Government

November 2018

Supervisors Override Objections from Fortuna, Approve Indoor Cannabis Operation Near Rohnerville Airport

Eucalyptus Trees Along 101 Should Come Down Because They’re Decayed and Dying Already, Arborist Tells County

September 2018

STATE OF EUREKA: As Candidates Promise Job Creation, Holmlund Says the City is Already in ‘a Renaissance’

Gov. Brown Signs Bills to Block Trump Administration Plan to Expand Offshore Oil Drilling

August 2018

The Humboldt Marten, a Cute Relative of Minks and Otters, Has Been Declared Endangered by California Fish & Game

State Fish & Game Commission Will Consider Listing the Humboldt Marten as Endangered at Thursday Meeting in Fortuna

Mendo County Stakeholders Want to Take Over the Potter Valley Project, Which Diverts Water From the Eel; Local Enviros Say That Spells Trouble

July 2018

Supervisors Approve Eucalyptus Removal for Bay Trail Project, Though the Trees May Yet be Saved

Huffman Introduces ‘Northwest California Wilderness, Recreation, and Working Forests Act’ To Restore and Protect Local Land

The DMV Was Planning to Close Its Eureka Office for Nearly Four Months But Evidently Got Talked Out of It

Native Plant Garden Trimmed Bare After Bushy-Parking-Lot Kerfuffle Between City of Eureka and Local Volunteer

Paintings by Local Artist Matt Beard Selected to Promote This Year’s California Coastal Cleanup Day

Humboldt Bay is at the Highest Risk of Sea-Level Rise on the Entire West Coast, Study Says

Will the Great Redwood Trail Act Pass Before the NCRA Goes Off the Fiscal Cliff?

Three Rio Dell City Council Seats Up for Election This November, City Encourages Residents to Run

Revised Bill Would Place Costs of Wine Country Wildfire Lawsuits on PG&E Customers

Humboldt County Gets Its Own Regional Office of the Bureau of Cannabis Control

June 2018

County Government Says Klamath Dam Plan Represents ‘Major Milestone’ for the River, Fisheries

Klamath River Renewal Corp. Files ‘Definite Plan’ to Remove Four Hydroelectric Dams

Local Environmental Groups File Complaint Against U.S. Forest Service and Mercer-Fraser Co. Over Operations at Willow Creek Property

It’s Raining Grants at the Humboldt County Department of Health and Human Services; $9M Landed in Recent Weeks

Superintendent of Whiskeytown National Recreation Area Investigated for Array of Allegations, Including Misuse of Government Funds, Sexual Harassment

May 2018

TONIGHT: McKinley Statue Removal Process Meeting; Public Comment Sought

April 2018

Local Agencies Form Partnership to Lure Cruise Ships Into Humboldt Bay and Give Passengers Phenomenal Experiences

Happy 4/20! Supervisor Estelle Fennell Elected President of Multi-County California Cannabis Authority

March 2018

Don’t Hold Your Breath, Arcata: Removing the McKinley Statue Is Going to Take a Long, Long Time

All the Fight Has Gone Out of the North Coast Railroad Authority

February 2018

California AG Investigation Concludes With Agreement Requiring Sweeping Changes to Humboldt Child Welfare Services

January 2018

Congressman Huffman Invites Transgender Marine Corps Vet to Trump’s State of the Union Address

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


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