The Talon is the student newspaper of Hood River Valley High School, and has operated as a public forum of the students, by the students, and for the students of HRVHS since 2000. Print editions of The Talon are published periodically. The Talon’s website is hrvtalon.com.

The Talon’s staff acts as its own editorial board. The Talon staff is solely responsible for determining the news, opinion, feature, and advertising content of print versions of The Talon, hrvtalon.com and all other Talon online sources, such as The Talon’s Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram accounts. The Talon staff makes decisions about what content is fit to print based on the professional and legal standards of journalism, as well as the standards of decency and fairness of the HRVHS student community, whom The Talon represents and serves. The Talon staff reserves the right to reject submitted content such as letters to the editor or advertisements based on these standards.

Letters to the editor may be sent to the school in care of Dave Case, Talon Adviser, or emailed to david.case@hoodriver.k12.or.us. Anonymous letters will not be printed.

Basic advertising rates are as follows:
Print Editions: $2 per square inch, per printed issue
hrvtalon.com: $1 per 1000 pixels, per month

For more specific information about advertising, please contact Talon Adviser Dave Case at david.case@hoodriver.k12.or.us, or call at (541) 386-4500, ext. 4579

The Talon staff is as follows:

Dave Case: Talon Adviser

Editors:

Grace Whitmore

Lorena Johnson

Talon Staff Reporters:

Elizabeth Bricker

Maria Bustos

Shelbye Louis

Orlando De La Torre

Abril Gama

Mike Giles-Quintana

Kristen Gray

Lauren Greenleaf

Mikey Hall

Alivea Harsanyi

Brooklyn Holman

Casey Holzman

Mitchell Lamer

Paige Lindley

Lily Magana

Esme Manzo

Audrey Marble

Alec Matthews

Abby Mitchell

Maya Mondragon

Sergio Trejo

Clarissa Najera

Paris Nunn

Emily Phillips

Brycen Polzel

Kenia Ramirez

Emily Rodriguez

Savannah Jean

Cole Rothman

Onika Rutherford

Briseida Sanchez

Vanessa Silva

Madison Thomas

Adrianna Vaca

Elizabeth Weekly