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 […]
As school carries on through the second year of the COVID-19 pandemic, parents, students and schools continue to deal with a variety of stressful situations that have taken a deep emotional toll on many families. Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community families have especially struggled as young children and teens juggle learning in different environments and […]
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 […]
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 […]
For the past two decades, the Southwest has been in the midst of a megadrought. The Colorado River, which supplies water to the state of Arizona and other southwestern states through the Lake Mead and Lake Powell reservoirs, has seen its flows drastically reduced. However, stakeholders from across the Southwest came together in recent years […]
Do you have unused or expired prescription medications? At two locations in the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community you can dispose of those old medications safely. The Salt River Police Department has operated a Prescription Pill Dropoff Box at the Main Station for the last seven years where SRPMIC members may drop off their unused […]
National Foster Care Month every May is a time to acknowledge foster parents, family members, child welfare professionals and others who help youth in foster care. This month is also a good time to learn about the SRPMIC Foster Care Program and how you can become a foster parent to one or more children of […]