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SoHum in August: Come for the Smoke, Stay for the Helicopters
I love August in Southern Humboldt –- triple-digit temperatures, the air hazy and thick with the ever-present smell of smoke and the hellish red tint it lends to the sunlight. Everybody…
TWO GIRLS FOR EVERY BOY: Here are the Demographics of HSU’s Incoming Class
Brrr-ing! Did you hear that? That lame attempt at wording the sound of an old-timey school bell must mean that it’s the first day of Fall 2015 classes up…
(VIDEO) American Samoa Fire Crew Working the Horse Fire in SoHum Show Us Their Haka
As of Monday morning, CalFire reports that the Horse Fire in the King Range just north of Shelter Cove has burned 146 acres and is 70 percent contained. “Resources on the Horse…
Fieldbrook Self-Inflicted Gunshot Wound Victim Refuses to Cooperate With Police, Sheriff’s Office Says
From the Humboldt County Sheriff's Office: On 08-23-2015 at 10:20 a.m. Deputies with the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office were dispatched to Davenport Lane Fieldbrook, regarding an…
(UPDATED) ‘Person of Interest’ Identified in Willow Creek Arson/Burglary
…The Willow Creek Fire Department responded to the scene. We they arrived they noticed that both the River Song Natural Foods and the Golden Ratio were engulfed in fire. The Willow Creek…
WALKING HUMBOLDT: New and Planned Ambles Through Our Urban Forestlands
…Mark Andre, the Director of Environmental Services for Arcata, told me that the next phase of the Ridge Trail project would be completing the access to the Arcata Community Forest from the…
OBITUARY: Shauna Michele Thallheimer, 1965-2015
…6 at Women's Grove on the Avenue of the Giants just north of Weott, starting at 10 a.m. until about 4 p.m., with the main service at 1:00…
OBITUARY: Tom McBride, 1938-2015
…in William’s Grove on the Avenue of the Giants. Please bring food and drink to share and come celebrate Tom’s life in a place of concomitant magic!
Residence Catches Fire Last Night in Fortuna
…with the “Avoid the Eight DUI Task Force,” were first to arrive on scene and assisted the single occupant out of the residence. A quick search of the residence by first arriving…
OBITUARY: Howard Henderson, 1938-2015
…He accomplished much from being a boy born along the St. Joe River in Idaho. He instilled the value of a dollar earned, the importance of saving and investing, focusing on the…
WALKING HUMBOLDT: Piece by Piece, the Humboldt Bay Trail is Coming Into Existence
…The second installment will focus on the Arcata Ridge Trail, McKay Community Forest and the Annie and Mary Trail. The final installment will cover the trail system in the Bureau of Land…
GROWING OLD UNGRACEFULLY: Gringo the Rushes-O
Seems anyone who spends time south of the Rio Grande has their own version of how the (marginally pejorative) word gringo came about. The term is ambiguous. For instance: In Mexico, gringo…
LETTER FROM ISTANBUL: Attack on Dolmabahçe
…This gate, which was used only by the sultan during Ottoman times, is located along the main thoroughfare. The high walls of the palace run alongside this main road. Inside the walls…
[UPDATE: Reopened] Highway 36 Closed Again
…Caltrans anticipates that fire crews will finish clearing the highway within the next few hours. Highway 36 was reopened yesterday at the Humboldt/Trinity County for the first time in nearly three…
SF Weekly Story About Bad Data on Marijuana Industry Uses Bad Data on Marijuana Industry
…Roberts also posts the photograph you saw at the top of this post, which was provided by the Humboldt County Sheriff's Office after the Island Mountain mega-raid in June. He…
Highway 36 is Once Again a Highway You Can Drive On
After nearly three weeks being restricted to the public near the Humboldt/Trinity county line due to wildfire rage, Highway 36 is once again open and available for all your east/west…
Public Health Emergency Declared in Humboldt; Press Conference Held to Discuss Wildfire Smoke’s Health Impacts
Martin’s Ferry Bridge in Weitchpec, yesterday | Raven Pletcher At a Friday morning press conference in Eureka, the Humboldt County Department of Health and Human Services announced it was declaring a public…
BLM Closes Lost Coast Trail, Other King Range Facilities, Due to 250-Acre Horse Fire
…However, this morning the Bureau of Land Management, the federal agency that runs the King Range, announced that it is closing many of the trails and amenities in the conservation area, including…
OBITUARY: William “Bill” Reed Miller, 1936-2015
Bill Miller was born February 3, 1936, in Gold Beach, Oregon, and said goodbye to all his friends on July 27, 2015, at the age of 79. Descended from Oregon pioneer families…
OBITUARY: Michael Roland Blaine, 1958-2015
On August 10, 2015, the Lord called his good and faithful servant, Michael Blaine, home to eternity. Michael passed in his sleep at his home in Big Lagoon surrounded by family who…
Hoopa Valley Tribe Declares State of Emergency Due to Excessive Smoke
…The Hoopa Valley Tribe’s extensive research on the impact of wildfire smoke on the health of the community contributed to the development of the EPA Air Quality Index that classifies air…
Nurses Accuse St. Joseph Health of Violating Patients’ Rights, Abandoning Founding Values
…The narrative then goes on to indict the current management of the religious nonprofit, claiming that the “values that meant something to the [St. Joseph Health] founding Sisters have given way to…
Willow Creek Air Quality Upgraded to Merely ‘Unhealthy,’ as Some River Complex Residents Allowed to Return Home
…There are small bits of good news from the largest of the fire complexes still raging in the North Coast interior. Some residents displaced by the massive River Complex — 48,000 acres…
First Wolf Pack in 91 Years Photographed in Northern California
…Because of the proximity to the original camera locations, it is likely the adult previously photographed in May and July is associated with the group of pups. “This news is exciting for…
Harbor Commission Election Preview Part 3: The 5th Division
…While serving on the Trinidad City Council and Planning Commission in the 1990s, she said, she helped lay the groundwork for the city's septic maintenance district. Her first priority is the…
Goodbye, Radcliffe: Swiss Army Man Wraps
…The stars also visited the E & O Bowling Alley in McKinleyville on Saturday. Some of you may have stumbled across the shoot last week without realizing it, as the ever-sneaky film…
Fire Updates: List of Communities with Hazardous Air Conditions and How to Create a Clean Room to Breathe In
Photo taken this morning above the River Complex cloud/smoke line Air quality in numerous communities in Humboldt and Trinity counties continues to be dangerous due to smoke from nearby wildfires. The…
NASA Photo Shows ‘Blanket of Smoke’ Covering Humboldt
…To the north is the Nickowitz Wildfire and Gasquet Complex Wildfire, just south of the Oregon state line. … This satellite image shows the large plume of smoke from the various fires on…
Your Week in Ocean: SCRAP Humboldt and A Scrapped Humboldt Bay Power Plant
…What has this to do with the ocean? Well, over 8 million tons of trash from land ends up in the ocean every year. One of the best ways to help stem…
Local Doctor’s End-of-Life Telemedicine Project Featured on PBS NewsHour, and Also an Eminem Parody Video
Last night's episode of the PBS NewsHour featured a seven-minute segment on the work of Dr. Michael Fratkin, the Humboldt County internist who last year launched a program called ResolutionCare…