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A temporary curfew for people under 18 on the Gila River Indian Community has been extended until May after a rise in violent crime on the reservation, located just south of metro Phoenix.
PHOENIX — A large brush fire that threatened homes on the Gila River Indian community over the weekend is now at 450 acres as of Monday. At one point, the Fall Fire grew to 671 acres ...
according to the Bureau of Indian Affairs. The fire is located near Santa Cruz and Cemetery roads. No structures have been affected and the Gila River Fire Department is still monitoring the fire.
GILA RIVER INDIAN COMMUNITY, AZ — Members of the Gila River Indian Community took to the streets on Saturday to march against what they are seeing as ongoing violence in their neighborhoods.
Stephen Roe Lewis, governor of the Gila River Indian Community south of Phoenix, declared a public safety emergency and instituted the nearly two-week curfew, which will run from 7 p.m. until 5 a ...
A Brush Fire Prompts Evacuations in the Gila River Indian Community Southwest of Phoenix GILA RIVER INDIAN COMMUNITY, Ariz. (AP) — Crews were trying to contain a brush fire Sunday that prompted ...
The doors to the new Gila River Police Department open to the east. Gila River Police Chief Jesse Crabtree said that many Indigenous communities build their homes with doors facing ...