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Faces of fentanyl: Grieving local parents band together to confront lethal drug that killed their sons

Posted on August 30, 2024 by Mike Chapman

Putting faces to the names. That’s the goal of two Shasta County moms who lost their sons to the local fentanyl scourge. Rebecca Meeks of Redding and Lora Thomas of Lakehead have posted pictures of their adult sons on their… Continue Reading →

Columns, Lead Story, News drug abuse, fentanyl, Mike Chapman

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Clark’s Grebe – Tulelake NWR

Posted: October 31, 2026 at 4:47 pm

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