Update: Caltrans reports Interstate 5 has reopened between Redding and Mount Shasta. UPDATE: I-5 between Redding and Mt. Shasta is OPEN. Travel is reduced to one lane in each direction for approximately 17 miles. Motorists are asked to drive with caution, obey all traffic control operations and be patient. Lengthy delay. FLAMMABLE VEHICLES ARE NOT […]
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Flight 93 “Tower of Voices” Memorial to be Dedicated Today
Encircled by trees and rising above a sprawling Pennsylvania meadow brimming with wild flowers, the 93-foot Tower of Voices is being dedicated today in memory of the 33 passengers and seven crew members who died aboard Flight 93 amid the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001. Each of them — including former Humboldt Bay National […]
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NYT Story Examines Heroin’s Impact on Local Tribes and its Link to an Ailing River
The New York Times this week explores the devastating impacts of the nation’s opioid crisis on Kaurk, Hoopa and Yurok tribal communities, placed in the context of their connection to the struggling health of the Klamath River — an integral link between the tribes as well as their past, present and future in the region. It’s […]
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North Coast Night Lights: Trinidad Head Under a Full Moon
Last weekend I had the pleasure of showing off Trinidad and Trinidad Head to an old family friend who was visiting from the prairie. Prairie folks don’t often see the edge of the continent, let alone this coastal gem that we have here on the Humboldt shore. Of course, my idea for a tour around […]
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Tensions Mount in Rainbow Ridge Protests
Several days of protests over plans to log in a grove that contains old growth Douglas fir on Rainbow Ridge reached a peak just before 3 p.m. yesterday after demonstrators blocked the southernmost exit/entrance from U.S. Highway 101 to Scotia and the Humboldt Redwood Company Lumber Mill. Video by Earth First in Humboldt uploaded to […]
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North Coast Night Lights: The Essence of Eureka, 1990
In 1990, the LP pulp mill out on the Samoa Peninsula represented the essence of Eureka. Logging, of course — and the smell. Logging was economic king in those days, at least on the legal side. But I’m no historian, nor do I mean to stir up politics here. I’m a photographer, and this scene […]
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UPDATE: State Route 96 is Open
UPDATE: Caltrans and the Hoopa Fire Department and Office of Emergency Services are reporting that State Route 96 is now reopen, more than an hour before schedule. PREVIOUSLY: Officials are asking travelers to use caution while driving on State Route 96 after its slated reopening today around 3 p.m. The noon pilot car that escorts […]
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Mill Creek Fire at 74 Percent Containment
The Mill Creek Fire, which has burned nearly 3,700 acres as it enters its second week, is now 74 percent contained. State Route 96 between Weitchpec and Hoopa remains closed to traffic except for escorted trips three times a day, when fire activity allows for safe travel. Meanwhile, air quality is expected to improve in […]
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State Route 96 to Reopen for Limited Travel with Pilot Car
State Route 96 will be reopened for limited travel between Hoopa and Weitchpec three times a day beginning Thursday, if fire conditions permit, with one trip north and one trip south. According to a Mill Creek Fire interagency incident management team release, the roadway will be open at 7 a.m., noon and 6 p.m. daily […]
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North Coast Night Lights: Beach Bonfire, Meteor and Milky Way
The Perseid meteor shower has come and gone, peaking last weekend on Saturday and Sunday, Aug. 11 and 12. On the night of the 11th, my brother and I set out to Tepona Point, along Scenic Drive south of Trinidad, hopeful of capturing some of the terrestrial beauty of the North Coast beneath Perseid meteors […]
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Mill Creek Fire Grows to More Than 2,000 Acres
Editor’s note: A previous version of the story incorrectly stated the date of the community meeting in Hoopa. The meeting took place Tuesday night. The Mill Creek Fire, burning in the Hoopa Valley south of Weitchpec, continued to grow overnight and now stands at more than 2,000 acres. Orleans, Weitchpec, Hoopa, Willow Creek and Bald […]
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Judge Finds Animal Cruelty Case Against Rancher Can Proceed to Trial
A Humboldt County Superior Court judge has ruled there is enough evidence for local rancher Raymond Christie to stand trial on charges related to his treatment of animals and the disposal of dead livestock at properties across the region. According to a Times-Standard report, Judge Kaleb Cockrum held Christine to answer Thursday to three felony […]