Articles by Stephanie McGeary
April 2024
NEW LAND ABOVE THE HIGHWAY? The ‘Arcata Cap’ Project Would Build Five Acres Suspended Over Highway 101
NoHum Union School Board Provides ‘Deeply Unsatisfying’ Statement on Reassigning Arcata High Principal Ron Perry
ONE YEAR IN: The Outpost Tours the Site of the Giant Student Housing Project That Could House Nearly 1,000 Cal Poly Humboldt Students, Despite Slow Growth in Enrollment Numbers
Wondering About the Circus Tent Near Carlson Park in Valley West? Playhouse Arts and the North Coast Environmental Center Are Using it to Help Unhoused People Make Art Out of Garbage
March 2024
THIS IS JUST A TEST: Tsunami Warning System Test Scheduled for Wednesday Morning
Redwood Region RISE Receives $14 Million in State Funding to Bring More Sustainable Jobs to Humboldt and Beyond
Look Out for New One-Way Streets! Arcata’s 8th and 9th Street Conversion to Finish Up This Week
(PHOTOS) FIRST LOOK! The Outpost Takes a Tour of the New Open Door Center in Arcata, Which is Ready to Open as Soon As Its Licensing Goes Through
NoHum School Board Votes to ‘Dismiss’ Arcata High School Principal; Teachers and Community Members Shocked
GET A WINDOW BREAKER! Arcata Fire District Says a Driver Survived a Water Crash Last Week Because They Were Carrying This Useful Tool
Want to Help the NWS Map and Predict Weather Patterns? Become An Official Citizen Weather Observer!
FOOD for KIDS! Local Nonprofit Food For People Receives $10K McDonald’s Golden Grant to Fund ‘Backpacks for Kids’ Nutrition Program
(VIDEO) NEVER GIVE UP: Meet Old Town’s Busker of the Day, Who Belted Out Ballads in Front of the Gazebo All Morning
February 2024
Plans to Extend Humboldt Bay Trail to College of the Redwoods in the Works; Public Invited to Provide Input at Community Meeting Tonight
ROUNDABOUT PARTY! Arcata City Council Unanimously Approves Project That Will Add Two New Roundabouts On Sunset Avenue
ELECTION LIMERICK ROUNDUP! Here’s the First Batch of Political Poetry Sent to LoCO. We Tried to Be Forgiving.
Here Comes the Rain Again! Wet, Windy Weather Expected to Hit Humboldt Mid-Week, With Possible ‘Hazardous’ Conditions This Weekend
‘I’m Here to Help the Community’: Former Singing Trees Counselor Starts Online Substance Abuse Recovery Service
January 2024
MOVIE DAY! My Diary of Hanging Around Waiting For The Stars to Show Up In Northtown, and the Things I Saw There
Northtown Arcata Will Be Swarming With Movie Folk Tomorrow, As Bigtime Production ‘BC Project’ Films in the Neighborhood
‘To the Next 100!’ Longtime Local Swimming Instructor Junie Speier is Turning 100 and Everyone is Invited to Celebrate
(PHOTOS/VIDEO) Cal Poly Humboldt on Strike
REGGAE RETURNS! Mateel Community Center Announces Revival of Reggae on the River Festival
NO PIZZA, NO PIZZA: Fortuna Community Rocked As Little Caesar’s Fails to Open on the Tuesday We Were Promised
SNOW ALERT! Interior Humboldt May See Up to 12 Inches of Snowfall This Week; More Rain and Hail On the Coast
New Community Center Coming to Willow Creek! Local Nonprofit Dream Quest Will Break Ground on the Long-Planned Project Next Week
December 2023
The Eureka City Schools Board Voted on a Resolution Last Week That Was Not Published Before the Meeting. Is That Legal?
Enrollment Open for ‘Humboldt Income Program,’ Which Will Provide 150 Expecting Parents With $920 a Month for 18 Months
The Humboldt Crabs are Planning a New Façade Design for the Arcata Ball Park! Which of These Designs Do You Think is a Home Run?
City of Arcata Announces New Police Chief; Lt. Bart Silvers to Be Sworn in Next Week
The LITTLE CAESAR’S That COULD! After Causing a Stir Online, the Pizza Chain’s Fortuna Location is Really Opening … On a Tuesday
HUMBOLDT on the GREEN! World Number One Golfer Scottie Scheffler Used an ‘Olson’ Putter Made in Fortuna During Tournament Win
PAINTBALLIN’! Owner of Humboldt Paintball in Fortuna Helps Women’s Team Win World Championship in Miami
November 2023
NEW BIRD SIGHTING! Spotted for the First Time in Humboldt, a Purple Gallinule Has Been Hanging Around the Arcata Marsh
Humboldt Asian and Pacific Islanders in Solidarity (HAPI) Plan Memorial for Old Town as Part of ‘Eureka Chinatown Project’
Need a Meal? Here’s a List of Places Serving Free Thanksgiving Dinners This Week
LOCAL THEATERS UNITE! After Losing Its Old Town Space, Redwood Curtain Theater is Moving in With NCRT for the 2024 Season
DHHS Social Services Branch Has ‘Major Outbreak’ of COVID; Wait Times Longer Than Usual
MUSHROOM TIPS! With the Mushroom Fair Approaching, the President of Humboldt Bay Mycological Society Shares Some Advice for Fungi Foraging
‘The Gray Bird Sings’: New Book Detailing the Life and Work of Betty Kwan Chinn Released Earlier This Week
October 2023
WHALE, IT WAS NICE KNOWING YOU! Old Town Gets a Very Temporary Humpback Whale Mural on Second Street
MOUNTAIN LIONS, OH MY! A Human-Wildlife Conflict Biologist from the CDFW Reminds of How to Prevent Unwanted Cougar Trouble
Arcata City Council Unanimously Opposes Measure A, the ‘Humboldt Cannabis Reform Initiative’
Is Trying to Shop With WIC Bumming You Out? The Parent’s Nutrition Center in Eureka is Here to Help
CRAZY for BONES! This Eureka Family Displays a New Skeleton Lawn Scene Every Single Day in October
RING of FIRE! There’s an Annular Solar Eclipse on Saturday That Will Visible From Humboldt, Weather Permitting
BEHIND the CURTAIN BAR: A New Play by Michael Fields, The Logger Lear is Taking Over Blue Lake’s Favorite Haunt
ART ALERT! Arcata’s Downtown Fire Hydrants Get a New Look As Part of the City’s Downtown Beautification Efforts
JERRY LIVES! Born-and-Raised Arcata Artist Designs the Cover For New Special-Edition Jerry Garcia Album
September 2023
BACK in the JAM! Humboldt Roller Derby Returns for Its First Home Game in More Than Three Years
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