Last Tuesday, the country of Yemen suffered a total blackout after al-Qaeda sabotaged key power lines in the eastern province of Marib. The power lines were attacked twice the day before. The attack brings to mind on in which several transformers were knocked out using an AK-47. That incident may be tied to a larger…

In 2009 the Department of Homeland Security through its Office of Intelligence and Analysis published a report titled “Rightwing Extremism.” The report states that ultra conservatives form that biggest threat to the security and safety to the United States since the rise of al-Qaida. Then-DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano expressed the fear that soldiers returning home…

Last week, White House spokesman Josh Earnest said, “The president’s goal is to look for opportunities to act administratively, unilaterally using his executive authority to try to make our communities safer.” This followed a question and answer session, where President Barack Obama said executive action isn’t enough. “If public opinion does not demand change in…

This is the Rio Grande Crossing in Texas on Sunday, June 15th, 2014 — illegal aliens entering the U.S. by the thousands. Could we be seeing the end of this nation?

The reason I’m posting this is to show you how easily history and objects associated with it can cross through our lives. Above are three different shaving implements. On the left is the straight edge by which my Great-grandpa and grandpa shaved with. In the center is a safety razor — my father used this style and I…

He’s a successful student, yet his high school administration refused to allow him to speak openly about his faith at his graduation. Yet that didn’t stop California’s Brawley Union High School senior Brook Hamby. “In coming before you today, I presented three drafts of my speech, all of them denied on account of my desire…

The year 2014 marks 50th anniversary of America’s involvement in the Vietnam War. The action cost the lives of 58, 195 soldiers — including nine from Del Norte County. The men who lost their lives include James H. Whisenhunt, Donald Shanks, Robert G. Owen, John R. Klotz, Paul O. Klotz, Howard Cramblet, Leonard Greville, Richard…

If someone with a gun stops you and takes your money, you would you call police. But what if the person taking your money also has a badge? California resident Tan Nguyen won $60,000 from a Las Vegas casino. On his way back home Humboldt County Deputy Lee Dove stopped Nguyen on I-80 near Winnemucca,…

A man is hospitalized in serious condition after a shooting incident on East Janere Court in Spanish Springs. So far there’s no word on the condition of the person who was shot. The Washoe County Sheriff’s Office says the suspect is still at large. 06/13/14 UPDATE: Deputies have identified the suspected shooter as 19-year-old Brandon Moore-Montgomery. He’s…

Del Norte native Rollin Treahearne celebrated his 40th year in the broadcast business. He first sat down in front of a live mic when he was 15 years old. Back then classmates called him, ‘The Rat,’ a play on his initials. Trehearne began his radio career at KPOD in Crescent City, going to work before…