Local Government

March 2026

Humboldt Hill Property Owner Caught Dumping Mass Quantities of Dirt on a Hillside With a Creek Flowing Onto Wiyot-Owned Wetlands

IT’S TIME: This is the Year You Will Serve on the Humboldt County Civil Grand Jury

‘It Is a Local Issue’: Arcata City Council Passes Resolution Calling for Iran War’s End

Was Eureka Assigned Too Much Low-Income Housing? Humboldt Association of Governments Will Consider the City’s Appeal During a Public Hearing on Thursday

TODAY in SUPES: Board Approves an Increase to Supervisors’ Annual Travel Budgets

End the War: Arcata City Council to Decide on Adopting a Resolution Condemning the Iran War

NOW DEPARTING: Humboldt County’s New Aviation Director Says He Resigned Because His Family Just Really Misses Florida

Old Water Meters are Costing Arcata Almost Half a Million Dollars Annually

D Street Park Upgrades Will Let You Get Ripped for Free

[UPDATED] TODAY in SUPES: Bohn Apologizes for Misconduct; Board Opts Not to Censure Him

Do You Like Stuff? Arcata’s Selling a Whole Lot of It

It’s Time to Start Imagining a Future Fortuna

Investigation Sustains Allegation That Supervisor Rex Bohn was ‘Hostile and Abusive’ Toward Staff

The County’s Aviation Director Just Resigned Two Months Into the Gig, Just Like the Prior Aviation Director

Another Dark Sky Ordinance? New Arcata Local Coastal Program Includes Light Pollution Regulations

Eureka Police Department Launches New Initiative to Improve Safety, Reduce Blight Along Hwy. 101

TODAY in SUPES: Board Gets an Earful on Felled Old Growth, Tinkers Again With Tobacco Retail Ordinance and Revisits Code of Conduct Complaint Procedures

Are YOU Going to Run for Elected Office in Eureka, or Serve on One of The City’s Committees or Commissions? Well, Then, You’re Going to Want to Be At This Meeting, Won’t You?

The City of Fortuna Will Return 236 Acres of Land to the Wiyot Tribe

Humboldt Named a ‘CARE Court Champion’ by Gov. Gavin Newsom, Awarded $3.1 Million in State Funds to Expand Housing for the Homeless

February 2026

Arcata City Council Shoots Down Plea for Homeless Housing Rehab Funds

How the Arcata House Partnership Would Spend its $2.9 Million

Humboldt County Unveils Design Plans for Its New Public Health Lab

Eureka’s Flags Will be at Half-Staff Tomorrow, ‘In Solemn Remembrance’ of the Indian Island Massacre

Curious About Arcata’s Water Rate Increases? There’s a Meeting Tonight Just For You

This Year’s Cannifest Will Not Be Held in Blue Lake After All

Arcata City Council Debates Priorities: Fix Up a Homeless Shelter, or Replace Water Meters?

Blue Lake Cannifest Moves Forward: Organizer, Dell’Arte and City Council Agree to Plan a Scaled-Down Event

Humboldt Supervisors Scrap Proposed Zero-Interest Loan Program for King Salmon Residents, Opt to Support Federal SBA Program

Arcata Mulls Grant Options for Its Low-Income Residents

TODAY IN SUPES: Billboard in Elk River Wetlands Must Come Down, Humboldt Supervisors Say

Arcata Decides on Gradual Water Rate Increases and AFD/APD Statistics: Last Night’s City Council Meeting

‘A Huge Endeavor’: Eureka City Council OKs Regional Climate Action Plan

The Arcata Plaza May Soon be Added to the National Register of Historic Places

January 2026

YESTERDAY in SUPES: Board Fine-Tunes the County’s Legislative Wish List Amid Fiscal and Political Uncertainty; Weed Tax Officially Nixed

The City of Eureka’s New Waterfront Playground is About to Begin Construction

Local Leaders Optimistic About Arcata’s Future at the State of the City

Humboldt County Superior Court Secures Stopgap Funding to Maintain Courthouse Security Screening Through June 2027

Humboldt County Has a New Economic Development Director, and Her Name is Peggy Murphy

Eureka City Council Unanimously Approves Sanctuary Declaration for Transgender People

MCKINLEYVILLE wants YOU! The Municipal Advisory Committee is One Member Down, So it is Time for You to Step Up and Serve

TODAY in SUPES: With Federal Funding Cuts Averted for Now, Locals Resume Efforts to Develop More Supportive Housing for People Experiencing Homelessness

‘We Need to Stay Vigilant’: Eureka City Council Approves Anti-War Resolution Condemning U.S. Occupation of Venezuela

County Government Issues Statement on the Death of Former Fifth District Supervisor Anna Sparks

‘Concentrating Poverty’: City of Eureka to File Formal Appeal Over State-Mandated Housing Allocation

Trinidad Has Clean Water Once Again Following Large Leak and Multi-Day Shortage

Eureka City Council Greenlights EPD’s Plan to Research Drone Technology for Police Response

YESTERDAY IN SUPES: Humboldt Supervisors Vote to End Security Screening at Eureka Courthouse Entrances Due to Funding Constraints

Humboldt County Public Defender’s Office Nabs $743,864 State Grant to Expand Holistic Defense Services

December 2025

Friends of the Eel River Set to Appeal Court Ruling Over the County’s Management of Groundwater Extraction in Lower Eel Valley

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