Transit Planning for Boardman and Port of Morrow
Mission, OR – Kayak Public Transit and The LOOP has partnered with Umatilla County and Morrow County to begin the planning process to extend services to the City of Boardman […]
Read MoreCommercial Sturgeon Setline Fishery & Columbia River Annual Commercial and Subsistence Regulations
Two documents sent from the CTUIR’s DNR Fisheries Program and Fish & Wildlife Commission: 2020 1228 FINAL 2021 Columbia River Annual Commercial and Subsistence Re… 2020 1228 FINAL Commercial sturgeon […]
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Indian-uity: CTUIR’s Ingenuity with lamprey freezer keeps vaccines at appropriate temperature
By Cary Rosenbaum of the CUJ MISSION – Collaboration between departments at the CTUIR is not uncommon. But when a deadly COVID-19 pandemic is involved and a potential solution is […]
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COVID-19 vaccine arrives
CTUIR receives 300 doses; next round to include 55-plus with underlying symptoms By Cary Rosenbaum & Megan Van Pelt MISSION – “Didn’t even feel it,” CTUIR elder Chazz Webb said […]
Read MoreBMCC: What’s going on?
Blue Mountain Community College (BMCC) has added instruction in the Umatilla language to Winter Courses. Fred Hill, a language teacher at the Confederated Tribes Language Program, is teaching the first […]
Read More2020 Gorge management plan to include ‘diversity, equity, inclusion’
By the CUJ Policies that reflect “diversity, equity and inclusion” are being added to the new management plan for the Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area. Then Columbia River Gorge […]
Read MoreCTUIR wants more land at UMCD
By the CUJ UMATILLA – The Oregon Trail Advocates want a revised mitigation proposal for the Umatilla Chemical Depot by the Department of Army. The allocation of a 600 by […]
Read MoreMeacham Creek restoration receives another award
By the CUJ MISSION – A “softer” approach to restoring habitat on Meacham Creek has yielded another environmental stewardship award for the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation. This […]
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FCC approves internet license for Reservation
By the CUJ MISSION – The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) approved in late October a FCC 2.5 GHz spectrum channel license that allows the Confederated Tribes to operate a wireless […]
Read MorePharmacy drive-thru soft opening Dec. 21
Yellowhawk addition to help with social distancing By Cary Rosenbaum of the CUJ MISSION – The new Yellowhawk Tribal Health Center’s pharmacy drive-thru on the Umatilla Indian Reservation is just […]
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