July 2020

Civil Grand Jury Finds ‘Failures’ and ‘Ineptitudes’ But No Direct Evidence of Racial Bias in Review of Josiah Lawson Homicide Investigation

(VIDEO) Frankovich Addresses Testing Holdup, High Infection Rate Among Latinos and Safety Plans for Returning Prison Inmates

As Humboldt’s Case Count Climbs, the COVID-19 Testing Facility at Redwood Acres Has Stopped Taking Reservations

TODAY in SUPES: Frankovich Warns ‘There is No Safe Spot’ From COVID-19; Board Puts Low-Income Housing Measure on November Ballot

(UPDATED) Neighbors Who Responded to Alleged Blue Lake Murder Describe Trying to Save the Victim’s Life

Broadway and Mill Creek Cinemas Reopening Friday; Is It Safe to Return to Movie Theaters?

June 2020

Fortuna’s New Police Chief is Trained to Use Nunchucks, Much to the Delight of Stephen Colbert

Anti-Racism Sign Outside Ferndale Home Attracts Flowers and Notes of Appreciation, Solidarity

(UPDATED) Local Youth Baseball Teams Playing Out-of-State Competitors Despite Ongoing Ban on Team Sports

TODAY in SUPES: Madrone Says Trinidad Being Overrun by Mask-Shunning Tourists; Sheriff’s Use-of-Force Policies Criticized

McKAY RANCH SUBDIVISION: Environmental Groups Voice Concerns About 81-Acre, 320-Unit Development Planned in Cutten

Shortage of Qualified Staff Causing Problems at County Jail and Juvenile Hall, Civil Grand Jury Report Finds

Despite Public Health Advice, Some Local Assisted Living Facilities Still Aren’t Testing Staff for COVID-19

TODAY in SUPES: Conflicting Community Views on COVID-19 Health Protection Measures Rise to the Surface

Proposed County Budget Cuts General Fund Spending by Four Percent to Account for COVID-19-Related Revenue Declines

Trinidad Rancheria Asks for Pipeline Extension to Get Water Via Humboldt Bay Municipal Water District

(VIDEO) Sheriff Wants to Prove to the Community and the Country that Law Enforcement Officers Aim to Serve and Protect, Honsal Says

County Receives $300K in EPA Funding to Continue Toxic Cleanup and Development on the Samoa Peninsula

‘District in Decline’: With Enrollment and Budget Woes, SoHum Schools Need New Ideas, More Effective Leadership, Civil Grand Jury Finds

(UPDATE) Body Found on Hwy. 101 Safety Corridor Near Mid-City Motor World

County to Start Collecting More Data to Inform Discussions About Whether McKinleyville Should Maybe One Day Incorporate as a City

(UPDATED: CHP Cannot Confirm Antifa Buses) Sheriff Honsal Stands By ‘Antifa Bus’ Reports Despite Evidence That It Was All a Hoax

(VIDEO) Bars, Gyms, Campgrounds, Zoos and More Are Next Up for Modified Reopening, Dr. Frankovich Says

That Big Orange Ship Moored in Humboldt Bay is a World-Class Science Vessel Whose Crew Has Been Studying Glaciers in Antarctica

The Coast Guard Plans to Remove The Old Marine Railway at Station Humboldt Bay. Local Historians Are Unhappy.

Local Artist’s ‘Flatten the Curve’ Stained Glass Was Purchased as a Gift for Dr. Anthony Fauci

Winfred Grissom, Former T-S ‘Paper Man’ and Docent at Humboldt Bay Maritime Museum, Dies from COVID-19

(VIDEO) Salons and Barbershops Could Possibly Reopen as Soon as Next Week, Local Officials Say in Latest COVID Update

Police Fire Less-Lethal Projectiles at Protesters in Eureka; Two Arrests Made

May 2020

HSU Announces Unexpected Retirement of University Police Chief Donn Peterson

(UPDATING) Protesters Clash With Traffic, Demand Justice as They March Through Eureka, Demonstrating Against Racism and Police Brutality

(VIDEO) County Health Officer Says She Probably Won’t Be Eating Out, Advises Seniors and Immunocompromised to be Wary

(PHOTOS) Educators Deliver Hand-Made Yard Signs to Celebrate McKinleyville High Grads

(VIDEO) There Are Three or Four Active Chains of COVID Transmission in Humboldt Right Now, County Health Officer Says

Civil Grand Jury Issues Glowing Report on Local Prison Camps, Suggests Training Jail Inmates to Fight Fires

Bear River Casino Touts ‘Virus-Killing’ Spray Ahead of Reopening; There’s No Evidence the Spray Does Any Such Thing

(VIDEO) ‘Trimmigrants’ Not Welcome This Year; Stage Three of Reopening Likely Coming Soon, Sheriff Says in Latest Media Availability

Times-Standard Dismantles Printing Press, Lays Off Production Staff; Papers Now Being Trucked From Chico for Delivery

County Awards $180,000 in Cannabis Micro-Grants via Project Trellis

(VIDEO) This Spike in Cases is Likely Due to People Ignoring the Shelter-in-Place Order, County Health Officer Says

Fennell to Appoint Former Harbor Commissioner Ronnie Pellegrini to the Planning Commission

Against Public Health Advice, Bear River Casino Plans to Reopen a Week From Sunday

County Officials Agree to Ask State for Permission to Loosen Restrictions and Open More Local Businesses

Local Coalition Advances Plan to Remove Scott Dam on the Eel River, Acquire Potter Valley Project From PG&E

(UPDATED) The Planning Commission Approved a $1.5M Trail Through Manila, But Critics Say They May Appeal

Planning Commission Denies Permit to Rebuild a Fallen Billboard South of Eureka

‘Don’t Let My Mom Die Alone’: Local Man Distraught as COVID Policies Prevent His Dad from Visiting His Mom in Hospital

Supervisors Quibble Over Details of Eviction Moratorium, Agree to Form Groundwater Agency for Eel River Basin

(VIDEO) Beware of Unreliable Products in ‘the Wild West of Testing’ Available Commercially, County Health Officer Says

California Can Begin Reopening This Week, Gov. Newsom Announces