August 2023

U.S. News & World Report Names St. Joseph a ‘Best Regional Hospital,’ Though the Full Report Card is Mixed

July 2023

A Bear Got Out to Tuluwat Island, Messed Up a Plum Tree and Dumped Over a Trash Can Full of Chicken Feed

Labor Board Orders Arcata Theatre Lounge to Offer Bartender’s Job Back After Owner Fired Her for Complaining About Company Tipping Policy

Betty Chinn Says the Vibrant New Mural Being Painted on Her Homeless Day Center Coincidentally Depicts Her Own Life Story in a Symbolic Way

Wiyot Tribe Makes Its Case, Convinces Eureka Council to Reject Staff Pick and Award Affordable Housing Development Projects to Tribal Land Trust Agency

Southern Oregon Wildfire Brings Smoky Skies to Coastal Humboldt, Del Norte Counties

Recently Closed Dispensary Humboldt Patient Resource Center Owes Nearly $1M in State Taxes

U.S. Senators Ask Rob Arkley and Other Donors for Itemized Lists of Gifts to Supreme Court Justices

Harbor District to Host Public Meeting Kicking Off Environmental Review of Offshore Wind Heavy Lift Marine Terminal Project

OOPS! The County Misspelled ‘Samoa’ on a Pair of Road Signs

Schneider Offers Emotional Apology as Planning Commission Approves Tear-Down of His Permit-Violating, Half-Built Family Dream Home

New Owner of Singing Trees Recovery Center Arrested for DUI and Child Endangerment, and in Odd Interview She Denies That the State Revoked Her Therapy License. (It Did.)

Humboldt County’s Child Abuse Services Team Works Hard But Suffers From Understaffing and Could Use Some More Training, Civil Grand Jury Finds

June 2023

Planning Commission Set to Rescind Permit for Controversial Schneider Home as Developer Prepares to Tear it Down, Remediate Damage to Property

Humboldt Cultivators Win Multiple Cannabis Awards, Including ‘Best of California,’ at State Fair

‘Not Adequately Prepared’: Civil Grand Jury Says Humboldt County Must Improve Its Disaster Planning

Retired Owners of Fortuna Restaurant Tom’s Sourdough Killed in Arizona Double Homicide; The Suspect, a Eureka Man, is in Custody

Judge Sides With Publishers of Rio Dell Times in First Amendment Ruling Against Arcata Attorney and Client

Caltrans Breaks Ground on Indianola Undercrossing and Half Signal at Airport Road

Facing a $17.7M Deficit, County Supervisors Make Recommendations for Next Year’s Budget and Disperse Dwindling Unclaimed Measure Z Revenues

Humboldt County Supervisors Honor Juneteenth and LGBTQIA+ Pride Month in Emotional Meeting

Civil Grand Jury Finds ‘Appalling and Dangerous Conditions’ at Humboldt County Animal Shelter

Inside Hoopa’s ‘Pill Mill’: State Medical Board, Former Employees Accuse Doctors of Over-Prescribing Opioids

Civil Liberties Groups Demand Sheriff’s Office, Other Agencies Stop Sharing License Plate Data With Cops in Anti-Abortion States

May 2023

What the Heck’s Going on With Broadway in Eureka? Caltrans’ ‘Pop-Up Demonstration,’ Explained

Who is Precious Velvet Mayes? TV Producer, Soap Star and Likely Next CEO of Mad River Community Hospital.

Hey, Where Did Our Bird E-Scooters Go? Struggling Company Has Flown From Eureka, Fortuna.

After 50 Years in Eureka, Humboldt County’s Last Denny’s Will Close May 31, Soon to be Replaced by an IHOP

Groundbreaking Ceremony Celebrates Start of Construction on Humboldt Bay Trail South, Which Will Finally Connect Eureka and Arcata

[VIDEO] With ‘Chalk Talk,’ an Unknown Author Addresses Eureka’s Homelessness Issues One Word at a Time

Federal Judge Tosses Class Action Suit Challenging Humboldt County’s Cannabis Code Enforcement Processes

[UPDATED] Eureka Woman Dies at Moonstone Beach One Day After Graduating From Nursing School

Lab Specimens Lost in Recent Car Crash are Byproduct of a Larger Problem, Former Hospital Employees Say: Providence’s Corporate-Style Consolidation is Causing Longer Turnaround Times and Lower Quality

Cal Poly Humboldt to Hold Its First Regional Commencement Ceremony in Beverly Hills Next Monday

Disabled Cal Poly Humboldt Student Files Class Action Suit Against University and Entire CSU System Over Accessibility Issues

April 2023

[UPDATED] Hate-Filled Blog Comment Prompts Official County Response, Even Though It Was Evidently From a Troll

[PHOTOS, VIDEO] The Carcass of Juvenile Gray Whale Washed Ashore and Is Now Rotting on the North Spit

Once Poster Boys for Legal Weed in Humboldt, Emerald Family Farms is Being Sold for Parts

Breathe a Sigh of Relief: Humboldt County May Have the Cleanest Air in the State, Report Finds

A Driver Carrying Pathology Specimens From St. Joe’s Patients Crashed in a Recent Winter Storm. The Samples Have Not Been Recovered.

March 2023

‘I Was Treated Brutally’: McKinleyville’s Jeff Woodke Speaks Publicly For the First Time Since His Release From Six and a Half Years as a Hostage in Africa

Eureka High Students Organize Multicultural Night Market to Celebrate Diversity and Inclusion

(VIDEO) Behold: Eureka High School’s New 40,000-Square-Foot Gymnasium is Nearing Completion

Cal Poly Humboldt Investigating Its Men’s Basketball Program Following Reports of Mistreatment

Ground Has Been Broken on Klamath River Restoration, the World’s Largest-Ever Dam-Removal Project

McKinleyville High Students Cause Alarm With Photo of Themselves Holding a Gun That Turned Out to Be a Toy

TODAY in SUPES: Board Postpones Decision on F Street Signal, Approves Trail to CR Study, Hears Report on Code Enforcement Activity

Citing Increased Seismic Risk, PG&E Will Leave Spillway Gates Open at Scott Dam, Allowing More Springtime Water to Flow Into the Eel River

Bear River Band of Rohnerville Rancheria Sues County, State for Discriminatory Treatment of Tribal Youth

A Big Chunk of Waterlogged Ground Slips Out, Causing Hwy. 101 to Crumble Near Cooks Valley in SoHum