If you recently received a COVID-19 vaccine, you might have noticed a few extra hands helping out at the last few vaccination clinics. Due to the high volume of Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community members, employees and family members who were eligible to get the Moderna vaccine, the SRPMIC Emergency Management COVID-19 Command Team reached […]

Saguaro High School junior Ky-Moni Harney challenged herself this year by getting out of her comfort zone and trying out for a new sport. Harney felt that due to the COVID-19 pandemic she missed out on some of her high school experiences, and she wanted to try a new sport. She played basketball with the […]

While dogs are our constant companions and beloved members of the family, dog bites are a public health issue. According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, about 4.5 million Americans are bitten by dogs each year. In 2019, there were 5,803 U.S. Postal Service workers victimized by dogs while delivering mail and […]

In the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community as of this morning Friday, April 9, 2021; 15,120 COVID-19 tests have been done. We currently have zero active cases and no one hospitalized, which is some great news.  If you’re not feeling well, please make an appointment to get a COVID-19 test to make sure you are […]

The construction of the new River People Health Center at McDowell Road and State Route 87/Country Club on tribal land should be completed in mid-November. When O’odham Action News last caught up with the construction managers of the project in summer 2020, the building was being topped off with a beam, signifying the completion of […]

Now that we have entered the spring months in the low desert, many different seeds can be planted, such as beans, cowpeas, melons, squash and gourds. To help your plants thrive, one way to add nutrients to your soil and improve soil texture for better water-holding capacity is to use compost. What is compost? According […]

The Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community Family Advocacy Center (FAC) has brought the global Start by Believing campaign to SRPMIC after a rise in sexual assault cases in the Community. Start by Believing is a campaign organized by End Violence Against Women International, a nonprofit organization dedicated to improving criminal justice responses to sexual assault. […]

Anything can happen at a large public gathering in the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community, and the Salt River Fire Department Special Events Response Team (SERT) has all of the bases covered. On any given day during spring training, the team sets up in the parking lot outside Salt River Fields at Talking Stick with […]