Longtime Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community Fire Department employee Joan Wood has been promoted to the position of fire captain, making her the first female SRPMIC member to hold the title. Wood follows in the footsteps of Salt River Fire Department Battalion Chief Melanie Lake to move up in the ranks and take on a […]
In March, the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community’s Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Team gave a presentation at the Council District C meeting to inform Community members about an interactive website and mobile app they have been working on and to share information about their past and future projects. What is GIS, you ask? Engineering and […]
On Monday, April 25, in front of a room full of her family, friends, coaches, teammates and supporters, Westwood High School senior Nyese Jones signed her letter of intent to continue her basketball career on the collegiate level at South Mountain Community College. Jones has been on the Lady Warriors varsity basketball team since she […]
On Monday, April 4, as the nervous and protective mother and father bald eagles soared above in a circular pattern, the Salt River Fire Department (SRFD) aided efforts by the Arizona Game and Fish Department (AZGFD) to band two young bald-eagle nestlings from a nest on the southwest side of the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian […]
The Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community’s Community Development Department (CDD) hosted a gathering of vendors, developers and SRPMIC staff on the Pepsi Patio at the Arizona Diamondbacks vs. Los Angeles Dodgers spring training game on March 28 at Salt River Fields at Talking Stick. Around 160 people responded to an RSVP for the celebration of […]
In March, Debbie Nez-Manuel, longtime community leader and activist, was elected as the Democratic National Committee (DNC) Western Region Vice Chair. Nez-Manuel’s term begins immediately and will last for four years. The region covers 16 states and territories and includes Arizona Democrats abroad. She was elected to the Democratic Party in January 2020, becoming its […]
Over the past two years, the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community’s Child Passenger Safety Team has kept busy coming up with new ways to continue its services during the pandemic. The team promotes child passenger safety by providing parents and caregivers with up-to-date car seats, one-on-one training, and car-seat checks to make sure the seats […]