Ash Davidson showed up in Klamath in March of 2014 to interview people for her book about the last years of old-growth logging. But even though she had lived in Klamath as a child, she didn’t know anyone there anymore, and few of her would-be informants even returned her phone calls. Fortunately, her mother had […]
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Karuk Tribe: McKinney Fire Causing Klamath Fish Kill
The Karuk Tribe is reporting large numbers of dead fish on the Klamath River in the vicinity of Happy Camp, which it’s attributing to impacts from the McKinney Fire, which has spread to nearly 60,000 acres in Siskiyou County. According to the tribe, “very large” number of dead fish of all species are being observed. “Preliminary […]
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Winged Warning: Migrating Birds Hit Hard by California’s Drought
It says something about the complexity of California’s water crisis that there are so many actors in the state’s water wars, all clamoring for more. Nature, alone, is silent in this fight, relying on others to speak on behalf of the welfare of wildlife and waterways. Across the state, biologists, farmers and hunters are lending […]
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Yurok Connect Launches Internet Benefit Program
The Yurok Reservation’s internet service provider Yurok Connect has launched an Emergency Broadband Benefit program that will provide free digital devices and a monthly service discount to eligible customers. “This new program will provide virtually free internet service to those who are having trouble making ends meet during this challenging time. It is going to […]
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Yurok Reservation Confirms Third COVID-19 Case
The Yurok Office of Emergency Services has confirmed a third COVID-19 case on the Yurok Reservation. According to the release, the case involves a resident on the Klamath side of the reservation. The Yurok OES and Del Norte County Public Health are conducting a thorough contact tracing investigation. “We are performing a thorough contact tracing […]
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Fire Crews Brace for Hotter, Drier Conditions; Wind May Push Smoke to Eureka
The Red Salmon Complex The fire complex burning about 8 miles northeast of Willow Creek has grown by nearly 2,000 acres since yesterday’s report, and now spans more than 110,000 acres of mostly national forest lands and is 31 percent contained. The fire, sparked July 27 by a lightning strike, is burning in Klamath, Six […]
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Red Salmon Complex Fire Update
The Red Salmon Complex fire is now at 99,310 acres but still at 17 percent containment. The Red Salmon Complex is burning on the Klamath, Six Rivers, and Shasta-Trinity National Forests within Humboldt, Siskiyou, and Trinity Counties. “People in Forks of Salmon have active fire to their south and are worried,” said Incident Commander Mike […]
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Red Salmon Complex Update
The Red Salmon Complex fire has grown to 100,949 acres and is at 17 percent containment as of today. According to the release, the 100,000 acre gain is largely due to burnout operations in the southwest and northeast corners of the fire. “We’re not letting down our guard,” said Deputy Incident Commander Steve Watkins, “but […]
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Yurok Tribe Castigates Del Norte Supervisor for Supporting Restaurant’s Opening in Violation of Tribal, State and County Health Orders
The owners of a tiny diner, the members of a remote California tribe, and the First District supervisor of Del Norte County clashed this weekend as tensions rise between those who fear economic collapse if their communities don’t reopen for business and those who fear death and illness if their communities do. On Saturday, the […]
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From the Journal Archives: When the Waters Rose in 1964
Editor’s Note: Five years ago, the North Coast Journal told the stories of heroism, hope, tragedy, strength and survival that took place during the Flood of 1964 to mark its 50th anniversary. Here’s a look back at those accounts as Humboldt County commemorates 55 years since the water rose, forever changing lives and the region’s […]
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Paolo Todd
During a late-night broadcast in February of 2018, the Humboldt Free Radio Alliance, a long-running independent F.M. radio station, played an audio recording from the Kurdish People’s Protection Units, the Kurdish military forces commonly known as Y.P.G. “My name is Paolo Todd,” came a man’s voice, calm and clear. “I’m from California. My Kurdish name […]
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Coast Guard Rescues 3, Chihuahua from Battered Sailboat (With Video)
The Coast Guard rescued three people and a Chihuahua from a disabled sailboat that was being battered by up to 40-mile per hour winds and 20-foot seas off the coast of Klamath Wednesday morning. The captain of the Missfit, which was traveling from San Francisco to Washington, called in their predicament around 6:25 a.m. and […]