After an underground electrical fire on Friday that took out most of the water systems in Warm Springs, several Central Oregon organizations are banding together, collecting supplies and asking for donations.
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Two water reservoirs on the Warm Springs Indian Reservation are running out of water and delivery of drinking water to homes in those areas has begun, officials said Sunday, two days after an electrical fire knocked the reservation’s water treatment plant offline in the latest water woes to hit the area.
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Fifteen Oregon traditional artists will each receive $5,000 awards for the creation of new works through the Traditional Arts Recovery Program, a partnership between the Oregon Arts Commission and the Oregon Folklife Network.
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The Warm Springs Community Action Team, a community-based organization on the Warm Springs Reservation, announced a major milestone Thursday toward completing its Commissary Business Incubator Project, a plan to move and revive the oldest building on the reservation.
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Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., announced this week that Warm Springs, Talent and Pendleton have been selected by federal officials to participate in a cutting-edge energy storage program to increase energy resilience in the face of increasingly dangerous weather events and a changing climate.
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A resident of the Fort Hall Reservation in Idaho and former CEO of the Warm Springs Economic Development Corp. pleaded guilty Monday in federal court for his role in a fraud scheme targeting the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs, prosecutors said.
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Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., announced Monday that the Warm Springs Housing Authority has secured a $1.03 million federal grant from the American Rescue Plan to rehabilitate 11 rental units for the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs.
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Stereotypes of Native American peoples are ubiquitous and familiar. “Savages and Princess: The Persistence of Native American Stereotypes,” opening Wednesday, April 6 at The Museum at Warm Springs, brings together 12 contemporary Native American visual artists who reclaim their right to represent their identities as Native Americans.
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A pickup truck stolen from Knife River in Deschutes County Monday morning was spotted in Madras by a Jefferson County sheriff’s deputy. Deputies followed it until Warm Springs tribal police flattened both front tires with spike strips and the alleged drugged driver, a Bend man, was arrested after a short foot chase.
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After being closed nearly four years, Kah-Nee-Ta Village is expected to reopen next year on the Warm Springs Indian Reservation, tribal and partner Mt. Hood Skibowl officials announced Monday.
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Three drivers escaped injury Saturday morning when a semi-truck driver hit a patch of ice and the rig jackknifed on Highway 26 south of Mount Hood, causing a crash that spilled about 300 gallons of fuel and closed the highway for several hours, Oregon State Police reported.
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An SUV driver traveling at a high rate of speed and passing other vehicles on Highway 26 on the Warm Springs Indian Reservation Friday evening collided head-on with a pickup truck, killing one driver and leaving two other people with minor injuries, tribal police said Monday.
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Rising COVID-19 case counts in Warm Springs have prompted a number of actions to curb the spread, from a week-long closure of the tribal government offices and Warm Springs K8 Academy to closure of the Indian Head Casino.
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A generous $25,000 gift from Visit Central Oregon will provide the Museum at Warm Springs with new signs on Highway 26, the major east-west highway that runs through the town of Warm Springs. The signs, which will feature the Museum’s new logo, will draw attention to east and west bound travelers and encourage them to visit the Museum, officials said Thursday.
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A Warm Springs tribal resident was struck and killed by an SUV Tuesday evening while attempting to cross U.S. Highway 26 near the Indian Head Casino, tribal police said Thursday.
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Two of four suspects have been arrested, a third man identified and a woman and getaway car also are being sought in a string of October burglaries at a half-dozen Madras businesses, including three marijuana dispensaries, police said Friday.
Continue Reading The 28th Annual Warm Springs Tribal Member Exhibit opened Tuesday at The Museum at Warm Springs. November is National Native American and Alaska Native Heritage Month.
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The Warm Springs Community Action Team (WSCAT) and Papalaxsimisha, two community-based organizations on the Warm Springs Reservation, are pleased to announce the completion of their Oregon Community Foundation-funded “Art and Basketball Youth Project,” led by Warm Springs artist Charlene Dimmick and youth artists of the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs.
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On Wednesday morning, members of the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs, along with missionaries and members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, worked together to unload 24 pallets of food and supplies delivered to the Confederated Tribes by the church. The supplies were shipped from the Bishop’s Storehouse in Salt Lake City.
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Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., said Wednesday that he’s used his seat as chair of the Senate Appropriations subcommittee that funds the Department of Interior and the U.S. Forest Service to secure vital investments in the annual spending bill that will help make Oregon’s forests more resilient, support rural communities, protect public lands, bolster important programs for tribes and more.
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