Articles by Isabella Vanderheiden

June 2024

Eureka Council Rebels Against City Attorney’s Summary of the ‘Housing for All’ Initiative, Special Meeting Called Monday to Resolve the Question

California Public Utilities Commission Expected to Reject AT&T’s Proposal to Discontinue Landline Services at This Week’s Meeting

New NCRT Production Featuring Wiyot Language, ‘Wusatoumuduk: We Make It Burn’ Explores the Significance of Cultural Fire Through Theatre

YESTERDAY IN EUREKA COUNCIL: Staff Credit Measure H Sales Tax Reveues for Ongoing Financial Stability, Despite $1.1 Million Budget Shortfall

TODAY IN SUPES: Code Enforcement Unit Touts Successful Year of Nuisance Property, Illegal Cannabis Abatements

(PHOTOS) Humboldt Kicks Off Pride Month with Old Town Parade

ART ‘N SEEK! Local Artists Will Hide Mushroom-Themed Creations All Around Humboldt on Saturday as a Part of the Worldwide ‘Game of Shrooms’

YESTERDAY IN SUPES: Board Approves Preliminary Budget for Upcoming Fiscal Year, Changes Expected in Coming Weeks

Sen. Mike McGuire Calls the Great Redwood Trail the ‘Opportunity of a Lifetime’ at Humboldt Trails Summit

May 2024

State Sen. Mike McGuire to Provide Update on Great Redwood Trail at This Weekend’s Humboldt Trails Summit

Cal Poly Humboldt Rolls Out New ‘Locking Plan’ to Address Alleged Safety Concerns on Campus; Staff, Students Call the Restrictive Policy a ‘Logistical Nightmare’

(PHOTOS) Redwood Coast Kite Festival Takes Over Halvorsen Park

‘This is a Major Milestone’: Arcata Planning Commission Passes Final Draft of Gateway Area Plan

Schatz Energy Research Center Unveils Pacific Offshore Wind Consortium, a New Partnership Between West Coast Universities

(PHOTOS) Cal Poly Humboldt Grads Rally for Palestine

(PHOTOS) AURORA REDUX: There’s a Good Chance the Northern Lights Will Grace Humboldt’s Skies Again Tonight

YESTERDAY IN SUPES: Board Punts Decision on TOT Funding for the Arts, Approves $4 Million for Measure Z-Funded Projects, and More

Civil Liberties Groups Urge Cal Poly Humboldt President Tom Jackson to Lift ‘Constitutionally Suspect’ Campus Closure

April 2024

‘I Just Want Him to Come Back’: Search Efforts Continue for the 19-Year-Old Who Was Swept Away in the Trinity River Last Week

(UPDATING) Cal Poly Humboldt Issues Hard Closure of Campus; Law Enforcement Converges

Supervisors Receive Report on the Declining Cannabis Industry and its Watershed Impacts, Then Vote to Shut Down a Nuisance Farm

Humboldt Supervisors Scrap Long-Planned Jail Expansion, Rehabilitation Center Project Due to Funding Constraints

Humboldt County Officials Headed to Massachusetts Next Week to Check Out Vineyard Offshore’s Wind Farm

UPLIFT Eureka Staff Say ‘Progress is Being Made Every Day’ to House the City’s Homeless; Old Town Bike Lanes Approved

YESTERDAY IN SUPES: Board Narrowly Approves Ordinance Imposing New Rules for Illuminated Signs, Billboards

Arcata High School’s Black Student Union to Unveil New Mural Celebrating ‘Black Joy and Love’

Despite Some Uncertainty and Pushback, Eureka City Council OKs Funding for Overlay Zone at Jacobs Campus

Everyone Hates Eureka’s Potholes and the City is Preparing to Fill ‘Em

March 2024

After Meeting With Local Tribes, Congressman Huffman Doubles Down on Offshore Wind

Federal Officials, Developers Call for Collaboration with North Coast Tribes Amid Growing Opposition to Offshore Wind Development

TODAY IN SUPES: Board Approves ‘Vital’ Staffing Request for Sheriff’s Office Amid Countywide Budget Concerns

(VIDEO) HUMBOLDT OUTDOORS: Check Out the Trillium Blooms Before They Disappear for the Season!

Eureka City Council Mulls Options for Jacobs Campus

Worried About Losing Your Landline? Tell the California Public Utilities Commission at Next Week’s Forum!

The City of Eureka is Offering $75,000 for Community-Focused Projects as a Part of This Year’s Participatory Budgeting Process

At Contentious Public Meeting, Hoopa Tribal Council Removes Chairman Joe Davis From Office

Papa & Barkley to Merge With LA-Based Cannabis Distribution Company Amid Industry Challenges

YESTERDAY IN SUPES: Board Approves Long-Awaited Short-Term Rental Ordinance

LOGGING SPORTS RETURN! Cal Poly Humboldt to Host 84th Annual American Western Forestry Clubs Conclave

Housing Authority Looks to Upgrade Public Housing Facilities in Eureka

February 2024

Hoopa Tribal Chairman Joe Davis Disputes Controversial Allegations of ‘Gross Negligence’ as Tribal Council Attempts to Remove Him

Eureka Planning Commission OKs Four-Story Development Slated for Old Town

All Six State Assembly Candidates Set to Face Off in Blue Lake Friday Evening

‘A Cry for Action’: Yurok Tribe Sponsors Second Annual Day of Action for Missing and Murdered Indigenous People

North Coast Officials Blast AT&T’s ‘Dangerous’ Proposal to Disconnect Landline Services in Communities Across California

The Humboldt Bay Municipal Water District Wants to Give Water Back to the Mad River to Safeguard Local Control

(VIDEO) HUMBOLDT OUTDOORS: Ray Olson Takes Us to the Ruins of the USS Milwaukee Shipwreck

At a Two-Day Conference in Eureka This Week, North Coast Tribes Advocate for ‘Meaningful Engagement’ With Offshore Wind Developers, Federal Regulators

January 2024

Want to Share Your Thoughts on the Environmental Review Process for North Coast Offshore Wind Development? Bureau of Ocean Energy Management to Host Virtual Public Scoping Meetings Next Month

At Town Hall Meeting, Frustrated Residents Discuss Future Development of Eureka’s Jacobs Campus; Mystery Developer Still Mysterious