July 2025

‘Devastating’: Local Health Care Leaders and Organizations React to the Passage of Trump’s Big Bill

June 2025

Human Rights Commission Urges Humboldt County Supervisors to Address Local Health Care Crisis

New Residential Detox Center Planned at Former Hartsook Inn Property Near Richardson Grove

Attorney General Says Providence is Trying to ‘Shirk Its Duty’ to Follow the Law In Emergency Abortion Care Suit

Are You a Victim of Domestic Violence? A Social Services Provider? Please Share Your Story With Researchers Who Are Hoping to Improve the Support System For People in That Situation

May 2025

Former Head of St. Joseph Hospital’s Open Heart Program Doesn’t Appreciate Being Blamed for Reduction in Services

Rejoice, Arcata Seniors! The Much-Loved PACE Program Has Opened an Office on the Mad River Hospital Campus

Yurok Tribe Awarded $26.4M to Build a Health and Wellness Center Near Martin’s Ferry Bridge

Judge Denies St. Joseph Health’s Motion to Dismiss State Lawsuit Over Emergency Abortion Care

April 2025

PBS NewsHour Reports From Eureka on the Limits of Reproductive Health Care at Catholic-Run Hospitals

New Abortion Care Lawsuit Filed Against St. Joseph Hospital by the National Women’s Law Center

March 2025

[UPDATED] Humboldt County to Lose $1.2M in Lab Funding, Lay Off Seven Employees Due to the Trump Administration’s Cuts to State Health Services

February 2025

Mad River Community Hospital Launches New Pediatric Clinics, Home Health Care Program

St. Joe’s Abortion Care Lawsuit: In a Packed Courtroom, Hospital’s Attorneys Ask Judge to Dismiss the Case

Health Care Workers to Protest Providence Across Northern California, Including at St. Joseph Hospital on Wednesday

January 2025

State Responds to St. Joseph Health’s Attempt to Get Emergency Abortion Lawsuit Dismissed

Previously Announced Health Care Education Hub Will Go Near Arcata High, Not on Samoa Boulevard as Planned

December 2024

Citing Religious Freedom and Catholic Doctrine, St. Joseph Health Challenges State’s Emergency Abortion Care Lawsuit on a Variety of Legal Grounds

Humboldt County Health Dept. and Hoopa Human Services Cut Ribbon on Newly Renovated Shared Building

[UPDATED] ‘A Nightmare on Replay’: New Lawsuit Accuses St. Joseph Hospital of Denying Emergency Abortion Care to a Woman With Serious Medical Condition

Providence Plans to Drastically Reduce the Availability of Open Heart Surgery in Humboldt County Next Year, According to Employees at St. Joseph Hospital

November 2024

Providence Not Accepting Referrals for Routine Procedures From Providers at Practices They Don’t Own

October 2024

Judge Signs Order Committing St. Joseph Hospital to Providing Emergency Abortions, At Least For the Duration of AG Lawsuit

BREAKING: St. Joseph Hospital Denies Allegations in State Abortion Care Lawsuit But Agrees to Follow State Health Care Laws as the Case Proceeds

A Local Doctor Urged St. Joseph Hospital to Change Its Anti-Abortion Policies Long Before State Lawsuit, According to Court Declaration

Providence Offers ‘Profound Apologies’ to Woman Denied Emergency Abortion Care at St. Joseph Hospital

September 2024

Attorney General Sues St. Joseph Hospital for Denying a Woman Emergency Abortion Care

Ten Years In, Redwood Coast PACE is Providing Humboldt Seniors ‘The Model of Care That Everyone Should Have’

[UPDATED with Response from Providence] Healthcare Workers’ Union Calls on Providence to Keep Eureka Rehab Center Open, Citing a Bill Awaiting Gov. Newsom’s Signature

August 2024

BEHOLD! SoHum Health Reveals Draft Architectural Designs for New Garberville Hospital and Clinic

(UPDATED) Birth Center at Mad River Community Hospital Will Close in October

As Feared and Predicted, Providence Will Soon Close the Acute Inpatient Rehab Unit at St. Joseph Hospital

July 2024

Partly Built New Acute Rehab Building at Redwood Memorial Scrapped, and Providence Employees Say Inpatient Rehab May Be Eliminated Altogether

Providence St. Joseph Hospital Foundation Raises $2M to Recruit Physicians, Celebrates With ‘Elegant Masquerade Ball’

June 2024

No Insurance? Get Free Medical, Dental, Vision Services at Next Month’s Pop-Up Healthcare Clinic in Eureka

March 2024

Providence Encourages Patients to Contact Blue Shield as Contract Negotiations Stall

Local Doctor Seeks to Convert Former Eureka Church Property Into Multi-Family Housing, Urgent Care Facility and Medical Spa

February 2024

‘I’m Here to Help the Community’: Former Singing Trees Counselor Starts Online Substance Abuse Recovery Service

Sale of Mad River Community Hospital to Arizona-Based Company Falls Through

January 2024

Chief Exec of Mad River Hospital Unexpectedly Ousted; Talks Continue for Potential Sale to Arizona Company

Providence’s Local Outpatient Labs Will Be Sold to Labcorp, the ‘Walmart’ of Testing Labs, According to Humboldt County Health Care Workers

Providence is Closing All of Its Outpatient Labs, Including Those at St. Joseph and Redwood Memorial Hospitals

November 2023

Open Door’s New Arcata Clinic is Expected to Start Welcoming Patients the First Week of 2024

September 2023

Providence St. Joe’s Cancer Physicians Dr. Ellen Mahoney and Dr. Join Luh Recognized for ‘Extraordinary Contributions’

August 2023

Bounced Paychecks, Bumpy Care and Bankruptcy: Examining the Track Record of Mad River Hospital’s Potential New Owners

U.S. News & World Report Names St. Joseph a ‘Best Regional Hospital,’ Though the Full Report Card is Mixed

June 2023

Inside Hoopa’s ‘Pill Mill’: State Medical Board, Former Employees Accuse Doctors of Over-Prescribing Opioids

May 2023

Who is Precious Velvet Mayes? TV Producer, Soap Star and Likely Next CEO of Mad River Community Hospital.

BREAKING: Mad River Hospital Announces That It’s Looking to Sell to Arizona-Based Hospital Company

Lab Specimens Lost in Recent Car Crash are Byproduct of a Larger Problem, Former Hospital Employees Say: Providence’s Corporate-Style Consolidation is Causing Longer Turnaround Times and Lower Quality