Four Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community members have obtained their Class A commercial driver’s licenses through the Community’s Apprenticeship Program in a partnership with Southwest Truck Driver Training. Angel Lopez, Angel Dixon, Tony “Big Jobs” Becker and Michael Hill took the four-week course, which is designed to prepare future truck drivers for an entry-level position […]
There is a certain charm to Salt River Fire Department (SRFD) Station 291 on Osborn Road. Built in 1981, it is the oldest of the four fire stations in the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community. Being in the heart of the SRPMIC’s government operations and central to many residences and businesses near the freeway, Station […]
During November 15-18, the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community’s Diabetes Prevention Services and FitnessFest held a Journey to Wellness event remotely on Zoom for about 55 participants a day. Before the event, participants picked up a goodie bag at the main campus of Diabetes Prevention Services, which included the materials for them to use on […]
Salt River Community Recreational Services employees Diedre Goodluck and Janyse Collins-Salinas are leaving the department after devoting years of service to the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community. The two said their farewells on Friday, November 5, at the CRS Social Division’s Mini Multi, where a number of fellow employees, parents and friends came to wish […]
On October 13, Wendsler Nosie, former chairman of the San Carlos Apache Tribe and founder of the grassroots group Apache Stronghold, traveled with a spiritual convoy and made a stop at the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community. The group was on their way to the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco to have […]
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 […]
The Seven Challenges program is being offered to teens in the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community through the Behavioral Health Services department as part of a new approach to substance abuse counseling. The program was developed by Robert Schwebel, Ph.D., in 1991, and meets teens (and adults) where they are in their developmental stage and […]