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Saturday Sep 27 | Times-Standard

New Zealand invasive species sets into Big Lagoon

An invasive snail from New Zealand that has quickly made tracks throughout the West has been found in Big Lagoon.

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Related Topix: US National Parks, Yellowstone National Park

Tue Sep 23, 2008

Joystiq

hands-on: Resistance 2

Are we allowed to say that Resistance 2 is " bigger, better and more badass " than the original PS3 launch title? Because that's exactly what it is.

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Related Topix: Video Games

Thu Sep 18, 2008

New York Times

Land of the Giants

ALONG California 's mystical redwood coast, 1,000-year-old trees as much as four times the height of the Rockefeller Center Christmas spruce command rocky bluffs that overlook golden, frothy beaches .

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Related Topix: Arcata, CA, Trinidad, CA, Travel

Fri Sep 12, 2008

Times-Standard

National park grow nets 9,600 plants

Redwood National Park said law enforcement agents removed nearly 9,600 plants from a large marijuana grow on Bald Hills Road on Wednesday.

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Related Topix: Hoopa, CA, Eureka, CA, Home Gardening, Home

Mon Sep 08, 2008

Times-Standard

NESTING: School days, now and then

"It's back to cold toast and soggy cereal." -- Betty Letts, on back-to-school mornings My mother's lament of cold toast and soggy cereal was heard around the neighborhood, for to her getting the kids back to ...

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Related Topix: Trinidad, CA, Agriculture, Science, Humboldt County, CA

Sat Sep 06, 2008

Times-Standard

Future of Redwood Creek levee uncertain

Humboldt County may well be in the quintessential Catch-22 when it comes to maintaining the Orick-area Redwood Creek levee.

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Related Topix: Humboldt County, CA, US Politics, US News, Mike Thompson, US House of Representatives, Democrat, August, CA, Natural Disasters, Flood

Thu Sep 04, 2008

Eureka Reporter

Congressman Mike Thompson visits North Coast

U.S. Rep. Mike Thompson will be in Humboldt County this week to help celebrate the opening of the new Hydrogen Fueling Station at Humboldt State University.

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Related Topix: Humboldt County, CA, Humboldt County, Eureka, CA

Tue Sep 02, 2008

Times-Standard

County expanding mental health services

A voter-approved tax on the state's millionaires is helping Humboldt County increase its services to the mentally ill.

11 comments

Related Topix: Redway, CA, Garberville, CA, Willow Creek, CA, Humboldt County, CA, Prison

Sun Aug 31, 2008

Eureka Reporter

Time is ticking for the Redwood Creek levee

Federal remapping of Humboldt County over the next six months could cause trouble for residents of Orick.

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Related Topix: Humboldt County, CA, FEMA, US News, Natural Disasters, Flood

Fri Aug 29, 2008

Times-Standard

Redwood Park's Hofstra gets national award

Longtime Redwood National Park senior biologist Terry Hofstra was awarded the U.S Department of the Interior's second-highest honor Wednesday in Orick.

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Thu Aug 21, 2008

Eureka Reporter

Taking the next step toward rural broadband

Many rural communities, like Orleans or Orick, have no broadband service at all and continue to use the sluggish dial-up technology of the past.

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Related Topix: Fortuna, CA, Del Norte County, CA, Mendocino County, CA, Orleans, CA

Sun Aug 17, 2008

San Francisco Chronicle

World's tallest in arboreal witness protection

Images View Larger Images Hartley, executive director of the Save the Redwoods League, is one of a tiny group of people privy to a secret that I - and quite a lot of other people - would dearly love to know: ...

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Related Topix: Big Sur, CA, Humboldt County, CA, San Francisco Metro

Wed Jul 30, 2008

Eureka Reporter

4th annual Prairie Creek Ecofestival

The fourth annual Prairie Creek Ecofestival took place Sunday at Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park north of Orick.

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Mon Jul 28, 2008

Eureka Reporter

4th annual Prairie Creek Ecofestival

The fourth annual Prairie Creek Ecofestival took place Sunday at Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park north of Orick.

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Sat Jul 26, 2008

Times-Standard

Orick company offers salmon fishing trips

Redwood Adventures Tours, a division of Redwood Parks Lodge Company, this week announced it is offering salmon fishing packages on the Klamath River and elsewhere in and around the Redwood National and State ...

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Related Topix: Redwood National And State Parks, US National Parks

Fri Jul 25, 2008

Eureka Reporter

Stuart Schneider

Stuart Schneider was born at home on March 6, 1917, in Lorane, Ore. He grew up there and attended school there.

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Related Topix: Humboldt County, CA, Blue Lake, CA

Wed Jul 23, 2008

Times-Standard

Orick company offers salmon fishing trips

Redwood Adventures Tours, a division of Redwood Parks Lodge Company, this week announced it is offering salmon fishing packages on the Klamath River and elsewhere in and around the Redwood National and State ...

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Related Topix: Redwood National And State Parks, US National Parks

Sun Jul 13, 2008

Eureka Reporter

Sheep racin' a highlight of Orick Rodeo

It's not every day you see the scene of a young child riding a sheep. But at the 47th annual Orick Rodeo on Saturday, many could not imagine the event without it.

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Related Topix: Crescent City, CA

Sat Jul 12, 2008

Eureka Reporter

48th annual Orick Rodeo kicks off this weekend

As it has for 48 years, the town of Orick will trot out its annual rodeo tomorrow for a weekend of family entertainment and wild rodeo action.

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Related Topix: Natural Disasters, Wildfire, Fire

Fri Jun 27, 2008

Eureka Reporter

Washington, D.C. trip a success

Thirteen 7th and 8th grade students from Orick School completed a wonderful trip to Washington D.C. The weeklong trip was a culmination of a year of learning about our country's history.

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Related Topix: Arcata, CA, Trinidad, CA, Smith River, CA

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