On Monday, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger signed a compact with the Wiyot Tribe that would enable the tribe to gather $3-5 million a year in gaming revenue from a tribal casino in Madera County, in the Sierra Foothills. The casino, to be developed and managed by Station Casinos of Nevada, would be built on land that […]
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Robo Conspiracy
Something is rotten in the State University of Humboldt. At least, that’s what former Associated Students Legislative Affairs Vice President Jason Robo is saying. Robo, a senior majoring in political science and economics, is a self-proclaimed "scholarly revolutionary," and in the most recent campus elections, in which he stood as a candidate for student body […]
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Roger Rodoni,
Supervisor Roger Rodoni, who was killed in a car accident last week, was a Renaissance man — an artist, rancher, historian and politician. He made an impression on thousands of people during his 67 years. Here are just a few stories. If you get this paper Wednesday morning, you might want to know that there […]
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Earthquake!
Damn! That was a pretty good one. Update : What? Centered in Willow Creek ?
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What Happens Next
We’re going to fill this week’s paper with tributes and memories of a unique, historical figure in Humboldt County. But we can’t ignore the fact that this tragedy takes place at a time when Roger Rodoni was running for re-election. People are confused about what happens next, and we believe that we finally have the […]
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Roger Rodoni
I think the last time Roger and I talked was almost a year ago. We bumped into each other at the Courthouse Market, where he was a regular. The Tamara Falor matter was the big thing in the news at the time. Everyone was trying to figure out why the county had signed a confidentiality […]
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Field Trip
Two charter buses carried 81 Humboldt State University students to Sacramento early on Monday morning to join with nearly 2,000 concerned California State University, University of California and community college students and other personnel in a rare, if not unprecedented show of solidarity against proposed state budget cuts. The protesters marched from West Sacramento’s Raley […]
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Fear in the Hills
"There’s more people that are not in this room, who are out in the hall and spilled out into the street — I’m not saying they’ve got pitchforks, but there’s people out there who are really, really concerned about this and they’re not going to go away. … This code enforcement program is completely out […]
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Four and Twenty Stoners, Baked
"Four-twenty is like a holiday around here," said the 20-something reveler wearing a Humboldt hoodie as he walked with friends up the winding road leading to Arcata’s Redwood Park. While the precise origins of the connection between 420 and marijuana are indefinite, lost in smoky memory, a popular theory traces it back to the early […]
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Burgers for Earth Day?
This just in: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: KSLG’s afternoon radio personality, Dr. Syd wants to buy you breakfast on Earth Day, Tuesday, April 22 from 7:30 to 9:30 a.m. at the northern Eureka Burger King. The catch is that Dr. Syd will only buy you breakfast if you carpool, “The importance of carpooling is finally being […]