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Fairhaven’s Fast and Cheap Internet Service Could Go Away Soon, After State Contest Decides Not to Award Any Money to Anyone
Dalet Access Labs' center of operations at the Fairhaven Fire Station in July, 2022| Images submitted by the Humboldt County Office of EducationPREVIOUSLY:Fairhaven Gets Free High-Speed Internet as Part of…
Convicted Felon Arrested With Meth and Loaded Gun Following Late-Night Highway 36 Traffic Stop, Sheriff’s Office Says
Press release from the Humboldt County Sheriff's Office: On April 14, 2023, at about 1:03 a.m., Humboldt County Sheriff’s deputies on patrol in the Carlotta area conducted a…
Cal State Undergraduate Workers Seek Union Representation
Delilah Mays-Triplett, 19, works from her work station as a student assistant inside the Love Library Addition at San Diego State University in San Diego on April 12, 2023. Photo by…
OBITUARY: Jeffrey Kevin Brockman, 1965-2023
Jeffrey Kevin BrockmanApril 26, 1965 – April 7, 2023 It is with great sadness and a heavy heart that we announce the passing of Jeff Brockman, age 57, in Eureka — son, brother, father…
HUMBOLDT TODAY with John Kennedy O’Connor | April 13, 2023
…Airport Director Cody Roggatz Talks About What the County is Trying to Do to Make ACV Less PainfulBOOKED: April 13, 2023California Cities Are Cracking Down on Homeless Camps. Will the State Get…
Coastal Commission OKs Permit Application for Sorrel Leaf Healing Center, the First Youth-Focused Mental Health Crisis Facility on the North Coast
…Evan Buxbaum, the center’s executive director, wrote in an email to the Outpost.The farm-based residential treatment facility will be the first of its kind on the North Coast. Currently…
Drug Tasks Force Arrests One, Uncovers Three Ounces of Fentanyl During Search of Eureka Residence
Images from HCDTFPress release from the Humboldt County Sheriff's Office:On Thursday April 13, 2023 the Humboldt County Drug Task Force served a search warrant on the 1800 block of 4th…
SPLASH! Local Retired Teacher Funds Swimming Lessons for Group of Alice Birney Elementary Students
Alice Birney Elementary students enjoy a swim at the Arcata Community Pool | Photos submitted by Kristen Sobilo###With summer approaching and river and beach days on the horizon, it’s an important…
POLL! Is Taking Your Metal Detector to a Humboldt Beach Hot?
…Thank you for your service, detector nerds! We need more elite squads of metal detecting grandpas! With China on the rise, the hunt for precious metals to be used in the batteries…
Old, Live Military Grade Shell Found on Centerville Beach by People Who Gone Out a’ Metal-Detecting; Bomb Squad Renders Device Safe
…Upon realizing the potential of this object being a live explosive, the group immediately contacted law enforcement.EOD deputies arrived at the beach and inspected the object. It was determined to be…
Eureka Traffic Stop Yields Quantities of Fentanyl; Two Arrested
…Deputies contacted two women inside the vehicle. The driver was identified as 34-year-old Katherine Erin Carlson and the passenger, 48-year-old Sara Marie Carnemolla. Carlson was found to have…
Hoopa Traffic Stop Yields Quantities of Meth; One Arrested
Press release from the Humboldt County Sheriff's Office: On April 11, 2023, at about 11:45 p.m., a Humboldt County Sheriff’s deputy on patrol in the Hoopa area conducted…
CONVERSATIONS: Airport Director Cody Roggatz Talks About What the County is Trying to Do to Make ACV Less Painful
…Who is the Director of Aviation with the Humboldt Airport. Or what is the actual official title? Because everyone has a different name for it. ROGGATZ: Yeah, for the airport itself, it…
California Cities Are Cracking Down on Homeless Camps. Will the State Get Tougher, Too?
…It took months, but the city finally cleared the main camp on the route, under an Interstate 80 overpass, Gardner said. The kids now feel safe walking to school. But the problem…
Tobacco Sales Ban Withers in California Without Support From Anti-Tobacco Advocates
…None of seven primary sponsors of the flavored tobacco ban — the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network, the American Heart Association, the American Lung Association, the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids, Common…
Thousands of Californians Are Missing Out on Federal Student Aid. Here’s Why
…As to why the college waited years to adopt the regulations , she said she didn’t know and referred CalMatters to the director of the financial aid office and the dean of…
OBITUARY: Harvey Baird, 1929-2023
…In the early 1970s he and Sue purchased The Old West Trading Post at the junction of Highways 36 and 101 in Alton, turning it into "Harvey's," a jumping dance bar…
HUMBOLDT TODAY with John Kennedy O’Connor | April 12, 2023
…A pool in Arcata has been filled to provide better shelter to the city’s unhoused; Del Norte’s Juvenile Hall has closed and leaders are trying to figure out what to…
On the Sixth Anniversary of the Death of David Josiah Lawson, Arcata Police Once Again Ask Witnesses at the Party to Come Forward
David Josiah Lawson.Press release from the Arcata Police Department: On April 15, 2017, six years ago this week, Humboldt State University sophomore student David Josiah Lawson was stabbed to death while…
Arcata Planning Commission Keeps Proposal to Make K and L Into One-Way Streets on the Table, Looks at Other Short-Term Options to Improve K Street
Image of the proposed couplet from Arcata's Draft Gateway Area PlanPREVIOUSLY:ARCATA’S GATEWAY AREA PLAN: Arcata City Council and Planning Commission Joint Study Session Tonight; Maximum Building Heights May be…
POLL! Arcata's K Street is a Mess! How Should We Fix It?
Take out the cars! Take out the bike lanes! Take out the sidewalks! Take out the stop signs! Take out the city planners! Take out my opinions! What the hell do I…
McGuire Legislation to Speed Up Offshore Wind Development Clears Natural Resources Committee, Senator’s Office Announces
…SB 286 requires the Coastal Commission to bring the California Department of Fish and Wildlife, the State Lands Commission, the Ocean Protection Council, representatives from the commercial fishing industry, representatives from the…
Following California’s Lead, EPA Proposes National Standards to Ramp Up Electric Cars
…If enacted, the Environmental Protection Agency’s proposed standards would be among the most stringent and aggressive measures the federal agency has ever taken to slash planet-warming tailpipe pollution, clean up…
OBITUARY: Ted Trichilo, 1921-2023
…The Trichilo home is in Fortuna where the family has enjoyed the surrounding forests and the undisturbed redwood environment. As a lifelong environmental activist, Ted served on the Board of Directors for…
OBITUARY: Russel ‘Bud’ Markussen, 1962-2023
…Bud often enlisted the help of some of the younger men at the program, and he spent countless hours teaching them the basics of working on their vehicles.There will be a…
HUMBOLDT TODAY with John Kennedy O’Connor | April 11, 2023
…A man convicted of killing a Humboldt Hill man as he slept in his bed in 2019 gets early release; California snowpack measured at historic levels; plus, the state has removed the…
Family Members ‘Blindsided’ Following the Early Release of Local Man Charged with Fatal Humboldt Hill Collision
Liz Martin “lost everything” the night her husband, 64-year-old Robert “Bob” Beland, was killed by a drunk driver who crashed into their Humboldt Hill home. Bob Beland pictured with his…
How’s Arcata Doing on Meeting its Housing Goals, And Should it Make K Street Traffic One-Way? Those Will be Some of the Questions Addressed at Tonight’s Planning Commission Meeting
…Fred Weis of the Gateway Area Plan-skeptical arcata1.com website maintains a page of stories devoted to the threat of the "K-L couplet" to the bike path in the vicinity…
With Spring Snow Survey Complete, Klamath National Forest Says That the Current Snow Pack is Nearly Double That of an Average Year
What the snow pack looked like in 2022. Photo: USFS.Press release from the Klamath National Forest:The Klamath National Forest has completed the April 1st snow surveys. These measurements are a…
POLL! What is Your Current Relationship With Masking in Public?
…I only mask to protect my community when I'm feeling a bit under the weather. I still mask whenever I go out in public to protect myself.