Articles by Sage Alexander
August 2026
Advocates Urge Open Door to Reinstate Youth Gender-Affirming Care After Health Center Cuts Key Treatment
PADDLER’S PARADISE: Construction Underway on Massive Eel River Estuary Restoration Project That Will Open Up Miles of Public Access at the River’s Mouth
Elected Officials Outraged After Developer Vacates Humboldt Offshore Wind Lease
Funding for Arcata’s Evening Bus Service is in Limbo
Jerold Phelps Now Offering Outpatient MRIs in Garberville
(UPDATE: Fixed! Open for Business!) El Cora Mexican Food in Garberville Shuttered After Inspection Finds Live Cockroaches
July 2026
Blue Lake Council OKs Step Toward Seizing Water Tank Site
TODAY IN COURT: Jake Combs Sentencing Delayed; Glendale Murder Hearing Also Delayed
Blue Lake May Take Water Tank Site After Years of Negotiation Problems; Property Owner Sues for $1.3 Million
Redwood Coast Energy Authority Rates to Surpass PG&E’s For the First Time (by Roughly $2)
Former Fortuna Councilmember Sentenced to 20 Months in Federal Prison for Embezzlement From Employer
TODAY IN COURT: McKinleyville Shooting Suspect Pleaded Not Guilty to Attempted Murder, Trial Date for Providence Abortion Lawsuit Pushed Out Five Months
With New State Funding, Food Advocates Hope for Partial Return of a Local Assistance Program Cut by Feds
No Reported Cases of Cyclospora Infections in Humboldt County Amid Outbreak of Explosive-Diarrhea-Causing Parasite in Other States
Man Sentenced to (at Least) 128 Years to Life in Prison for Pine Hill Double Murder
Humboldt County Supervisors Kickstart Ban on Offshore Mineral and Oil Drilling Facilities, Private Detention Centers and a Moratorium on Data Centers
Murder Case Can Proceed Against Hoopa Stabbing Suspect, Despite Self-Defense Argument
California Supreme Court Affirms That Sheriff Oversight is Legal as Proponents Push for Initiative in Humboldt County
TODAY in COURT: Hoopa Shooting Defense Seeks Gang Evidence; New Attorney Appointed for 2025 Glendale Murder Suspect; Proceedings Against Cal Poly Humboldt Activist Moved Forward
(PHOTOS) Tracking Down Humboldt County’s Elusive Queer History at a Museum Drag Show
Hearing Scheduled for Mental Health Diversion of Daryl Ray Jones, Man Accused of Threatening Many Humboldt County Schools
June 2026
$400,000 Donation to Blue Lake Parks and Rec Could Help Complete Bike and Skate Park, ‘Bring Blue Lake Families Together’
COURT ROUNDUP: Two More Lawsuits Filed Against Lamplighter Inn Owners, Proceedings for Three Murder Cases Pushed Forward
Restraining Order Against Former Arcata City Councilmember Brett Watson Extended, Despite His Multiple Attempts to Overturn It
‘Good Fire’: Local Tribes Demonstrate Traditional Practices Amid Renaissance of Prescribed Burning
Judge Says Therapy Records Must be Handed Over in Second Providence Emergency Abortion Lawsuit
City of Eureka Takes Over Management of Bayside Village Transitional Housing Project
Billboard Businessman Sues Humboldt County in Effort to Keep U.S. 101 Advertisement South of Eureka Up
State Housing Authority Reviewing Blue Lake’s Termination of Danco Affordable Housing Project
COURT ROUNDUP: Hoopa Shooting Proceedings Punted, Woman Accused of Murdering Her Toddler Pleads Not Guilty
Developer Says Blue Lake’s Nixing of Planned Affordable Housing Project May Have Violated State Housing Law
Bill That Would Make State Agencies Consider Tribes During Water Policy Decisions Passes State Assembly
New Humboldt Bay Planning Document Looks to the Future, With Guidelines for Sea Level Rise and Port Development
A DAM GOOD TIME: What We Learned About the Eel River’s Dams 1,000 Feet In the Air
May 2026
A Man Was Killed in Hoopa By Police Over Two Years Ago. Documents Show Snags in the First State Investigation of its Kind in Humboldt County
Stu’s Brews to Take Over Henderson Center’s Old Town Coffee and Chocolates
PHOTOS: Arcata Plaza Doused in Glory as Kinetic Sculptures Make Their Start on Three Day Odyssey
Humboldt County Fifth District Supervisor Candidates Field Questions at Forum, Differ Little on Policy Positions
Old Town Coffee and Chocolates, a Eureka Fixture For 24 Years, Abruptly Closes
COURT ROUNDUP: Jake Combs Found Guilty of First Degree Murder (Again); Woman Charged in Death of Her 19-Month-Old Daughter; School Threats Suspect Submits Mental Health Petition
‘Duane Flatmo Alley’ Proposal Moves Forward, This Time With the Alley Next to His Giant Mural
A Sea Lion’s Recent Journey up Trinity River is ‘Unusual’
Advocates Say Chris Rogers’ Assembly Bill Could Help People Filing Domestic Violence Restraining Orders
Man Who Pleaded Guilty to Double Murder Awaits Sentencing, Faces up to 148 Years to Life
Lawsuit Filed Against Owners of Eureka’s Lamplighter Inn For Carbon Monoxide Death
Water Board Tosses HRC’s Proposed Regulation Changes for Elk River Because Sediment Levels Are Not Improving
Hoopa Stabbing Suspect Charged With Murder
Humboldt’s Social Service Organizations Prepare for SNAP Cuts
‘Why Did I Do That?’ Upcoming Eureka Mental Health Seminar to Talk Brain Science in Approachable Way
Upcoming Logging Permit Changes Could Mean More Sediment in Elk River, CalTrout Says
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