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May 2012

Quinault: SuperSonics Star to Ride Tandem with Tribal Member for Charity - Not often is one presented with an opportunity to ride a two-person bicycle with an international basketball star. But come Saturday, Vicki Hanna, a member of the Quinault Tribe, may have the opportunity to do just that.

Hoh-Makah-Quileute-Quinault: Coastal tribes create national symposium on climate change - The inaugural First Stewards symposium, to be held July 17-20 in Washington, D.C. is a national event that examines the impact of climate change on indigenous coastal cultures and explores solutions based on of traditional ecological knowledge. The Hoh, Makah and Quileute tribes and the Quinault Indian Nation created the symposium because indigenous coastal people are among the most affected by climate change.

Quinault: Aberdeen Liquor Store Sells to Interesting Buyer - The rights to Aberdeen's only independent liquor Store sold for just over $95-thousand, and the winning bidder, is a Quinault Indian Nation executive. Myrna Figg, Accounting Manager for the Nation is listed as the winning bidder for the Aberdeen location on Heron street.


April 2012

Puyallup-Quinault: Let's not stand for high rate of tribal youth suicide - CDC data from 2005 show the rate of native youth suicides is 2.2 times the number of people in all other ethnic groups. Suicide is their second-leading cause of death, and Indian Health Services numbers indicate kids between 15 and 19 are the most likely to kill themselves.

Quinault: Daffodil Royal Court Honors the Memory of Chief Leschi Princess During Parade - While Saturday’s Daffodil Festival Grand Floral Parade was bright with sunshine and smiles all the way down Sumner’s Main Street, the loss of Alexandria Cole, the Chief Leschi princess who died of an apparent suicide last week, was felt throughout the Royal Court.

Quinault: Chief Leschi Schools Daffodil princess, Alexandria Cole, dies - John Weymer, a spokesman for the Puyallup Tribe of Indians, confirmed today that Cole's death is "under investigation as an apparent suicide." Cole, who was a member of the Quinault Nation, had expressed that she was feeling stressed but nothing extreme, he said.


March 2012

Quinault: Budget cuts leave hatchery fish going hungry - The State Fish and Wildlife fish hatchery at Humptulips has a million mouths to feed and not enough food to feed them. Budget cuts and other problems are taking a toll. The Quinault Indian Tribe kicked in some money and local fishing groups will provide free labor, but the hatchery still doesn't have enough money to raise 250,000 coho.

Quinault: Tribe Sends Sharp Message - A reply letter from the Quinault Indian Nation says they plan to move ahead with a QMart2 store near B street 7-11 in Aberdeen. President Fawn Sharp said in her letter that a best-use analysis led to the plans for a convenience store with fuel, and seafood.


February 2012

Quinault: Moclips homicide suspect in custody - Grays Harbor Undersheriff Rick Scott tells KXRO that deputies have a suspect in custody of the possible homicide of 51 year-old Richard Luce of Moclips.

Chehalis-Quinault: State agencies, tribes say earthen dam study is lacking - State agencies and officials from both the Confederated Tribes of the Chehalis and the Quinault Indian Nation blasted the first draft of a study looking at the potential impact on fish if an earthen dam would be built on the upper reaches of the Chehalis River Basin to help control flooding. They say the study’s preliminary results and simulations "simply fly in the face of reality" and contain "unreasonable assumptions."


January 2012

Quinault: SeniorNet To Launch New Center on Quinault Indian Reservation - SeniorNet announces the opening of its sixth Indian Reservation Learning Center in cooperation with the U.S. Department of the Interior Office of Indian Energy and Economic Development (IEED). Located primarily in Queets, Washington, home of the Quinault Tribe about 90 miles from Taholah, the new center will allow residents of the reservation to earn GEDs, train and search for jobs, and communicate with relatives in other parts of the country.

Quinault: Unsanitary conditions at fish plant led to FDA recall - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration says almost 27,000 cans of fish processed at a Quinault Nation plant were recalled last spring because lab tests showed that faulty seals and cooking irregularities allowed dangerous microorganisms to grow in canned and smoked salmon, sturgeon, razor clams and tuna processed there.


December 2011

Quinault: County to receive $787,000 for salmon recovery - The money will go to the Wild Fish Conservancy, the Grays Harbor Conservation District, the Quinault Indian Nation and the Chehalis Basin Fisheries Task Force to repair damaged rivers and streams, improve the environment and protect salmon habitat.

Quinault: Threat Averted By Canned Seafood Inspection, Recall - Quinault Tribal Enterprises (QTE) last April recalled 27,705 metal cans of seafood products, distributed nationally, because of "severe looseness of the can double seam."

Quinault-Hoh: Kalaloch Beach won't open this winter for razor clams, but slight hope for spring digs - Biologists from the Quinault Indian Nation, Hoh Indian Tribe, state Fish and Wildlife and the national park conduct razor clam stock assessments each summer. This year's results showed the Kalaloch razor clam population to contain approximately half the number of clams found last year.

Quinault: WA has jurisdiction in tribe cigarette case - The Washington Supreme Court ruled unanimously Thursday that the state has criminal jurisdiction over tribal members who sell cigarettes without a required tax at stores outside reservation boundaries.


November 2011

Quinault: Toxic pilings removed from Damon Point near Ocean Shores

Hoh-Quinault: No Razor Clam Harvest At Olympic National Park Until Spring

Quinault: Grays Harbor Cleanup Complete at Damon Point

Quinault: Hatcheries could take a hit from state budget cuts


October 2011

Quinault: Flood Authority Officially Invites Quinaults

 
 
 
 


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