Last week, Humboldt County’s Commercial Cannabis Cultivation unit at Code Enforcement sent out about 470 warning letters to residents suspected of unpermitted cultivation activity. As a result, consultants who help farmers through the permit process say they received multiple calls from panicky growers, with one saying in exasperation that the county has “carpet-bombed our community […]
Kelley Lincoln
Kelley Lincoln reports for the Redheaded Blackbelt and KMUD News. She has been involved with the Mateel Community Center — volunteering and at festivals — since 2005.
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Mateel Talks Bankruptcy
The depths of the Mateel Community Center’s financial woes continued to sink in at the January board meeting as newly sworn in members immediately faced a creditor’s demand and a discussion of bankruptcy protection options. The Mateel’s deep financial trouble bubbled into public view last fall when the Southern Humboldt community institution reported it had […]
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Reggae Falling
At the end of August, the Mateel Community Center addressed a letter to its supporters, inviting everyone to a Sept. 19 public input meeting and sending shockwaves through Southern Humboldt. “Reggae On The River 2017 failed to meet its budgetary expectations and, for the first time in memory, the production sustained a significant loss,” the […]