The high school students, nearly 100 of them, gathered before dawn on April 10 at Los Angeles’ Union Station. Arthur Arzola, the smiling 26-year-old admissions counselor who personally recruited most of the students to attend Humboldt State University’s two-day Spring Preview event, was there to greet them. Hailing from more than three dozen Southern California […]
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Yurok Tribe Tosses Cap in Trade Ring
The Yurok Tribe has entered the carbon trade market, joining with sustainable forestry investment group New Forests Inc. to sell carbon credits based on a 7,660-acre patch of Doug fir and mixed hardwood forest the tribe’s promised to manage for increased carbon sequestration. The tribe will be issued 704,520 credits, according to a news release […]
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We Flunk, Mostly
The American Lung Association has released its State of Tobacco Control 2014, a report that “tracks progress on key tobacco control policies at the state and federal levels” according to the executive summary. The intent is to see how well jurisdictions are doing in protecting people from tobacco smoke. Counties and cities are graded, too, in […]
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A Place in the Woods
It was overcast that August morning, and cool enough for a campfire. Theresa Aubuchon sat by the fire reading a book. Like a lot of Fortuna families, the Aubuchons treated this campground like an outdoor home away from home for a couple of weeks each summer. On this midweek morning, the rest of her family […]
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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 […]