January 2025

Court Battle Between Former Judge Gregory Kreis and Blogger John Chiv Raises First Amendment Questions

TODAY in SUPES: Arroyo Delivers Presentation on Local Medical Provider Challenges, Board Approves Letter of Concern Over Proposed Wood Pellet Biofuel Project

(VIDEO) Suspect’s Erratic Behavior Prompts Big Police Response After Slow-Speed Chase in Eureka

North McKay Ranch Subdivision Stymied by Inaction on Request to be Annexed Into Humboldt Community Services District

TODAY in SUPES: With Some Apprehension, Board OKs Potential Path to Legitimacy for Yee Haw Communal Living Property

Ridgewood Heights Residents Up in Arms Over Opening of New Residential Mental Health Treatment Facility

December 2024

Appeals Court Reverses Dismissal of Class Action Suit Challenging Humboldt County’s Cannabis Abatement Penalties, Sending the Case Back to District Court

Citing Religious Freedom and Catholic Doctrine, St. Joseph Health Challenges State’s Emergency Abortion Care Lawsuit on a Variety of Legal Grounds

Eureka’s Siren’s Song Tavern Searching for New Location After Landlord Opts Not to Renew Lease

Judge Says the Sale of Redwood Meat Co. to Ray Christie Did Not Violate Restraining Order

OUTPOST INTERVIEW: Huffman Voices Frustration With ‘Feckless Republicans’ as Government Shutdown Looms

BRING THE NOISE! The Victory Parade for Your Arcata High Football State Champs Rides This Afternoon

TODAY in SUPES: County Budget Outlook Slightly Less Dismal Than Expected, Though $15M Structural Deficit Persists

Here’s Why U.S. Coast Guard Station Humboldt Bay Has Been Wrapped in Plastic for Weeks On End

Arcata High Tigers Win State Championship in Overtime

Facing Declining Enrollment, McKinleyville Union School District May Consolidate Sites, Eliminating Morris as an Elementary Campus

Humboldt County Auditor-Controller Cheryl Dillingham to Resign at the End of January

[UPDATED] ‘A Nightmare on Replay’: New Lawsuit Accuses St. Joseph Hospital of Denying Emergency Abortion Care to a Woman With Serious Medical Condition

Providence Plans to Drastically Reduce the Availability of Open Heart Surgery in Humboldt County Next Year, According to Employees at St. Joseph Hospital

NAPIER DEFEATS JONES: Blue Lake Election Tie Resolved By Pulling a Name From an Envelope Pulled From a Box

TODAY in SUPES: A New Disaster Response Plan Just Dropped, and So Did Some Overnight Parking Restrictions

Sheriff’s Office Releases Body Cam Footage of a Deputy Fatally Shooting an Armed Man in Cutten in April

(VIDEO) Popular YouTuber Peter Santenello Explores the Lost Coast in His Third Humboldt-Focused Mini-Doc

Blue Lake’s City Council Election Tie Will Be Resolved By Pulling a Name From a Hat, Essentially

TODAY in SUPES: County Agrees to Pursue Settlement of Kernen Construction’s Permit Issues as Employees Pack the House

November 2024

The Blue Lake City Council Race Could Very Well End in a Tie. Here’s How It Would Get Decided.

Humboldt County Agrees to Pay $150K to Settle Lawsuit Accusing a Sheriff’s Deputy of Excessive Force

Appeals Court Rejects Coastal Commission’s Approval of Trinidad Rancheria’s Planned Hyatt Hotel Project

(UPDATE: It Has Been Removed) Motorhome Loses Brakes on Fickle Hill and Comes to Rest Dangling Over a Bluff’s Edge in Arcata

VOTE COUNT UPDATE: Blue Lake City Council Race Still Undecided

(VIDEO) New Documentary Short ‘High Country Murder’ Explores Unsolved Shooting Death of Rancher Dick Drewry

[UPDATE: Just the Offramp!] Hookton Road Offramp is Closed, Caltrans Reports

Providence Not Accepting Referrals for Routine Procedures From Providers at Practices They Don’t Own

Tofu Shop to Close After More Than 40 Years in Arcata

California is Renaming 43 Places, Including This Fieldbrook Bridge, to Remove a Derogatory Term for Native Women

Judge Tosses the Latest Injunction From Environmental Groups Over Caltrans’ Richardson Grove Improvement Project

Pacific Seafood Halts All Processing in Eureka, Laying Off an Undisclosed Number of Employees

(VIDEO) Leopard Sharks Swimming in Mad River Slough Inspire Mallard Ducks to Seek Dry Land

TODAY in SUPES: Board Suspends 2025 Weed Taxation, Directs Staff to Explore ‘Repeal and Replace’ Options for Measure S

[UPDATED] Highly Contentious Blue Lake City Council Race is a Nail-Biter, With Many Votes Yet to Be Counted

Rebuked by Voters, Arkley-Affiliated ‘Citizens for a Better Eureka’ Resumes Court Battle Over 5th and D Parking Lot

TODAY in SUPES: Inspection Reveals ‘Urgent Safety Risks’ From Exposed Sewage at Yee Haw Communal Living Property

Lawsuit Accuses Humboldt Sheriff’s Deputy of Assault, Battery and Excessive Force in Arrest of Unhoused Man

Trinidad Rancheria’s Proposed Hyatt Hotel Project Dealt Setback as Appeals Court Issues Tentative Ruling Finding Insufficient Evidence of Adequate Fire Protection Services

October 2024

Would Measure F Actually Preserve Eureka’s Downtown Parking? Nope, State Law Would Override It, Staff Says

Judge Signs Order Committing St. Joseph Hospital to Providing Emergency Abortions, At Least For the Duration of AG Lawsuit

TODAY in SUPES: Board and Public Voice Concerns About Wood Pellet Biofuel Project; Sheriff Proposes Advisory Council in Lieu of Oversight Committee

BREAKING: St. Joseph Hospital Denies Allegations in State Abortion Care Lawsuit But Agrees to Follow State Health Care Laws as the Case Proceeds

A Bat-Killing Fungus Has Escaped Humboldt to Infect at Least Four Other California Counties

[UPDATED] Eureka Campaign Finance Roundup: Kenny Carswell Leads All Candidates; Security National Surpasses $1.6 Million Spent