Local News

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 →

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 →

Jones Attorney Makes Final Arguments in Banishment Case

Arthur “Arty” Jones appeared in Hoopa Valley Tribal Court on Friday, May 17, to hear his attorney, Clifford Marshall, make a final appeal of the decision to exclude Jones from the reservation. 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 →

Hoopa Student Becomes 2013 Gates Millennium Scholar

Hoopa Valley High School Senior Manuel Mattz recently learned he was selected as one of 1,000 students nationwide to earn the prestigious 2013 Gates Millennium Scholars scholarship. Read More →

Highway Car Crash Claims Life of Hoopa Teen

Hoopa teenager Walter Moon was badly injured in a car crash on Saturday, May 18, and died of his injuries the next day at the Oakland Children’s Hospital. Read More →

Final Court Hearing Postponed in Jones Exclusion

Arthur “Arty” Jones was defiant as he appeared at the Hoopa Valley Tribal Court on Friday, May 10 for what was supposed to be his final appeal of the Tribal Council’s order to exclude him from the Reservation. Read More →