If you subscribe to the Salt River Police Department’s Facebook page, you may have noticed a number of tips to help educate Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community members and anyone else who subscribes to their page about the opioid epidemic. They have been posting information about the dangers of fentanyl, what to do if someone […]

According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), more than 81,000 drug overdose deaths occurred in the United States in the 12 months ending in May 2020, the highest number of overdose deaths ever recorded in a 12-month period. The CDC says synthetic opioids, primarily illicitly manufactured fentanyl, appear to be the […]

September is National Suicide Prevention Month. According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), more than 47,500 people died by suicide in the U.S. in 2019.  Suicide is a tragic event with devastating emotional effects for the survivors and families of its victims. After the past year and half of living with […]

Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community President Martin Harvier, Vice-President Ricardo Leonard and a number of staff from Health and Human Services, Administration, Public Works, Engineering and Construction Services, and more welcomed Congressman Greg Stanton to the Community to discuss support for getting 11 duplicative positions approved and funded by the Indian Health Service (IHS) and […]

The Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community Council has approved a directive to make full COVID-19 vaccinations mandatory for government employees as a condition of continued employment. Government employees included in the directive are regular, temporary, part-time, day labor, interns, youth workers and volunteers. This plan does not include SRPMIC Enterprises, which can develop their own […]

A new series of sessions for people with diabetes is beginning on August 31. Called Diabetes Among Friends, the five-week peer-based curriculum is open to Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community members age 18 and over, tribal employees, people with diabetes and caregivers of people with diabetes. The series will take place every Tuesday and Wednesday […]

Some people are finding it easy to move on and go back to living their lives like they did before the COVID-19 pandemic. But for others, it’s a little tougher. Many people lost loved ones to COVID-19, or lost their jobs; for others, it just might have been difficult emotionally to isolate themselves from family […]

By Tasha Silverhorn The Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community’s Health and Human Services Department has some news and updates to share with Community members. COVID-19 Variants If you have been following the news on COVID-19, you may have heard about the new variants of the virus. There are multiple variants, with four notable ones active […]