Shuttered for years, the Fortuna Theatre could be revived if a federal loan to a local foundation is approved. A Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) application for a loan of up to $1 million to help the Fortuna Theatre Foundation buy the theater property was approved by the Fortuna City Council at a March 16 […]
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Salmon Outlook: Less Fish, Less Fishing
Ocean population forecasts for Chinook salmon are well below last year’s and, due to abnormal ocean conditions, they may be overly optimistic. Accordingly, the commercial, recreational and tribal salmon season alternatives chosen last week by the Pacific Fishery Management Council (PFMC) are more restrictive than any seen in recent years. The 2016 abundance forecast for […]
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Funding Hunt Begins for McKinleyville Community Forest
A partnership between a land trust, a timber company and a community services district is seeking to conserve thousands of acres of timberlands and establish a new community forest adjacent to McKinleyville. The area between McKinleyville and Fieldbrook has long been considered an important greenbelt that should be shielded from development. All of a sudden, […]
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Crossing Little River
A one-mile extension of the Hammond Trail’s north end took a key step forward recently, but a lack of funding and debate about who would maintain the new trail is holding up the process. The “Little River Trail,” which would extend Hammond Trail from its current terminus at Clam Beach County Park across Little River […]
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Waterfront Meltdown
The Eureka Ice and Cold Storage refrigeration warehouse is one of the most essential businesses to the local fishing industry, but it’s also been deemed a threat to public health and its owners have decided to shut it down. A situation that has been on the county’s enforcement radar for three-and-a-half years is being resolved […]
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This Time For Sure
A now-dormant lobbying battle for and against Eureka’s Marina Center project will soon reignite if a study on the project’s environmental impacts is released as expected at the end of September or sometime in October. But Marina Center’s environmental impact report (EIR) won’t include a full analysis of a controversial aspect: potential economic effects of […]
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Saga of an Ape — The surprising true story of the late Bill the Chimp
When the Sequoia Park Zoo’s oldest and most popular animal rejected food and water and struggled to breathe for a second day, his caretakers made an announcement that riveted the Eureka community: Bill the Chimp was dying. The press release declaring that the 61-year-old chimpanzee was “gravely ill” got instant responses from reporters, and when […]