Business

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 →

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 →

Breaking Ground

The new project, nearly seven years in the making, will see 10 apartments and 13 single family houses built in the Campbell Field Subdivision area. The current subdivision will grow in size. The new area will be nearly three times as large. Read More →

Local Tribal Communities Speak Out for Native American Studies and Programs at HSU

Protesters drew the attention of passersby with their paper neon signs and bright red strips of fabric tied around their wrists as they circled the university quad at HSU on Friday, May 10. Read More →

Willow Creek Divided Over Outdoor Residential Marijuana Grows and Transient Issues

Law enforcement, marijuana growers, businesspeople, and concerned community members crowded into the special Willow Creek Community Services District (WCCSD) Board meeting on Wednesday, May 1, to talk about marijuana and transients issues. Read More →

Tribal Council Approves Access to Tish Tang for Bigfoot Rafting

The Hoopa Tribal Forestry Department finished a plan for access permits to allow Brianna Carreira’s Bigfoot Rafting company to use Tish Tang to exit the Trinity River during rafting expeditions. Read More →

Council Approves Timber Sales Despite Lower Than Expected Prices

The Hoopa Valley Tribal Council approved the sale of over 9,000 Million Board Feet (MBF) of timber from three lots near Pine Creek, despite lower-than-expected prices. Read More →

County Asks Public to Weigh in on Draft Outdoor Marijuana Growing Regulations

Over 100 people crowded into the Trinity Valley Elementary School gymnasium in Willow Creek on Monday, April 15, to talk about the proposed Outdoor Cultivation of Medical Marijuana Initiative. Read More →