Less than three weeks after reopening, the Indian Head Casino closed again last week, after a staff member tested positive for COVID-19. It may reopen in coming days, if testing of more employees doesn’t find further cases, a spokeswoman said Saturday.
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Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., announced Wednesday that the Warm Springs Housing Authority has secured a $900,000 federal grant to help with the response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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A Welches woman was killed and two Washington state residents were injured late Monday morning in a head-on crash that closed U.S. Highway 26 west of Warm Springs for more than four hours, Oregon State Police said.
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — As a result of COVID-19, Indian reservations across the country have been disproportionately impacted, both financially and physically. That’s why Fences For Fido has committed to supporting the Warm Springs Reservations, one of the hardest-hit communities within Oregon. Thanks to Fences For Fido Operation Warm Springs: Unchained & Loved, 25 volunteers (from
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A boil-water notice was issued Thursday for users of the Warm Springs Agency Water System after it lost pressure due to a second break in the main line near the crossing of the Shitike River.
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The Indian Head Casino reopened its doors Thursday, with many new safety measures in place, three months to the day after it closed due to COVID-19.
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The Museum At Warm Springs announced Thursday that it will reopen to the public on Tuesday, July 7, having been closed since April 1 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Continue Reading The Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs announced Tuesday that Indian Head Casino will reopen at 10 a.m. on Thursday after a nearly three-month shutdown due to COVID-19.
Continue Reading The Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs reported no new COVID-19 cases Tuesday, with the total holding at 35, and announced plans to begin having tribal government employees return to offices next Monday and to reopen the Indian Head Casino three days later.
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WARM SPRINGS, Ore. (KTVZ) — The Warm Springs Tribal Police Department would like to advise the public that over the last few months, due to the COVID-19 outbreak, law enforcement had been re-tasked to handle demands placed on it by the pandemic and stay at home orders. However, as the stay at home orders are
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The Oregon Air National Guard resumes its F-15 Eagle flyovers on Friday, including St. Charles Madras and the Warm Springs Health and Wellness Center
Continue Reading The FBI has joined the investigation into a house fire late Sunday night that seriously injured two Warm Springs men, a police investigator said Tuesday.
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A long-time tribal leader on the Warm Springs Indian Reservation who also served in a top Interior Department position has died of natural causes, officials said.
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More than 600 students and families in Warm Springs face a new reality, with schools closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, according to Warm Springs K-8 Academy School Resource Officer Kevin O’Brien.
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A federal judge agreed Tuesday to grant early release to a 70-year-old inmate and former Warm Springs police officer, eight months before completing his 10-year sentence for sexually abusing five girls, due to his high vulnerability to COVID-19 behind bars.
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The Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office on Monday identified a Mother’s Day drowning victim at Scout Lake northwest of Sisters as a Redmond woman who most recently taught at the Warm Springs K-8 Academy after more than a decade with Redmond schools.
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As the Warm Springs tribes on Thursday reported a 15th case of COVID-19, tribal officials are pleading with residents to stay home and wear masks.
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After being closed for about a month and a half, eight Oregon state parks are now open for limited access, including Pilot Butte in Bend (no vehicles) and Lake Billy Chinook near Culver. Even with that announcement, paired with beautiful weather Wednesday, the parking lots at both locations were close to empty.
Continue Reading The Warm Springs Indian Reservation’s COVID-19 case count rose by three to 14 on Tuesday, officials said as new safety actions were adopted for residents and businesses.
Continue Reading A Warm Springs police officer shot and wounded a man who was brandishing a gun in a neighborhood and reportedly told responding officers several times, “Just shoot me,” Police Chief Bill Elliott said Tuesday.
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