Local Government

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

At Its Meeting Tonight, Eureka City Schools Will Look For ‘Maximum Flexibility’ in Jacobs Campus Negotiations if CHP Deal Stalls Out

With the City Manager’s Abrupt Exit, Blue Lake Residents Mount Recall Effort Against Three Council Members

The Blue Lake Community is Under the Impression That Its City Manager Has Been Fired, But City Hall Won’t Say Whether She Has Been Or Not

TODAY IN SUPES: Garberville Vets Hall Finally Moves Ahead, Board Opposes Relocation of Sexually Violent Predator to Manila

TODAY IN SUPES: Humboldt County’s General Fund Balance is Expected to Dry Up in Two Years Due to Ongoing Deficits

April 2025

Voters Approved a New One-Cent Countywide Sales Tax. Here’s How the Supervisors Decided to Allocate It.

TODAY in SUPES: The Visitors Bureau Was Defunded and County Departments Benefited in Various Tax Fund Switcharounds

After Another Tense Meeting, Eureka City Council Decides to Revisit Controversial Homeless Camping Ordinance Next Month

Kernen Construction Mostly Carries Its Case at Today’s Board of Supervisors Meeting; Company May Continue to Operate Without Explicit Hour or Noise Restrictions

Humboldt Community Services District Agrees to Pursue Annexation of North McKay Ranch Subdivision Site

TODAY in SUPES: An Update on Rio Dell Earthquake Recovery; The Ceremonial Recognition of Everything; No Raises For County Workers This Year?

Eureka City Council Greenlights Women’s Residential Rehab Facility Planned for Henderson Center

March 2025

Flouting State Guidance, Blue Lake City Council Votes Not to Adopt Its Own Updated Housing Element

(PHOTOS) Wiyot-Led Affordable Housing Projects Will Bolster Eureka’s Downtown Housing Supply with 93 New Units

Fortuna Names Current Lieutenant its New Chief of Police

YESTERDAY in SUPES: Board Grants Tax-Delinquent Weed Growers Another Reprieve, Receives a Decent Audit Report and Considers Organizational Shakeup

PRESENTING: The New Executive Director of the Humboldt County Association of Governments

What’s Next for Dishgamu Humboldt? Learn More About Eureka’s Wiyot-Led Affordable Housing Projects at This Week’s Public Meeting

Eureka City Council Tables Decision on Controversial Ordinance That Would Increase Penalties Against Unhoused Residents

TODAY in SUPES: Cannabis Comes and Cannabis Goes; Plus: First 5 Humboldt is Struggling a Little Bit

Eureka’s Homelessness-Related Laws Could Soon be Toughened Up a Bit. Here’s What Critics Say They Fear Will Happen, and What Cops and Other City Employees Say They Want to Do

TODAY in SUPES: Board Revokes 21 Cannabis Permits for Failure to Pay Taxes, Tweaks Short-Term Rental Ordinance and Allows Honsal to Hire New Employees

BAY to ZOO UPDATE! Eureka Public Works Shares an Update on the City’s Coming North-South, Non-Motorized Transportation System

Eureka City Council Unanimously Approves Sanctuary City Declaration

Police Reality TV Show ‘On Patrol: Live’ Has Wrapped Up Filming in Humboldt. What Did Sheriff Honsal Learn From the Experience?

Human Rights Commission Says: It’s Not Our Job to Police Billboards

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