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Below normal temperatures persisting through tomorrow before warming to above normal late this week.
Freeze Warnings across the lower deserts through mid-week, with the coldest morning on Wednesday.
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WASHINGTON, DC (January 15, 2025) – The Fort Yuma Quechan Indian Tribe (FYQIT) today announced that it entered into co-stewardship of the Quechan Ancestral Landscapes with the U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management California Desert District Office (BLM). This agreement is intended to establish and memorialize processes between FYQIT and BLM on how each party will plan, resource, share expertise, services, not otherwise available during the resource management and land management planning of areas located within the traditional Tribal territory of the Quechan people.
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Freeze Warnings are in effect this morning and tonight/Tuesday morning across portions of South-Central and Southwest AZ.
Warming temperatures during the middle of the week reaching slightly above normal before cooling again starting Friday.
Slight precipitation chances (10-20%) primarily focused over the South-Central AZ high terrain late this week.
The REVISED Special Meeting Agenda for Wednesday, January 8, 2025 at 2:30pm in the Quechan Tribal Chambers is:
The REVISED Work Session Agenda for Wednesday, January 8, 2025 at 2:00 pm in the Quechan Tribal Chambers is:
The Agenda for the Regular Meeting on Tuesday, January 7, 2025 at 7:00 pm in the Quechan Tribal Chambers is:
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No weather impacts today with dry weather continuing and above normal temperatures with highs in the low 70s across the lower deserts.
A stronger weather system will likely bring breezy to locally windy conditions Tuesday and Wednesday along with some precipitation chances, especially across the AZ high terrain.
Temperatures cool down to near to slightly below normal levels by mid week and continue through the weekend, with low temperatures in some of the colder rural areas dipping down to near to below freezing.
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The Quechan Tribal Council has been notified by Wal Mart that there is a problem with the Gift Cards that were mailed out to the Quechan Minors.
Wal Mart is working on getting the problem resolved quickly as possible for the gift cards to be fully charged.
Wal Mart apologizes for the inconvenience this may have caused.
The REVISED Special Meeting Agenda for Friday, January 3, 2025 at 11:30 am in the Quechan Tribal Chambers is:
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“The protection of the Chuckwalla National Monument brings the Quechan people an overwhelming sense of peace and joy. Tribes being reunited as stewards of this landscape is only the beginning of much-needed healing and restoration, and we are eager to fully rebuild our relationship to this place. This action is part of a greater movement around the country to reconnect Tribes to their ancestral homelands whilst ensuring they have the authority to guide management decisions with federal and state agencies.
The REVISED Work Session Agenda for Friday, January 3, 2025 at 11:00 am in the Quechan Tribal Chambers is:
The REVISED Special Meeting Agenda for Monday, December 30, 2024 at 2:00 pm in the Quechan Tribal Chambers is:
The REVISED Work Session Agenda for Monday, December 30, 2024 at 10:00 am in the Quechan Tribal Chambers is:
Join us for a day of celebration on Friday, December 27, 2024.
From 11:00 am to 2:00 pm at the Pipa Event Center in the Quechan Casino Resort.
Lunch will be served at 11:00 am.
Posting of colors will be at 12:00 pm.
Presentation from Tribal Leadership, Management, and invited dignitaries.
From 2:00 pm to 10:00 pm at the Paradise Event Center.
Free food, entertainment, and games for the whole family.
Bird Singing and Dance Competition.
Comedian Vaughn Eagle Bear from 6:00 pm to 6:45 pm.
Gertie and The T.O. Boyz Chicken Scratch Band 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm
Join us for this historic milestone.
The Special Meeting Agenda for Thursday, December 26, 2024 at 2:00 pm in the Quechan Tribal Chambers is:
The REVISED Work Session Agenda for Thursday, December 26, 2024 at 10:00 am in the Quechan Tribal Chambers is:
The REVISED Special Meeting Agenda for Monday, December 23, 2024 at 2:00 pm in the Quechan Tribal Chambers is:
The Work Session Agenda for Monday, December 23, 2024 at 10:00 am in the Quechan Tribal Chambers is:
The Enrollment office will be closed beginning Monday, December 23, 2024, and will re-open on Monday, December 30, 2024.
The Work Session Agenda for Thursday, December 19, 2024 at 2:30 pm in the Quechan Tribal Chambers is:
