TRIBAL MEMBERS: This notification formally announces that applications are now being accepted from tribal members who wish to serve on the Commission(s)/Committee(s) listed below. Appointed members will receive a $125.00 stipend per meeting, effective January 1, 2022, once the minutes have been approved and processed on CTUIR paydays. CTUIR is advertising the following positions: 2 positions for CTUIR Culture Coalition,…
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Located along Johnley Road north of the Umatilla River, the 30-foot-deep Johnley Pond is an old rock quarry that became an illegal dump and party spot over the years.
Johnley Pond litter, pollution getting a cleanup
By TRAVIS SNELL, CTUIR Communications MISSION – After learning of a truck at the bottom of Johnley Pond, the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation (CTUIR) Planning Department has initiated a cleanup of the pond and its surrounding area. Located along Johnley Road north of the Umatilla River, the 30-foot-deep pond is an old rock quarry that during the…
ODFW is reminding anglers that salmon and steelhead fishing remains closed in McKay Creek. ODFW has received reports of anglers fishing for salmon and steelhead in the area, which is mostly private land.
Anglers reminded of McKay Creek salmon, steelhead fishing closure
ODFW Media Release PENDLETON — Salmon and steelhead are returning to spawn in McKay Creek, a tributary of the Umatilla River near Pendleton, thanks to a fish passage project that dropped part of the weir that blocked passage for decades. ODFW is reminding anglers that salmon and steelhead fishing remains closed in McKay Creek. ODFW has received reports of anglers…
PUBLIC NOTICE • DEC. 10, 2024
TRIBAL MEMBERS: This notification formally announces that applications are now being accepted from tribal members who wish to serve on the Commission(s)/Committee(s) listed below. Appointed members will receive a $125.00 stipend per meeting, effective January 1, 2025, once the minutes have been approved and processed on CTUIR paydays. CTUIR is advertising the following positions:1 Position for CTUIR Culture Coalition, to…
Interior Secretary Deb Haaland, right, and Bryan Newland, Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs at the Department of the Interior, left, present President Joe Biden with a blanket from Eighth Generation, a tribally-owned business, embroidered with “Joe Biden Champion for Indian Country,” at the 2024 White House Tribal Nations Summit at the Department of the Interior in Washington, Monday, Dec. 9, 2024. SUSAN WALSH | AP
Biden creates Native American boarding school national monument to mark era of forced assimilation
By MATTHEW BROWN and MARC LEVY, Associated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — President Joe Biden designated a national monument at a former Native American boarding school in Pennsylvania on Dec. 9 to honor the resilience of Indigenous peoples whose children were forced to attend the school and hundreds of similar abusive institutions. The creation of the Carlisle Federal Indian Boarding…
While supplies last, home and property owners in select wildfire-vulnerable communities may be eligible to receive a $250 payment following a defensible space assessment by the agency or a participating fire agency.
Residents of Mission, other EO communities may qualify for $250 defensible space incentives
MISSION –Residents of Mission and other Eastern Oregon communities may be eligible for up to $250 to help pay for defensible space projects thanks to the Oregon State Fire Marshal (OSFM). Defensible space is the area around homes and buildings managed to keep embers from having a place to land and catch fire. Creating and maintaining defensible spaces is one…
As scammers find new ways to steal money and personal information, consumers should be more vigilant about who they trust, especially online.
This holiday season, learn to protect yourself from online scams
By ADRIANA MORGA, Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — With the holiday giving season upon us, it’s the perfect time to learn how to protect yourself from online scams. “Scams have become so sophisticated now. Phishing emails, texts, spoofing caller ID, all of this technology gives scammers that edge,” said Eva Velasquez, president and CEO of the Identity Theft Resource…
Clean Air Task Force Executive Director Armond Cohen said on Nov. 6 that states, cities, utilities and businesses that have committed to net zero emissions will keep working toward those goals, driving record installations of wind and solar energy. CUJ | STOCK PHOTO
In new term, Trump set to go after measures that are doing the most to fight climate change
By JENNIFER McDERMOTT and MATTHEW DALY, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The election of Donald Trump as president for a second time and the Republican takeback of the U.S. Senate could undo many of the national climate policies that are most reducing planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions, according to climate solutions experts. When they list measures that are making the most…
Former UTPD officer sentenced for possessing child pornography, abuse of child
By CHRIS AADLAND, The CUJ PORTLAND – A former Umatilla Tribal Police Department (UTPD) officer has been sentenced to more than 7 years in prison after admitting to possessing child pornography and repeatedly sexually abusing a child beginning in the 1990s. Cameron Jacob Sheoships, 57, was sentenced to 87 months in federal prison and five years of supervised release on…
CTUIR Education assisting with GED testing
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