The Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community’s 12 Percent Gaming Grant Committee provided several grants for the 2024 calendar year to local organizations as a requirement of the Arizona Tribal-State Gaming Compacts between the state of Arizona and all 22 federally recognized Arizona tribes. Under the compacts, each tribe with a...
Beginning on January 1, 13 new laws went into effect in the state of Arizona. Here is an overview of the new laws in our state, including new rulings on rental home taxes, backyard chickens, abortion rights, DUI guidelines for rideshare drivers, and more. Minimum Wage Increase Starting this year,...
Have you been coughing and sneezing more recently? You’re not the only one. New Year’s Eve is a time to celebrate with families and loved ones. Unfortunately, it’s also a time in which our air takes a drastic drop in quality due to the mixed bag of harmful air pollutants...
Editor’s Note: This story contains sensitive subject matter, including stories involving childhood punishment that some readers may find upsetting. The 432nd site in the National Parks System database will be the Carlisle Federal Indian Boarding School National Monument in Carlisle, Pennsylvania. On December 9, President Joe Biden announced that a national monument...
In basketball, tough losses at home can still provide hard-earned lessons. During their home game against the Chandler Bears, the Westwood junior varsity girls’ basketball team had a tough matchup on November 10. Coming into the game, the Westwood Warriors were still searching for their first win of the season...
After serving the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community for the past six years, former Council member Wi-Bwa Grey now looks toward her new beginning. Her Council tenure came to an end in December after November’s SRPMIC tribal election results were announced. When she was first sworn in on January 23,...
A new era has begun for the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community. During the SRPMIC general election in November, three council seats were voted on by the people. In District I (Salt River), two seats were open and in District II (Lehi), one seat. David Antone and Su:k Fulwilder won...