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Education around the impacts Vaping has especially on youth.

“Guardian of the Land” is a new Oregon Public Broadcasting (OPB) production premiering this Sunday 10/12/25 at the Bend Film Festival at the Madras Performing Arts Center in Madras at 5:30. In “Guardian of the Land,” Emmy-nominated director LaRonn Katchia (Warm Springs/Wasco/Paiute) weaves oral histories about Bigfoot sightings and stories through the work of four leading contemporary Indigenous a...

Christine Means and her family who have spent years questioning the circumstances surrounding her sister's death. In 2019, a renewed sense of hope for justice places Christine at the center of the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Relatives movement in New Mexico. Against all odds, this is a story of love, spirit, and the unwavering power of Indigenous women and allies who refuse to let th...

An Update on expansion of the Warm Springs IHS Clinic and impacts on visitors. The Expansion project will create new exam rooms and expand pharmacy and lab, while remodeling the old exam rooms for specialty care. The new temporary entrance is between the Dental and Community Health Pods.

Anita Jackson Wasco Curriculum - KWSO Our People & Mother Earth Program Podcast by KWSO Staff

WSCAT IDA Program - KWSO Warm Springs Program Podcast by KWSO Staff

Warm Springs Youth Council - KWSO Our People & Mother Earth Program Podcast by KWSO Staff

Warm Springs Culture & Heritage has been working with the High Desert Museum on developing more Native curriculum for schools. A new effort is for 8th grade curriculum with a focus on the Wasco People who originated along the Columbia River. Louie Pitt Jr was interviewed as part of the curriculum development.

Warm Springs Culture & Heritage has been working with the High Desert Museum on developing more Native curriculum for schools. A new effort is for 8th grade curriculum with a focus on the Wasco People who originated along the Columbia River. Wasco Elder George Aguilar Senior was interviewed as part of the curriculum development.

On Monday September 8th – Representative Cliff Bentz held a virtual town hall for his Oregon District 2 constituents.

A visit with coaches and students taking part in 2025 fall sports at Madras High School

A visit with folks who set up at the 2025 Warm Springs Back to School BBQ Family Resource Fair

One summer day, Warm Springs OSU Extension took a trip to glean blueberries. Gleaning is the act of collecting leftover crops from farmers' fields after the main harvest is complete. It's a practice that has been a part of many cultures for centuries, including those of the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs. It's an age-old tradition of taking only what you need and ensuring nothing goes to wast...

Updates from students for students and families of the Warm Springs k-8 Academy on KWSO's Eagle News.

Back to school language lessons in Kiksht, Numu & Ichiskiin

A visit with staff and youth who are participating in the Warm Springs Community Action Team Youth Work Program this summer (2025)

Warm Springs K-8 Academy administrators share everything kids and families need to know for the first day of school on September 3, 2025.

A conversation about wildfires and how the incident management system works. James Osborn headed up PNW Team 3 who managed both the Butte Creek Fire on the Warm Springs Reservation and the Cran Fire north of Madras.

From a 2005 "Talking Circle" program on KWSO - a conversation with Rain Circle and Evaline Patt of the Museum at Warm Springs and Matt Jimenez from the CTWS Branch of Natural Resources. Their topic was Huckleberries.

A visit with vendors at one of the July 2025 Thursday Markets on the Warm Springs Reservation.

Delson Suppah Sr. talks with Jaylynn Suppah about Camas Root harvesting and preservation and how she and her family work to continue on this practice as taught to them by her autwai Grandmother.

Max Oaks from the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs Branch of Natural Resources shares information from a public hunter's meeting ahead of the fall and late summer hunting seasons

Voices for participants and organizers of this summer's youth resiliency camp that drew about 170 kids daily for a week in July 2025

Absentee Ballots have been sent to all eligible Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs Tribal Member voters, on and off the Warm Springs Reservation, for the August 27th Adoption Election. Everyone was sent a ballot in the mail as there are 198 individuals listed who have applied to become Tribal Members through the adoption process – and it takes some time to complete your voting. The envelope has a...

Following more than 30 years of teaching in Warm Springs at the old Elementary School and at the K-8 Academy, Kevin & Renee Rodin are retiring. They share the journey they have had.