This letter is to notify all tenants of CTUIR Housing Department’s Admissions & Occupancy Policies (AOP) improvements that are taking effect in 2024. We will be continuing Tenant Meetings in the month of January and invite you to attend. At this meeting, you will receive important information regarding the Housing Department’s modernized Admissions & Occupancy Policies. Copies of the AOP…
The four Columbia River treaty tribes — Umatilla, Warm Springs, Nez Perce and Yakama — led the creation of a plan to restore salmon on the Columbia and Snake Rivers and invited the federal cooperation that sealed the deal. By KARINA BROWN, Underscore News A historic federal plan that paves the way for the breaching of the four dams on…
Teenager Najiah Knight wants to be the first woman at bull riding’s top level. It’s an uphill dream. By ANNE M. PETERSON, AP Sports Writer LAS VEGAS (AP) – Najiah Knight drops her 100-pound frame onto a snorting 1,300- pound bull and adjusts her ropes, warming the sticky rosin. Music blares across the arena, but Najiah can hear only her…
By FELICIA FONSECA, Associated Press FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) – Kicking up a cloud of dust, the men riding bareback were in a rowdy scramble to be the first to lean down from atop their horses and grab hold of the chicken that was buried up to its neck in the ground. The competition is rarely on display these days and…
The annual festival, on Dec. 21 this year, is considered a New Year Day for Indigenous communities across the Pacific Northwest By ANNA KING, Northwest News Network Wing dresses embellished with tiny shells jingle a bit as huge hugs are thrown between friends and relatives. This is the day “the sun turns around” — winter solstice, Dec. 21. But it’s…
December 18, 2023 *BOT Chair will serve as ex-officio member to all committees/commissions when needed except Election and Enrollment. CCWIC CTUIR Community Wellness Improvement Collaborative 2 YEAR TERM (1 BOT Member) POSITION NAME DATE SWORN IN TERM ENDS MTG DAYS Chairperson Marcus Luke Yellowhawk 3rd Tuesday Yellowhawk 3-4 PM Member Housing/DCFS/Safety Yellowhawk Behavioral Health Directors Member Steven Hart…
Jessie Elfleeda-Marie Walker, 91, longtime resident of Mission, OR, passed away surrounded by her family on December 11, 2023. She was a loving and compassionate person and will be dearly missed. Jessie’s children and their families were the most cherished parts of her life. At the time of her passing, this included 9 children, 42 grandchildren, 23 great grandchildren, and…
Thomas Brigham 77 died December 19, 2023 at his home in Stevenson Washington. He was born on an island at Celilo Falls Oregon September 14, 1946. At his request he will be cremated with burial at a later date. Viewing will be held December 23, 2023 from 10:30 to 12:30 at Gardner Funeral Home 156 N. East Church Ave., White…
Due to a miscommunication with our local post office, the December CUJ subscriptionswere not mailed out as scheduled. There was a shortfall in our postage accountwe were unaware of, and we expedited payment the moment we were notified. Webelieved the issue was resolved, however, we discovered yesterday, Dec. 18,that our papers were not mailed as expected but instead returned to…