In October 2019, the recycling facility operated by Republic Services at the Salt River Landfill burned down. Since then, some local governments across the Valley have faced tough decisions about how to move forward with their recycling programs. Now, Republic Services is rebuilding an updated and more advanced recycling plant on the same land. “Republic […]

As the Huhugam Ki: Museum enters its 35th year of operation, the time has come to keep the current facility in good shape and useful for another 35 years. After its anniversary celebration on November 5, the museum shut its doors for some needed renovations. Years of fixing, wiring, and adding and replacing building materials […]

Former O’odham Action News reporter and Gila River Indian Community member Claude Jackson Jr. wrote a play called “Cashed Out” that will be performed at the San Francisco Playhouse this winter. The play will make its world premiere there and run from January 26 through February 25. Jackson is currently an attorney and the director […]

“Around the world, human trafficking has stripped nearly 25 million people of their safety, dignity and freedom,” according to www.whitehouse.org. January is National Human Trafficking Prevention Month, and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security wants to help raise awareness of human trafficking through their Blue Campaign.  The Blue Campaign, #WearBlueDay, is an initiative to raise […]

The Arizona Travel ID driver’s license/ID card was most recently scheduled to go into effect on May 3, but due to circumstances resulting from what the Department of Homeland Security said are lingering impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, including state driver’s licensing agencies having to work through backlogs, the enforcement date for the card has […]

January 2023 marks the 19th annual National Stalking Awareness Month, a time to shine a light on the crime of stalking. According to the White House Proclamation on National Stalking Awareness Month at www.whitehouse.gov, more than 3 million people ages 16 and older are victims of stalking each year, whether it happens in person or […]

Back in June 2022, sisters Nani and Tirsa Reina were crowned the 2022-2023 Miss and Jr. Miss Salt River to represent the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community. The two have done a lot in the last seven months in a whirlwind of activities and events, along with their first attendants, Kendra Percy and Aiyanah Lerma. […]

In January, 20 members of the Community Recreation Services Outdoor Recreation Program’s Adult Hiking Club headed to the “Wave Cave” at Gold Canyon in the Superstition Mountains for a 3-mile round-trip hike. The cave supposedly gets its name from the way that the rock formation inside the cave resembles a wave of water. Hikers often […]