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Sunday, Sept. 8, 2024

ANIMAL of the DAY: Calidris melanotos, the Pectoral Sandpiper!
5 a.m.

Saturday, Sept. 7, 2024

THE ECONEWS REPORT: Letting Go of Your Eco-Grief
10 a.m.

BOOKED: Sept. 7, 2024
7:50 a.m.

HUMBOLDT HISTORY: Depression Years at the Mitchell School, Way Out in the Boondocks of Blue Lake
7:30 a.m.

OBITUARY: Connie Merise Pires, 1955-2024
6:56 a.m.

OBITUARY: Ron Sturm, 1952-2024
6:56 a.m.

ANIMAL of the DAY: Spilosoma virginica, the Virginian Tiger Moth!
5 a.m.

Friday, Sept. 6, 2024

Humboldt County and the Wonderful, Marvelous, Fantastic, Very Good Children’s Author Festival, Which is Just About to Get Underway on its Fiftieth Anniversary
5:01 p.m.

POLL! Either an Egret or a Blue Heron Will Visit Your Front Yard Every Morning For the Next Year and Will Only Leave After You Lift Your Coffee Cup to It and Say, “Soar On, Majestic Bird Friend!” Which Will You Choose?
4:20 p.m.

Humboldt County Officials Applaud as Gov. Newsom Issues Emergency Regulations On Intoxicating Hemp
12:46 p.m.

‘Free Piles’ Have Been a Cornerstone of Arcata Culture, But There’s a Backlash Brewing
10:57 a.m.

Two Dogs Die After Swimming in Eel River Near Fernbridge
10:36 a.m.

Fire at Highland Park Home Sends One Resident to the Emergency Room This Morning, Humboldt Bay Fire Says
7:40 a.m.

BOOKED: Sept. 6, 2024
7:35 a.m.

Should California Community Colleges Offer Bachelor’s Degrees in Nursing? Universities Say No
7:02 a.m.

OBITUARY: Caterina Lucia Stagnoli, 1934-2024
6:56 a.m.

PLANT of the DAY: Kindbergia oregana, the Oregon Beaked Moss!
5 a.m.

Thursday, Sept. 5, 2024

POLL! What is to Blame for Cal Poly Humboldt Not Hitting Its Enrollment Target?
4:20 p.m.

BEER and BALLOT MEASURES! Your Lost Coast Outpost and CalMatters Are Teaming Up to Throw a Study Party for This Year’s Batch of State Propositions, and You Are Invited!
2:27 p.m.

Cal Poly Humboldt Faces Funding Reduction After Failing to Meet CSU Enrollment Target for the Second Straight Year
1:06 p.m.

Blue Lake Rancheria Nabs $12 Million EPA Pollution Reduction Grant; Funds Will be Used to Acquire and Restore Local Coastal and Forest Land, Feds Say
12:26 p.m.

Redwood Acres Announces Immediate Cancelation of Year’s Remaining ‘Acres of Eats’ Events
12:05 p.m.

[UPDATED with Response from Providence] Healthcare Workers’ Union Calls on Providence to Keep Eureka Rehab Center Open, Citing a Bill Awaiting Gov. Newsom’s Signature
12:04 p.m.

How Are We Feeling About the City of Eureka’s Recreation Programs?
11:53 a.m.

BOOKED: Sept. 5, 2024
7:50 a.m.

California Schools Release a Blizzard of Data, and That’s Why Parents Can’t Make Sense of It
7:08 a.m.

California Lawmakers Want to Ban Anti-Union Meetings at Work, but Will Newsom Go Along?
7:07 a.m.

OBITUARY: Eric William Zink, 1940-2024
6:56 a.m.

OBITUARY: Dana Lewis Whitaker, 1959-2024
6:56 a.m.

OBITUARY: Richard ‘Rick’ Motherwell, 1949-2024
6:56 a.m.

ANIMAL of the DAY: Aquarius remigis, the Common Water Strider!
5 a.m.

Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2024

County Reports Outbreak of Shigella Bacterial Infection Traced to Dinner at Eureka Elks Lodge
4:44 p.m.

RANKED CHOICE POLL! Eureka’s Ex-Mayors Are Working Together to Bring Christmas Lights to Old Town, But Can You Rank Those Mayors From Your Favorite to Your Least Favorite?
4:20 p.m.

New Indie Movie Featuring Humboldt County and Its Breweries to Screen in Arcata Thursday Followed by Q&A With Director and Writer/Star
3:50 p.m.

MAYORVENGERS ASSEMBLE! Former Eureka Mayors Unite to Light Up Old Town This Holiday Season
3:37 p.m.

Future California Senator Adam Schiff is in Town
1:19 p.m.

That Smoke Bubbling Up From Eureka Sewers is Not Foretelling the Imminent Arrival of Beelzebub, Nor is It a Sign of a Major Fire, But Rather It Is a Smoke Test
12:59 p.m.

Eureka City Council Narrowly Passes Vacant Building Ordinance that Aims to Reduce Blight Across Town
12:12 p.m.

It’s Hella Hot Again! Heat Advisory in Effect in the North Coast Interior
10:54 a.m.

Some Dude on the Cal Poly Humboldt Campus Tried to Forcibly Take a Backpack From an Employee, University Says
10:26 a.m.

BOOKED: Sept. 4, 2024
7:50 a.m.

California Companies Wrote Their Own Gig Worker Law. Now No One Is Enforcing It
7:33 a.m.

OBITUARY: Jacqueline Jo Stalcup Ford, 1937-2024
6:56 a.m.

OBITUARY: Norma Sue Lewis, 1931-2024
6:56 a.m.

FUNGUS of the DAY: Hypogymnia tubulosa, the Powder-headed Tube Lichen!
5 a.m.

Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2024

A New 42-Space Parking Lot is Being Built Along the Eureka Boardwalk
4:01 p.m.

DON’T PANIC, REDWAY! That Smoke You’ll Probably See Coming From the Conservation Camp Thursday is Only a Prescribed Burn
3:38 p.m.

UNIVERSAL DONOR, DONATE! Blood Bank Issues Call for Donations Due to Dire Shortage of the Most Critical Type
10:52 a.m.

Measure F Could Wreak Legal and Financial Havoc on Eureka, California Housing Defense Fund Warns
10:37 a.m.

TONIGHT in EUREKA CITY COUNCIL: Another Look at the Draft Vacant Building Ordinance, Plus a Response to the Grand Jury Report on Homelessness
9:27 a.m.