SCRAP Humboldt, a friend to many a crafty folk who enjoyed searching for treasure in its Arcata store, announced today that it will close at the end of July. A news release from Director Kati Texas states SCRAP Humboldt wants to say the doors will one day reopen but that’s unclear at this time. “SCRAP […]
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EPA Announces $300,000 for Additional Humboldt Bay Cleanup, Reuse Effort
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) granted $300,000 in supplemental funding for ongoing redevelopment work on the Humboldt Bay. Humboldt County is one of 25 successful Brownfields Revolving Loan Fund (RLF) grantees throughout the nation. According to the release the funds will be used to complete the cleanup of five sites at the historic railroad […]
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Birth Announcement: It’s an HSU Geography Magazine!
Around 10 a.m. today, Humboldt State University’s Department of Geography, Environment and Spatial Analysis (GESA) gave birth to a healthy, brand new magazine. Dubbed Humboldt Geographic, the online journal is the culmination of 20 undergraduate students’s efforts in a 2019 fall semester course taught by professors Matthew Derrick and Nick Perdue. Reached while making final […]
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Mountain View Road Closed Through July 2
Mountain View Road between post mile marker 9.00 and 1.00 will be closed through July 2, 2020, due to culvert replacements. Signs are posted and a detour will be provided.
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Fire in the Seely Creek Area (VIDEO)
A fire was reported in the Seely Creek area west of Redway near the Briceland Thorn and Shop Roads about 2:56 p.m. According to Cal Fire Battalion Chief Paul Savona, “A 1/4 acre fire is burning in the timber at a slow rate of spread.” Briceland Fire, Redway Fire, and Cal Fire were dispatched to […]
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Enlightening Strikes: SoHum Meditation Instructor’s Home Set Ablaze by Lightning
During yesterday morning’s thunderstorm, lightning struck a home in the Benbow area of Southern Humboldt. Dan Miller, a kundalini yoga teacher who teaches meditation, said he was lying awake watching and listening to the thunder and lightning about 4 a.m. “It was fascinating,” he told us. “So wild….Then I thought I heard some varmints banging […]
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Kayaker Describes Harrowing Shark Attack (with VIDEO)
This morning, a shark attacked a lone kayaker fishing in the waters off Southern Humboldt County. According to Cheryl Antony, spokesperson for Shelter Cove Fire Department, at 7:45 a.m. an emergency dispatcher sent her department to look for a victim of a shark attack in a kayak. Antony said that they were able to see […]
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Lost Coast Outpost:Trinidad Council Votes to Delay MOU with Rancheria
The Lost Coast Outpost reports that the Trinidad City Council on Thursday night voted against entering into a memorandum of understanding with the Trinidad Rancheria related to providing water for its hotel. The council decided instead to wait until the city’s Planning Commission completes a draft water policy. Read the full story here.
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Arcata Purchases 114 Acres to Add to Jacoby Creek Forest
The city of Arcata announced yesterday that it is purchasing a plot of forestland adjacent to Jacoby Creek Forest that will allow it to expand the property by 114 acres. The city will be purchasing the property from the Swaner Family Limited Partnership for $1.5 million funded through a variety of sources, including the California […]
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Six Rivers’ Campgrounds Preparing to Re-open
Six Rivers National Forest has announced that it is planning to re-open its developed recreational sites, including campgrounds for the 2020 season. “We’re doing a lot of behind-the-scenes work right now on our sites to get them ready for visitors to enjoy,” said Bryson Code, recreation and wilderness manager for the forest, in a press release. […]
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Debilitating Hoof Disease Found In Del Norte Elk
What is believed to be the state’s first cases of a debilitating hoof disease has been detected in two Roosevelt elk in Del Norte County, according to the California Department of Fish and Wildlife. “Treponeme-associated hoof disease (TAHD) – commonly referred to as “elk hoof disease” – can cause deformed, overgrown and otherwise damaged hooves. […]
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Lawsuit Filed Over Humboldt Marten Endangered Species Listing
The continued survival of a small, elusive woodland creature once thought to be extinct is the subject of a lawsuit filed today against the Trump administration, which a pair of conservation groups argue has failed to finalize Endangered Species Act protections for the Humboldt marten. According to a press release from the Center for Biological […]