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Spilyay Tymoo, Warm Springs, Oregon
June 29, 2022
Laborers for Kah-Nee-Ta project
The Warm Springs Economic Devel-
opment Corporation seeks general labor-
ers who are interested in working on the
Kah-Nee-Ta renovation and rebuild
project. The pay is $15 an hour.
You must be able to work through
heat and rain, and do some heavy lifting.
Please complete an application at the
Economic Development Office at the
D.McMechan/Spilyay
Calvin Charley Jr. pitches for Warm Springs Nation Little League. The team, in the
Minor Boys 9-11 division, played over the weekend in the District 5 Little League All-
Star Tournament at Juniper Hills Park, Madras. Congratulations players, team
manager Nate Norwest, and coaches Vivian Carter-Smith and Sharmayne Frank.
Community incidence of Covid-19
A recent graph of the incidence of covid in the Warm Springs tribal
community, showing the slight up-tick in cases in recent weeks.
Regional jobs near pre-covid level
Employment growth is
beginning to slow across
Central Oregon, including
Jefferson County and the
reservation.
This is actually good
news, meaning that the job-
less rate is about where it
was before the pandemic.
The slower hiring is the
result of the near-full recov-
ery from the substantial
covid layoffs of 2020 and
2021. In other words, job
gains are becoming more
consistent with normal sea-
sonal patterns seen before
the pandemic.
As such, unemployment
rates are at or near historic
low levels.
For Jefferson County, the
unemployment rate was at
4.6 percent. The rate is fast
approaching levels in Febru-
ary 2020, when it was 4.1
percent, just before the first
impacts from Covid-19.
Total nonfarm employ-
ment rose by 150 jobs,
slightly stronger gains than
normal for this time of year.
According to the Oregon
Employment Department:
“Jefferson County has now
largely recovered from the
pandemic shock with the sea-
sonally adjusted total non-
farm employment of 6,700
in line with the pre-pan-
demic peak.”
Jefferson County has
added 220 jobs over the past
year. Job gains were concen-
trated in leisure and hospi-
tality ( up 90 jobs) and wood
product manufacturing (up
60 jobs). The only notable
job losses over the past year
were in professional and
business services ( down 20
jobs).
For Deschutes County,
including Bend and
Redmond, the seasonally ad-
justed unemployment rate
was 3.4 percent, a slight drop
from 3.5 percent the previ-
ous month.
The difference between
today’s unemployment rate
and the record low level of
3.3 percent before the on-
set of the pandemic is not
statistically significant, ac-
cording to the Employment
Department.
The Bureau of Labor Sta-
tistics estimates that
Deschutes County added
800 jobs just last month, mar-
ginally stronger gains than
what is typical for this time
of year.
The Bend metro area
posted total nonfarm levels
above 90,000 for the first
time as the local labor mar-
ket continues to expand. Em-
ployment levels are now
higher than the level just be-
fore the pandemic. Total
nonfarm employment ex-
panded by 2.5 percent.
Deschutes County is no
longer the fastest growing
metro area in the state, as
several metro areas that
have been slow to recover
from the pandemic shock
saw faster job gains over the
past year, including Portland,
Eugene, Corvallis, and Al-
bany.
Roughly half of the job
gains over the past year in
Deschutes County were con-
centrated in the hard hit lei-
sure and hospitality sector.
Crook County: The sea-
sonally adjusted unemploy-
ment rate fell to 4.8 percent.
The pre-pandemic level
was 4.4 percent. Crook
County added 100 jobs in
May, slower growth than
typical for this time of year.
industrial park, 4202 Holliday Street. For
information call the office at 541-553-
3207. You can also email in order to
receive an application:
sandra.danzuka@wstribes.org
Applicants must pass a drug test. And
if hired, you must be able to go to and
from Kah-Nee-Ta on a daily basis. These
positions are open until filled.