A semi-truck jackknifed on U.S. Highway 26 on the Warm Springs Indian Reservation Tuesday morning, closing 25-mile stretch of the route for several hours and prompting ODOT to urge using alternate routes.
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The Bend City Council at Wednesday night’s meeting voted unanimously to sign a first of its kind memorandum of understanding between The Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation of Oregon and the city, seeking closer ties and discussion of mutual issues.
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REDMOND, Ore. (KTVZ) — About two decades into a land-use fight over permission to build the Thornburgh Resort west of Redmond, a relatively new participant is pressing its case: the Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs, who claim their treaty rights, knowledge and concerns were cast aside — which the developer denies. The state Land
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By MATTHEW DALY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration, leaders of four Columbia River Basin tribes and the governors of Oregon and Washington celebrated on Friday as they signed papers formally launching a $1 billion plan to help recover depleted salmon populations in the Pacific Northwest. The plan, announced in December, stopped short
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A serious-injury crash closed U.S. Highway 26 in both directions near Warm Springs for a time late Saturday afternoon, officials said, on a day when slick, snowy and icy roads led to numerous crashes around the High Desert.
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WARM SPRINGS, Ore., (KTVZ) — The Museum at Warm Springs announced Monday that it has extended its public closure until further notice, as the installation of a new heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) system is taking longer than expected. The “30th Annual Warm Springs Tribal Member and Youth Exhibit,” which was originally extended through March
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U.S. Highway 26 closed for nearly five hours Wednesday between Mt. Hood and Warm Springs for the recovery of a car hauler semi-truck that crashed Tuesday, the Oregon Department of Transportation said.
Continue Reading WARM SPRINGS, Ore. (KTVZ) — The Museum at Warm Springs has extended its public closure through Tuesday, February 13 for the installation of a new heating, ventilation and air conditioning system. The Museum will reopen to the public on Wednesday, February 14. “We were originally scheduled to reopen on February 1, but due to some
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“Significant, unexpected project developments” have required Kah-Nee-Ta Hot Springs Village Resort on the Warm Springs Indian Reservation to shift its planned grand opening from next spring to next summer, officials announced recently.
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A social media post regarding a threat of violence Tuesday at schools in several Central Oregon communities brought a flood of worried calls to dispatchers and others late Monday and early Tuesday, prompting police investigations that so far have found the threat unfounded, possibly out of Portland, but brought increased officer presence around schools.
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WARM SPRINGS, Ore. (KTVZ) — The Museum at Warm Springs has begun its 2023 year-end fundraising campaign, capping off its 30th anniversary. The Museum’s 2023 successes included: A “Spring Clean-Up Day” at The Museum on March 18 that drew more than 150 enthusiastic Museum Members, Warm Springs Tribal members, Board members and donors. “An Eye
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LAKE OSWEGO, Ore. (KTVZ) — Umpqua Bank and parent company Columbia Banking System announced Thursday the nonprofit recipients of $1 million in local grants to mark their respective 70th and 30th anniversaries, including $700K to organizations in honor of their longstanding presence in the historic communities of South Puget Sound, Portland Metro and Douglas County, Oregon. According to
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PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) — A Warm Springs man was sentenced to more than six years in federal prison Friday after pleading guilty to attempted murder for intentionally using his vehicle last March to intentionally strike and severely injure an adult known to them on the Warm Springs Indian Reservation. Quinten Xavier Greene, 25, was sentenced
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The U.S. government said Thursday it plans to spend more than $1 billion over the next decade to help recover depleted populations of salmon in the Pacific Northwest, and that it will help figure out how to offset the hydropower, transportation and other benefits provided by four controversial dams on the Snake River, should Congress ever agree to breach them.
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The Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation and Portland General Electric hosted Tribal, utility, national and state energy leaders at the Pelton Round Butte Hydropower Project last Friday to mark the launch of their partnership to complete a major transmission upgrade in Oregon.
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PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) — A Bend man was sentenced in federal court Thursday for stealing more than $2,000 in tools from Warm Springs Composite Products, a wood products manufacturing business owned by the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs. Kevin Neal Strampher, Jr., 40, was sentenced to time served and a year of supervised release. He
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PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Seventeen regional attractions, including The Museum at Warm Springs, have partnered to offer reciprocal admission to their members in 2024, officials announced Wednesday. This coming year, the program is excited to expand to now include three new attractions: Cannon Beach History Center, The Museum at Warm Springs, and Pittock Mansion. This reciprocal
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PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) — A Warm Springs man was sentenced to more than three years in federal prison Thursday for assaulting his girlfriend and leaving her lying injured in the driveway of her home on the Warm Springs Indian Reservation. Maron Brent Graybael, Jr., 38, was sentenced to 40 months in federal prison and three
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The Museum at Warm Springs “30th Annual Warm Springs Tribal Member and Youth Exhibit” is currently on view.
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WASHINGTON (KTVZ) — Rep. Earl Blumenauer and Senator Ron Wyden, along with Senator Jeff Merkley, reintroduced the Wy’east Tribal Resources Restoration Act. The legislation directs the U.S. Forest Service to partner with the Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs to develop a co-management plan for agreed-upon Treaty Resource Emphasis Zones. The legislation would establish one
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