On April 28, the Salt River Police Department carried the torch for the Law Enforcement Torch Run® for Special Olympics. This was the 30th consecutive year that the SRPD participated in the event, which brings together law enforcement groups nationwide. Beginning at East Shea Boulevard and the Beeline Highway (State Route 87) in the Salt […]

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 […]

By Tori Paukgana Youth Services Director On Friday, April 22, the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community’s Youth Services staff and member youth attended the Boys & Girls Club Celebrate Youth Gala at the JW Marriott Phoenix Desert Ridge Resort and Spa. The event included a silent auction, entertainment, dinner and program.  The youth nominated this year was […]

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 […]