Posted on 10.05.2018 By Danielle Frost
By Danielle Frost OREGON CITY -- Despite the threat of a lawsuit from two other Oregon Tribes and Portland General Electric’s refusal to allow access to its property, the…
Posted on 10.18.2018 By Danielle Frost
Posted on 10.15.2018 By Dean Rhodes
Five-term Tribal Council member Valarene M. “Val” Grout walked on Saturday, Oct. 13, 2018, at the age of 83. Grout was born in Grand Ronde on March 20, 1935, to DeWalt David…
Posted on 10.12.2018 By Danielle Frost
By Danielle Frost PORTLAND – Grand Ronde Tribal members stood at the banks of the Willamette River at Tom McCall Waterfront Park to welcome canoe families from the Warm…
If you go History and Culture Summit When: 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 24, and 8 a.m. to 4:20 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 25. Where: Grand Ronde Tribal gym, 9615 Grand Ronde…
By Danielle Frost The Tribal Lands Department may have a small staff, but it is working on some big projects, Manager Jan Michael Reibach said at the Sunday, Oct. 7, General…
By Danielle Frost Nov. 1, 2018, marks exactly 10 years since the Elders Activity Center held an open house celebration for the long-awaited facility.
Posted on 10.12.2018 By Dean Rhodes
Monday, Sept. 24 Citizen contact occurred in the 26000 block of Salmon River Highway. Citizen contact occurred in the 9600 block of Grand Ronde Road. Tuesday, Sept. 25…
2013 – Adam Leno was raised taking care of the Tribal cemetery with his grandfather, Russell Leno. So, he felt like he was meant to be in that position when he chose to…
Posted on 10.10.2018 By Dean Rhodes
The annual Veterans Day meal put on by the Tribe’s Veterans Special Event Board will be held starting at 5 p.m. Friday, Nov. 9, in the Tribal Community Center, 9615 Grand…
Tribal Council approved the 2019 Indian Housing Plan during its Wednesday, Oct. 10, meeting that will bring the Tribe approximately $6.68 million in federal funds. During the…
Posted on 10.05.2018 By Dean Rhodes
The Tribe’s Human Resources and Education departments are experiencing changes in leadership. Human Resources Director Patrick Dempsey is leaving Tribal employment at the end…
Posted on 10.04.2018 By Dean Rhodes
Donald Earl Erickson July 3, 1954 – Oct. 1, 2018 Tribal Elder Donald Earl Erickson, 64, a lifetime resident of the Harbor, died on Oct. 1, 2018, at his home in Hoquiam, Wash.…
Posted on 10.02.2018 By Dean Rhodes
By Dean Rhodes Tribal Council voted to rescind a permit letter agreement it approved in early May with Portland General Electric that provided the Tribe access to and across…
Posted on 09.27.2018 By Danielle Frost
By Danielle Frost MEDFORD -- As Grand Ronde Tribal Council Chairwoman Cheryle A. Kennedy drove south on Interstate 5 toward the Table Rocks area north of Medford, she thought…
By Danielle Frost Grand Ronde campus buildings have long had a “no pets” policy. However, with the recent increase in use of companion and comfort animals by people, the…
Posted on 09.27.2018 By Dean Rhodes
If you’re talking to an employee of the Grand Ronde Tribal government, your odds for the first time in 10 years are better than 50-50 that the employee also is a Tribal…
By Danielle Frost Seventy employees were honored for a combined 921 years of service to the Grand Ronde Tribe during a third-quarter Years of Service ceremony held on…
By Danielle Frost Tribal philanthropy and the new relationships it has created among Oregon and Washington Tribes, as well as their surrounding communities, was one of the…
By Danielle Frost Timothy Gonzalez, a 28-year veteran of Oregon photojournalism, joined the staff of Smoke Signals on Tuesday, Sept. 11. Gonzalez is from the Los Angeles area…
By Danielle Frost Two new mental health professionals have joined the Community Health Department in the past few months and are available to help Tribal patients. Dr.…
By Danielle Frost A local medical professional’s efforts at Hepatitis C prevention have been recognized on a national level. Randy Blome, a Grand Ronde Health & Wellness…