Somes Bar News

The elementary school in Forks of Salmon once had enough students to occupy two teachers, many aides, and three classrooms but this year is hovering slightly above an average daily attendance so low that the state might close it and combine it with the district in Somes Bar.

It was a great year for local harvesters of tanoak mushrooms inA terms of volume.

From Willow Creek, the nearest hospital is a 39 mile drive one-way on an unpredictable road laden with ice during the winter season and road construction during the summer months.

The Willow Creek ambulance is provided by the Hoopa Valley Tribe's K'ima:w Medical Center .