Articles by Isabella Vanderheiden

December 2025

Hundreds of SoHum Residents Still Without Power After Last Night’s Wind Storm; Wind Gusts Exceeding 100 MPH Recorded at Cape Mendocino

Cal Poly Humboldt Scientist Discovers That Wildfire Can Transform Serpentine Soils — Unusually Common Around the Klamath Range — Into a Potent Carcinogen

RECORD BREAKER: Eureka Just Had Its Rainiest Dec. 21 Since the Christmas Flood of 1964

Minor Flooding Reported Around Humboldt Bay; More Rain En Route

Trump Signs Executive Order Reclassifying Cannabis, Clearing Major Hurdle for Medical Research

A Campground in Manila is Just One Possibility After Friends of the Dunes Secures $430K Grant Land Trust

Eureka’s Long-Awaited EaRTH Center Awarded $12 Million in Grant Funds; Construction Slated to Begin Spring 2026

Why Isn’t Eureka Enforcing Its Vacant Building Ordinance?

Designing Eureka’s Future: Residents Weigh In on Housing Design Guidelines That Will Help Shape New Development

Federal Court Strikes Down Trump’s Offshore Wind Ban

NPR Visits Eureka to Learn What’s Next for Offshore Wind, as China Leads the Charge in Green Energy Development

Celebrating ‘The Green Book’: How a Group of Volunteers Cataloged Rich Eureka’s Architectural History and Saved Its Historic Victorians

Want to Help Shape New Development in Eureka? If So, Don’t Miss Next Week’s Community Town Hall!

Cal Poly Student-Led ‘Orick Rising’ Project Aims to Beautify the Long-Overlooked Town

KING TIDES INCOMING! Coastal Humboldt Will See Some of the Highest Waves of the Year This Week, and You Can Help Science By Taking Cool Photos

November 2025

(VIDEO) HUMBOLDT OUTDOORS: Ray Olson Uncovers the Ancient History of the ‘Weird, Rare’ Forests of the Ma-le’l Dunes

At St. Vincent de Paul’s Eureka Dining Facility, Local Students Take Up the Slack as Longtime Volunteers Retire

‘Community for Everyone’: Here’s a List of Humboldt Nonprofits Serving Free Thanksgiving Meals

Eureka City Council OKs $30K for Food for People, St. Vincent de Paul’s Dining Facility as Food Pantries Brace for Changes to SNAP Eligibility

A City-Run Grocery Store in Eureka? The Council is Toying With the Idea, but Henderson Center’s Former Rite Aid is a No-Go

TODAY IN SUPES: Board Selects Chair and Vice Chair for 2026, Homeless Rights Advocates Raise Alarm Over Federal Funding Cuts

Returning to Our Roots: Sacred Groves to Bring ‘Green’ Burials to Tree-Based Cemetery in Kneeland Hills

Shutdown-Induced Lapse in Telehealth Services Leaves Local Medicare Patients With Fewer Options for Care, Forcing Some to Skip Appointments

CITY COUNCIL ROUNDUP: Eureka Advances Nitrous Oxide Ban, EPD Staffing is Up, Marina Center Project is Dead, and More!

‘The Gift of Time’: Offshore Wind Advocates See Trump Administration’s Pushback Against the Industry as a Possible Opportunity

(UPDATE) Trump Administration Agrees to Fund Reduced SNAP Benefits Through November

October 2025

(UPDATE) Federal Court Orders Trump Administration to Pay SNAP Benefits During Ongoing Government Shutdown

‘Treat Them With Dignity’: Humboldt Residents, Businesses Step Up to Help Local People at Risk of Losing SNAP Benefits

New Report From Schatz Energy Research Center Examines the History of Humboldt’s ‘Aging and Fragile’ Energy System

TO SEATTLE! Alaska Airlines Will Launch Direct Flights Between Humboldt and the Emerald City Beginning in April

Eureka City Council Bans Nitrous Oxide Sales, Approves New Rules for Tobacco Retailers

Humboldt Supervisors at Odds Over Rules for Tobacco Retailers

(PHOTOS/VIDEO) ‘No Kings’ Protest in Eureka Draws Thousands

(VIDEO) HUMBOLDT OUTDOORS: Local Anti-Vietnam War Activists Recall the Largest Student Protest in Campus History

BOO! Eureka’s CAPE Program Seeks Halloween Costume Donations for Local Kids in Need

OUTPOST INTERVIEW: Huffman Blasts ‘Disastrous Health Care Cuts’ and Trump’s ‘Blatant Bullying’ as Government Shutdown Enters Week Three

Public Works is Building a Temporary Roundabout, Bike Lanes on Hiller Road to Calm Traffic and Test Out New Road Safety Features (Plus: New Street Art!)

Humboldt County Office of Education Set to Buy the Old CVS Location on Myrtle for New Office Space

Eureka City Schools is About to Do Away With Grades and Change the Way it Teaches Children. Some People Have Questions

Van Duzen River Grange to Showcase Humboldt’s ‘Beauty and Abundant Agriculture’ at 150th Annual State Grange Convention Next Week

September 2025

(PHOTOS) Northern California Indian Development Council Unveils Stunning New Cultural Display at Ribbon-Cutting, Brush Dance Ceremony in Eureka

Humboldt’s Offshore Wind Terminal Project ‘Full Speed Ahead’ Despite Federal Funding Cuts, Says Harbor District Executive Director

Humboldt County’s Drug Overdose Deaths Dropped by Nearly 40 Percent in 2024

‘We Need to Cut the Cord’: Humboldt Supervisors Move Forward With Yee Haw Abatement After 25 Years of Stalled Enforcement Actions

Humboldt Planning Commission OKs ‘Heroic’ McKinleyville Town Center Ordinance, Forwards to Board of Supervisors for Review

(UPDATE) Another Large Earthquake Shakes Russia; No Tsunami Threat to West Coast States

LAST NIGHT IN COUNCIL: Eureka OKs New Hourly Fees for City-Owned Parking Lots in Downtown/Old Town

SORRY NOT SORRY! LoCO Succumbed to $1.50 Hot Dog Temptation on Opening Day of the Eureka Costco’s Brand New Food Court

A Big New Parking Lot in the Bottoms? Cal Poly Humboldt Hopes to Ease its Parking Woes By Building 200+ New Spaces Across Town

‘Holy Cow!’: Eureka Council Intimidated By State Housing Mandate; Plus: Blue Lake Rancheria Looks to Revamp Dock B