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County Redistricting Revision Published — Still No Joy for Rex Bohn
A few weeks ago, the county Board of Supervisors tasked Clerk-Recorder Carolyn Crnich with tweaking their preferred redistricting option — the so-called Plan 2A. Well, the Elections Office has posted the…
Video of This Morning’s Bank Robbery in Arcata
The five-foot-six dude who knocked over the Coast Central Credit Union off Giuntoli this morning at around 10:30 a.m. may be short in stature, but he's long…
Pot Doc Bill Courtney Announces Congressional Bid
Damn! Our craziest Congressional race in 18 years just got crazier! Into the inbox comes news that the North Coast's premier 215-friendly physician is diving straight into an already crowded…
Humboldt Trails Council
Happy Trails: Cliff talks with Jen Rice and Nancy Stephenson about the transition of The Trails Trust to the Humboldt Trails Council. Audio
Does This Harvard Study Show Marijuana Smokers were Born Stupid?
…The misspelling and the arrow pointing right to where the graffiti artists' backpacks sat indicates a certain lack of awareness in the illegality of their behavior (these folk don't seem to…
Sex Offender Arrested in Fortuna
…Upon arrival at the residence officers met with Ashbaugh at the rear of the residence. He attempted to flee from the officers and was apprehended as the attempted to re-enter the…
Erroneous Report of Deputies Searching for Aaron Bassler, Suspect in Two Fort Bragg Homicides, Near Chemise Mt. Rd.
…Deputies are searching for Aaron Bassler, suspect in the homicides of two well-known Mendocino men, Matthew Coleman and Jere Melo. Bassler has reportedly been seen in the Chemise Mt. area between…
North Coast Railroad Authority: ‘We Don’t Have to Follow Your Laws’
“NCRA, acting as the CEQA [California Environmental Quality Act] lead agency, has a duty pursuant to CEQA guidelines to neither approve nor carry out a project as proposed unless the significant environmental…
Mendocino Sheriff Says Jere Melo and Matthew Coleman Homicides Related
(Photos:Matthew Coleman, Jere Melo, Aaron Bassler.) The Mendocino Sheriff's Dept. just released a statement announcing they were now searching for Aaron Bassler in relation to Matthew Coleman's homicide as…
Tsunami Warning Canceled
Probably just to make me look like an idiot, the tsunami warning was canceled shortly after I posted the note below. F'in Gov't. http://wcatwc.arh.noaa.gov/2011/09…
Grass-Root Conversation About Humboldt Co. Medical Marijuana Ordinance
Outdoor mom and pop farmers need to understand the draft of the Humboldt Co. Medical Marijuana Ordinance. But struggling through the language is tedious process so 707 Cannabis College is holding Grassroots…
Legislature Smacks Wal-Mart; Fishermen Have a Terminal; Grandma Gaye Remembers the Grove
The state assembly today passed a bill that would require cities and counties to study the economic impact of all new big-box “superstores” before the chains are allowed to construct their…
Fire, Fire, PG&E Outage and a High Speed Car Chase—SoHum is Anything But Humdrum
…Eventually, they had to clear traffic off the Highway and lay down a tire strip to flatten her tires at Myers Flat. Between the various agencies, there were helicopters in the sky…
Wanted in Connection with the Shooting Death of Jere Melo
Wanted in Connection with the Shooting Death of Jere Melo
Afternoon Crime Panorama: The World Is Going To Hell
…The suspect then fled on foot and the victim followed him. The victim last saw the suspect entering Sequoia Park at the trailhead near Hodgson and ‘O’ Streets. The suspect was described…
Meklit Hadero
…Born in Ethiopia, raised in the U.S. and nurtured by San Francisco’s richly diverse arts scene, this acclaimed singer embodies worlds. With a jazz backbone and a singer/songwriter's…
EXCLUSIVE: Man Shoots Himself in the Leg Inside Downtown Ferndale Home
A little more than an hour ago, emergency services were called to downtown Ferndale after shots were fired in a single-family home in the heart of Cream City. It turned out…
Eureka School Safety
KHUM, Radio Without the Rules
Coast Guard Helimergency; Big Rig Wipeout in Kneeland
It was a big news day all the way around, even leaving aside the cilantro recall. (If you haven't read that, do it now — there is a very small but potentially…
Attention: Phillipsville Postal Customers
Phillipsville residents and box office holders are meeting at the post office tomorrow to discuss its possible closure. An email is circulating: Dear Fellow PO Box Holders at Phillipsville, As you likely…
Local Cilantro Recalled: Chance of Poison Hemlock Contamination
…The farm is currently bringing a fresh supply of cilantro to the store, the employee said. A produce person at the Eureka Co-op said that the chance of contamination appears to…
RIP, Jere Melo
I was off the grid in the Mendocino County hills over the weekend — just a couple of ridges over, as it turned out, from the site where former Fort Bragg Mayor Jere…
Mendocino Police Release Photo of Suspect in Former Mayor's Killing
Aaron Bassler - WANTED FOR MURDER - ARMED & DANGEROUS This afternoon, the Mendocino Sheriff's Dept released a photo of the man suspected of killing Jere Melo (a popular former mayor and current councilman…
Times Standard Cuts Services to SoHum
Garberville business woman Charlotte Silverstein (pictured above) is not happy with the decision by The Times Standard to stop delivering papers to much of Southern Humboldt. "The Times Standard is a Humboldt…
Forester Stops Skunk Train "Speeder"—-Says Partner Shot
…We have no details at this time on the name of the person who was allegedly shot or the person reporting the alleged crime. Apparently, Mendocino law enforcement began deploying around the…
Someone Stole 9,000 Pounds of Used Batteries from a Eureka Business Last Night
What does this mean, and why does it sound vaguely menacing? From the Eureka Police Department: Between 8/25/11 and 8/26/11, unknown suspect(s) cut the lock forcibly entered…
Mark Lovelace Throws Down; The Governor’s Jobs Plan; LoCO Media Alert!
In today's Times-Standard, Supervisor Mark Lovelace, the chair of the Humboldt County Board of Supervisors, called out his fellow board members for their seeming reluctance to pull the trigger and…
Rep. Mike Thompson Applauds New Airline Passenger Protections
…Mike Thompson applauded the announcement that the U.S. Department of Transportation is enacting tough new airline passenger protections. A monstrous Hurricane Irene tightened its aim on the Eastern Seaboard today, threatening…
Sallie Ford and The Sound Outside
…On Tuesday, Sallie Ford & the Sound Outside visited the KHUM studio. The night before, they played two encores to a full house at Humbrews. The band hasn't played Humboldt since opening…
Suspect Arrested in Series of Northern Mendocino Fires
A series of fires broke out across Northern Mendocino throughout the summer which caused many to suspect arson. Monday, a suspect was arrested. According to the Press Democrat, Steven Gene Hensley(36…