(April 18, 2024)
I've long believed volunteering is the best way to get to know a community when you move to a new place. In 2014, I moved to Humboldt and spent my...
(April 18, 2024)
Welcome to Washed Up's Xucation Channel where we present science education in a format that people will actually watch. In this episode, a lady visits a gentleman and we learn...
(April 11, 2024)
One of the prettiest places that my dog and I like to explore is the lower section of the Arcata Ridge Trail where it follows Janes Creek. Even though it's...
(April 11, 2024)
In honor of this week's Green Issue, let's talk about ... love. Welcome to part four of Making Change, a six-week series on the how and whys of personal, social...
(April 11, 2024)
"Thou ... madest to thyself images of men, and didst commit whoredom with them." — Ezekiel 16:17, KJV Along with notable human achievements such as the invention of the plow...
(April 4, 2024)
Let's talk about opting out of an economic system that neither our psyches nor our planet can sustain. Welcome to part three of Making Change, a six-week series on the...
(March 28, 2024)
Let's talk about how too much comfort makes you boring, weak and small-minded. Welcome to part two of Making Change, a six-week series on the hows and whys of personal,...
(March 28, 2024)
Science started around dusk on May 28, 585 B.C. Don't take my word for it, that's the opinion of the late polymath/sci-fi author Isaac Asimov. On that date, the Iranian...
(March 21, 2024)
Let's talk about how we want to show up in — and for — the world. Welcome to part one of Making Change, a six-week series on the hows and...
(March 21, 2024)
A far corner of Redwood Acres Fairground in Eureka turned into a logging-sports performance field for 175 talented student-athletes from 10 campuses across the western U.S. from Wednesday to...
(March 14, 2024)
A sunny and very timely break in Saturday morning's rainy weather arrived just before wildly costumed Perilous Plunge participants gathered in Old Town for their parade to the foot...
(March 14, 2024)
Ingenuity, "Ginny" to its friends, will never fly again. The little Mars-based helicopter-drone landed badly on its 72nd flight on Jan. 18, 2024, damaging all four of its carbon...
(March 7, 2024)
Look there! It's Stiletto Stacy strutting down the street in her high heels knowing she looks sexier than the women wearing sensible shoes. And there goes Steel-toe Steve daydreaming about...
(February 29, 2024)
Of all the birding news stories that came down in 2023, perhaps none was more unexpected than the American Ornithological Society's (AOS) decision to change the names of up...
(February 29, 2024)
"... at a time when our world, the real world, faces serious problems, [scientists] dwelling on multiverses strikes me as escapism — akin to billionaires fantasizing about colonizing Mars." John...
(April 15, 2024)
In a devastating blow to California’s fishing industry, federal fishery managers unanimously voted to cancel all commercial and recreational salmon fishing off the coast of California for the second...
(April 12, 2024)
For our annual Green Issue, we're looking into all things eco. First, there's green burial in the works in our county. We've also got updates on the Earth flag legal...
(April 9, 2024)
The Humboldt County Planning Department will soon be suspending the permits of hundreds of cannabis farmers who failed to enter into a payment agreement for owed Measure S taxes by...
