Articles by Isabella Vanderheiden

April 2022

FEES TOO DAMN HIGH? State Cannabis Agency Wants Feedback on its Equity Fee Waiver Program

MEASURE K: Humboldt County Wants Voters to Re-renew the Abandoned Vehicle Abatement Program

SUPES PREVIEW: Board to Consider Further Action Against Auditor-Controller After Department Heads Sound Alarm Over ‘Precarious’ Financial Situation

Measure J: Humboldt County Lodging Alliance Express Outrage Over ‘Misleading’ Transient Occupancy Tax Hike

TOO MANY DRIVE-THRUS? Eureka City Council Considers Whether or How to Limit the Number of Businesses You Can Drive Through

(PHOTOS) Locals Brave the Frigid Waters of Humboldt Bay for 21st Annual Perilous Plunge

The Potter Valley Project’s License Expires Today

YESTERDAY in SUPES: Absent Auditor-Controller Delays Second Vote ‘No Confidence’ Consideration; Board Denies Rezoning Request on Illegally Subdivided Parcel

There’s Only One Week Left to Let the Feds Know What You Think About Klamath Dam Removal

Mad River Brewery CEO to Throw First Pitch at Today’s Giants Game

Coastal Commission Says It’s Cool to Move Forward With Humboldt Bay Offshore Wind Project Studies, Approves Bay Trail Permit

BIRD is the WORD: E-Scooters Are Coming to Eureka

Supervisors Spend $381,000 From General Fund to Cover Losses Tied to Missing Auditor-Controller Reports

March 2022

Eureka Residents Weigh in on Proposed Rules For the City’s Gulches and Greenways

MEET ARTICLE 34: How Eureka’s Old Fight Against Subsidized Apartments Led to One of the Nation’s Strongest Anti-Affordable Housing Laws, and What Legislators are Doing to Repeal It

EXTREME DROUGHT: So Far This is Eureka’s Driest Year Ever Recorded

DOWNTOWN MAYHEM ROUNDUP: Molotov Cocktail Thrown at Sangha Tattoo Studio, Windows Broken and Laptop Stolen From Eureka Theater

YESTERDAY in SUPES: $18.2 Million CARES Act Grant Will Fund Improvements at Humboldt County Airports

Auditor-Controller Karen Paz Dominguez Blasts Humboldt County Board of Supervisors During Reelection Announcement

The State Will Lift its School Mask Mandate at Midnight. What Will it Mean For Humboldt County Kids?

Department of Cannabis Control Seeks Public Input on Proposed Regulatory Changes

‘I Want to Provide a Fresh Set of Eyes on This Police Department’: Interim Chief of Police Todd Jarvis Talks Goals and Challenges at EPD

Eureka City Council Votes to Remove Lots From Parking Assessment District to Make Way for EaRTH Center

As Mask Mandates Come Down, Dr. Ian Hoffman Signs Off as Humboldt County Health Officer

February 2022

‘No Single Greater Action We Can Take Than Removing These Dams’: FERC Releases Environmental Document for Review

Eureka City Council to Discuss Future EaRTH Center Project Site

Who Says Eureka’s Not Hip Enough for a Rooftop Bar? A New Multi-Story Building is Slated for Old Town.

Local Growers Voice Support for New Assembly Bill That Would Allow Direct Sales at State Cannabis Events

COVID Situation Still ‘Very Fluid’ a Week After State Lifted Its Masking Mandate, St. Joe’s Exec Says

‘We’re Seeing This Now More Than Ever’: Fentanyl Overdoses Skyrocket in Humboldt

Eureka Gets a Look at the Road Work Coming Up Over the Next Several Months, Then Approves a Deal With a Police Auditing Firm

(PHOTOS) Local People Tell Their Stories, Plead for Immigration Reform During Humboldt’s ‘Dia Sin Inmigrantes’ Rally