MISSION – Yellowhawk Tribal Health Center conducted a COVID-19 testing clinic at the Wildhorse Casino on Tuesday, June 23, according to a news release from the Incident Command Team (ICT) for the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation. Five representatives from Yellowhawk tested 62 Wildhorse employees from 8 a.m. to noon. All 62 of those tests were negative. There…
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Tribal leaders support decision to cancel Round-Up, Happy Canyon
Boots Pond, a member of the Board of Trustees for the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation, said he is “relieved” that the Pendleton Round-Up and Happy Canyon Pageant will not be held in September due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Other Tribal officials support the decision not to have the annual events in Pendleton. By Wil Phinney of the…
Two CTUIR employees report positive COVID-19 cases
Staff from Yellowhawk Tribal Health Center on the Umatilla Indian Reservation stand in front of the tent that’s been erected on the northwest side of the clinic where COVID-19 testing will now take place. By the CUJ MISSION – Two employees of Tribal “entities” have tested positive for COVID-19, according to a news release issued Wednesday, June 17, by…
First positive COVID-19 case confirmed
By Wil Phinney of the CUJ MISSION – The first positive case of COVID-19 has been confirmed on the Umatilla Indian Reservation through testing at Yellowhawk Tribal Health Center. The Confederated Tribes and Yellowhawk have jurisdiction to do the investigation and contact tracing because the individual who tested positive is a resident of the Umatilla Indian Reservation. Because of federal…
First positive COVID-19 case confirmed on Umatilla Indian Reservation
By Wil Phinney of the CUJ MISSION – The first positive case of COVID-19 has been confirmed on the Umatilla Indian Reservation through testing at Yellowhawk Tribal Health Center. The Confederated Tribes and Yellowhawk have jurisdiction to do the investigation and contact tracing because the individual who tested positive is a resident of the Umatilla Indian Reservation. Because of federal…
Chelsey Dick, an employee in the CTUIR Department of Natural Resources, grimaces as a swab is put in her nose during a COVID-19 test on May. Like more than 100 other employees from Yellowhawk Tribal Health Center, Tribal government and several other CTUIR entities, Dick’s test came back negative. The tests were administered by Yellowhawk nurses, lab technicians and a doctor.
Second round of Yellowhawk tests reveals only negative results for COVID-19
By Wil Phinney of the CUJ MISSION – For the second time in May, results were negative for more than 100 people tested for the active COVID-19 virus on the Umatilla Indian Reservation. A third round of testing for the novel coronavirus, a worldwide pandemic that has killed more than 103,000 people in the United States, is planned June 16…
Blackjack dealer Dominique Darwin waits for a player to make his bet on Friday, May 29, the first full day of operations for Wildhorse Resort & Casino since it closed in March for the COVID-19 pandemic.The Wildhorse facilities, including the hotel, restaurants and cineplex, re-opened under strict guidelines that call for, among other things, employees and guests to wear masks.
Wildhorse re-opens: 600 employees return as safety protocols implemented
By Wil Phinney of the CUJ MISSION – Guests were happy, employees were relieved and tribal leaders were satisfied when Wildhorse Resort & Casino re-opened May 28 on the Umatilla Indian Reservation. After being closed for more than two months because of the COVID-19 pandemic, Wildhorse met the standards set out by the Incident Command Team’s (ICT) Re-opening Plan as…
Umatilla Indian Reservation residents urged to prepare for flooding
The Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation (CTUIR) urges residents of the Umatilla Indian Reservation to monitor river conditions and be prepared to evacuate if water rises quickly.
Yellowhawk study will determine reopening decisions
By the CUJ MISSION – A phased plan to re-open government and business on the Umatilla Indian Reservation was unveiled May 6 in a work session with the Board of Trustees for the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation (CTUIR). The Board of Trustees (BOT) on May 11 is expected to approve a resolution authorizing implementation of the plan,…
CTUIR Board of Trustees extends stay-at-home order through June 1
By the CUJ MISSION – The Board of Trustees (BOT) at its meeting Monday, April 27 extended stay-at-home orders through June 1 – unless public health conditions for COVID-19 are achieved sooner – for residents of the Umatilla Indian Reservation. In addition to the public health requirement, the BOT resolution said the stay-at-home orders could only be relaxed earlier than…