Wearing formal hat wear on the sixth annual Ladies Hat Day at the Humboldt County Fair on a hot, smokey Saturday got you free admission into the horse races and a chance to compete for some big prizes. See some of the feats of fashion in the slideshow below. More than 50 women, men and children […]
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Fair Champs
On an unusually hot, sunny day on Sunday in Ferndale at the Humboldt County Fair, the Junior Livestock Auction attracted a large crowd of willing and generous bidders on the well-fed and well-cared-for animals and birds offered for sale by 250 local young 4-H and Future Farmers of America exhibitors. Many individuals and businesses responded […]
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Making Time: More Moments from the Hoopa Rodeo
We hope you enjoyed this week’s cover story “Holding On: A Day at the Hoopa Rodeo.” Below you’ll find a chunk of missing time from our hour-by-hour account of Saturday, Aug. 5, an interview that was cut for length from the cover, and a slideshow of photos taken during the day. 12:30 p.m. Jerry Parrish, […]
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Silly Bear Locked in Car Freed by Deputies
A wayward — and apparently grumpy — bear that found itself locked inside a Kneeland neighborhood car was freed unharmed today after responding deputies were able to open the door from a safe distance by tying a rope around the handle. In a video of the rescue posted to the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office Facebook […]
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Hello, My Name is: Humboldt’s Flying Squirrel
Say hello to Humboldt’s flying squirrel, formerly known as the northern flying squirrel. Look into his black, marble-like eyes. Look at them. Smaller and darker than the northern variety, with which they share some territory, these little gliders have just been classified as a new species and named for our county’s namesake, naturalist Alexander von […]
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One of Petrolia’s Zebras Fatally Shot
The Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office is investigating the shooting of one of the three famed zebras that lives on Mattole Road near Petrolia. Sheriff William Honsal said his office received a report of the shooting Saturday morning, saying it appears someone used a small caliber rifle to fatally shoot the zebra sometime during the preceding […]
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Five Owlets Have Landed in Ferndale
Things are getting crowded in the barn owl nest in The Ferndale Music Company and the Old Steeple building. The mother owl “Truman” appears to have now hatched five of her six eggs — with the first two debuting last week in the bell tower of the turn-of the-century former Ferndale church. The Ferndale Music Company […]
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Ruling Puts Martens Up For Endangered Species Reconsideration
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will likely need to revisit providing endangered species protections to the coastal marten after a federal court judge today overturned the agency’s decision not to list the small woodland creature. The Environmental Protection Information Center and the Center for Biological Diversity had sued the service after the latter unsuccessfully […]
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Puppy Plucked From Humboldt Bay to be Adopted by Rescuer
One of the fishermen who rescued a puppy thrown off of the Samoa Bridge is set to adopt her. The Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office is currently looking for the man who dropped the young dog off the bridge’s middle span around 9:30 a.m. on Monday. The suspect is described as a white male, late teens to […]
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Attack of the English Ivy
A number of conservation groups, government branches and a logging company petitioned for a ban of selling English Ivy in California. Over 20 organizations, including the Environmental Protection Information Center and Green Diamond Resource Co., led a petition to designate English Ivy as a noxious plant. Tom Wheeler, Executive Director of Environmental Protection Information Center, […]