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Local Woman Arrested For Allegedly Assaulting an 18-Year-Old With a Steel Bar in Front of a Small Child, Sheriff’s Office Says
LoCO Staff / March 20, 2023, 11:20 a.m. / Crime
… Facility on charges of assault with a deadly weapon other than a firearm (PC 245(a)(1)), child endangerment (PC 273A(b)), criminal threats (PC 422), exhibiting a deadly weapon (PC 417(a)(1)),& …
California’s Aging Electrical Infrastructure Presents Hurdle for Offshore Wind Development on the North Coast
Isabella Vanderheiden / March 20, 2023, 10:14 a.m. / Energy , Offshore Wind
… and then, eventually, construction.” The future sit of the Humboldt Wind Energy Area. Map: BOEMAnother report, Transmission Opportunities for California North Coast Offshore Wind, Vol. 1 …
McKinleyville Man Released From Captivity in Niger After Six and a Half Years
Hank Sims / March 20, 2023, 8:48 a.m. / News
Court Ruling Opens Door to Gig Driver Unionization Bill, Union Says
Grace Gedye / March 20, 2023, 8:17 a.m. / Sacramento
GROWING OLD UNGRACEFULLY: Ensoulment and Abortion
Barry Evans / March 19, 2023, 7 a.m. / Growing Old Ungracefully
… of ignorance 2000 years ago? For instance: About 1 in 4 women in the US have had an abortion. Of those, 60% already have a child, half of whom have two or more children. 46% of those women who have …
THE ECONEWS REPORT: Solving The Climate Crisis Requires More Than Just Electrifying Your Pick-up Truck
The EcoNews Report / March 18, 2023, 10 a.m. / Environment
THE HUMBOLDT HUSTLE: Care for Some Mushrooms in Your Hot Chocolate? This Local Entrepreneur is Betting That You Will
Eduardo Ruffcorn-Barragán / March 18, 2023, 7:15 a.m. / The Humboldt Hustle
HUMBOLDT HISTORY: Remembering the Opulence and Healing Powers of the Forgotten Mineral Springs Resort Behind Fortuna
Dr. Jack Irvine / March 18, 2023, 7 a.m. / History
… detailed account of the spring waters and of the resort is found in the Humboldt County Directory, 1890-1: “The waters in these springs, although in the same basin, prove, by analysis, to be very …
OBITUARY: Leilani Noelle Jones Pole, 1975-2023
LoCO Staff / March 18, 2023, 6:56 a.m. / Obits
OBITUARY: Danny Childress, 1963-2023
LoCO Staff / March 18, 2023, 6:56 a.m. / Obits
Citing Increased Seismic Risk, PG&E Will Leave Spillway Gates Open at Scott Dam, Allowing More Springtime Water to Flow Into the Eel River
Ryan Burns / March 17, 2023, 4:45 p.m. / Fish , Infrastructure
HUMBOLDT TODAY with John Kennedy O’Connor | March 17, 2023
LoCO Staff / March 17, 2023, 4:43 p.m. / Humboldt Today
GATEWAY AREA PLAN UPDATE: Saturday Morning Study Session Canceled; Planning Commission Will Be Hustling to Produce Draft Documents By July
Stephanie McGeary / March 17, 2023, 4:26 p.m. / Local Government
… of the council’s Gateway Plan discussion on March 1. But after talking to a couple members of the planning department staff, it was made clear that all the other upcoming public workshops will also be canceled …
After More Than a Week, Sheriff’s Office Finally Locates Man Said to Have Fallen Off Steep Cliff to His Death Near Redway; Investigation of the Case Ongoing
LoCO Staff / March 17, 2023, 11:09 a.m. / Crime
55-Hour Fernbridge Closure Starts Tonight at 10 p.m.
LoCO Staff / March 17, 2023, 9:54 a.m. / Transportation
HUMBOLDT CONVERSATIONS: Talking Over the Jury Crisis in the Humboldt County Courthouse With Scott Anderson, Assistant Court Operation Manager
LoCO Staff / March 17, 2023, 8:01 a.m. / Local Government
OBITUARY: MaKayla “Boo” Lenee Bernald, 2002-2023
LoCO Staff / March 17, 2023, 6:56 a.m. / Obits
OBITUARY: Robert E. Kerr, 1973-2023
LoCO Staff / March 17, 2023, 6:56 a.m. / Obits
HUMBOLDT TODAY with John Kennedy O’Connor | March 16, 2023
LoCO Staff / March 16, 2023, 4:46 p.m. / Humboldt Today
… Services; Humboldt County; DHHS; Connie Beck and Does 1 through 25. …
Arcata City Council Adopts Revised Budget, Approves Agreement With HWMA for Composting Organic Waste
Stephanie McGeary / March 16, 2023, 3:47 p.m. / Local Government
… fund revenues. Some good news for the city’s budget, Miller said, is that the revenue from wastewater rate increases is $1.1 million higher than originally estimated for the 2022/23 budget …
Eureka Announces New Warming Shelter for Homeless Citizens, to be Based at Lifehouse Church in Myrtletown
Hank Sims / March 16, 2023, 11:31 a.m. / Emergencies
California Colleges Rush to Get More Students on Food Assistance Before Pandemic Rule Ends
Jeanne Kuang and Mikhail Zinshteyn / March 16, 2023, 7:49 a.m. / Sacramento
… to a 2020 state report that relied on 2018-2019 data. In the same year, according to the California Student Aid Commission, 1 in 3 students reported experiencing food insecurity in any given month …
OBITUARY: Susan Louise Vandermeer, 1955-2023
LoCO Staff / March 16, 2023, 6:56 a.m. / Obits
OBITUARY: Kevin Charles Elderkin, 1951-2023
LoCO Staff / March 16, 2023, 6:56 a.m. / Obits
Eureka Planning Commission Declares ‘Surplus’ Designation for Big Gravel Lots by the Boardwalk to Further Mixed-Use Development Efforts
Isabella Vanderheiden / March 15, 2023, 4:46 p.m. / Local Government
HUMBOLDT TODAY with John Kennedy O’Connor | March 15, 2023
LoCO Staff / March 15, 2023, 4:38 p.m. / Humboldt Today
Beloved LoCO Mascot ‘Coney’ Has Been Fully Assimilated Into the Caltrans Borg
Hank Sims / March 15, 2023, 1:50 p.m. / Housekeeping
HUMBOLDT CONVERSATIONS: Catching Up With New County Clerk/Recorder/Registrar Juan Pablo Cervantes
LoCO Staff / March 15, 2023, 7:15 a.m. / Local Government
… paper trail for your voting. And so we use optical scanners which check that human-readable ballot. We have a 1% manual tally where we have people do a hand count of 1% of all ballots randomly selected …
Student Housing: State’s Promise to Build More Dorms Hits Setbacks
Mikhail Zinshteyn / March 15, 2023, 7 a.m. / Sacramento
… Matters.Campus housing: Students can’t get enough of it and California public campuses can’t build dorm rooms fast enough. And yet, Gov. Gavin Newsom has proposed delaying by a year nearly $1.2 billion in loans …
