How about this weather? This week we’re looking back at a wild week of snow around the county, how it affected roads and safety, as well as the beautiful photos our readers took to capture the scene. Then we’re warming up with a story about a food stand bringing Polish potato dumplings to Humboldt. Hit […]
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Jump-Starting Electric Car Batteries: Will Supply Problems Stall California’s Mandate?
After more than 30 years toiling in obscurity in the ultra-complex world of battery technology, Kurt Kelty and the other chemists, electrical engineers and minerals experts racing to design the next generation of electric vehicle batteries are at last having their moment. Kelty, who ran Tesla’s battery cell team for more than a decade, now […]
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Can California’s Power Grid Handle a 15-fold Increase in Electric Cars?
As California rapidly boosts sales of electric cars and trucks over the next decade, the answer to a critical question remains uncertain: Will there be enough electricity to power them? State officials claim that the 12.5 million electric vehicles expected on California’s roads in 2035 will not strain the grid. But their confidence that the state […]
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Arroyo Taps Lonyx Landry for Planning Commission Post
Newly seated Humboldt County Fourth District Supervisor Natalie Arroyo has announced she plans to appoint Lonyx Landry, a STEM advisory at Cal Poly Humboldt, to the county Planning Commission. “Lonyx brings a fantastic skillset to the Commission, with a strong background in education, watershed science and community development,” Arroyo said in a press release. “He […]
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‘A Great Day:’ President Signs Karuk Land Back Bill into Law
President Joe Biden today signed a bill into law placing federal lands in Humboldt and Siskiyou counties into a trust for the Karuk Tribe, fulfilling a years-long effort to put the sacred lands back into tribal hands. Under The Katimiîn and Ameekyáaraam Sacred Lands Act, 1,200 acres of U.S. Forest Service land will be transferred […]
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Hazardous Weather to Hit Humboldt with Flood, Wind Watches Issued
The National Weather Service is imposing flood and high wind watches on the North Coast and has issued a hazardous weather outlook with very high winds and days of rain in the forecast. “A major storm system will impact the region Wednesday into Thursday, with damaging wind gusts, heavy rainfall and flooding for parts of […]
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NCJ Preview: 2022 in Review and Heroic Food Trucks
It’s been a year … we’re looking at the Top 10 Stories of 2022 issue, from local politics to the environment to crime. There’s even some good news in there! We’ll be rolling our eyes at the roll call of Dick Moves this year, too. Finally, we’re looking at how local food trucks sponsored by […]
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Flood Advisories, Road Closures Hit as Rain Continues
The National Weather Service is issuing flood advisories throughout various parts of the county, including the Eel River at Fernbridge, which is forecast to reach flood stage at 22 feet on Saturday morning and remain there through Sunday. If the flooding in the Eel River reaches 22 feet, it could result in flooding of the […]
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‘It Means the World’: Legislation to Return Karuk Sacred Lands Awaiting President’s Signature
North Coast Congressmember Jared Huffman announced today that legislation to place federal lands in Humboldt and Siskiyou counties into a trust for the Karuk Tribe has passed out of the House of Representatives and is now awaiting President Joe Biden’s signature to become law. Under The Katimiîn and Ameekyáaraam Sacred Lands Act, 1,200 acres of […]
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Embattled Planning Commissioner Bongio Steps Down
Embattled longtime Humboldt County Planning Commissioner Alan Bongio, who was censured by the Board of Supervisors in September for comments widely construed as racist and biased while chairing a meeting in August, has stepped down. First District Supervisor Rex Bohn, who appointed Bongio to the commission and said in September he would not remove him […]
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NWS Citizen Science Network Needs Your Help
Got a couple minutes each day to help your community? The Eureka office of the National Weather Service is looking for volunteers to join the Community Collaborative Rain, Hail, and Snow network, or CoCoRaHS, to gather data about local conditions. “This grassroots effort is part of a growing national network of home-based and amateur rain […]
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Saving Salmon: Chinook Return to California’s Far North — With a Lot of Human Help
Chinook salmon haven’t spawned in the McCloud River for more than 80 years. But last summer, thousands of juveniles were born in the waters of this remote tributary, miles upstream of Shasta Dam. The young Chinook salmon — some now finger-sized smolts in mid-migration toward the Pacific Ocean — are part of a state and […]