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HUMBOLDT HISTORY: The Overland Auto Stage Company — It Was Like a Stagecoach Service but With Cars, and It Could Get You to San Francisco in 23 Hours So Long as It Wasn’t Raining
…These rails were also used for mail delivery and public travel between Humboldt Bay and Trinidad, Arcata, Blue Lake, Korbel, Eureka, Fortuna, Carlotta, Scotia, and Elinor, the end of the rail line…
OBITUARY: Lonnie Errol Tamboury, 1941-2023
…He attended Crannell Elementary School from first through third grade and then Trinidad Elementary School from fourth through eighth grade, being one of the first students to attend the newly built school…
POLL! What is Your Favorite Food-centric Humboldt Event?
…A Taste of Main Street Arcata Bay Oyster Festival Trinidad Fish Festival Humboldt County Fair Chili Cook-Off Burger Week Taco Fest Fortuna Apple Harvest Festival Westhaven Wild Blackberry Festival Hops in…
A New Cap on Airbnbs? County Planning Commission Hears Public Feedback on Proposed Short-Term Rental Ordinance
…And Trinidad with 157 listings. Each [short-term rental] in Trinidad generates an average of $83,000 annually, and has an occupancy rate of 74 percent. So again, it's easy to…
Three NorCal Tribes Announce Nation’s First Indigenous Ocean Protection Area
…The Yurok-Tolowa-Dee-ni' IMSA stretches from the Oregon and California border to just south of Trinidad in Humboldt County – about 290 miles north of San Francisco – and will directly help…
‘Moderate to Unhealthy’ Air Quality Conditions Reported Throughout Humboldt County; Residents Advised to Limit Time Spent Outside
…Eureka area (including Scotia to Trinidad) – Overall Moderate, with periods of USG Weitchpec – Overall USG, with Unhealthy in the afternoon Hoopa – Overall USG, with periods of heavier smoke in the afternoon/evening…
HEADS UP, KAYAKERS! Much-Needed Construction Work at Trinidad Harbor Could Slightly Impact Where You Launch Your Vessel From at Some Points in October
Press release from the Trinidad Rancheria: The Cher-Ae Heights Indian Community of the Trinidad Rancheria (Trinidad Rancheria) is issuing this Press Release to inform the public of the commencement of construction…
POLL! Where is the Spiritual Center of Humboldt County?
Take your time on this one Arcata Plaza Old Town, Eureka Humboldt Redwoods State Park Trinidad Head Redwood National Park The Shanty Winco Foods Tuluwat Island Mateel Community Center Kneeland (the closest…
HUMBOLDT HISTORY: Memories of a Whaling Plant Union Member, 1940
…Brandt had worked in the Trinidad Whaling Station. The fact that the showers were not yet installed by July 3, 1940, although they were part of our union contract signed on the…
POLL! What is Humboldt's Best Beach?
…Gold Bluffs Beach Redwood Creek Beach Agate Beach College Cove Trinidad State Beach Baker Beach Luffenholtz Beach Moonstone Beach Clam Beach Mad River Beach Samoa Beach King Salmon Beach South Spit Crab…
Coastal Commission Approves Permit Request for Major Improvements at the Old Brainard Mill Site, Hears Controversy Over the Closure of Van Wycke Trail During This Week’s Meeting in Eureka
…California Coastal CommissionSpeaking during Wednesday’s meeting, the appellant, Trinidad resident Kimberly Tays, criticized the city for failing to fix the trail in a timely manner. “We want the trail repaired and…
Six Pounds of Meth Found on Suspect After Being Pulled Over Near Trinidad, Drug Task Force Says
…On August 28th, 2023, Humboldt County Drug Task Force (HCDTF) Agents assisted the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office (HCSO) with a traffic stop on a vehicle on Highway 101 north of Trinidad…
‘Where the Heart Lies’: A Film Student and Friend of Hunter Lewis Will be Shooting a Movie in Humboldt About the Tragic and Touching Story of a Treasure Hunt Gone Wrong
…30, when Hunter paddled a canoe off the coast of Trinidad and never returned. For days following his disappearance, hundreds of people coordinated online to search for Lewis. People would meet in…
(PHOTOS) ‘1 More Time!’ Rex Bohn Launches Campaign for Fourth Term on Humboldt’s Board of Supervisors
…David Tyson, former Eureka city manager and current CEO of the Trinidad Rancheria Economic Development Corporation. Arcata artist and logging family scion Claudia Lima described Bohn as a man of action and…
City of McKinleyville is a No-Go (For Now); Humboldt Supes Decline Grand Jury’s Recommendation to Fund Feasibility Study for Incorporation
…It says in [the study] that we could contract with the Sheriff’s [Office] but we’re having problems with that with Trinidad and Blue Lake and, actually, with some of our…
Much Fentanyl Discovered During Search of Sleepy Suspect’s Vehicle in Trinidad
…9, 2023, at about 7:14 a.m., Humboldt County Sheriff’s deputies on patrol in Trinidad conducted a vehicle investigation on an occupied vehicle parked in the area of Scenic Drive…
HUMBOLDT HISTORY: Trains of Pack Mules Run By Famous Muleteers Opened Up the Humboldt Interior for Mining and Settlement
…One of the old trails taken by the pack trains into the Orleans Bar country started at Arcata, then went to Trinidad, and northeasterly over the mountains by Redwood Creek near the…
OBITUARY: JoAnne Anita Scott, 1933-2023
…JoAnne Scott will be laid to rest at the Trinidad Cemetery and reception will follow at the Trinidad Town Hall.###The obituary above was submitted on behalf of Joanne Scott’s loved…
Harbor Commissioners Approve ‘Once in a Generation’ Project Labor Agreement for Humboldt Offshore Wind Terminal Project; Union Reps Laud Unanimous Decision
…It’s not every day unions and enviros see eye to eye on things … but today we do.”Robert Hemsted, Vice-Chair of the Trinidad Rancheria, said he appreciated the modifications that…
Trinidad Rancheria Invites Community to an Open House on Its Transportation Improvement Plans, Which Could Include a New Interchange Off Highway 101
Press release from the Trinidad Rancheria: The Cher-Ae Heights Indian Community of the Trinidad Rancheria (Trinidad Rancheria) is issuing this Press Release to announce that the Tribe will be hosting a…
OBITUARY: George Conner Martin, 1933-2023
…They relocated in Humboldt County where George quickly made friends as numerous people regularly saw him walking on the Hammond trail, in Blue Lake, Fieldbrook, Trinidad and more recently along Sutter Rd…
MEET the SEASIDE WEAVERS! This Eureka Couple Repurposes Used Crab Pot Rope, Giving it New Life as a Doormat or Basket
…If you’re interested in purchasing Seaside Weavers’ mats, baskets or hats, you can buy from their website (they deliver for free between Trinidad and Fortuna), find their products at any of…
Humboldt Supervisors Deny Extension to Temporary Moratorium on Short-Term Rentals
…housing because the market around the [Humboldt] Bay area and here in the northern Humboldt/Trinidad area, it is pretty saturated in terms of demand.”Arroyo asked about the timeline for the…
OBITUARY: Jesse Rey Trinidad Martinez, 1978-2023
Jesse Rey Trinidad Martinez passed away unexpectedly on July 9th, 2023 at the age of 44. Jesse was born on November 29, 1978 in Arcata. He was a lifelong resident of Trinidad…
Redding Man Arrested After Barreling Down 101 Under the Influence and With a Loaded Gun, Sheriff’s Office Says
…Highway 101 south of Trinidad conducted a traffic stop on a speeding vehicle unable to maintain its lane. The deputy contacted one occupant of the vehicle, 50-year-old Aaron Joseph Thuney…
Humboldt Harbor District Officials Talk Port Development As Offshore Wind Efforts Ramp Up
…Harbor DistrictDespite their colossal size, Holmlund said the turbines would be barely visible from shore.“I was in Trinidad the other day with my wife and children and we were hiking on…
(CORRECTED) SUPES PREVIEW: County May Alter Remote Working Options for Employees Who Live More Than 20 Miles From Workplace
…are within 20 miles of the Humboldt County Courthouse, which houses multiple county departments, but Trinidad and Carlotta are not. In other matters, the board will also revisit its recent unanimous decision…
OBITUARY: Melody Lynn Molver (Presley), 1964-2023
…Melody decided after both of her parents passed that she wanted to live in the redwoods so in 2010 she packed up her family and moved to Trinidad, where she happily lived…
McKinleyville Homicide Suspect Arrested Near College Cove, Following Citizen’s Tip
…Murder.On 7/5/2023 at about 1735 hours, a citizen came upon a male subject laying in the brush along the trail system between Trinidad State Beach and College Cove, Trinidad…
Sheriff’s Deputies Still Searching for McK Homicide Suspect; North County Residents Urged to Take Precautions
…Late last night, law enforcement located the vehicle believed to be associated with Coley parked and unoccupied on Trinidad Frontage Road near the Strawberry Rock Trailhead.Since last night, ground and air…