Warm Springs treaty turns 166: ‘The real story of the West’
Friday marked a milestone. On this date in 1855, a treaty paved the way for what would become the state of Oregon, and land ownership as it exists…
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Suspicious 45-acre Warm Springs wildfire investigated as possible arson
A suspicious brush fire that burned about 45 acres on a hillside near a fish hatchery on the Warm Springs Indian Reservation Monday night is being…
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S-503 Fire on Warm Springs Reservation at 6,200 acres; Klamath fire evacuation level lowered
A wildfire on the Warm Springs Indian Reservation southeast of Mount Hood grew to about 6,200 acres Sunday, also bringing hazy skies to Central…
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EPA issues burn ban on Warm Springs Indian Reservation
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 10, in coordination with the Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation, has issued a ban on…
Continue Reading Bend law firm launches fund to benefit the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs
Karnopp Petersen LLP has announced the launch of a new donor-advised fund with the Oregon Community Foundation to benefit the Confederated Tribes of…
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‘Into the Fray’ wildland firefighters exhibition set to open at The Museum at Warm Springs
“Into the Fray: Native American Wildland Firefighters of Warm Springs and Beyond” opens Thursday, June 24 at The Museum at Warm Springs. The…
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The Museum at Warm Springs kicks off membership drive
The Museum at Warm Springs kicks off its annual Membership Drive this week. This year’s Drive honors Warm Springs longtime Board of Directors…
Continue Reading Interior Department OKs building a new Warm Springs jail; current jail closed for past year
A year after the Warm Springs Tribal Police Department’s roughly half-century-old jail was closed, amid COVID and other issues, the U.S. Interior…
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Bend man charged with DUII, assault in Hwy. 26 three-vehicle head-on crash
Three drivers were taken to hospitals after an unsafe pass attempt led to a crash Sunday night on U.S. Highway 26 on the Warm Springs Indian…
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Warm Springs Fire & Safety seeks tips to recover stolen brush truck
Warm Springs Fire and Safety is asking the community to keep an eye out for its stolen F-350 brush truck, stolen from the fire station bays early…
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US Senate passes bill to help repair Warm Springs, other tribes’ water infrastructure
The U.S. Senate passed a water infrastructure package Thursday that includes legislation by Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., to improve…
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Terrebonne woman killed, 4 injured in Hwy. 26 head-on crash on Warm Springs Reservation
A Terrebonne woman was killed and four people were injured Thursday afternoon when the driver of an SUV apparently fell asleep at the wheel and…
Continue Reading Warm Springs man struck, killed on Hwy. 101 in apparent hit-and-run
A 23-year-old Warm Springs man was struck and killed in an apparent hit-and-run crash on U.S. Highway 101 in Tillamook County late Saturday night,…
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Early-morning fire destroys home in Warm Springs
A fire that began in a carport spread to and destroyed a home in Warm Springs early Friday morning, officials…
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Bill to address Warm Springs, other tribes’ water woes advances in Senate
The U.S. Senate Committee on Indian Affairs on Wednesday passed the Western Tribal Water Infrastructure Act, legislation introduced by Sens. Ron…
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Warm Springs, 8 other Oregon tribes receive affordable housing grants
Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., said Friday that nine Oregon tribes will receive more than $10.5 million in affordable housing grants under…
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Warm Springs police ID 2 pickup drivers killed in Hwy. 26 head-on crash
Warm Springs police have identified two drivers killed Sunday when one pickup truck crossed the center line and collided head-on with another in a…
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Wash. man jailed after Hwy. 26 high-speed chase of stolen pickup, Madras crash
A high-speed pursuit of a stolen pickup on Highway 26 began on the Warm Springs Indian Reservation on Monday and ended in Madras with a crash into…
Continue Reading Wyden, Merkley reintroduce bill to help Warm Springs, other tribes with water woes
Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., reintroduced legislation Wednesday to help improve water quality and services for Oregon’s tribal…
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First Oregon USDOJ report lists 11 missing, 8 murdered Indigenous persons
The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Oregon released its first annual Missing and Murdered Indigenous Persons program report on Friday,…
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