Burning Down the Valley

About 2 p.m. last Wednesday, a flame leaped up in the grass alongside Hopkins Road on the northern edge of the Hoopa Valley Indian Reservation. ...

Pass Me a Tissue

Ask anyone these days what they think will become of our dear old white lady of the spit -- the comatose pulp mill on the ...

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Just a Moment

Paging through the final Environmental Impact Report for the Marina Center project -- the big box-anchored development that kazillionaire Rob Arkley is proposing to build ...

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Correction

The charity that Ferndale artist Jack Mays helped found was misspelled and somewhat mischaracterised in last week’s “Art Beat” column. It is known more precisely ...

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No Settlement

Editor: Thanks to Hank Sims for producing one of the better journalistic examinations of the Klamath deal (“The Klamath Settlement,” Oct. 8). However, the article’s ...

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Honor the History

Editor: Last week’s article titled “Cost of Occupation” deserves some discussion, so here goes. If we want to properly honor tribal sovereignty and atone for ...

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Exactly the Problem

Refusal to accept paid advertising? After reading the recent imbroglio about the scheduled Buju Banton performance, I wonder where this ends? (See “Town Dandy,” Oct. ...

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Meet A Vegan

Editor: I read Joseph Byrd’s recent column with mixed feelings (“Table Talk,” Oct. 8). While I enjoyed hearing about Byrd’s adventures with (and obvious affection ...

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The Reverse Kinch

Editor: Responding last week to your “Growing Pains” cover (Oct. 1), Joshua Kinch sounded more like a pompous Republican or plutocrat rather than his usual ...

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Roasts and Pfosts

Editor, Thanks for the excellent article (“Growing Pain”, Oct. 1, 2009). The City of Arcata needs to authorize the annexation. I used to live in ...