This week we’re looking into the nuts and bolts of the proposed offshore wind power operation, from construction to environmental impacts, as well as where the project stands and what public concerns are. We’ve also got a look at the otherworldly landscapes of the Ma-le’l Dunes North and a cool carrot recipe from Turkey. Hit […]
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North Coast Condor Flock Spreads Its Wings
Humboldt County’s eight California condors are branching out, venturing for an overnight stay on the Yurok Reservation near Blue Creek earlier this week, marking their first exploration of the lower Klamath River. A little more than a year has passed since the first two of the endangered birds with a nearly 10-foot wingspan, known to […]
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NCJ Preview: Fungi, Schneider Home Coming Down, Blue Lake on Parade
We’re talking about Humboldt County’s bounty of fungi and what to do with it, developer Travis Schneider’s home coming down, Annie and Mary Days in Blue Lake and more. Hit subscribe for weekly updates on Humboldt stories.
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PlanCo Approves Permits for Tear Down of Schneider Home
After an emotional apology from the developer, the Humboldt County Planning Commission voted unanimously Thursday to approve the permits and permit modifications necessary for Travis Schneider to tear down his partially constructed family home overlooking the Fay Slough Wildlife Area. After amassing a host of permit violations during construction of the more than 20,000-square-foot home […]
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Klamath Dam Removal: Copco 2 is Coming Down
Progress is being made on the removal of Copco 2, the smallest and first of the four dams being dismantled on the Klamath River after choking the waterway’s flows for more than a century. According to a news release, crews this week “removed the gates, walkway and two of the five bays down to the […]
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Four Things California Can Do as Home Insurers Retreat
After State Farm declared in late May that it wouldn’t sell any new home insurance policies in California, people shopping around for new insurance had one fewer option. When days later it was revealed that Allstate had quietly made the same decision last year, Californians are now left wondering: How bad is this? And how […]
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Indigenous Boats, Fish Stories and Oyster Fest Plans
This week we’re looking at the launch of an Alaskan Indigenous boat built here in Humboldt, as well as a story about how a fight for Native fishing rights grew into a major step toward Yurok sovereignty. Finally, we’re priming for Oyster Fest’s return to the Arcata Plaza. Hit subscribe for weekly updates on Humboldt […]
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California Ranchers Intentionally Violated an Emergency Water Order. Now Lawmakers Want to Triple the Fines
When ranchers violated an emergency order to stop pumping water from the drought-plagued Shasta River last year, state officials fined them $4,000, or roughly $50 each. Now California legislators are weighing a bill that would triple fines for such infractions — and could allow the penalty to climb higher than a million dollars. Authored by […]
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Salmon Runners, Kinetic Racers and Anti-Chinese History
This week we’re looking at the athletics and activism that make up the Salmon Run, raising awareness of the ecological and cultural impacts of the Klamath Dams on the cusp of their removal. And in the wake of the Kinetic Grand Championship, we look back at the winners and flippers of this year’s art and […]
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NCJ Preview: Drag, Birdmobiles and Sketchy Seafood
This week we’re looking at why family-friendly drag show performers take the stage despite the intensifying backlash. We also talked to law enforcement about the supposed risk to kids — turns out we’ve got high rates of abuse in Humboldt but it doesn’t appear to be coming from drag shows. Later, a birder confesses to […]
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Local Condor Exams Include Tests for Deadly Avian Flu
On May 12, all eight of the North Coast’s California condors were inside the release enclosure where they began their new lives — and took off on their first flights into the wild — after being enticed back in by offerings of carrion in preparation for this week’s twice-yearly exams. Along with the chance to […]
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Happy Condorversary! Today Marks the Return of Prey-Go-Neesh to Local Skies
What a difference a year makes. On this date one year ago, A3 and A2 took their first flights into the wild, marking the historic return of California condors to North Coast skies after a more than 130 year absence. Now eight of the birds known to the Yurok Tribe as prey-go-neesh are flying free, […]