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  • POLICE OFFICER - RED LAKE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY

    Apr 12, 2017

    VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT POLICE OFFICER DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY Open: April 11, 2017 Closing: April 28, 2017 @ 3:00 p.m. PRIMARY DUTIES: Performs responsible police work involving the protection and safety of the community through prevention and control of crime, preserving peace, regulating traffic, and providing emergency services; and performs related duties as required. Reports to Captain of Police, full-time position w/benefits, salary; DOQ. ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: • M...

  • Red Lake School Board to conduct Superintendent interviews on Monday, April 10 and Wednesday, April 12, 2017

    The Red Lake School Board will be conducting Superintendent interviews on Monday, April 10, 2017 and Wednesday, April 12, 2017 between the hours of 8:30 AM and 2:00 PM. These interviews will take place at the Administration Building....

  • Sweat Lodge - Sunday, April 16th at 6 p.m.

    Sweat Lodge - Sunday, April 16th at 6 p.m. FCS Cliffs by the lake Hosted by: Red Lake Family & Children Services & Ronald Cobenais Red Lake Family & Children Services 1(218) 679-2122...

  • FBI obtained FISA warrant to monitor former Trump adviser

    Apr 12, 2017

    The FBI obtained a secret court order last summer to monitor the communications of an adviser to presidential candidate Donald Trump, part of an investigation into possible links between Russia and the campaign, law enforcement and other U.S. officials said. The FBI and the Justice Department obtained the warrant targeting Carter Page's communications after convincing a Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court judge that there was probable cause to believe Page was acting as an agent of a foreign power, in this case Russia, according to the...

  • Russia accuses US of unlawful Syria raid as Tillerson visits

    Apr 12, 2017

    MOSCOW — Russia's top diplomat accused the United States on Wednesday of carrying out an unlawful attack against Syrian President Bashar Assad's forces as he opened a fraught meeting with visiting U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson. Giving Tillerson a chilly reception, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said Russia was trying to understand the "real intentions" of the Trump administration. He said Moscow has lots of questions about the "very ambiguous" and "contradictory" ideas emanating from Washington. http://www.st...

  • United CEO orders review amid outrage over passenger's violent removal

    Apr 12, 2017

    United Airlines apologized Tuesday, saying it would review its policies after videos showed a passenger being forcibly removed from a full plane to make room for its own employees, setting off public outrage. Chief Executive Oscar Munoz said in a statement that United would take “full responsibility” for the situation and that “no one should ever be mistreated this way.” http://www.startribune.com/united-ceo-orders-review-amid-outrage-over-passenger-s-violent-removal/419183884/...

  • ICE suspends weekly detainer report of uncooperative law enforcement agencies

    Apr 12, 2017

    After weeks of pushback alleging inaccuracies, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is suspending its weekly list of law enforcement agencies it claims do not cooperate with requests to detain immigrants living here illegally. Hennepin County Sheriff Rich Stanek said his office was advised Monday by ICE Regional Field Office Director Scott Baniecke that they will not publish a Declined Detainer Outcome Report for the week of Feb. 18-24, citing inaccuracies from the previous three weeks — including one Stanek publicly challenged. h...

  • Sun Country to name each plane after a Minnesota lake

    Apr 12, 2017

    Sun Country Airlines passengers may soon hear "Welcome aboard Lake Minnetonka!" as they settle into their seats. The Eagan-based airline is honoring its home state by naming each of its airplanes after a different Minnesota lake. Sun Country hopes the project endears itself to its customers and that it promotes the state to people in other markets. http://www.startribune.com/swimming-in-the-air-sun-country-to-name-each-plane-after-a-minnesota-lake/419148194/#1...

  • Republicans survive election scare, win Kansas House seat

    Apr 12, 2017

    WICHITA, Kan. — Republicans survived an election scare on Tuesday and won a Kansas House seat in the first congressional election since President Donald Trump's victory, but the margin was much closer than expected in a district that had voted overwhelmingly for Trump in November. Republican state Treasurer Ron Estes, 60, will represent the Kansas 4th congressional district replacing Mike Pompeo, who Trump named as CIA director. http://www.startribune.com/house-race-in-heavily-gop-kansas-surprisingly-competitive/419110284/...

  • Death penalty handed down in tribal shooting

    Apr 12, 2017

    ALTURAS — A California judge has imposed the death penalty on a Modoc County woman convicted in December for a deadly 2014 attack at an Alturas tribal center, while a request for a re-trial was denied. On Monday Judge Candace Beason sentenced Cherie Louise Rhoades, 47, to capital punishment for a Feb. 20, 2014, shooting and stabbing that left four dead at the Cedarville Rancheria Tribal Office and Community Center. Rhoades was also sentenced to 150 years in prison for injuring two other victims and ordered to pay $64,000 in restitution. h...

  • Former Northern California tribal chair gets death penalty for shooting, stabbing spree

    Apr 12, 2017

    ALTURAS - The former head of a Northern California Indian tribe was sentenced to death Monday for a 2014 rampage inside the tribal hall that left four people dead. In sentencing Cherie Louise Rhoades, Judge Candace Beason called the killings at the Cedarville Rancheria Tribal Headquarters “intentional, premeditated and willful.” Beason rejected the option to modify a Placer County jury’s death sentence to life in prison. Read more here: http://www.sacbee.com/news/local/crime/article143794574.html#storylink=cpy...

  • Final Cobell Education Scholarship Fund Transfer Made; Totals $60 Million

    Apr 12, 2017

    WASHINGTON – U.S. Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke Tuesday announced the Department has made its final transfer to the Cobell Education Scholarship Fund, bringing the total amount to $60 million to be made available to help unlock the doors to advanced technical training and higher education for Native youth. The Scholarship Fund provides financial assistance to American Indian and Alaska Native students wishing to pursue post-secondary and graduate education and training. It is funded in part by the Land Buy-Back Program for Tribal N...

  • Coeur d'Alene Tribe resumes gillnetting pike in Idaho

    Apr 12, 2017

    COEUR D'ALENE, Idaho - The Coeur d'Alene Tribe is using gillnets to cut down on northern pike in hopes of helping cutthroat trout populations in northern Idaho. Northern pike are prized by some anglers, but they eat native cutthroat trout, which return to Lake Coeur d'Alene every year as they migrate to their spawning grounds. The Spokesman-Review reports the Coeur d'Alene Tribe and the Idaho Department of Fish and Game are using the nets so they can catch, tag and then transport the predators to an area of the lake where they are less likely...

  • Manning: Dear Pepsi, Our Resistance is Not for Sale

    Apr 12, 2017

    Just hours after PepsiCo Inc. aired their activism-inspired commercial for Pepsi soda, the ad was pulled, prompted by instantaneous and widespread social media backlash. The commercial featured an activism story line, where Kendall Jenner, a rich, white, fashion model, is inspired to join a very generic demonstration, ultimately gliding straight to the frontline of police and offering one officer a can of Pepsi. The officer takes a drink, and the crowd cheers. Kendall Jenner safely retreats back into the crowd, smiling. Apparently, she just...

  • Man, Whose Body was Discovered in Cannonball River on Sunday, had Been at Standing Rock Camps: Family Last Contact was Late October

    Apr 12, 2017

    MANDAN, NORTH DAKOTA – The Morton County Sheriff’s Department issued a press release today, April 10, 2017, one day after responding to a 9-1-1 call of a body floating in the Cannonball River. The body of a male was discovered near the shoreline of the mouth of the Cannonball River yesterday. His body was discovered by a local fisherman around 11:30 a.m. on Sunday. http://nativenewsonline.net/currents/man-whos-body-discovered-cannonball-river-sunday-standing-rock-camps-family-last-contact-late-october/...

  • Federal government to take over health care from Nooksack Tribe

    Apr 12, 2017

    Deming - Nearly 300 people who have been kicked out of the Nooksack Indian Tribe will once again get health care when the federal government steps in at the end of April to provide those services. In a March 27 letter, the Department of Health & Human Services notified tribal council Chairman Bob Kelly that it intended to “reassume” medical services – taking them over from the tribe – as of April 29, unless the tribe asked for a formal hearing. Read more here: http://www.bellinghamherald.com/news/local/article143868219.html#...

  • Quebec spending $5M to encourage sustainable greenhouse gardens in Nunavik

    Apr 12, 2017

    The Quebec government is putting $5 million over three years into developing greenhouse gardening in the far north, where the normal growing season lasts for less than 100 days. Two community greenhouses already exist in Kuujjuaq, 1,400 kilometres north of Montreal — the main town in the Quebec Inuit territory of Nunavik. There, local greenhouse participants have been growing food for themselves and their neighbours for several years. http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/quebec-spending-5m-to-encourage-sustainable-greenhou...

  • Tribe pulling out stops to tackle meth plague

    Apr 12, 2017

    EAGLE BUTTE, S.D. (KOTA TV) The methamphetamine wave crashing over South Dakota is snaring people even in the state's remote rural areas. In one such area, the Cheyenne River Indian Reservation, local authorities are using every tool they can find to fight the plague – from modern law enforcement techniques to centuries old traditions. http://www.kotatv.com/content/news/Tribe-pulling-out-stops-to-tackle-meth-plague-419089184.html...

  • Bill Seeks to Allow Tribes to Kill Salmon-Eating Sea Lions

    Apr 12, 2017

    SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — Some Northwest Indian tribes would be allowed to kill a limited number of sea lions that prey on endangered salmon in the Columbia River under a bill introduced in Congress. The bipartisan bill was introduced last weekend by U.S. House members Jaime Herrera Beutler, a Washington Republican, and Kurt Schrader, an Oregon Democrat. https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/washington/articles/2017-04-11/bill-seeks-to-allow-tribes-to-kill-salmon-eating-sea-lions...

  • Simpson, Contreras trial delayed again

    Apr 12, 2017

    PORTLAND, Oregon – There’s another delay in the murder trial of Julian Simpson, a former Pendleton resident who was extradited from Idaho for the shooting of Tony Jimenez Jr. of Pendleton. The trial, which was to have begun tomorrow, has been re-scheduled to July 11. Simpson is facing those charges along with co-defendant Victor Contreras of California, who is charged with shooting and injuring Beau Welch. Both defense attorneys requested the delay, saying they needed more time to prepare their cases. The U.S. Attorney’s Office in Portl...