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Eureka Times Standard
April 14, 2018
“U.S. Highway 101 is closed near the Salmon Creek Bridge in southern Humboldt County due to a fatal collision,” Caltrans District 1 posted on Facebook on Friday afternoon. “Traffic is being diverted unto Route 254, Avenue of the Giants. It is unknown when the highway will reopen.” California HighwayÃâà...
Mad River Union
April 14, 2018
HUMBOLDT –The Board of Supervisors and those involved in the cannabis industry are questioning why the Humboldt County Convention and Visitors Bureau isn't promoting cannabis-related tourism. Lack of effort to capitalize on the county's reputation for quality cannabis was noted after a presentationÃâà...
KIEM
April 13, 2018
HUMBOLDT COUNTY, CA. – They're Spelling Bee Kings and Queens. The Humboldt County Office of Education is recognizing four champions of the 35th annual Humboldt County Spelling Bee, who will now be heading to state. Back in march, 19 regional winners took part in the competition. After sevenÃâà...
Eureka Times Standard
April 13, 2018
Assemblyman Kevin McCarty (D-Sacramento) left discusses a proposal to significantly restrict when police officers can fire their weapons, during a news conference April 3 in Sacramento. McCarty and Assemblywoman Shirley Weber (D-San Diego) have authored legislation that would change the currentÃâà...
Eureka Times Standard
April 12, 2018
FAIRFIELD >> Partnership HealthPlan of California (PHC) has awarded $1.05 million in grant funds to the Humboldt County Department of Health & Human Services for construction of permanent supportive housing units for homeless residents and accompanying services. The funding is one of 24 awards,Ãâà...
North Coast Journal (blog)
April 12, 2018
In a phone call, Margaret Kisliuk, a behavioral health administrator with Partnership, said that she had visited Humboldt County several times in her work, and noted a "Bay Area level ... "We certainly know that there are quite a few homeless folks in Humboldt County, and clearly a housing need," she said.
Eureka Times Standard
April 12, 2018
A satellite image of the Honeydew from Planet Labs Inc.'s application to Humboldt County shows several greenhouses within the hills. The county is considering entering into a one-year, $199,500 contract with the San Francisco-based company to provide updated images to help with cannabis industryÃâà...
Eureka Times Standard
April 11, 2018
Happy Dreams Farm owner Dan Egan of Holmes Flat speaks to the Humboldt County Board of Supervisors during the board's second discussion of an ordinance that would expand the local cannabis industry. The ordinance is set to go before the board again on May 8. Will Houston — The Times-Standard.
Eureka Times Standard
April 6, 2018
At its March 27 meeting, the Humboldt County Board of Supervisors voted to join a lawsuit filed against pharmaceutical companies and the distributors of opioid medications who are accused of misleading the public about the danger of addiction to opioids. The county joins hundreds of other litigantsÃâà...
KIEM
March 22, 2018
The app is designed for people to vote for the coolest spots in Humboldt County. When using the app you must physically be in the spot you think is cool, then the GPS will pinpoint your location and tallies your vote. Each vote leaves a green spec on the map. As the location gets more votes the color on theÃâà...
Fort Dodge Messenger
March 21, 2018
Company owner Rich Welter said the company started out spraying in Humboldt County in the 1970s. From there it expanded into five counties. In the 1980s, it gradually switched over to mosquito spraying eventually covering about 15 percent of the state under the name Mosquito Control of Iowa.
Marijuana Business Daily
March 21, 2018
One of the most well-known marijuana counties in the United States might soon be restarting its permitting system for local cannabis growers and other businesses that want to enter the legal market. The board of supervisors in Humboldt County began discussion Monday about whether to reopen theÃâà...
Eureka Times Standard
March 21, 2018
The Humboldt County Board of Supervisors is set to decide next week whether to join cities, counties, states and tribes from across the nation that are suing pharmaceutical companies for allegedly misleading the public about the addictive nature of opioid medication. Blanck told the Times-Standard onÃâà...
North Coast Journal (blog)
March 20, 2018
A press release sent out this morning by the Humboldt County Sheriff's Office confirmed that Raymond Frank Christie was arrested on suspicion of animal cruelty, causing an animal to be cruelly killed, failure to provide proper care to an animal and disposal of a carcass within 150 feet of a state waterway.
Eureka Times Standard
March 20, 2018
Yurok Tribe tribal heritage preservation officer Frankie Myers speaks to the Humboldt County Board of Supervisors this morning during the board's discussion of an ordinance that would expand the local cannabis industry. Myers outlined the tribe's concerns about the negative environmental and culturalÃâà...
OPEN MINDS
March 19, 2018
On February 15, 2018, the Humboldt County, California Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS)—Child Welfare Services (CWS) and the Humboldt County Sheriff's Office agreed to reform how the county will handle child maltreatment reports. The state Attorney General had investigated theÃâà...
Lost Coast Outpost
March 19, 2018
Simply put, there is far too much weed cultivation in Humboldt County's sensitive watersheds. Native fish habitat is getting hammered. The Eel River in particular experiences both summer water diversions completely drying up creeks and a massive labyrinth of private roads and illegal grading sites thatÃâà...
Eureka Times Standard
March 17, 2018
I am writing in thanks for the Humboldt County PACE (Program of All-inclusive Care for the Elderly). I wasn't aware of the program but was referred through St. Joseph Hospital. After going though a series of medical issues I have been homebound. PACE has allowed me the opportunity to receiveÃâà...
Eureka Times Standard
March 17, 2018
Because the Humboldt County Fair Association leases the fairgrounds from the county of Humboldt for a “nominal price,” it is required to report to the supervisors, 1st District Supervisor Rex Bohn said Friday. “They bring us the budget every year to show us that they're being fiscally responsible,” he said.
Redheaded Blackbelt
March 16, 2018
The Humboldt County Office of Elections is looking for Poll Workers and Election Workers for the upcoming Statewide Direct Primary Election on June 5, 2018. Positions Available. Inspectors (team leaders) Clerks (team members) Rovers (traveling support to poll workers) Election Night Workers (assist withÃâà...
KIEM
March 16, 2018
ARCATA., Ca (KIEM)- The week-long 35th annual science fair at Humboldt State University is put on by the Humboldt County Office of Education and the Eureka Rotary Club. These 4th graders through high school students have worked countless hours to showcase their science projects to localÃâà...
Leafly
March 10, 2018
For any cannabis aficionado, hearing the words “Humboldt County” can get the goosebumps going. One of the top cannabis producers in the Emerald Triangle—reaching back to the 1960s and 70s—Humboldt is known far and wide as the Napa Valley of weed; the place that produces the best qualityÃâà...
Eureka Times Standard
March 10, 2018
Yurok Tribe community members created a youth wrestling league as a way to build community in the face of a suicide crisis that claimed the lives of several young tribe members in 2014-15. No suicides have occurred in the upper reservation communities since these community-led efforts and those byÃâà...
Eureka Times Standard
December 31, 1999
Humboldt County Sheriff William Honsal sat with community members during the Humboldt County Budget Roadshow on Monday night in Eureka to discuss what the sheriff's office is doing well and where there's room for improvement. The final event is set for March 22 in Willow Creek. Hunter CresswellÃâà...
Eureka Times Standard
December 31, 1999
Editor's note: This is the fourth installment of “Healthy in Humboldt,” an ongoing monthly series profiling health challenges in Humboldt County and what's being done to overcome them. While Humboldt County is more often recognized for cannabis, its tobacco and nicotine habits are also topping mostÃâà...
