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july 3, 2008
Slow Burn
Wildfires around Orleans are testing how well a community, an Indian tribe and a government agency can work together
by Japhet Weeks
ORLEANS — The drive from the North Coast to Orleans is a long, slow, winding one across three Indian reservations belonging to the Hoopa Valley, the Yurok and the Karuk ...
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The end of Somervillization as we know it
by Marcy Burstiner
In the last column Rich Somerville penned as managing editor of the Times-Standard, he spoke about the Hawaiian term “huhu”, which he said meant a state of agitated anger. The ...
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Everybody in the pool!
by North Coast Journal Readers
Thank you for your article on the sudden closure of several Humboldt County swimming pools (“Can’t Swim,” June 19). I was raised a swimmer: My parents met at a pool, ...
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Tow this
by North Coast Journal Readers
Did someone turn in Mr. Hartin’s and Mr. Reece’s vehicles (“Tow Happy,” June 26)after seeing them sitting for how long? Did someone get tired of those vehicles blocking the view ...
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Rowing in circles
by North Coast Journal Readers
As a journalism major and retired creative director of a major advertising agency, I applaud the well-written piece Karen Sack contributed regarding her daughter’s quad at the Junior Nationals in ...
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Feds move to seize properties
Operation Southern Sweep raids end
by Heidi Walters
The federal government took the first step last Thursday toward seizing the nearly 2,000 acres near Whitethorn that were the main target of last week’s “Operation Southern Sweep.” The raids ...
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Geography Trumps Ideology
by Eric V. Kirk
“Ideologies have no heart of their own. They’re the whores and angels of our striving selves. — John Le Carre Transcendence be damned. Nuances notwithstanding, most politics can be reduced ...



















