>> COMING UP NEXT ON "HEADLINE HUMBOLDT", EUREKA CITY COUNCILWOMAN KIM BERGEL TALKS ABOUT THE RACE FOR FOURTH DISTRICT HUMBOLDT COUNTY SUPERVISOR.

SHE MAKES HER CASE TO YOU, THE VOTERS.

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS BROUGHT NATIONAL ATTENTION TO MISSING AND MURDERED INDIGENOUS WOMEN AND GIRLS AS THE TRIBE DECLARES THE SITUATION AN EMERGENCY.

COMING UP NOW, ON "HEADLINE HUMBOLDT."

LIVE CC BY ABERDEEN CAPTIONING 800-688-6621 WWW.ABERCAP.COM >> LIVE FROM THE TOP OF HUMBOLDT HILL, THIS IS "HEADLINE HUMBOLDT", I'M JAMES FAULK.

JUST BEFORE OR JUST AFTER A PEACEFUL AND ROUTINE DINNER WITH OUR FAMILIES WE SHOULD BE DOUBLY GRATEFUL THIS WEEK WE CAN DO SO WITHOUT DODGING MISS SILLS FROM THE SKY OR THE TANK THAT IS TOPPLING TOWN SQUARE.

RUSSIA AS INVADED UKRAINE AND PEOPLE ARE DYING AS I DELIVER AND YOU RECEIVE THE NEWS.

THIS ISN'T SOME DRY AND ABSTRACT RECOLLECTION FROM HISTORY AND IT ISN'T TAKING PLACE IN SOME EXOTIC FOREIGN BACKWATER WE CAN CAVALIERLY IGNORE.

OUR PROVEN LACK OF EMPATHY FOR PEOPLE IN COUNTRIES OUTSIDE OF THE WESTERN AND OFTEN WHITE WORTH IS HUGELY PROBLEMATIC AND WORTHY OF REFLECTION.

WE ARE ALL HORRIFIED THAT ATROCITIES CAN AND DO STILL OCCUR.

UKRAINE IS A MODERN, IF SOMEWHAT FLAWED DEMOCRATIC NATION.

VLADAMIR PUTIN IS ATAGING.

THE BESIEGED GOVERNMENT ASKED THEIR CITIZENS TO FIGHT WITH THE WEAPONS THEY COULD COLLECT, EVEN HOMEMADE MOLOTOV COCKTAIL.

SUCH IS THE VALUE THEY PLACE ON AUTONOMY.

THIS IS A WAR OF CHOICE WHERE ONE COUNTRY DECIDED IT HAS THE RIGHT TO DICTATE THE FUTURE OF ANOTHER BY POWER AND AGREGS.

I'M NOTED ADVOCATING FOR AMERICAN INTERVENTION, THE SITUATION IS DANGEROUS AND WAY, WAY, WAY ABOVE MY PAY GRADE.

THIS TELEVISION SHOW CENTERED ON THE UPCOMING RACE FOR FOURTH DISTRICT HUMBOLDT COUNTY SUPERVISOR AND HONOR THE CHOICE THIS SACRIFICE IS TO KEEP IT.

DEMOCRACY SHOULD NEVER BE TAKEN FOR GRANTED.

AFTER THE SLOPPY CONFLICT AND STAGNATION FROM MAKING SURE EVERYONE HAS A VOICE IT IS IMPORTANT ESPECIALLY IN TIMES LIKE THESE TO ASK WHAT THE THE ALTERNATIVE?

OUR SYSTEM IS NOT PERFECT, BUT IT BEATING AN AUTOCRACY.

JOINING US IS CITY COUNCILWOMAN KIM BERGEL WHO DECLARED CANDIDACY FOR FOURTH DISTRICT.

WELCOME, KIM.

>> THANK YOU, JAMES.

>> WHY DO YOU WANT THE OFFICE?

>> WELL, I'VE REALLY ENJOYED BEING ON COUNCIL AND I FEEL LIKE WI HAVE ACCOMPLISHED A LOT AND I REALLY APPRECIATE THE TEAM I HAVE WORKED WITH.

BUT THERE ARE CERTAIN AREAS WE STRUGGLE IN STILL.

BUT I FEEL LIKE BEING -- I'M AT A PAUSE POINT AND IT IS TIME TO MOVE FORWARD AND HAVE MORE ACCESSIBLE AND HAVE MORE POWER TO DO THE THINGS THAT NEED TO HAPPEN WITH DENSITY.

THINGS LIKE MENTAL HEALTH, AT THE CITY, WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF CONTROL OVER THOSE TYPES OF THINGS YET THOSE ARE THE TYPES OF THINGS INFLUENCING OUR REGION DAILY.

>> IT SEEMS LIKE YOU ARE IN A POSITION YOU ARE ENCOUNTERING A LOT OF SOCIAL ISSUES BUT NOT MUCH POWER OR MANEUVERABILITY TO DO MUCH.

>> I DO HAVE TO SAY I HAVE BEEN ON THE CAPE BOARD, BROUGHT FORWARD UPLIFT EUREKA.

EUREKA HAS WORKED ON PLANS TO WORK WITH HOMELESS PEOPLE.

BUT THE MENTAL HEALTH PIECE IS SOMETHING WE CAN'T ACCOMMODATE, AT LEAST NOT RIGHT NOW.

>> SO YOU MENTIONED CAPE AND UPLIFT EUREKA.

DESCRIBE WHAT THOSE PROGRAMS ARE AND WHAT THEY DO FOR EUREKA.

>> OH, THEY ARE FABULOUS.

THE CAPE PROGRAM WORKS WITH LOCAL YOUTH AND ALSO DISENFRANCHISED POPULATIONS.

SO FOR INSTANCE CAPE DOES THINGS LIKE REACHES OUT TO YOUTH TO GET THEM INVOLVED IN DIFFERENT CAMPS, DIFFERENT PROGRAMS THAT WE HAVE.

THEY PROVIDE A SANTA CLAUS AT CHRISTMAS WITH LOTS OF PRESENTS AND I ALWAYS GET TO BE AN ELF.

I JUST LOVE THAT.

THEIR PROGRAMMING FOR HOUSELESSNESS IS REALLY EXCITING.

THEY HAVE UPLIFT EUREKA WHERE THEY WORK WITH INDIVIDUAL PEOPLE TO TRY AND MEET THEM WHERE THEY'RE AT AND FIGURE OUT WHAT THEIR NEEDS ARE.

WHETHER THAT IS HOUSING, A JOB, GETTING THEIR I.D., FEELING VALUED.

HUGE, HUGE KIND OF THING.

>> SELF-RESPECT.

>> THAT PARTNERS WITH BETTY CHIN AS WELL.

THEY DO A PARTNERSHIP WITH PATHWAY TO PAYDAY WHICH SUPPORTS PEOPLE GETTING GOOD QUALITY WORK.

>> YOU MADE THAT PARTNERSHIP A FEATURE PART OF HOW YOU REACTED TO HOMELESSNESS.

>> MM-HMM >> WHAT DO YOU THINK THROUGH THE COUNTY'S, YOU KNOW, POWER, I GUESS, OR MONEY, WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE THEM TO DO MORE OF THAT THE CITY NEEDS THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO START IF YOU BECAME A SUPERVISOR?

>> MM-HMM.

YEAH.

THANK YOU.

YOU KNOW, I THINK THE BIGGEST PIECE OF THIS IS COLLABORATION.

IT IS ALWAYS GOING BE COLLABORATION.

WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE MORE WITH THE COUNTY IS LESS SILOING.

THERE ARE CURRENTLY FUNDS FOR DIFFERENT THINGS AND THEY ARE VERY NARROW.

I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT CHANGE.

I WOULD LIKE TO SEE MORE COLLABORATION.

THERE ARE PROGRAMS IN THE COUNTY THEY ARE CONTINUING TO WORK ON AND I'M EXCITED TO SUPPORT THOSE AND WORK WITH DHHS TO FIND SOME MORE COMMON SOLUTIONS AS WELL AS HOUSING.

ALL OF THIS IS JUST -- HOUSING IS HEALTH.

>> I DID SOME PERUSING OF YOUR WEBSITE.

I SAW QUALITY OF LIFE IS ONE OF THE REASONS WHY YOU FEEL LIKE YOU LOVE HUMBOLDT COUNTY AND WANT TO REPRESENT IT.

ONE OF THE BATTLES ABOUT QUALITY OF LIFE IN HUMBOLDT COUNTY FOR A LONG TIME HAS BEEN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT VERSUS LIKE SORT OF THE RURAL QUALITY OF LIFE.

THE FACT THAT WE HAVE TRAILS AND UNSPOILED NATURAL ENVIRONMENTS AND THAT SORT OF THING.

HOW DO YOU SEE THAT BALANCE?

I MEAN, DO YOU THINK THE COUNTY IS DOING NUF TO ATTRACT BIG MANUFACTURINGING BUSINESSES OR SHOULD WAS FOSTER ECO TOURISM FOR OUR COUNTY?

HOW WOULD YOU BALANCE THOSE?

>> I THINK IT IS GOING BE IMPORTANT TO LOOK AT BOTH OF THOSE THINGS.

I THINK THEIR PRACTICES FOR ALL BUSINESSES IS GOING BE REALLY IMPORTANT, I SAY THAT SPECIFICALLY ABOUT CANNABIS.

CANNABIS IS NOT A CASH COW AND WE NEED TO TREAT THEM LIKE EVERY OTHER BUSINESS.

THEY SHOULDN'T HAVE TO PAY A TAX TO EXIST.

>> YOU SUPPORT MEASURE S?

>> I ABSOLUTELY DO.

>> RIGHT ON.

ONE OF THE THINGS I WAS TALKING TO YOU ABOUT BEFORE THE SHOW, THE LEFT AND RIGHT BATTLE.

IT IS A NONPARTISAN SEAT, BUT THERE IS, YOU KNOW, A SENSE THAT THE CANDIDATE OF THE LEFT, THE CANDIDATE OF THE RIGHT, YOU KIND OF DON'T FIT INTO THAT DICHOTOMY.

HOW IMPORTANT IS IT TO YOU TO BE AT MORE OF A CENTRAL POINT THAN ON ONE SIDE OR THE OTHER.

IS THAT SOMETHING YOU CULTIVATE?

>> YOU KNOW, YES, I WOULD SAY PROBABLY THAT WOULD BE TRUE.

I HONESTLY MAKE DECISIONS BASED ON FAIR PRACTICES AND TALKING TO DIFFERENT PEOPLE.

I LISTEN TO BOTH SIDES AND TRY TO COME UP WITH SOME KIND OF SOLUTION THAT WILL MITIGATE IT TO HELP BOTH PEOPLE.

THAT DOESN'T ALWAYS HAPPEN.

I TRY TO LISTEN AND MOVE WITH THINGS AS THEY COME.

>> YEAH.

>> YEAH.

>> WHAT WOULD YOU THINK THAT THE COUNTY NEEDS TO DO MORE OF IN TERMS OF MENTAL HEALTH?

WE TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT BEFORE.

IS THERE ANYTHING IN PARTICULAR YOU WOULD POINT TO YOU'D LIKE TO SEE THE COUNTY TAKE MORE ACTION ON OR PROGRAMS YOU'D LIKE TO SEE?

>> YEAH.

SO I'D LIKE TO SEE TEENAGE OR YOUTH TREATMENT.

I THINK THAT IS GOING BE A CRITICAL PIECE.

WE ARE TALKING ABOUT OUR FUTURE WHEN WE ARE TALKING ABOUT OUR YOUTH.

THAT IS CERTAINLY SOMETHING WE ARE LACKING IN, INCREDIBLY LACKING IN.

>> YEAH.

>> YOU KNOW, I ALSO LOVE THE COUNTY IS DOING A PILOT PROGRAM WITH LAURA'S LAW.

>> CAN YOU EXPLAIN WHAT THAT IS FOR OUR VIEWERS?

>> LAURA'S LAW CAME ABOUT BECAUSE THERE WERE THREE PEOPLE WITH MENTAL ILLNESS, THREE SEPARATE SITUATIONS, SOMEONE WASN'T ON MEDICATION, THEY GOT VIOLENT AND HURT PEOPLE VERY TRAGICALLY.

SO WHAT LAURA'S LAW DOES IS IT THE PEOPLE GO TO COURT AND SO THEY ARE UNDER THE JUDGE'S KIND OF PURVIEW.

>> YEAH.

YEAH.

>> IT DOESN'T FORCE PEOPLE TO TAKE MEDICATION, BUT THEY ARE WORKED WITH REGULARLY WITH THE JUDGE AND THEY HAVE A WORKER, THAT TYPE OF SITUATION.

AND THE REASON I SAY THAT AND I THINK THIS IS REALLY IMPORTANT IS THAT WHEN WE ARE WORKING WITH THESE THINGS NOTHING IS ONE SIZE FITS ALL.

>> YEAH.

>> AND SO IT IS REALLY IMPORTANT TO LOOK AT ALL DIFFERENT PIECES OF THE PUZZLE AND BE WILLING TO TRY THEM.

JUST BE WILLING TO TRY THEM.

WE DON'T KNOW WHICH PIECE WILL MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN THAT GUY'S LIFE OR YOUR SON'S LIFE.

IF WE CAN CREATE OPPORTUNITIES FOR PEOPLE I THINK WE CAN MAKE BIG STRIDES.

>> WHERE DOES YOUR -- I SENSE EMPATHY FROM YOU ON THIS SUBJECT.

WHERE DOES THE EMPATHY COME FROM?

WHY ARE YOU SO, YOU KNOW, CONCERNED ABOUT ISSUES AND PEOPLE LIKE THAT?

>> MM-HMM.

SO, IT'S KIND OF FUNNY, ACTUALLY.

KIND OF.

I GREW UP IN SALVATION ARMY CHURCH AND LEARNED SERVICE EARLY ON.

I LEARNED PEOPLE ARE VALUABLE REGARDLESS OF WHAT THEY ARE WEARING.

MY MOM WOULD HAVE US HUG PEOPLE AND SHAKE THEIR HANDS.

OH, MY GOD.

I'M 10.

I DON'T REALLY WANT TO TOUCH THESE PEOPLE.

BUT TO SEE THE LIGHTS COME ON IN PEOPLE'S EYES BECAUSE THEY FELT VALUED IS A GIFT.

I HAVE CARRIED THAT WITH ME AND IT IS IMPORTANT TO ME.

A HEALTHY COMMUNITY LIFTS PEOPLE UP.

YEAH.

IT DOESN'T NEED TO PUT PEOPLE DOWN TO MAKE THEMSELVES FEEL BETTER ABOUT THEMSELVES.

SO I'M VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT THIS.

>> YOUR MENTION OF PUTTING PEOPLE DOWN TO MAKE PEOPLE FEEL BETTER.

THAT IS ENDEMIC TO OUR SOCIETY RIGHT NOW.

>> MM-HMM.

>> I HAVE NOTICED AND YOU HAVE BEEN A PARTICULAR TARGET OF SOME VITRIOLIC ONLINE BEHAVIOR.

>> MM-HMM.

>> I THINK YOU EVEN HAD A STALKER AT ONE POINT.

>> MM-HMM.

>> IT GOT KIND OF UGLY.

IT IS ESPECIALLY TARGETED TOWARD WOMEN WHO ARE IN MEDIA OR IN POLITICAL POSITIONS.

RATHER THAN SAYING I DON'T LIKE THIS GUY'S POLICIES, OR WHATEVER, THIS WOMAN IS A FOUR LETTER WORD OR LOTS OF OTHER HATEFUL KINDS OF LANGUAGE.

>> OH, YES.

YES.

>> WHY DO YOU THINK THAT OCCURS LOCALLY?

WHAT DOES IT SAY ABOUT US AND IS THERE ANYTHING WE CAN DO TO ALLEVIATE IT, DO YOU THINK?

>> WELL, I WOULD SAY THAT I THINK THIS IS SYSTEMIC EVERYWHERE.

PART OF THE REASON IS IF I DON'T HAVE TO LOOK YOU IN THE FACE AND I CAN TELL YOU WHATEVER I WANT, THEN I'M GOING -- I MAY HAVE SOMETHING ELSE GOING ON, BUT I'M GOING ATTACK YOU BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO DEAL WITH THAT MYSELF.

IT CAN BE VERY FRUSTRATING.

I HAD AN EXPERIENCE WITH SOMEBODY WHO WAS HARASSING ME.

HE WASN'T STALKING ME.

HE DIDN'T COME TO MY HOUSE.

HE WAS HARASSING ME.

IT WAS HELL, FRANKLY.

>> YOU ARE CON TRAINED BY THE FACT YOU ARE A PUBLIC PERSON.

IF SOMEONE HARASSES YOU ON THE STREET, AND YOU ARE NOT A PUBLIC PERSON THERE ARE F-BOMBS YOU CAN DROP, GET AWAY FROM ME.

A PUBLIC PERSON YOU ARE MORE RESTRAINED.

>> YEAH.

I HAVE HEARD PEOPLE SAY SHE NEEDS TO HAVE A THICK SKIN, AND I DO, BUT WHEN SOMEONE IS TALKING ABOUT MY CHILDREN OR A FAMILY MEMBER IS INAPPROPRIATE.

IT NEEDS TO STOP.

IT HAS STOPPED.

>> DO YOU FEEL LIKE YOU WERE TREATED RESPECTFULLY BY THE AUTHORITIES IN THAT PROCESS OR COULD THAT PROCESS BE IMPROVED FOR REGULAR FOLKS >> I THINK THERE COULD BE SOME IMPROVEMENT.

I DIDN'T REALIZE I WOULD NEED AN ATTORNEY FOR A RESTRAINING ORDER.

THERE WERE THINGS I DIDN'T KNOW.

BECAUSE I DID FILE FOR A RESTRAINING ORDER BECAUSE IT GOT THAT BAD FOR ME.

>> YEAH, YEAH, YEAH.

>> I THINK, TOO, WITH THESE SITUATIONS, PEOPLE DON'T TAKE THEM NECESSARILY SERIOUSLY.

THE JUDGE SAID THERE WAS NO PHYSICAL THREAT OF HARM AND THERE WASN'T.

BUT WHEN SOMEBODY IS TEXTING YOU 40 TIMES IN A FIVE-HOUR PERIOD, THAT IS A LOT OF TIMES.

>> YEAH, YEAH, YEAH.

>> SO, YEAH, I'M GRATEFUL I'M THROUGH THAT AND I'M GRATEFUL -- I LEARNED A LOT THROUGH THAT PROCESS AND I'M GOOD, LIKE I SAID, JUST DON'T TALK ABOUT MY KIDS OR MY FAMILY.

>> YEAH.

ABSOLUTELY.

MA'AMA BEAR.

>> IF YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT MY ISSUES ABOUT MY PERFORMANCE AT WORK, KNOCK YOURSELF OUT AND LET'S TALK ABOUT IT LIKE HUMANS.

I TRY AND HAVE COFFEE WITH PEOPLE WHO DON'T AGREE WITH ME BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE EVERYONE HAS A VALID OPINION AND A VOICE.

MEET WHERE WE AGREE AND MOVE FORWARD IN THE RELATIONSHIP FROM THERE.

>> DESPITE THOSE DIFFICULTIES, YOU WERE TRYING TO ASSUME AN EVEN BIGGER JOB.

DO YOU FEEL LIKE, ARE YOU -- I GUESS WHAT I'M ASKING IS SOME PEOPLE WOULD BE INTIMIDATED BY THAT.

NOT YOU.

>> NO.

>> YOU DECIDED TO COME OUT AND WORK HARDER TO SERVE THE COMMUNITY.

WHAT DOES THAT SAY ABOUT YOU?

>> WELL, IT SAYS I'M DEDICATED AND I LOVE OUR COMMUNITY AND I WANT TO HAVE A BETTER PLACE FOR OUR COMMUNITY.

I WANT TO HAVE A QUALITY OF LIFE THAT MY KIDS WILL WANT TO STAY HERE.

MY DAUGHTER IS AT COLLEGE AWAY AND IT IS VERY HARD.

>> YEAH, YEAH.

>> BUT, YES.

I AM DEDICATED AND I JUST FEEL LIKE THERE IS SO MUCH OPPORTUNITY IN OUR COUNTY TO DO THINGS BETTER AND TO TREAT EACH OTHER BETTER AND TO LIFT PEOPLE UP AND TO MOVE FORWARD.

I MEAN, I WOULDN'T WANT TO LIVE ANYWHERE ELSE, YOU KNOW.

>> YEAH.

>> AND THE COMMUNITY RISES UP.

THE COMMUNITY ALWAYS RISES UP WHEN WE NEED TO.

>> YEAH.

>> I LOVE THAT.

>> WE HAVE ABOUT TWO MINUTES LEFT.

I WANTED TO ASK YOU SOMETHING ABOUT SOMETHING THAT -- ONE OF THE PLACES YOU HAVE MADE YOUR MARK IN PUBLIC SERVICE.

>> MM-HMM.

>> IT WAS THE TUALIWAT ISLAND WITH THE WIAT TRIBE.

YOU WERE INSTRUMENTAL IN HAVING THE VAST MAJORITY OF THAT ISLAND FINALLY RETURNED TO THE TRIBE.

WHY DID YOU THINK THAT WAS IMPORTANT AND DO YOU SEE ANYWHERE ANYONE ELSE THE FUTURE WHERE THAT COLLABORATION COULD CONTINUE?

>> ABSOLUTELY.

WELL, SO I HAD THOUGHT ABOUT THE ISLAND SINCE I WAS A LITTLE GIRL.

YOU HEAR THE STORIES.

AS A LITTLE GIRL.

YOU GROW UP AND DON'T REALIZE THE MAGNITUDE OF THE STORIES.

I ALWAYS THOUGHT IT WAS WRONG AND I'M GRATEFUL WE COULD MAKE IT RIGHT.

I WORKED WITH THE TRIBE, AND I LOVE WORKING WITH THEM.

THEY ARE WONDERFUL PEOPLE AND I HOPE WE CAN MOVE FORWARD WITH OTHER PROJECTS BECAUSE WHATEVER THAT MIGHT LOOK LIKE.

>> MM-HMM.

>> I'M EXCITED ABOUT THAT.

IT WAS THE RIGHT THING TO DO.

>> MM-HMM.

>> IT HAS BEEN THE RIGHT THING TO DO.

IT WAS PROBABLY ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS BESIDES THE BIRTH OF MY KIDS IN MY LIFE TO BE ABLE TO MAKE THAT AMENDS.

EXCUSE ME.

TO MAKE THE AMENDS.

>> I WAS AT THE CELEBRATION.

WE DID A PIECE ON IT AT THE TIME.

IT WAS DEFINITELY A MOVING EXPERIENCE TO BE THERE AND TO SEE -- YOU CAN'T CALL IT CLOSURE, BUT THERE IS NO CLOSURE FOR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

>> IT IS THE BEGINNING.

>> MAYBE SOME HEALING.

>> THAT IS THE GOAL.

>> WE HAVE ABOUT A MINUTE LEFT.

ONE OF THE PEOPLE YOU WORKED WITH IN THAT PROCESS IS THE PERSON YOU ARE RUNNING AGAINST NOW.

>> UH-HUH.

>> HOW DO YOU SEE THAT MOVING FORWARD?

DO YOU THINK IT IS GOING BE A VITRIOLIC CAMPAIGN OR ARE YOU GOING BE GOOD SPORTS?

>> I DON'T MYSELF BEHAVING VITRIOLICLY.

I'M NOT THAT KIND OF PERSON.

WE DID WORK ON THE PROJECT TOGETHER AND I APPRECIATE HER INPUT.

I WAS ONE IN THE ATTORNEY'S OFFICE TWICE A WEEK, WHAT IS GOING ON.

WHEN ARE WE GOING MOVE THIS FORWARD.

THOSE TYPES OF THINGS BECAUSE I FELT LIKE IT NEEDED TO BE DONE LIKE FIVE YEARS AGO NOT THREE YEARS LATER.

>> YEAH.

ABSOLUTELY.

MOVE THE PROCESS ALONG.

>> LET'S MOVE IT ALONG.

LET'S GET IT DONE.

>> THAT IS ALL THE TIME WE HAVE.

THANKS FOR COMING DOWN.

>> THANKS FOR HAVING ME.

>> WE'LL HAVE YOU ON AGAIN SOON.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

>> YOU BET.

>> WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK AFTER THIS SHORT BREAK.

>> HUMBOLDT COUNTY ANNOUNCED THIS WEEK THAT THE NUMBER OF CONFIRMED COVID CASES HAS REACHED 19,492.

AS CASE COUNTS DECLINE THE JOINT INFORMATION CENTER WILL UPDATE PUBLICLY RELEASED INFORMATION THREE DAYS A WEEK INSTEAD OF FIVE.

AS THE COUNTY TRANSITIONS FROM PANDEMIC RESPONSE TO ENDEMIC RESPONSE IT WILL FURTHER REDUCE THE DAYS DOWN TO ONCE A WEEK.

VACCINATIONS ARE MAKING A DIFFERENCE.

18 DEATHS OF FULLY VACCINATED HUMBOLDT COUNTY RESIDENTS WERE REPORTED.

THE AVERAGE AGE WAS 79 OF THE DEATHS.

57 DEATHS OF UNVACCINATED RESIDENTS WERE REPORTED.

THE AVERAGE AGE OF THOSE DEATHS WAS 67.

A NEW NATIONAL REPORT FROM THE ASSOCIATED PRESS HAS HIGHLIGHTED AND ISSUE WE HAVE REPORTED ON HERE BEFORE.

THAT OF MISSING AND MURDERED NATIVE AMERICAN WOMEN AND GIRLS.

THERE IS A STATE OF EMERGENCY OVER THESE DISAPPEARANCES.

>> WE HAD REPORTS THAT A SCHOOL BUS DROVE BY, SAW HER ON THE BRIDGE NAKED.

>> SHE WENT MISSING IN EARLY OCTOBER.

EVERY DAY THE FRUSTRATION OF WANTING SOME MOVEMENT, TO HAVING THINGS DONE, IT IS VERY DIFFICULT.

>> THIS IS EMILY.

>> IT IS EAGLE FEATHERS.

THIS IS ALL LIKE BEADED.

>> WE HAD SO MUCH FUN THAT DAY.

THERE'S A GREAT PICTURE OF HER AND ME FROM THAT DAY, BUT I DON'T KNOW WHERE THAT PICTURE IS.

>> PARTICULARLY IN RESERVATION AND VILLAGE AREAS THERE IS A MAZE OF JURISDICTIONS, POLICIES, PROCEDURES, WHO INVESTIGATES WHAT.

I WORKED FOR A FAMILY WHERE FOR THREE DAYS THEY COULDN'T GET ANYONE TO INVESTIGATE THE RAPE, BECAUSE THE COUNTY, STATE AND TRIBAL POLICE COULDN'T DETERMINE WHO HAD JURISDICTION.

>> FAMILIES OF THE MISSING AND/OR MURDERED INDIGENOUS WOMEN, THEY NEED SOMEWHERE TO GO.

SO WHEN THEY GO TO THE LAW ENFORCEMENT, THEY ARE NOT THINKING ABOUT THE JURISDICTION.

THEY ARE THINKING ABOUT HOW CAN WE GET HELP FINDING OUR LOST RELATIVE.

>> EARLY ON THERE SHOULD HAVE BEEN A BIGGER SEARCH FOR HER AND I REALIZE IT IS A VERY REMOTE AREA, BUT, YOU KNOW, HOUPA POLICE, UROC POLICE, THEY ARE SMALL, THEY DON'T HAVE A LOT OF HELP, RIGHT.

>> QUITE HONESTLY, THE COMMUNITY AND A TRIBE AS A GOVERNMENT IS GETTING FRUSTRATED AND THEY ARE TIRED OF THE APPEARANCE THAT OUR NATIVE PEOPLE ARE NOT GETTING THE ATTENTION THAT THEY SEE WITH OTHER MISSING CASES LOCALLY AND ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

>> IT'S REAL DIFFICULT WHEN YOU DEAL WITH THE GRANDKIDS AND THE GRANDKIDS, GRANDPA, CAN YOU TAKE ME DOWN THE RIVER AND CAN WE LOOK FOR MY MAMA.

WHAT DO YOU TELL THEM?

WE'RE LOOKING.

WE'RE LOOKING EVERY DAY.

AND THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE LOOKING.

THEN HE SAYS, WHAT HAPPENS IF WE CAN'T FIND HER?

>> EMILY IS A BEAUTIFUL PERSON.

AND SHE NEEDS TO COME HOME TO HER CHILDREN.

>> WOW.

OUR QUARTERLY REPORT IN THE WEST COAST OUTPOST, FENTANYL DEATHS HAVE ESCALATED.

DRUG OVERDOSES BY INCREASED USE OF FENTANYL KILLED 100,000 AMERICANS IN 2021.

LOCAL DRUG OVERDOSES DROPPED 22 IN 2020 TO 53 IN 2021.

FENTANYL DEATHS SPIKED FROM 9 IN 2020 TO 34 IN 2021.

THE HUMBOLDT COUNTY DRUG TASK FORCE PULLED ALMOST 14 POUNDS OF FENTANYL OFF THE STREET IN 2021.

IF YOU HAVE SEEN HOW POWERFUL THAT STUFF IS, JUST A LITTLE BIT.

IN 2020 THAT FIGURE WAS THREE GRAMS.

HEROIN SEIZURES DROPPED FROM 48 POUNDS TO 12.39 POUNDS IN 202 IS.

CONGRESSMAN JARED HUFFMAN WANTED TO KEEP FISH ALIVE IN THE TRINITY RIVER.

EXPERTS SAY THIS SUMMER WILL BE HOT AND DRY AND IMPACT TRAVEL COMMUNITIES AND THE FISH POPULATIONS THEY DEPEND ON.

INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENTS WERE NEEDED AT THE TRINTTY RIVER TO ADJUST THE TEMPERATURE OF WATER RELEASED TO RIVER.

THE EARLY STORMS WERE TO ALLEVIATE, LIMITED PRECIPITATION HAS LEFT TRINITY LAKE AT 32% CAPACITY.

UPCOMES IRRIGATION WILL IMPACT THAT SUPPLY AND IT WILL BE A CHALLENGE TO KEEP THE RIVER COOL ENOUGH TO SUPPORT FISH.

WE LOVE TO HONOR GOOD JOURNALISM, THIS TIME IT IS ONE OF OUR OWN COLLABORATORS.

THE REDHEADED BLACK BELT NEWS BLOG.

RYAN HUTSON AND HANK SIMMS ARE THE FIRST TWO WINNERS OF THE HUMBOLDT AWARD.

THE COUNTY'S REDISTRICTING PROCESS HAS BEEN A SHAMBLES AND THE MAP IT IS NOW CONSIDERING ARE MESH YABLLY WORSE THAN THE STATUS QUO.

SIMMS' ARGUMENT SHOWED FLAWS HOW SOME VOTERS COULD LOSE THEIR VOICE BEING LUMPED TOGETHER.

THE JUDGES LAUDED WHAT THEY CALLED HUTSON'S DEEP PASSIONATE REPORTING WHICH WE NOTICED HERE.

THE UPCOMING RACES FOR COUNTY SUPERVISOR IS SHAPING UP FOR SEVERAL LOCAL NAMES.

FOURTH DISTRICT KIM BERGEL, COUNCILWOMAN NATALIE ARROYO FROM EUREKA WHO WE HAVE HAD ON BEFORE AND MIKE NEWMAN WHO WILL COME IN THE THE NEXT FEW WEEKS.

STEVE MADRONE WILL SEEK RE-ELECTION FACING LARRY DOSS.

THE PRIMARY ELECTION IS HELD ON JUNE 7.

IF NO CANDIDATE RECEIVES MORE THAN 50% OF THE VOTE IN JUNE, THE TOP TWO VOTE GETTERS FOR EACH SEAT WILL PROCEED THE TO THE GENERAL ELECTION IN A RUNOFF ELECTION.

THAT IS ALL OUR TIME.

THANKS FOR WATCHING AND FOR STAYING TUNED AND STAYING INFORMED.

KEEP DOING IT.

HAVE A GOOD EVENING.