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Lower Trinity Deputy District Ranger Hired

Forest Supervisor Tyrone Kelley announces that Dan Dill has been named Deputy District Ranger for the Lower Trinity Ranger District. The Lower Trinity Ranger District is now managed with the Orleans and Ukonom Districts as one unit under District Ranger Nolan Colegrove. Read More →

K’ima:w Ambulance Facing $470,000 budget Shortfall

K’ima:w Medical Center provides ambulance service to rural communities and hundreds of miles of national forest in eastern Humboldt County and western Trinity County and is facing a budget shortfall of $470,000 this year. Read More →

Hoopa Tribe Funds Regional Emergency Services

K’ima:w Medical Center’s ambulance service is the only lifeline for a lot of people in an area where the nearest hospital can be more than an hour or two away. Andy Kinniman, an emergency medical technician (EMT), said they handle everything from over-the-bank and white water rescues to delivering babies. Read More →

Tribe Invites UC Researcher to Study Acorns

The ground outside the test plot seemed littered with acorns in every possible condition. Arielle Halpern reached through the foot-deep maze of young tanoak starts and grabbed a handful. Read More →

Trinity River Flow Increase Approved to Prevent Fish Kill

The Trinity River will get high and dangerous for people wanting cool off this summer, but it will be more hospitable for salmon . Read More →

Humboldt and Trinity Counties Crack Down on Pot Grows

OFFICERS REMOVE 26,600 PLANTS FROM HOOPA RESERVATION Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office, assisted by Hoopa Valley Tribal Police, the Bureau of Indian Affairs, U.S. Marshal’s Office, California Department of Justice Bureau of Narcotics Enforcement, Hubmodlt County Drug Task Force, Bureau of Land Managmenet and the Campaiagn Against Marijuana Planting eradicated 26,600 marijuana plants ranging from four [...] Read More →

Green Rafting on White Water

Business partners Patrick O’Connell and Shandy Otto combined their passions for river rafting, organic dining, and environmentally-conscious living when they started Six Rivers Rafting in Willow Creek in February 2012. Read More →

Locals Reluctant to Talk About Bigfoot in Public

“When I was told all those stories as a kid, I thought they were just to scare kids into staying close to camp,” White said. “I didn’t think they were real.” Read More →