Under warm, sunny skies, the 88th Redwood Region Logging Conference filled the familiar outdoor spaces of the Humboldt County Fairgrounds in Ferndale from March 19-21 with a shiny array of washing and polished logging trucks, and a noisy mix of old and new equipment demonstrations turning logs into sawdust, shingles, lumber and firewood. Jeannie Fulton, […]
Mark Larson
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A Running Legacy at the Trinidad to Clam Beach Run
The 60th annual Trinidad to Clam Beach Run in Honor of Ford Hess returned Feb. 7, followed by a party for the roughly 1,000 who ran, jogged or walked the scenic 5.75-mile course beginning at Saunders Park in Trinidad. Participants crossed very little water this year in Little River at Moonstone Beach, and finished at Clam […]
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Arcata, Eureka Protests Call Out ICE and Trump
More than 100 students and community members showed up near the Cal Poly Humboldt campus at the David Josiah Lawson mural at the D Street Community Center for a student-led walkout protest on Jan. 23 in solidarity with Free America walkouts across the country. Participants brought signs or picked one up from a donated stack, […]
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Saturday’s Free America protest in Eureka
The crowd of peaceful protesters at the local event for the national 50501 Free America Walkout scheduled on Saturday, Jan. 17, arrived slowly starting at noon at the Humboldt County Courthouse in Eureka. But by 1 p.m., the estimated number of those present on both sides of Fifth Street exceeded 1,000 people who were raising their […]
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All Along the Humboldt Bay Trail
Everyone — whether walking, rolling, running or riding — should check out the newly completed Humboldt Bay Trail segment between Eureka and Arcata. The paved, ADA-accessible, multi-use trail allows all types and skill levels of recreational non-motorized trail users to enjoy the flat, sea-level stretch with great views of Humboldt Bay, easy access and parking […]
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Saturday’s Free America Protest in Eureka
The crowd of peaceful protesters at the local event for the national 50501 Free America Walkout scheduled on Saturday, Jan. 17, arrived slowly starting at noon at the Humboldt County Courthouse in Eureka. But by 1 p.m., the estimated number of those present on both sides of Fifth Street exceeded 1,000 people who were raising their […]
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‘Opportunity for the Future’
Editor: While the recent Arcata fire that destroyed a half block of buildings, businesses, apartments and studios is a terrible disaster, it also has presented an opportunity for the future. As I walked about the rubble, I’m imagining a rebuilding response in downtown Arcata that would create attractive new business spaces and more housing for […]
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Eureka Protest on ICE Killing in Minneapolis
A crowd of protesters, estimated at around 200, showed up on Thursday afternoon in Eureka “in solidarity with Minneapolis,” expressing anger and grief with their words, songs and messages on signs over the death of Renee Nicole Good. An Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer shot and killed Good in her car Wednesday morning during a federal immigration […]
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Spore’s the Merrier as the Mushroom Fair Turns 47
The 47th annual Mushroom Fair at the Arcata Community Center on Sunday attracted another packed house of fungi fanatics or mycophiles (lovers or devotees of mushrooms), foragers or mycophagists (persons who actively seek out and gather mushrooms for food), and mycologists (mycology is the scientific study of fungi). There also might have been a mycotoxicologist […]
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A Mosaic Elk at Prairie Creek
Those who wander into the Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park Visitor Center are in for an encounter with a Roosevelt elk — but not the usual live elk typically found in nearby Elk Prairie. Instead, they’ll find a one-of-a-kind, glass-encrusted bull elk sculpture by Jennifer a’Midi, a local Southern Humboldt mosaic artist. Her 225-pound, life-sized […]