IMMOKALEE — Ever since Fire Rescue Chief Donald DiPetrillo became a Seminole Tribe employee eight years ago, one of his objectives was to open a fire station in Immokalee. That goal was realized with the opening of the Tribe’s Immokalee Fire Station at 12:01 a.m. Dec. 2, one minute after

IMMOKALEE — Christmas was more joyful for about 90 children of Immokalee migrant families thanks to a toy drive on the Immokalee reservation sponsored by the Seminole Tribe of Florida, Inc.  Board Liaison Gale Boone delivered 142 unwrapped toys Dec. 19 to the Redland Christian Migrant Association, which cares for

Everett Osceola was awarded a $50,000 grant Nov. 28 from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation’s 2016 Knight Arts Challenge. The funds will be used for the N8tive Reel Cinema Festival, the first Native American film festival in the southeastern U.S. Osceola’s project was chosen from nearly 1,000 entries.

BIG CYPRESS — Although it wasn’t quite Christmas, the holiday spirit was alive and well at the 12th annual Trike Fest on Dec. 9 in Big Cypress. Seniors from Big Cypress, Brighton, Hollywood and Immokalee donned Santa hats and bicycle helmets as they vied for trophies in the friendly competition

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers announced Dec. 4 it will not approve an easement to allow the proposed 1,172-mile Dakota Access Pipeline to cross under Lake Oahe on the Missouri River, near the Standing River Sioux Reservation in North Dakota. The pronouncement halted the project. Assistant Secretary for Civil Works

HOLLYWOOD — Santa Claus doesn’t always rely on his sleigh and reindeer to bring Christmas joy — and he doesn’t always wait until Christmas Eve.  On Dec. 6, the jolly old soul laughed hearty “Ho, ho, ho” while delivering gifts to patients at Joe DiMaggio Children’s Hospital thanks to Seminole

  BIG CYPRESS — No one knows for sure when members of Big Cypress New Testament Baptist Church first gathered, but families that date back at least five decades to when the plain block structure was built on a bubble of land off Josie Billie Highway marked the church’s golden anniversary

BIG CYPRESS — For the last decade, the Environmental Resource Management Department’s wildlife and wetlands divisions have been monitoring the health of Tribal land and the non-human species that call it home. ERMD has what appears to be conflicting roles; it aims to protect the environment as it works with Tribal