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State Awards $8.6 Million for Hoopa Broadband Project

By Thadeus Greenson on January 21, 2021 at 1:05PM

The California Public Utilities Commission has approved an $8.6 million grant application that will bring high-speed broadband internet service to the Hoopa Valley. "The beautiful and rural Hoopa Valley Indian Reservation has needed technological upgrades for decades," Tribal Chair Byron Nelson Jr. said in a press release.

WaPo Publishes Scathing Investigative Report on Owner of Humboldt Skilled Nursing Facilities

by Thadeus Greenson on January 6, 2021 at 7:00AM

The article points to a local example: "In the Eureka area in Northern California, a company managed by Rechnitz in 2011 leased five nursing homes, agreeing to pay the property owner a total of $3 million in rent per year, state records show.

Two Feathers Hosts 'Dangers of Technology' Forums

by Kali Cozyris on December 1, 2020 at 11:24AM

Two Feathers Native American Health Services will be hosting seven free virtual forums (open to the public with registration) on the subject: Is Technology Damaging our Native Youth? The forums will feature national and international experts and are expected to last approximately one to two hours each.

Huffman to Host Virtual Town Hall on Presidential Transition

by Kali Cozyris on November 24, 2020 at 1:48PM

Congressman Jared Huffman will hold a virtual town hall on the Presidential transition on Thursday, Dec. 3 at 4 p.m. Rep. Huffman and guests will discuss the "peaceful transfer of presidential power, the status of President Trump’s many challenges to the election results, and the challenges and importance of holding President Trump and his executive branch officials accountable during a new administration," according to a press advisory from Huffman's office.

A mountain lion, like this one, was protecting her cubs, not stalking a runner who came along the family in Provo, Utah.

About that Mountain Lion Video ...

by Kimberly Wear on October 14, 2020 at 1:37PM

Jim Hamm died a year ago this week of pancreatic cancer. He was 82.

Black Voices Humboldt Wins Radio Mercury Award

by Jennifer Fumiko Cahill on October 7, 2020 at 12:29PM

You may recall the Journal's coverage of the Black Voices Humboldt PSAs Sabina Gallier created for KSLG, amplifying Black residents' experiences with racism in our county. (Spots she gathered input from the community for and produced in the makeshift working-from-home studio in her closet.)

NCJ Editor Nabs National Food Writing Award

by Thadeus Greenson on September 19, 2020 at 11:10AM

When it comes to our Media Literacy Issue, we’re proud to learn AAN’s esteemed judging panel deemed it the worthwhile endeavor we envisioned when we launched the first one a couple years back, hoping to help readers better navigate a rapidly changing media landscape while lifting the veil of our own operation. And we’re not at all ashamed to finish second to the Chicago Reader’s Best of Chicago 2019 issue, for which it tapped 15 staffers to contribute.

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