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TONIGHT at ARCATA CITY COUNCIL: City Poised to Award $54 Million Contract for Wastewater Treatment Facility Upgrades; Construction Could Start This Month
…Plans also include raising the levees to meet FEMA and City requirements to plan for sea level rise. Map of the treatment facilities from the City of Arcata The City received two…
‘It’s Gonna Look Like a Ghost Town’: Garberville Business Owners Sound the Alarm as Weed Industry Tanks
Jolan Banyasz, owner of Sweet Grass Boutique, addresses the Board of Supervisors. | Screenshot.###Garberville business owners appeared before the Humboldt County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday to "sound the alarm" over a…
Arcata High on ‘Modified Lockdown’ This Afternoon, After Discovery of Threats Posted to Instagram
…When students return from lunch, we will be on a modified lockdown for the last block of the day (modified lockdown is doors locked, curtains shut, and students being escorted one at…
Eureka is Budgeting $75,000 in Walking Around Money for a Select Group of Citizens to Spend on Local Projects, and It’s Offering a $100 Stipend to Up to 50 People Selected to Serve
File photo from the 2020 Eureka Street Art Festival.Participatory budgeting is a hot new municipal trend in which a citizens' committee is given a pot of money to spend as it…
Humboldt’s Bomb Squad Called In to Dispose of Explosive Device in Willow Creek
Press release from the Humboldt County Sheriff's Office: On Oct. 4, 2022, at about 7:40 p.m., Humboldt County Sheriff’s deputies were dispatched to a business on the 39000…
PROPS IN A MINUTE: What is Proposition 1, the Constitutional Amendment That Would Guarantee Reproductive Freedom in the State?
WHAT WOULD IT DO?This ballot measure would amend the California Constitution to enshrine a fundamental right to reproductive freedom. That includes the right to choose to have an abortion and the…
OBITUARY: Floyd Everett Squires III, 1946-2022
…Floyd and Betty traveled extensively throughout Europe, China, Mexico and the United States. He was a member of the Elks Lodge, Masonic Lodge 106, Ingomar Club and the Moose Lodge. Please, no…
A Tour Through the Half-Built Dream Mansion of Travis Schneider, Who Remains Hopeful Amid Mounting Permit Problems
…We didn’t change the footprint of the structure.” By the end of the tour we were standing on the slope beneath the property. We asked Schneider what he thinks about the…
TONIGHT at EUREKA CITY COUNCIL: Unmet Transit Needs, Possible New Rules for Replacing Sewer Pipes, New Business Loan Program for Sprucing Up the Sidewalks
…According to the staff report, the main issue has been the cost to the property owners. “The main hurdle has been the fact that replacement of the lower lateral requires a Class…
It’s CAMPAIGN FORUM Season! Here’s an Updating Schedule of Events Featuring Your Candidates for City Council and More
Sketch by DALL-E, an artificial intelligence.###Election season is upon us! It is your time to choose which of the available options for elected office are for you. At this time…
Local Openers Announced for Sara Bareilles’s Upcoming Eureka Show
Huckleberry Flint and Mario MatteoliCity of Eureka release:Community reaction to the Oct. 16 Sara Bareilles concert at Halvorsen Park has been extraordinary, with reservation capacity for the event filling up in…
Local Environmental Groups Share What They Know About PG&E’s Current Herbicide Plans
Map of spray spots in the Arcata-Blue Lake area by Soucy Biologique.Press release from a coalition of local environmental groups:On September 29, 2022, PG&E alerted Humboldt County that…
Juror Crisis! Humboldt County Courts Facing Shortage of Jurors ‘Like We Have Never Seen Before’
From the Humboldt County Superior Court:The Humboldt County Superior Court is currently facing a shortage of prospective jurors like we have never seen before. The failure of summoned jurors to appear…
OBITUARY: Jay Aubrey Lewis, 1972-2022
…Jay helped at the Palm Motel and Cafe while charming the guests and employees. He spent a lot of time in the pool and riding and racing his dirt bike. As a…
OBITUARY: Joan J. Rasmussen, 1932-2022
…In the end, it is not the years in the life, but the life in the years.”###The obituary above was submitted by Joan Rasmussen's loved ones. The Lost Coast Outpost…
OBITUARY: Fred Paul DePucci, 1934-2022
Fred Paul DePucci passed away on June 28, 2022 at the age of 87.Fred was born September 18, 1934 to Alfredo and Emilia DePucci in Arcata. After two years of service…
OBITUARY: Deanna J. Thomson, 1943- 2022
…The services will be under the guidance of the local Kingdom Hall.###The obituary above was submitted by Deanna Thomson's loved ones. The Lost Coast Outpost runs obituaries of Humboldt County…
Bongio to Step Down as Chair; Planning Commission Set to Consider Apology for His ‘Insensitive, Racist’ Comments
Screenshot of Bongio from the Humboldt County Planning Commission's Aug. 18 meeting.###Embattled Humboldt County Planning Commissioner Alan Bongio says he will step down from his longtime chair position at Thursday…
INTRODUCING: Eduardo Ruffcorn-Barragán, the Newest Addition to Team LoCO!
…For a while there he was the production director of, and DJ on, the late, lamented FM radio station 95.5 KBAE (“The Bay”), and even before that he was part of…
Car Chase Ends When Suspect Crashes Into a Tree on Sprowel Creek Road Yesterday Morning, Sheriff’s Office Says
Press release from the Humboldt County Sheriff's Office: On Oct. 2, 2022, at about 2:01 a.m., Humboldt County Sheriff’s deputies on patrol in the Garberville area attempted a…
Dual Admission Program Will Give Community College Students an Early Taste of Life at UC
…The conflicting advice they gave her, she said, only added to the confusion of the transfer experience. “The process itself can be really overwhelming … coupled with (the fact that) you’re a…
Hope and Prayer: California Churches Battle Abortion Ballot Measure
The Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament in Sacramento on Sept. 12, 2022. Catholic churches are leading the opposition to a ballot measure on abortion rights. Photo by Rahul Lal, CalMattersFrom the pulpit…
A NURSE WRITES: Exercise Every Day Keeps the COVID Away
Image generated by DALL-E, an artificial intelligence.The Pandemic is officially over. At least that is the impression we just received. A declaration of the end of the pandemic is now…
GROWING OLD UNGRACEFULLY: Age of Aquarius
…The Greek astronomer Hipparchus figured this out in the 2nd century BC.So, in Babylonian times, so the story goes, the sun’s (invisible, remember?) apparent motion through the background stars — the…
LETTER FROM ISTANBUL: On Life and Art
…We’d stand around on the beach, the headlights of the cars and the boom of the radio not quite drowning out the hushed roar of the nearby Gulf, mingling long into…
THE ECONEWS REPORT: Which Way the Wind Festival
…Where should you turn for expert thought on nuclear proliferation in the modern age? The Which Way the Wind Festival, starting this week!The third-annual Which Way the Wind Festival tackles…
THE HUMBOLDT HUSTLE: Meet the Instagram-Powered Master Baker With the 15-Second Commute
…Small by industrial standards, but it gets the job done.As you meander into the alley that leads to his front door, before you see the sign, you can smell the week…
OBITUARY: Barry Franks Morehead, 1937-2022
Barry Franks Morehead5/20/1937 - 9/7/2022Born during a sandstorm in Kermit, Texas on May 20, 1937 to Foy Roland Morehead and Connie Marie (Franks) Morehead, Barry grew up in the…
OBITUARY: Jeannie Haberstock Thorp, 1942-2022
Clara "Jean" Haberstock Thorp passed away of an extended illness on September 26, 2022 at the age of 80. Born in Fortuna to George and Signe Haberstock, with her older brother Ray…
Heads Up, Arcata! The City is Closing One Lane of Eighth Street For a Demonstration This Saturday and Wants Your Feedback on How it Goes
Map showing the proposed one-way sections of Eighth and Ninth | Images from the City of Arcata's website###Arcata drivers and bicyclists will want to pay extra attention on Saturday morning…