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Photo Illustration by Luis G. Rendon/The Daily Beast/Greg King/GettyI spent the summer of 1990 “hiding out” at my parents’ modest home in western Sonoma County. At twenty-nine years old I’d landed back at the family abode after my two closest colleagues had been violently attacked and almost killed for attempting to protect redwood forests. After I’d lived through five years of threats and assaults for the crime of trying to save the very last ancient redwood g...

Greg King is the President and Executive Director of the Siskiyou Land Conservancy and has been credited with spearheading the movement to protect Headwaters Forest, in Humboldt County, California. King initiated the “redwood wars” following the notorious 1985 takeover of the venerable Pacific Lumber Company by the Houston energy and real estate conglomerate Maxxam. This excerpt comes from his book The Ghost Forest: Racists, Radicals and Real Estate in the California Redwoods was published b...

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Likely to become a classic, Greg King's first solo book The Ghost Forest is aptly titled — a must-read that deftly chronicles how 96 percent...

Local musicians continue to add atmosphere on small stages at wineries in the Lake Chelan area. The music scene in Leavenworth picks up, too. A few seasonal open mic nights

Northern Lehigh School Board approved the following co-curricular appointments for the 2022-2023 school year: • Christopher Heery, spring intramurals, $924 The board also approved the following co-cur...

A trio of school records and a team state title highlighted the Amherst Regional Middle School track & field team’s trip to the state championship over the weekend.About 80 middle school teams participated in Gardner, where the Amherst girls’ team...

The Hopkins Academy softball team needed just five innings to earn its spot in the MIAA Division 5 Round of 16 on Monday.Cassidi Mushenski hit a walk-off single to drive in the winning two runs in a 13-1 final against No. 26 Academy of Notre Dame in...

As the Shoalhaven Autumn Celebration of Food heads towards its ending to 2023, acclaimed chef Peter Kuruvita has...

As the Shoalhaven Autumn Celebration of Food heads towards its ending to 2023, acclaimed chef Peter Kuruvita has...