Local Government

August 2025

The Fortuna Wastewater Treatment Plan is Going to Be a Bit Stinky for Most of the Rest of the Year, and You Can Blame That on Earthquakes

Eureka City Council Narrowly Approves New Rules for Stolen Shopping Carts, Despite Concerns for Businesses Impacted by Theft

TODAY IN SUPES: Board OKs ‘Dark Sky’ Rules to Limit Light Pollution in Unincorporated Humboldt

Cooley Out: Humboldt County’s Latest Director of Aviation Lasted Barely Two Months

LISTEN UP, MCKINLEYVILLAN: If You are Interested in the McK ‘Town Center’ Plan, Then You Will Want to Put This Date Into Your Calendar App and Set a Notification, Because it Will Be Important

Blue Lake Recall Effort Falls Short for Two Council Members, But Election Will Proceed for Scafani

CITY COUNCIL ROUNDUP: Eureka Advances New Rules for Stolen Shopping Carts, OKs Rate Increase for Trash Pick-Up, and More!

Lawsuit Could Force Humboldt County to Regulate Groundwater Pumping in the Eel River Valley

July 2025

The Public Defender’s Office is Overworked, Underfunded and Housed in a Truly Shitty Old Building, Civil Grand Jury Report Finds

Duffy Aims to Calm Turmoil in Blue Lake; City May Have Violated Open Meeting Law Again, Expert Says

Blue Lake City Council Set to Hire Former County Supervisor Jill Duffy as New Interim City Manager

Humboldt’s Civil Grand Jury Issues Reports on the County’s Unfunded Pension Liabilities, Animal Rescue Network, Inmate Voting Rights and More

Under Pressure From the State, Blue Lake City Council Adopts an Updated Housing Element; PLUS: New Councilmember Appointed

Humboldt Supervisors OK Potter Valley Water Diversion Plan, Paving the Way for Eel River Dam Removal

Blue Lake’s Ex-Mayor Wants Most of the City Council Recalled, But First She Wants Them to Appoint Her to Join Them.

Honsal Says Humboldt Hasn’t Received New DOJ Demand for the Immigration Status of California Inmates, But Adds His Office Won’t Comply

Arcata City Hall Will Start Closing Early on Fridays to Improve ‘Employee Wellness’

COUNCIL ROUNDUP: Eureka OKs $8.2 Million for New Operations Complex; Gulch Greenway Ordinance Clears Final Hurdle

The City of Arcata Will be Taking a Look at Whether to Buy Part of the Disc Golf Course Behind the Cal Poly Humboldt Campus

Humboldt County Asks U.S. Supreme Court to Deny Review of Cannabis Fine Case

Amid Controversy, Trinidad City Council Narrowly Opts to Pursue a Study on an Alternate Water Supply

COUNCIL ROUNDUP: Eureka Approves Increased Fees for Sewer Lateral Repairs; Bayside Village Welcomes Previously Unhoused Residents to Long-Awaited Transitional Housing

‘Tell Avelo to Go to Hell’: Eureka Residents Applaud City Council Decision to Boycott Airline Over ICE Deportation Flights

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

Trinidad to Reconsider Joining Engineering Study for Water Pipeline Extension as Rancheria Connection Project Moves Forward

Meet Deputy William Kerr and Deputy Shirley Yanez, Who Will Henceforth Be Stationed in Willow Creek

June 2025

State Threatens Blue Lake With Hefty Fines and Legal Action for Failure to Adopt a Compliant Housing Element

Humboldt Planning Commission Unanimously Approves Plans for ‘Magical’ McKinleyville Housing Project

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

Eureka City Schools Approves $4M Sale of Jacobs Campus for New CHP Headquarters

Dogs Are No Longer Allowed at Eureka’s Friday Night Markets and Fourth of July Festival

INTERVIEW: Joe Davis on His Return as Hoopa Valley Tribal Chairman, One Year After Controversial Ouster

Blue Lake City Council Nixes Agreement With Energy Developer for Controversial Battery Storage Facility

Are You a Fortuna Resident in Need of Exceptional Quality Compost? If So, Have We Got Good News for You!

The State Wants to Secure an Exclusive Right to Buy the Vacant Jacobs Campus From Eureka City Schools for $4M

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

Humboldt Supervisors Check Out Draft Plans for New Sempervirens Facility

[UPDATED] Blue Lake City Council Scrutinizes City’s Involvement in Partially Completed Bike and Skate Park

Board of Supervisors Bans Recreational Sales of Nitrous Oxide in the County’s Unincorporated Areas

The Humboldt County Fair Board is Holding a Town Hall Meeting, and It Wants Your Ideas About What it Can Do to Replace the Horse Races

May 2025

BREAKING: Blue Lake City Councilmember Christopher Firor Abruptly Resigns

Eureka City Council Approves Bid Award for C Street Bike Boulevard Project in Split Vote, Despite Concerns About Community Engagement

Blue Lake City Council Approves Nine-Month Timeline to Reach Compliance With State Housing Law

SERVED: Three Blue Lake Council Members Were Handed Recall Notices at Tonight’s Meeting

‘This is a Bad Ordinance. It Needs to Be Rewritten’: Eureka City Council Scraps Controversial Homeless Encampment Ordinance

Introducing Humboldt County’s Next Director of Aviation, Ryan Cooley, Who Is Set to Be Appointed By the Supes on Tuesday

Eureka Police Commander Leonard La France Named ‘Crisis Intervention Team Law Enforcement Executive of the Year’

City of Eureka Sez: Only Three Hours of Public Testimony on the Homeless Ordinance Will Be Allowed at Next Week’s City Council Meeting

Blue Lake City Council Finalizes Separation Agreement With Former City Manager Mandy Mager, Appoints Finance Manager Dani Burkhart as Acting Replacement

County Government Wins $45.3 Million Grant to Build a New Sempervirens in Downtown Eureka

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