On April 28, Salt River Schools hosted an informational meeting about the Safe Routes to School initiative, a plan to study how students travel to school and how to make the journey safer and easier for those who walk or ride a bike. Family input was the goal of the event, which was held at […]

The Salt River Police Department has been awarded funding from the U.S. Department of Justice’s Coordinated Tribal Assistance Solicitation (CTAS) to purchase two TruNarc™ narcotics analyzers. The devices provide accurate, definitive and fact-based scientific results of analyzed substances and will help law enforcement officers quickly identify unknown substances in the field. The devices are made […]

Original Press Release via The Arizona Diamondbacks The Arizona Diamondbacks and Casino Arizona, an enterprise owned and operated by the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community (SRPMIC), today announce a new partnership naming the popular casino and its sister property, Talking Stick Resort, as the ​​Official Casino and Resort Partner for the Arizona Diamondbacks. The new agreement […]

With the 2022 Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) Reauthorization Act being signed into law, tribal governments will soon be able to take action on the language within the legislation. Tribes can start exercising the language relating to special tribal criminal jurisdiction on October 1, but due to the complex nature and swift reauthorization of the […]

After more than a year of restoration, the historic Hayden House in Tempe has reopened and is now home to the offices of the Downtown Tempe Authority. The Hayden House, originally built in 1873, is the oldest continuously occupied building in Maricopa County and served as Monti’s La Casa Vieja restaurant beginning in the 1950s […]

Barb Wilkinson, interim principal at the Accelerated Learning Academy (ALA) on the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community, is showing her adult students and coworkers that you can thrive while balancing being a new parent and having to work. The previous principal at ALA resigned in March, and Wilkinson was asked to fill the position in […]

Legacy Village of Salt River, a luxury senior living facility, is officially open for business after waiting for over a year due to the pandemic. On April 28, Legacy Village held a ribbon-cutting ceremony in their center courtyard in front of staff, community partners and residents to mark the occasion. “We are so honored and […]

Marriott International and Wish for Wheels, a nonprofit organization based in Denver, teamed up to purchase and assemble 50 Huffy brand bikes and helmets to give away to children in the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community. The bikes and helmets were on display in a long row during a regional Marriott International engineering team community […]