California tribal council shuts down its newspaper

Citing loss of revenue and problems over controversial articles, the chair of the Hoopa Valley Tribal Council stopped publication of the Two Rivers Tribune, the last native-owned newspaper in California.

The chair objected to recent articles on marijuana and a controversial interview with a man wanted for his alleged  involvement in a murder of a Willow Creek resident. -db

From The (Eureka) Times-Standard, July 2, 2011, by Donna Tam and Kaci Poor.

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