 50s and 60s, and some have no fish passage,” he said. “Others have passages of sorts but they don’t work well.” To get past the dams, juvenile salmon, which normally stay near the surface, must dive 50 feet or more to reach the outlets. Many die, due to what the Army Corps of Engineers calls “harsh passage conditions,” including not only the depth, but spinning turbines that batter and bruise the young fish as they try …

implemented, including the fall deep drawdowns at Lookout Point and Green Peter dams, which began in 2023,” it stated on its website. The agency put out a press release highlighting an unfortunate effect at Green Peter Resevoir, where 8,000 kokanee salmon died in October 2023. Kokanee, which are landlocked sockeye salmon, are not endangered or native to the reservoir. They are stocked there for fishing. The Corps blamed an injunction issued by U.S. District Judge Marco Hernandez in 2021. Hernandez …

Rights Fund and state Sen. Dick Springer. In addition, Tribal employees who had worked for the Tribe five years or more received a commemorative coin with the Grand Ronde logo embossed on it. 1988 - Tribal Council unanimously approved a resolution in support of Chris Leno's appointment to the U.S. Naval Academy. Leno was attending Oregon State University, majoring in business administration. 1983 - President Ronald Reagan signed House Resolution 3885, which became Public Law 98-165, the Grand …

Chair Shelly Lowe and many other Tribal leaders sitting in the audience. Attendees also included more than 6,000 viewers on YouTube, where the event was streamed live and remains available for viewing. The first lady spent the first part of the reception recognizing Hopi Nation member Lori Piestewa, who was the first woman to die on the front lines in Iraq and the first American Indian to die serving the armed forces in 2003. “When her community back home in Tuba City heard that she was missing …