This is an Aug. 30 news release from the office of Oregon Gov. Kate Brown Plan includes community forum for Mayor Wheeler, protest organizers, and community leaders to work toward racial justice and police reform in City of Portland (Salem, OR) — Governor Kate Brown Sunday, Aug. 31, released the details of a unified law enforcement plan to protect free speech and bring violence…
Month: August 2020
CTUIR strives for effective testing and tracing
An official news release from the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation: AUGUST 26 – MISSION – Yellowhawk Tribal Health Center (Yellowhawk) continues to provide regular COVID testing to enrolled Tribal Members of the Umatilla Indian Reservation (CTUIR). As testing has steadily increased, Yellowhawk has identified some challenges to ensuring testing is performed in a timely manner. The CTUIR…
Chromebooks for students delayed due to national demand
From a news release issued Aug. 25 by the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation MISSION – In July, the Board of Trustees (BOT) for the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation (CTUIR) approved the purchase of a Chromebook for every school-age tribal member. However, due to increased demand across the country, the Chromebooks are not expected to arrive…
Update on Meacham Complex fire
August 24 – Mike Almas’ Northern Rockies Type 2 Incident Management Team (IMT) began managing the Meacham Complex on Friday, August 21, 2020. The Meacham Complex of fires includes the Hager Ridge Fire, Horse Fire, 896 (Horseshoe Ridge) Fire, and other smaller fires located approximately twenty five miles east/southeast of Pendleton, Oregon. In addition to those fires, Mike Almas’ IMT…
Use caution if family members test positive for COVID
Press release from the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation Mission, OR. – The Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation Incident Command Team urges residents of the Umatilla Indian Reservation to exercise caution when interacting with those who have tested positive for the COVID-19 virus. Over the past week, Yellowhawk Tribal Health Center identified six people who tested…
Oregon testing rate stabilizes
August 25 – Oregon Health Authority released its Weekly Testing Report today, which showed that as of August 22, Oregon’s cumulative positive testing rate is 4.5 percent of people tested. This is considerably lower than the national average of 9 percent. Of the 24,177 people tested the week of Aug. 16-22, 1,233 (5.1%) were positive. The total for that week…
Oregon reports 220 new COVID-19 cases; 11 in Umatilla County
August 24 — COVID-19 has claimed three more lives in Oregon, raising the state’s death toll to 420, the Oregon Health Authority reported at 12:01 a.m. today. Oregon Health Authority reported 220 new confirmed and presumptive cases of COVID-19 as of 12:01 a.m. today bringing the state total to 25,155. The new confirmed and presumptive COVID-19 cases reported today are…
Oregon reports 294 new COVID-19 cases; 20 in Umatilla County
THURSDAY, Aug. 13 — COVID-19 has claimed eight more lives in Oregon, raising the state’s death toll to 383, the Oregon Health Authority reported at 12:01 a.m. today. Oregon Health Authority reported 294 new confirmed and presumptive cases of COVID-19 as of 12:01 a.m. today bringing the state total to 22,300. The new cases are in the following counties: Baker…
Yellowhawk to begin providing further COVID-19 testing
From the CTUIR Incident Command Wednesday, Aug. 10, 2020 MISSION – Yellowhawk Tribal Health Center (Yellowhawk) will begin providing further testing for enrolled Tribal Members of the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation (CTUIR) while resources and capacity for providing this testing can be sustained. An appointment is required for all testing done at Yellowhawk. Testing needs have been…
Oregon House passes bill regarding law enforcement’s legal use of force
Wednesday, Aug. 10 Statement by Attorney General Rosenblum on the Passage of HB 4301 Salem, Oregon—Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum today issued the following statement on the passage of HB 4301: “Congratulations to Representative Janelle Bynum, Senator James Manning, and to all the members of the People of Color Caucus of the Oregon Legislature on the passage tonight of HB…