(Update: Missing teen found) WARM SPRINGS, Ore. (KTVZ) — Warm Springs Police turned to the public Friday for help in locating a 14-year-old who apparently ran away from home. Word came from police a few hours later that she had been found. Officers said earlier that Lena Holliday left her home some time between midnight
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(Update: Adding video) WARM SPRINGS (KTVZ) — The 30th Tribal Council of the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs was sworn in Monday. Following tradition, the ceremony included singing, dancing and prayers to begin the day, as hundreds of Warm Springs members gathered in the sunshine outside of the Warm Springs Public Administration building. After the
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A utility maintenance crew accidentally caused a widespread Central Oregon power outage late Tuesday morning, knocking out service for about an hour to more than 11,000 Pacific Power customers from Crooked River Ranch to west of Culver and Madras and north to Warm Springs.
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SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) – The co-chairs of the Joint Committee on Ways and Means announced Friday the dates and locations of the 2025 community budget hearings – including one in Warm Springs – and encouraged Oregonians to sign up to testify about which projects and programs the state should prioritize this budget cycle. Members of
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WASHINGTON (KTVZ) — Oregon Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden announced Thursday that $2,556,496 is coming to the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs to supercharge electric vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure in Oregon. This federal investment from the historic Bipartisan Infrastructure Law will improve the reliability and accessibility of charging infrastructure for Tribal communities. “Electric vehicles mean cleaner
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WASHINGTON (KTVZ) — Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley announced Wednesday a federal investment of $2 million for the Warm Springs Housing Authority to build more affordable housing for low- and moderate-income Tribal members. “There is a serious need for more affordable housing across Oregon, but especially in Tribal communities like Warm Springs,” Wyden said. “I applaud
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WARM SPRINGS, Ore. (KTVZ) — Warm Springs Power & Water Enterprises, which manages the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs’ energy assets and facilities, announced Monday that it will collaborate with renewable energy developer BrightNight to develop the Salmonfly Project, a utility-scale solar energy and battery energy storage project on the Warm Springs Reservation. Though early
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WARM SPRINGS, Ore. (KTVZ) — The Museum at Warm Springs has announced the awards for the “31st Annual Warm Springs Tribal Member and Youth Exhibit.” This popular annual juried exhibit displays the immense talent and artistic excellence of Warm Springs adult and youth Tribal members. The exhibit will be on view through Saturday, February 8,
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MADRAS, Ore. (KTVZ) — Community members throughout Central Oregon are invited to a day of celebration in recognition of Native American, American Indian and Alaskan Native Heritage Month at St. Charles Madras on Thursday, Nov. 14. The celebration will include a Native Market with 10 artisan vendors from the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs, complimentary
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MADRAS, Ore. (KTVZ) — Biologists from the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs and Portland General Electric have collected more than 250 returning adult steelhead at the Pelton-Round Butte hydroelectric project – the largest steelhead return since dams were completed on the Deschutes River in the 1960s. Scientists say these notable early returns bode well for
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PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) — A Madras man was sentenced to nearly six years in federal prison Wednesday for possessing methamphetamine with the intent to distribute on the Warm Springs Indian Reservation. Wyatt Franklin Powell, 61, was sentenced to 70 months in federal prison and three years’ supervised release, federal prosecutors said Thursday. According to court
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CORVALLIS, Ore. (KTVZ) – The nine federally recognized Tribes in Oregon and Oregon State University have worked together to build a university facility to facilitate the repatriation and return of tribal Ancestors and cultural items currently under the university’s stewardship. Tribal leaders and university officials marked the transfer of Ancestors in Oregon State’s stewardship to
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WASHINGTON (KTVZ) — Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley, as well as Reps. Earl Blumenauer and Val Hoyle announced Wednesday that Oregon’s Energy Department has secured $10.9 million and four Tribes with members in the state have earned a combined $1.16 million in federal investment to modernize the electric grid and reduce the impacts of
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WARM SPRINGS, Ore. (KTVZ) — President Biden issued a formal presidential apology on Friday to Native American communities for the atrocities committed against Indigenous children and their families during a 150-year era of forced federal Indian boarding schools. Jonathan W. Smith, Sr., Chairman, Tribal Council for the Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation of
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WARM SPRINGS. Ore. (KTVZ) — The Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs hosted key partners Tuesday for a kick-off that will begin shaping the planning and development of the upcoming 98-mile Bethel-Round Butte Transmission Line upgrade. The one-day kickoff meeting, which set the stage for the next several years, included officials and program partners, including representatives
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SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) – The Nine Federally Recognized Tribes of Oregon, in partnership with OHA, have received approval for traditional health care practices to be covered through the Oregon Health Plan (OHP/Medicaid) and the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP), from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.
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JaDe Smith says she was at work in Lincoln City last Thursday evening, waiting for her younger brother Ysidro Greene, 17, and grandfather to arrive from Warm Springs, when her phone started vibrating.
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SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) — Governor Tina Kotek announced Monday that she is directing state agencies to take all actions necessary and work cooperatively to fulfill the State of Oregon’s commitments to the Columbia Basin Restoration Initiative. “The Columbia Basin Restoration Initiative is the result of a historic, unified partnership with sovereign Tribal nations and the states
Continue Reading WASHINGTON (KTVZ) — The Justice Department has announced more than $86 million in grants administered by the Tribal Affairs Division within the Office on Violence Against Women to American Indian and Alaska Native communities to support survivors of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, stalking, and sex trafficking. The grants provided through the Violence Against
Continue Reading WARM SPRINGS, Ore. (KTVZ) — The Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation on Monday shared the results of a report that tested water quality on the lower Deschutes River, saying it found some of the nation’s best water, easing potentially costly requirements for a major water treatment system upgrade. The tribes said repeated water
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