Failure to garner federal stimulus funding means the Samoa pulp mill will close forever, according to a just-issued press release: Green Manufacturing Mill Unable to Obtain Federal Stimulus Funds, Closes Permanently Freshwater Tissue would have created nearly 3,000 green jobs for economically devastated Northern California Humboldt County, CA- Freshwater Tissue, California’s last pulp mill and […]
Hank Sims
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SN Indemnifies City
As an update to this week’s “Town Dandy” column: It turns out that Security National has recently — perhaps very recently — promised to pay any legal costs that could arise out of lawsuits stemming from the final Marina Center Environmental Impact Report, which the city is set to consider sometime in the very near […]
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Just a Moment
Paging through the final Environmental Impact Report for the Marina Center project — the big box-anchored development that kazillionaire Rob Arkley is proposing to build on the Eureka waterfront, just west of Old Town — my eye landed on a familiar piece of artwork. There it was, attached to the letter of protest submitted by […]
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The Klamath Settlement
The troubles on the Klamath River are much older than the 2002 fish kill, and they continue to this day. But seven years ago, when as many as 70,000 Chinook and coho washed up dead on the banks of the river, a desperate new sense of urgency was born in the public consciousness. For the […]
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Bubba Banton’s Blues
Poor Buju Banton! The reggae singer’s show at Nocturnum nightclub later this week was canceled after local people swiftly organized a protest in response to the singer’s history of violent gay-bashing. Illustrious chapters of this history include a hit song called “Boom Bye Bye,” which lovingly describes the murder of homosexuals, and a trial charging […]
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WaPo on Humboldt Weed
WaPo on Humboldt Weed: The Washington Post credits mom ‘n’ pop Humboldt County with achieving something the federal government cannot — taking a bite out of the Mexican drug cartels! The article features a brief interview with a Mexican man who claims to have recently grown and harvested 800 Humboldt County plants for some sort […]
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A Note From Our Sponsors
Guest post from AJ , friend o’ the Blogthing : I saw this display at the Humboldt Sponsors rummage sale at Redwood Acres today. My daughter asked me, “Papa, why do those panties have a hole in them?” The only thing worse than being asked that question is having women watch you take pictures of […]
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Nephew of Ferndale Mayor Busted
From the office of the Humboldt County Drug Task Force comes news that Jason and Sara Farley of Ferndale were busted on suspicion of illegal marijuana cultivation yesterday. Jason Farley is the nephew of Ferndale Mayor Jeff Farley. Press release: On 10-01-2009 at 1310 hours the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office assisted by the Humboldt County […]
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The MLPA Protest
Oddly, the protest outside the Red Lion Inn today — fishermen objecting to Northern California’s implementation of the Marine Life Protection Ac t — resembled nothing so much as the protest outside the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s hearings at the same venue three years ago . Stranger still, today’s protest happened on the same day […]
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Klamath Dam Deal Announced, Opposed
Negotiators representing various interest groups on the Klamath River today reached a landmark agreement with PacifiCorp, the hydropower company that owns four dams on the river. If consummated, the agreement will result in the largest dam removal project in history. This is very big news, and we’ll have much more about it in next week’s […]
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Tsunami Advisory
A tsunami from the massive Samoa earthquake earlier today is expected to hit Humboldt County sometime shortly after 9 p.m. tonight. We’ll have an update right here in just a moment. UPDATE: The National Weather Service’s Troy Nicolini tells KHUM’s Larry Trask that this will be a very small wave that should not affect anyone […]
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State Parks: Safe
hospital.”State Parks: Safe: Back when the last budget go-round was just getting started, Gov. Schwarzenegger floated the idea of closing a whole bunch of state parks to help balance the budget. Many people — the Journal included — viewed it as a ridiculous bluff, a bit of shock and awe as an opening gambit. But […]