Press Release from the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation For immediate release: March 19, 2020 Contacts: Carrie Sampson-Samuels, Public Information Officer – Public Health, (541) 240-8728 Jiselle Halfmoon, Public Information Officer – Tribal Governance, (541) 969-4801 CTUIR Command Incident Command Status Update MISSION, Ore. – The Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation (CTUIR) Incident Command Team (ICT) is…
Wildhorse Announces Temporary Closure
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 18, 2020 12:06 p.m. MISSION, Ore. – Wildhorse Resort & Casino announced today that the casino is temporarily closing in order to reduce the spread of the novel coronavirus in the region and allow employees to follow social distancing recommendations. The casino will close at noon on Wednesday, March 18 and will reopen on April 8.…
CTUIR Command Incident Command Status Update for March 18, 2020
Press Release from the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation Press Release from the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation For immediate release: March 18, 2020 Contacts: Carrie Sampson-Samuels, Public Information Officer – Public Health, (541) 240-8728 Jiselle Halfmoon, Public Information Officer – Tribal Governance, (541) 969-4801 CTUIR Command Incident Command Status Update MISSION, Ore. – The Confederated Tribes…
CTUIR Command Incident Command Status Update for March 17, 2020
Press Release from the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation For immediate release: March 17, 2020 Contacts: Carrie Sampson-Samuels, Public Information Officer – Public Health, (541) 240-8728 Jiselle Halfmoon, Public Information Officer – Tribal Governance, (541) 969-4801 CTUIR Command Incident Command Status Update MISSION, Ore. – The Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation (CTUIR) Incident Command Team (ICT) is…
CTUIR Command Incident Command Status Update for March 16, 2020
Press Release from the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation For immediate release: March 16, 2020 Contact: Carrie Sampson-Samuels, Public Information Officer – Public Health, (541) 240-8728 Jiselle Halfmoon, Public Information Officer – Tribal Governance, (541) 969-4801 CTUIR Command Incident Command Status Update MISSION, Ore. – The Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation (CTUIR) Incident Command Team (ICT) is…
CTUIR Command Incident Command Status Update for March 15, 2020
Press Release from the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation For immediate release: March 15, 2020 Contact: Carrie Sampson-Samuels, Public Information Officer – Public Health, (541) 240-8728 Jiselle Halfmoon, Public Information Officer – Tribal Governance, (541) 969-4801 CTUIR Command Incident Command Status Update MISSION, Ore. – The Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation (CTUIR) Incident Command Team (ICT)…
CTUIR Incident Command Status Update for March 14, 2020
Press Release from the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation For immediate release: March 14, 2020 Contacts: Carrie Sampson-Samuels, Public Information Officer – Public Health, (541) 240-8728 Jiselle Halfmoon, Public Information Officer – Tribal Governance, (541) 969-4801 CTUIR Incident Command Status Update MISSION, Ore. – The Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation (CTUIR) Incident Command Team (ICT) is…
CTUIR Coronavirus command team converted after ‘pandemic’ declaration
By Casey Brown of the CUJ MISSION – CTUIR’s COVID-19 ICT (ICT) started out with a public health focus, but was converted March 12 to a pandemic response unit when the World Health Organization (WHO) reclassified Novel Coronavirus from “outbreak” to “pandemic.” The group, which is comprised of Tribal government officials, Yellowhawk Tribal Health Center leaders, and officials from CTUIR…
Joseph Adams, custodian, and Andrew Lofting, security supervisor, were two of the staff members that sanitized Wildhorse Resort & Casino during a temporary closure.
CUJ Photo/Casey Brown
Casino, schools re-open after coronavirus scare: Wildhorse employee is third positive test in Oregon
By Casey Brown of the CUJ MISSION – Wildhorse Resort & Casino and Nixyaawii Education Center re-opened Wednesday, March 5, two days after Tribal officials learned that an employee of the gaming facility had tested presumptive positive for coronavirus. It was the third person in Oregon who was presumed positive for COVID-19, commonly referred to as novel coronvirus. The other…
Two horses stranded on an island during flooding.
CUJ Photo/Casey Brown
February flood hammers Reservation
By Casey Brown of the CUJ UMATILLA INDIAN RESERVATION – A State of Emergency was declared Feb. 6 by the Board of Trustees for the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation (CTUIR) when the Umatilla River breached its banks Feb. 6-7. Heavy snow topped by four inches of rain and unusually warm temperatures caused a melt that resulted in…