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Former School Employee Given 10 Year Sentence in Sexual Abuse Case

Humboldt County Superior Court Judge Christopher Wilson sentenced Joseph “Joey” Saint Orozco to 10 years in state prison on Friday, June 7, and ordered him to register as a sex offender upon his release from prison. Read More →

Using Heat to Screen for Breast Cancer

Too little and we freeze, too much and we cook. Indeed the regulation of our internal body heat, our homoeostasis, is no small miracle of life that requires a constant balancing act. Read More →

Hoopa and Willow Creek Work Together to Protect Trinity River

Hoopa and Willow Creek draw their drinking water directly from the Trinity and its tributaries. Both towns are littered with hundreds of individual septic tank systems for homes and businesses. Read More →

Using Martial Arts to Fight Diabetes

Perry Lincoln stood in front of his students in the Neighborhood Facilities (NF) gymnasium and demonstrated the slow and graceful movements from the ancient Chinese martial art T’ai chi ch’uan (太極拳). Read More →

German Exchange Students Visit Hoopa

Wilhelm Plitt, a high school English teacher from Germany, said, “We’re teaching about Indians as part of our senior year curriculum, and they’re very excited to get to know about Indian traditions.” Read More →

A Night to Remember

Alina Seiler, Jake Colegrove, Michael Montgomery, Maggie Joe Jarnaghan, Dakota Mosier, Stella Jarnaghan, Jurnie Wilder, Lindsey Billings, Deja George, Darin Jarnaghan, Lacy Bruhy, and Jack Norton gathered near Humboldt Bay before attending Hoopa Valley High School’s Junior/Senior Prom on Saturday, May 4, at the Wharfinger Building in Eureka. / Photo courtesy of Kelly Jarnaghan Read More →

Willow Creek Eyeing Long Term Campgrounds and Designated Spot for Day Laborers

The pews in the Church of the Nazarene were filled to capacity with Willow Creek community members. Others stood in the back of the room and in the hallway on Thursday, May 16. It was the first town-hall-style community meeting hosted by the Willow Creek Chamber of Commerce to discuss solutions to problems caused by outdoor marijuana grows and transients camped in town. Read More →

Hoopa Tribe Starts Banishment Process of Non-Tribal Member Sex Offenders

The Hoopa Valley Tribal Council voted unanimously to begin the process of banishing all non Hoopa tribal member sex offenders from Hoopa. Read More →