February 2026

Dell’Arte Was Excited to Bring Cannifest to Blue Lake. Then City Hall Threatened Legal Action.

Federal Contractor That Hired a Prominent White Nationalist Did Over $1M in Security Work in Humboldt and Del Norte Counties Last Year: The Guardian

Coastal Commission Reviews Draft Strategy to Protect ‘California’s Storied Fishing Grounds’ as Offshore Wind Development Advances

Ferndale Schools Superintendent Found to be Operating an Unpermitted Vacation Rental in City Limits

Coastal Commission Approves Sweeping Consent Agreement to Tear Down and Remediate Schneider Project, Give Site to Wiyot Tribes

A Quest for Historical Accuracy Delayed Renovations of U.S. Coast Guard Station Humboldt Bay, But the Project is Finally Complete

January 2026

Humboldt Has More ‘ICE Out’ Demonstrations Planned, With a General Strike Friday and Big Courthouse Protest Saturday

Local Residents Seek Details About How Eureka Police Will Respond if ICE Agents Show Up Here

Schneider Agrees to Pay $400K in Penalties for Mega-Home Permit Violations, Fully Restore Property and Then Give It to a Tribe, Nonprofit or Government Agency

Arcata City Council Adopts Resolution Opposing Offshore Oil Drilling

Arcata City Council Tackles Sea Level Rise at the Marsh, and Also Bumps Up the Number of Bicycle Ride-Share Stations

(PHOTOS) Hundreds Gather for Anti-ICE Protest Outside Humboldt County Courthouse

Arcata Fire Chief Says Gas Explosion Rumors Are Unfounded at City Council Meeting (Also, More Fire Cleanup News)

Lots of Unknowns for Jan. 2 Arcata Fire Cleanup Efforts

Arcata Water Rate Hearing Pushed Back; Also, What’s it All About?

December 2025

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

A Trail in the Bottoms and Valley West Community Center Update — Last Night’s Arcata City Council Meeting

Court Ruling Could Force Trump Administration to Release Mental Health Funds for Humboldt County Schools, Among Others

Kimberley White Appointed Arcata’s New Mayor

November 2025

We Want More Bus Routes, Say Arcata Residents at Council Meeting

Arcata City Council Spends $370,000 of Opioid Settlement Funds on Homeless Services

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

After Lots of Pushback, Arcata City Council Decides to Keep Zoom Public Comments

Arcata May be Restricting its Rules on Public Comment at Wednesday Meeting

(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

Arcata to Develop Criteria for Evaluating Potential Sister Cities

Arcata City Council: Future Housing Struggles, Roger’s Garage EIR Funded. Also, Your Water Bill is Going Up (Eventually. Probably.)

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

Arcata Names New Chief of Police

September 2025

Fortuna City Council Likely to Pass a Freeze on Mobile Home Rent Increases

Newsom Signs Cannabis Tax Relief Bill Into Law

Don’t Be Too Alarmed By the Upcoming Fires on Bald Hills: They’re Prescribed!

Weed Tax Hike Repealed: California Legislature Passes AB 564, Which Will Bring the Cannabis Excise Tax Rate Back Down to 15 Percent Once Gov. Newsom Signs It Into Law

Trump Administration Slams Eel River Dam Removal Plan, But Huffman is Confident the Project Can’t Be Stopped

Cause of Last Month’s Fatal Shelter Cove Plane Crash Remains Unknown and the Wreckage Unrecovered as Federal Agency Releases Preliminary Report

News From Arcata City Council: More Bikeways, More Community Ambassadors, Annie and Mary Trail FUNDED, Calpers Divestment Letter Likely

August 2025

150,000 Acres of Six Rivers National Forest Wilderness Could Lose Protection if Trump Administration Rescinds Roadless Rule

Inside Juan Pablo Cervantes’s Rush to Organize a Special Election in Less Than Half the Usual Time

California Fish and Game Commission Revokes Fortuna Man’s Commercial Fishing License for Crab Trap Violations

Arcata is Making More Sales Tax Money than Ever Before

July 2025

News from City Council: Arcata Friday Night Markets are Officially On, and There May Be More Nice Hotels Downtown in the Distant Future (Plus, See the Proposed Revamp of the Fairwinds!)

June 2025

Getting My Real ID on Opening Day of the Brand-New Eureka DMV

April 2025

Supervisors Approve Letter of Opposition to Bill That Would Redefine ‘Customary Maintenance’ on Billboards

Here’s Why Travis Schneider’s Half-Built Mansion Has Yet to be Torn Down

Eureka DMV to Close Bayshore Mall Office Next Month, Relocate to Former Harley-Davidson Site

With Its Maine Project Dead, Nordic Aquafarms is Seeking New Investors and Facing a Longer Timeline for Its Land-Based Fish Factory on the Samoa Peninsula

Arcata Residents Might be Facing Higher Water Rates — Or Are They?

Orick Residents, at Perpetual Risk of Catastrophic Flood, Get Their First Glimpse at Massive Plan to Restore Redwood Creek