With the spike in COVID-19 cases around the United States due to the highly contagious omicron variant, public health experts are again emphasizing the importance of wearing a mask to protect yourself and others from the virus. The N95 mask is recommended, but unfortunately there are counterfeit N95 masks out there. So how do you […]
As the old saying goes: It’s a dirty job, but somebody has to do it. And that’s what the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community’s Public Works Sanitation solid waste operators are here for. The department tackles three different types of trash pickup in the Community: bulk, commercial and residential. With bulk trash pickup, solid waste […]
The Salt River Police Department (SRPD) is currently hiring for several open positions within the department. Current positions available are crime scene specialist (two positions), police officer (approximately 40 positions), records clerk (approximately three positions), dispatcher 1 (approximately eight positions) and animal control technician (one position). Currently, 14 members of the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian […]
With COVID-19 cases reaching new heights in the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community, and in the U.S. as a whole, O’odham Action News reached out to Community members and the SRPMIC Health and Human Services (HHS) Department to get a better understanding of what this next phase in the pandemic is looking like. In a […]
Marching to the beat of his own drum, Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community member James Schaaf is preparing to wrap up his senior year of high school and is looking forward to a new level of marching band experience at Arizona State University in the fall. Schaaf is a senior at Corona del Sol High […]
At the start of the new year, the Biden-Harris Administration brought two new over-the-counter, at-home COVID-19 tests to the U.S. market. These non-prescription tests help detect nucleocapsid protein antigen from SARS-CoV-2 with a self-collected anterior nasal swab sample. These tests can come in handy if you want to be sure you do not have the […]
On Tuesday, January 4, the Westwood High School girls basketball team went head-to-head with rival Mountain View High School. But this was not just a regular basketball game; it was a milestone for one player in particular, Westwood High School senior Nyese Jones. Jones hit the first 3-pointer of the game, which pushed her over […]