Government
May 2014
One Medical Weed Bill Dies, Another Survives in Sacramento
East-West Rail Boosters Looking for Money
Local Man Plans to Flout GMO Ban with Crop of Biotech Squash
Drilling Company Files Claim Against Eureka for $6.3 Million Over Martin Slough Sewage Project
Trinity County Asks Feds for $345k to Study East-West Rail Feasibility
Foreign Company Looking to Mine Nickel Along Smith River Tributary
Elk River Neighbors Still Dealing with Flooding, Sediment from Logging Operations
April 2014
Eureka Awarded $5.3M Grant to Restore Carson Block Building
Fortuna City Manager Did Not Misuse Funds, Says Grand Jury
Dozens Gather at Courthouse to Protest U.S. Immigration Policies
Supervisors Vote to Acquire 1,000-acre McKay Tract Forest
SHN Responds to Allegations in Martin Slough Project Fiasco
Contractor Abandons Eureka Wastewater Project, Citing Impasse With City
March 2014
Never-ending Process? Staff Asks County to Slow Down General Plan Update
Oops! County Violates Public Meetings Law
Sharon Latour Launches Campaign to Unseat Sundberg
Eureka Redrafts Apology Letter to Wiyot Tribe, Deleting the Apology Part
Sheriff’s Office Shot Down on Appeal for State Funding to Build Jail Expansion
War of Words: Emails Reveal Rift Between Two County Planning Commissioners
Supervisors Agree: Sending GPU to the Planning Commission Was a Mistake
Chris Kerrigan Targets Bass In Campaign Launch Speech
Hezekiah Allen Bows Out of Assembly Race
Eureka Announces New City Manager: Greg Sparks from Iowa
Online Petition Asks Supervisors to Respect Public Input on General Plan Update
Chris Kerrigan Finally Makes Run for Supervisor More or Less Official
McKinleyville Pastor Sharon Latour to Run for 5th District Supervisor
February 2014
County Invites You to Tweet Budget Ideas
Planning Commission to Revisit Billboard Decision
Should the Downtowner Disqualify Kevin McKenny from the Planning Commission? Neighbors Weigh In.
Here’s Why Last Night’s Planning Commission Meeting Was Canceled
(UPDATED) Tonight’s Planning Commission Meeting Canceled
Trail Champs Rally: Video Highlights from a Wild Planning Commission Meeting
Lovelace Says General Plan Update Process Now ‘Completely Corrupt’
Have Complaints About Eureka? Do Somethin’!
Del Norte County Supervisors Put ‘State of Jefferson’ Measure on June Ballot
Here’s What Kevin McKenny Said About the General Plan Two Weeks Ago
Owner of Downtowner, ‘Rotting Corpse’ of a Eureka Motel, to be Named to County Planning Commission
UPDATED: Local Rivers Closed to Fishing Due to Low Flows
Land of Confusion: County Government Balks, Stumbles, Scratches Head Over GPU
January 2014
Caltrans Explains Why It’s so Hard to Figure Out Billboard Property Ownership
Supervisors Send General Plan Element Back to Planning Commission
Resurrected: Felled Billboard Rebuilt Illegally
County Bans Pot Dispensaries, Denies Halvorsen Quarry Appeal
December 2013
BLM to Jetty Drivers: Slow Down!
October 2013
Eureka City Council Member Lance Madsen to Vacate Seat Due to Health Problems
Congressman Jared Huffman Would Like To Phone Chat With You About This Gov’t Shutdown Crap
Fortuna PD Wins Award for Traffic Safety Program