The Westwood High School baseball season began at the end of February. This year, after playing on the team for four years, Salt River Pima-Maricopa Community member Nic Cortez will be playing his last year.  Cortez has been playing baseball for 12 years, starting out with club teams. One of his first teams was called […]

The Salt River Police Department, SRPMIC Emergency Management Department and Finance Warehouse Division have partnered on behalf of the Community to help gather and package outdated SWAT equipment to donate to fighters in Ukraine. “The SWAT team gets new equipment every five years from the Capital Improvement Plan or grants,” said SRPD Sgt. Delvin Duong, […]

To help increase awareness and prevent child abuse, the Family Advocacy Center (FAC) and multiple Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community departments held a Circus Celebration Drive-Up event on Friday, April 1, to kick off Child Abuse Prevention Month.  “We are very excited about this event. We got circus performers and 12 booths that were decorated […]

Mountain View High School senior Kennise McGertt marched down Disneyland’s Main Street U.S.A. on Presidents Day as a member of the color guard with the award-winning Mountain View Toro marching band. McGertt has been with the color guard for all four years of her high school career after being inspired and encouraged by her older […]

On March 21, the Salt River Pima-Maricopa India Community officially became a Purple Heart Community and celebrated with a ceremony at the USS Arizona Memorial Gardens at Salt River. Many gathered for the special event, including military veterans and SRPMIC officials, to witness the unveiling of the Purple Heart Community sign, the distribution of certificates […]

The USS Arizona Memorial Relic has been located in the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community at the USS Arizona Memorial Gardens since 2019, after it was gifted to the Community. The boathouse relic was part of the USS Arizona, the battleship that was destroyed and sunk in the Pearl Harbor attack in December 1941.  The […]

In 2018, APS was looking for a site for its new substation in downtown Phoenix’s Evans-Churchill neighborhood and sought community input. The company reviewed 14 possible sites and ultimately ended up choosing the southwest corner of Seventh Street and Roosevelt, at the entrance to the Roosevelt Row Arts District. The district features art and cultural […]

Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community member and 40-plus-year SRPMIC employee Diane Cashoya recently reviewed her time working with the Community.  She recalled working as a youth worker at various locations within the Community each summer. Her first summer job was at the Salt River Day School, where she helped prepare school materials for the following […]