Local biologist charged with embezzlement: Federal prosecutors charge Ron LeValley in Yurok forestry fraud case

◼ Mad River Biologists founder Ron LeValley is due to make his initial appearance in federal court later this month. Prosecutors filed a single charge against him, alleging that he conspired with former Yurok Tribe Forestry Director Roland Raymond to steal almost $1 million from the tribe through a complex scheme of false and inflated invoices and payments for work that was never performed. - Thadeus Greenson/The Times-Standard