In 2004, Annie Hopkins created 3E Love (Embrace, Educate, Empower), a unity brand promoting personal acceptance. The brand converted into a company in 2007 when Annie and her brother Stevie Hopkins launched 3E Love as an LLC with the intent of promoting their unique symbol and brand.  The company’s trademarked International Symbol of Acceptance (a […]

This year’s Westwood High School girls’ junior varsity basketball team has been spending the last two months continuing to develop their skills and learning how to win as a team. They began their season with back-to-back losses against Boulder Creek and Cesar Chavez high schools on December 6 and 11, respectively. However, the girls were […]

The Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community Dance group Bird Singing and Dancing by the River has completed their winter 2023 season of performances throughout the Valley.  Ki-Ana Reina assisted the SRPMIC dance group as they traveled to Ak-Chin Indian Community in December to participate in the annual Masik Tas Celebration, taking part in the final […]

“This topic is heavy,” began Memory Dawn Long Chase, domestic violence response director for the Southwest Indigenous Women’s Coalition (SWIWC). The organization is the domestic and sexual violence coalition serving Indian tribes in Arizona. Since 2006, SWIWC has worked on issues relating to the safety, justice and healing of tribal communities regarding missing and murdered […]

Earlier this month, the Salt River Police Department and the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community Youth Services Department joined forces to celebrate Community youth during the 2024 SRPD Youth Day celebration.  The morning of January 4 proved to be overcast and a bit chilly, with the high for the day eventually reaching only 60 degrees. […]

Community health educators Vurlene Notsinneh-Bowekaty and Melanie Nosie from the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community’s Health and Human Services Suicide Prevention and Intervention program spent the morning of January 8 at the Round House Café promoting Community Outreach Day. The hour-long event featured free goodies such as pens, lens wipes, notepads and stress balls. The […]

Recently, the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community’s Health and Human Services Suicide Prevention and Intervention Program hosted an online Microsoft Teams gathering to help eliminate the stigma against HIV/AIDS.  “December 1 was World Aids Day,” began Community Health Educator Vurlene Notsinneh-Bowekaty as she detailed her department’s event last month, which she facilitated, along with Melanie […]

In the heart of the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community, there was snowfall at the Early Childhood Education Center. To help celebrate the holiday season and spread Christmas cheer, the ECEC staff arranged for snow to be imported to the campus ramada area for the Winter Wonderland celebration on December 21.  The students visited the […]