The year 2020 became the year when we all had to learn to be patient, work from home and hunker down at home. When the COVID-19 pandemic started, one of the first key questions was about kids and schools: whether to keep them open and possibly help spread the virus, or transition to learning from […]

After serving on the board of Native Seeds/SEARCH since 2017, Community Garden Coordinator Jacob Butler will now serve as chair of the board for the nonprofit seed-conservation organization based in Tucson. Butler has a big presence in the Community, having served as Community garden coordinator for the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community for 16 years. […]

Good deeds did not go unnoticed in December 2020, as Bishop Tyronne Stowe and members of Victory Life Church in Chandler donated 50 bikes to Salt River foster children. With limited resources, and realizing the need for and benefit of bikes for children in foster or kinship care, Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community foster/kinship licensing […]

On December 15, 2020, Great Wolf Lodge Arizona delivered 494 plush animals to the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community Social Services Department on behalf of Great Wolf Resorts. Approximately 350 of the plush animals went to Angel Tree Program families in need before Christmas, with the remaining going to the Salt River Fire and Police […]

At the end of 2020, the Salt River Police Department had something very big to celebrate: a new mobile command center. The new dark-gray SRPD Command Center was purchased through a grant and built on a Freightliner M2 truck, which has a gross vehicle weight rating (GVWR) of up to 66,000 pounds. Built by LDV […]

Salt River Ba’ag basketball is still going strong, and games are scheduled over the next three months to keep the players active during the pandemic. The team was in Tucson on January 16 for the one-day 2021 New Year Tip-Off Tournament. “We love to travel to this tourney because they are very strict on spectators. […]

The COVID-19 response team of the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community is actively managing the Community’s vaccine distribution. The Health and Human Services staff have been contacting people in Phase 1B, the group currently receiving the vaccine, which includes dialysis patients, transplant recipients, active cancer patients, and Community members and residents age 65 and older. […]

During the holiday season, the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community held a giveaway in which SRPMIC members were able to pick up holiday treats and T-shirts for the entire family. The drive-thru event was held on Monday, December 21, at the SRPMIC employee parking lot. The line of cars weaved throughout the parking lot and […]