Government

January 2018

At Last, Your Dream of Owning a Post Office in the Middle of Nowhere Can Be Realized

Lawmakers and Activists Blast Trump’s Move to Open Virtually All U.S. Waters to Offshore Drilling

U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions to Rescind Obama-Era Memo Protecting States’ Rights on Marijuana Legalization

December 2017

Arcata Has a New Mayor

Rio Dell Has a New Police Chief

Humboldt County Supervisor Virginia Bass Elected First-Vice President of California State Association of Counties

November 2017

Department of Fish and Wildlife Awards $1.3 Million in Grants to Restore Humboldt County Watersheds Affected by Cannabis Cultivation

Humboldt Bay Fire Chief Bill Gillespie Abruptly Resigns

Were You Affected by Corruption in County Coroner/Public Administrator Office? If So, the State Attorney General’s Office Wants to Hear From You.

District Attorney Maggie Fleming, Local Law Enforcement Seek Public Input to Develop Policy for Releasing Officer-Involved-Shooting Footage

(VIDEO) The Huff Awards Los Bagels for Sustainable Business Practices

October 2017

How Eureka’s Outdated Zoning Code Limits Investment and Housing, and What Can Be Done About It

Oprah Visits Pelican Bay State Prison for ‘60 Minutes,’ Investigating the ‘Failed Experiment’ of Long-Term Solitary Confinement

Challengers Aim to Unseat College of the Redwoods Trustees, Who They Say Have Been Asleep at the Wheel

September 2017

Kennedy Field is Safe! Eureka Will Look Elsewhere for a New Corp Yard Location

A Bill Sitting on Governor Brown’s Desk Could Determine the Future of Broadband in Rural Humboldt and Beyond

Arcata City Council Approves ‘Community Reward Program’ for Lawson Case, Urges Those With Information to Come Forward

(VIDEO) The Squabbling Has Ended and the Dredging Has Begun! After Bureaucratic Scrap, the City of Eureka is Finally Excavating the Gunk From the City’s Public Marina

Coastal Commission Approves Coast Seafood’s Oyster Farming Expansion Project

Mayor of Arcata Speaks on Yesterday’s Fatal Officer-Involved Shooting

Gov. Jerry Brown Signs Wood Bill Protecting Residents of Skilled Nursing Homes

August 2017

These Marijuana Bills From Our State Reps Could Shape California’s Legal Weed Industry

Blue Lake Highlighted in LA Times for Having California’s Only All-Woman City Council

Coastal Commission Reverses Course, Renews Coast Seafoods’ Shellfish Permit

California Department of Justice Agrees to Take Over Investigation of Humboldt County Public Administrator’s Office

Huffman Unveils Bill to Protect and Restore Local Forests and Watersheds, and He Wants Your Feedback

Covered California Premiums in Our Region Will Jump 33 Percent Next Year, Though Subsidies Could Help Offset Increase

July 2017

Huffman Introduces Bill to Protect Local TV From Corporate Consolidation: ‘This is Not the Soviet Union’

June 2017

‘No Reason to Think This Hasn’t Gone On For Years’: Sheriff Honsal Speaks on Corruption Inquiry

Help Eureka Redraw Its Ward Boundaries Now That Wards Actually Matter

Eureka Finally Backs Away From Beach Disposal Approach, Now Plans to Dump Bay’s Dredge Spoils Offshore

Firefighter Cannot Wear ‘Black Lives Matter’ Lapel Pin: Humboldt Bay Fire Board Upholds Chief’s Order

Local Firefighter Files Grievance After Being Told to Remove a ‘Black Lives Matter’ Lapel Pin From His Uniform

May 2017

Amid Funding Troubles, County Library Struggles With Increased Crime, Drug Use and Homelessness

Eureka Councilmember Marian Brady Says ‘Cowardly’ Trinity Supervisors ‘Wimped Out’ and Ruined Humboldt’s Bright Future

In Email to Sundberg, EPA Reaffirms Opposition to Beach Disposal of Dredge Spoils, But Eureka Official Insists It’s the Best Option

Supervisor Ryan Sundberg Appeals to National EPA Official on Marina Dredge Disposal

Senator McGuire to Hold Hearing on Collapse of Local Salmon Fishery

Check Out The Arcata High Student’s Digital Art Piece That Won This Year’s Congressional Art Competition

State Kicks Down $1.5M for Cleanup of Illegal Weed Grow Operations in the Emerald Triangle

Supervisors Ponder How Strict to Be With Cannabis Cultivators

EPA Says Eureka, Harbor District Should Have Known Dredging Disposal on the Beach Wouldn’t be Allowed

Rep. Huffman Slams Passage of TrumpCare; Protests Planned at County Courthouse

EPA Rejects Eureka/Harbor District’s Plan to Dump Dredge Spoils on the Beach

Meet Michele Stephens, the County’s New Director of Public Health

Yay! Part Six of Eureka’s ‘Get to Know a Zone District’ Has Landed

April 2017

Supervisors Vote to Fine-Tune Civil Rights & Diversity Resolution

Supervisor Rex Bohn Suggests Placing Liens on Properties With Weed-Related Code Violations

Community Votes to Spend Weed Tax Revenue on Children and Family Mental Health Services

RISE OF BRETT: Arcata City Council Unanimously Appoints New Councilmember to Fill Wheetley’s Seat


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