Local Schools

Hoopa High Garden Thief Strikes Again

Once again, someone entered Hoopa High School and dug up plants and trees from the school garden. The thief knew how to avoid the cameras. The camera shows that the suspect came early in the morning one recent Sunday. The suspect dug up flowers, fruit trees and artichokes. Read More →

Warriors Harlem Shake it on YouTube

The Hoopa Valley  High School Warriors recently posted their own Harlem Shake video--a viral YouTube craze. The short video was filmed and produced by local film maker Byron Nelson III. You can find the video online by searching Warrior Harlem Shake or visiting the following URL: http://youtu.be/fNr3UE0YZwo Read More →

Hoopa Faces South Fork in Twin Doubleheaders with Mixed Results

Hoopa and South Fork faced off on Wednesday, April 10, with twin doubleheaders between the two Little Four rivals in both softball and baseball. Read More →

Ideas Spawned in the Classroom

It’s that time of the year again. You know spring is in the air when AmeriCorps Watershed Stewards Project interns begin moving from class to class, teaching students about the watersheds they live in and the organisms they share it with. The watershed education curriculum, known as “Real Science”, takes place over a 6 week period and covers topics ranging from watershed scale stewardship practices to riparian conditions that affect the salmon life cycle. The Real Science program is an effort that is supported by the US Forest Service, AmeriCorps, and the Klamath-Trinity Join Unified School District. Read More →

Jury Finds Former School Employee Guilty of Sex Crimes Against Children

A jury of seven women and five men found Joseph “Joey” Saint Orozco guilty of two counts of lewd and lascivious acts with a child under 14 years old on Monday, April 8. The jurors also found Orozco guilty of one count of continuous sexual abuse of a child under 14 years after hearing evidence and testimony about the case from both adults and children for over five weeks. Read More →

Local Teachers on the Chopping Block

The Klamath-Trinity Joint Unified School District (KTJUSD) gave layoff notices to one district administrator and several teachers because of across the board spending cuts by the U.S. Government. KTJUSD Superintendant Mike Reid said, “For this district it’s like a double whammy. We depend not only on title programs, but also on federal impact aid. It’ll be a catastrophe.” Read More →

Hoopa Alumni Show How It’s Done on the Field

Graduates from Hoopa Valley High School took on the Hoopa Warriors on the baseball diamond, and the Lady Warriors on the softball field, in twin pre-season Alumni games Friday, March 1, 2013. Despite two in-field home runs from Warriors Jeremy Applegate and Joseph Bain, the team couldn’t quite match the fight put up by the ‘old dogs.’ Read More →

Charger Champions

The Trinity Valley Chargers took it to the Hoop and beyond, bringing back with them the first championship banner TVES earned in 20 years. The small, but mighty eighth grade boys basketball team traveled most of the season with the help of a dedicated group of parents who carpooled because of a lack of transportation [...] Read More →