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Kah-Nee-Ta Resort & Spa on the Warm Springs Reserve will close on September 5, and the 146 employees will lose their jobs, according to a notice to the state of Oregon.
The movement may have been anticipated by the Confederate tribes of Warm Springs, who have maintained the resource afloat through tribal borrowing, according to an article published in October in Spilyay Tymoo, published by the tribes. The resort employs many tribal members, the article said.
Marie Kay Williams, Interim Executive Director of Kah-Nee-Ta, could not be reached for comment on Friday.
"All your hard work and dedication did not go unnoticed," says an unsigned letter to employees attached to the Workers' Adjustment and Rehabilitation Notice, required for massive layoffs .
The tribes had hoped to enter into a long-term lease with a management company, AV Northwest, which would invest $ 17 million in the station, according to Spilyay Tymoo's article. "AVNW continues to look for a way to financing," says the letter of Friday. "However, without a lease in place, the station can not continue to operate below a self-maintained level.
" This is necessary to ensure that we protect any further risk for the Confederate tribes of Warm Springs . The tribal council asked that we continue to look for an option that would allow (Kah-Nee-Ta) to be self-sustaining.
The resort is not the first venture that the Warm Springs Tribes have sought to unload since The Indian Head Casino's move from the complex on Highway 8 to the US Highway 26 The Kah-Nee-Ta Golf Course entered the market in December 2016, according to the Bulletin's archives. It had been running in the red for four years. A course member, Brent Moschetti, signed a contract in January 2017 to resume the golf course.
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