The Hoopa Valley Tribe of California discussed the fate of The Two Rivers Tribune at a council meeting on Tuesday night.

Chairman Leonard Masten ordered the closure of the paper, including its website, last Friday. He said the tribe is losing money on the venture and said he was concerned about some controversial articles.

Tribal members spoke in favor the paper at the meeting. ”I think the outcry of supporters that I saw today -- even those opposed to some of the controversial issues -- is a healthy indication of how the community feels about the newspaper,” former council member Marcelene Norton told The Eureka Times-Standard.

But Masten and vice chairman Byron Nelson Jr. said the paper's editor and staff need to work with the tribal council to address the concerns. Masten wants the paper to submit a plan before he considers reopening it.

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