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Voters Harvest a Bumper Crop of New Marijuana Laws
Humboldt Corn (Taken October 2012) Like corn in Iowa or potatoes in Idaho, the price of certain key crops indicate the economic health of a region. For better or worse, the crop…
Little Fish Big Winners! Also, Go Coastal!
Everyone recovered from the emotional highs and lows of election season? Great! Because no matter where you are on the political spectrum, I have some upbeat news to share: While the nation…
Accident on Alderpoint Road, Ambulance Dispatched
…A citizen is reporting that it is near the Dobbins Creek Road cutoff and a vehicle is over the bank. The citizen says that "Garberville ambulance, Alderpoint fire, and Cal Fire" have…
CHP Warns Agains Drowsy Driving
…The CHP and the National Sleep Foundation offer the following tips to drivers to reduce their risk of falling asleep behind the wheel: Get enough sleep, at least 7-9 hours, to…
Gov. Brown Appoints Notorious Arcata Liberal to the Redwood Acres Fair Board
…Brown today appointed five fine upstanding citizens and one Manchurian Candidate to the fair board today. The latter goes by the name of "Connie Stewart," and she is a nearly lifelong government…
McKinleyville Man Arrested with $130,000
…MCSO K-9 Deputy "Ben" was on scene and alerted to the exterior of the vehicle, indicating the presence of drugs in the car. During the search of the vehicle Deputies located…
UPDATE: Fatality—Accident on Leggett Off Ramp—Ambulance Called
…The driver of the Toyota has been identified as …Heather Anne Parker of Hydesville, California and the driver of the Ford, who was pronounced deceased at the scene, has been identified as…
Big Rig Accident Closes Highway 36 Near Dinsmore
A tractor-trailer ran off the side of the highway near Dinsmore this morning, and they're having a hell of a time getting the road cleared. The CHP tells us that…
420+ Pot Plants Leads to Arrests
…Child Welfare Services were contacted along with the Humboldt County Building Inspector. The Building Inspector determined the electrical work performed on the residence was without permits and inspections, and that safety issues…
Redway Man Tasered and Arrested After Allegedly Stealing New Car
…The officer fell in behind the vehicle and paced the vehicle at speeds above 80 MPH. The officer activated the patrol unit emergency lights and driver failed to yield. The driver sped…
Repeat Cannibal Island Burglary Suspect Fails to Flee, Loses Heroin
From the Humboldt County Sheriff's Office: On 11-7-2012, approximately 3:15 a.m. the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office received a call from a citizen who reported seeing flashlights…
7.4 Earthquake Off Guatemala Coast; No Tsunami Threat
A 7.4 earthquake struck the Guatemala coast near the city of Retalhuleu this morning. The Pacific Coast Tsunami Warning Center reports that there is no threat of a tsunami.
Six Year Old Finds Missing Elder
…Approximatley one hour later the dog returned without the elderly person. Family members conducted a search of the immediate area and when they were unable to locate the missing person they called…
Atkins Wins; Ferndale Mayor’s Race Tied
The Humboldt County Elections Office posted its final election night tally in the wee hours, as most of slept. Though there are many vote-by-mail and provisional ballots left to tally…
Election Night Results! All Night! Right Here!
…Consensus on the Politico TV Web stream and on The New Republic's "Electionate" is that the Romney campaign has to be bummed at the returns from Virginia — just not what they…
Todd Larsen and Dan Giannotta on ‘Murder Music’ and Tonight’s Beenie Man Show/Protest
John Matthews' Guest of the Week: John Matthews talks with Todd Larsen, co-founder of Queer Humboldt, and Dan "DJ Dub Cowboy" Giannotta about the local controversy over dancehall artists with violent…
Circulation Element Update For General Plan
Happy Trails: Cliff and Emily talk about Circulation Element Update of the Humboldt County General Plan, along with an update on the NCRA Eureka to Arcata corridor. Audio
Do Not — NOT! — Put Your Vote-By-Mail Ballot in a Mailbox Today
…Did you drop your ballot in the mail this morning? You have a problem. What you'll want to do is head down to (ideally) the Elections Office, or else the polling…
Humboldt Live Sessions: Josephine Johnson
Take a jaunt through Eureka's Old Town in the latest edition of Chuck Johnson's locally produced series Humboldt Live Sessions. Your guide? Singer/songwriter Josephine Johnson. Your soundtrack? Her song…
Early Morning Pretty
(Hey! What if we put a… trail… around the bay?!)
A Dance of Does
Does— Taken Yesterday These does on the slender side but other deer I've seen seem fat. I wonder why.
TAG’S TEAMS: Hello, Postseason! Four Teams Advance to North Coast Section Playoffs
The selection committee awarded all four local schools who advanced to the North Coast Section football playoffs, with a home game in the first round. The Ferndale Wildcats are the top seed…
An Aerial Tour of Grow City
Over the weekend, Kym posted about Google Earth updating their satellite imagery for much of the Emerald Triangle. If you haven't seen that, you would do well to go check it…
Over 400 Customers without Power West of Redway
…PG&E outage map shows the outage is repaired. A broken pole on Briceland Rd. west of Redway has knocked a total of 442 customers out of power. 283 lost power at…
A Defense of DISQUS, with Some Lessons on Stuff You Maybe Didn’t Know
Since the great James Tressler is taking a Sunday off, and since a small insurrection has broken out in a recent heavily commented thread, I thought I'd take a few moments…
Win a Trip to Jamaica at this Year’s Emerald Cup
Photo from last year's Emerald Cup Growers, do you think the medical cannabis you tend is the best cannabis in the county, in the region, maybe even in the world? Prove…
Humboldt, Google Earth Updated (Some of) Your Images
Google Earth updated the photos of at least some areas of Humboldt recently. The latest version shows parts of Southern Humboldt (mostly but not only west of 101) that were taken on…
Cannabis Consciousness
…Amanda Reiman of the Drug Policy Alliance, and Tim Blake, owner of Mendocino's Area 101 and producer of the Emerald Cup, a celebration and competition for Outdoor Organic Cannabis. The 9th…
Turn Back the Clock
Lone Maple (taken this morning) We're being drawn into the dark of winter with a rush. Tonight, we turn back our clocks one hour. To put that in real world terms…
Fatal Hit and Run in Klamath
Channel 3 News on Facebook is posting that a thirty-five year old woman was hit and killed in the Klamath last night. The CHP report came in around 8:39 P…