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Justin Higginbottom

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Sep 28, 2026
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  1. Article · Sep 28, 2026 · Justin Higginbottom

    Exiled from the Klamath Basin, Modoc descendants are finding their way home (opens the original)

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    Jessica Mullin had a strange feeling when she first visited a stretch of the Klamath Basin, near Tule Lake on the California-Oregon border. The distant snow-capped mountains, marshlands and wide-open desert looked nothing like her home in Oklahoma. Yet she was overwhelmed with nostalgia. “The feeling is that you are in a familiar place,” Mullin said. “It's so bizarre — never felt that anywhere else.” Mullin is a member of the Modoc Nation of Oklahoma. Her ancestors once called this area home. Af

  2. Article · Sep 25, 2026 · Justin Higginbottom

    Oregon tribal advocates call for statewide alert for missing Native Americans (opens the original)

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    The Klamath Tribes Missing and Murdered Indigenous People Committee held a gathering this week for families and friends of victims, while advocates say they plan to call for a bill that would create a statewide alert for tribal members in danger. Similar notifications exist in neighboring states, such as California’s Feather Alert, and are modeled after the AMBER Alert for missing children. Thursday’s event was held at the Klamath Tribes Administration Auditorium ahead of the National Day of Rem

  3. Article · Sep 24, 2026 · Justin Higginbottom

    Humboldt County jail joins others in banning physical mail amid contraband concerns (opens the original)

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    Beginning next month, all personal mail for Humboldt County Correctional Facility inmates must be sent to Maryland where it will be digitized and only available to view on a tablet. The Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office said the change is necessary to prevent drugs from entering the jail. Capt. Duane Christian said banning physical mail is just the latest security update following the spread of fentanyl, which can cause an overdose in small amounts. Several years ago the jail added a body scanner

  4. Article · Sep 16, 2026 · Justin Higginbottom

    A federal subpoena puts Shasta County’s ballots under new scrutiny (opens the original)

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    Ballots for the June primary and the 2024 general election sit in the Shasta County elections office, behind a padlocked door marked with “Keep Out” signs. Registrar of Voters Clint Curtis said the keys were discarded as a security measure. Curtis has been subpoenaed to appear before a federal grand jury in Sacramento on Sept. 24 and bring tens of thousands of voted ballots from the June election. The nature of the federal investigation remains unclear. Curtis has raised unsubstantiated concerns

  5. Article · Sep 12, 2026 · Justin Higginbottom

    Fight over Asante infection records further delays Schofield's trial (opens the original)

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    More than two years after former Asante nurse Dani Marie Schofield was indicted, her trial remains delayed as attorneys dispute a subpoena seeking information about blood infections at the Medford hospital. At a Wednesday hearing in Jackson County Circuit Court, attorneys for Asante Rogue Regional Medical Center asked Judge Lorenzo Mejia to quash the subpoena from Schofield’s defense team. Schofield, who is free on bail, faces 44 counts of second-degree assault. Prosecutors accuse her of diverti

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