The Citizen’s Advisory Committee on Measure Z has finished sorting through the 43 applications it received for funding, breaking the requests up into three categories: “must,” “need” and “nice.” The process, which involved six meetings and a public hearing, short-listed the “musts” for inclusion in the 2016-2017 fiscal year, the budget for which will be up […]
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Feds, States Ink Historic Klamath Agreements
Under a cloudless blue sky and with the water of the Klamath River glistening in the sun behind them, a host of federal, state and tribal officials gathered around a fish cleaning table this morning to sign a pair of agreements to remove four dams and chart a new path forward for communities from the […]
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UPDATED: California, Oregon Governors to Make ‘Major Announcement’ on Klamath
UPDATE: North Coast Congressman Jared Huffman sent out a press release this morning confirming that Wednesday’s “major announcement” on the Klamath River will include the signing of the reshaped agreement to remove four dams that have clogged the river for decades. “The signing of this new agreement to tear out the Klamath River’s aging hydropower […]
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FCC Takes a Step Over the Digital Divide
A divided Federal Communications Commission voted 3-2 Thursday to modernize Lifeline, a program that subsidizes critical communications services for the poor, to include broadband Internet access. The vote means that, by the end of the year, Americans with a household income at or below 135 percent of the federal poverty line will be eligible for […]
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State Conducting Sweeping Investigation of DHHS’s Handling of Child Abuse Reports
The California Attorney General’s Office has launched an investigation into the the Humboldt Department of Health and Human Services’ handling of reports of child abuse and neglect, and specifically whether it is in compliance with the Child Abuse and Neglect Reporting Act. The origins and goals of the investigation are unclear, but a court document […]
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Huffman Urges DOJ to Clarify Stance on Pot Advertising
North Coast Congressman Jared Huffman is urging the Department of Justice to rebuff the U.S. Postal Service’s requests and publicly state that it won’t prosecute businesses who are mailing advertisements for marijuana but are acting in line with state law. Huffman joined seven of his colleagues in penning a letter to U.S. Attorney General Loretta […]
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City of Eureka Taking Proposals for Sanctuary Camp
This morning, the city of Eureka released an official request for proposals aimed at “nonprofit organization[s], religious institution[s] or other interested parties to provide a temporary-not greater than six months sanctioned camping facility within the city limits.” With a scant 39 days until the estimated 180 people living behind the Bayshore Mall are ordered to vacate in […]
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Palco Marsh Potty Fire an Act of Protest?
In the wee hours of Tuesday morning the portable toilets in the Bayshore Mall’s north parking lot burnt to almost nothing. So says the press release from Humboldt Bay Fire, which responded to a call at 5:28 a.m. to find the plastic potties completely destroyed by fire. But Richard Marks, who serves on the Humboldt […]
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Eureka: Marsh Campers Must be out May 2
The city of Eureka is moving forward with a plan to expel all homeless encampments from the Palco Marsh area behind the Bayshore Mall by May 2. The city is meanwhile soliciting proposals from organizations or individuals with an “exit strategy” for the 200 or so people currently living in the marsh area, but doesn’t […]
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Yurok Tribal Chair Resigns in the Shadow of Old Murder Case
Yurok Tribal Chair James Dunlap resigned today, as a dark period from his past bubbled into public view. Early in the day, social media reports began to surface that Dunlap — elected to chair the tribe last year — had fatally stabbed his 3-month-old daughter in San Mateo back in 1988. Within hours, a press […]
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Wood Pushes Soda Tax Amid Busy Health Week
Really want that Double Big Gulp? Well, come next year, you’ll have to pay an extra $1.28 for it, if North Coast Assemblyman Jim Wood has anything to say about it. Kicking off what’s proven to be a busy week for Wood and health news, the assemblyman introduced a bill that would impose a 2-cent-per-ounce […]
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Humboldt Bay to Turn Red in Name of Science
Some water testing next week may leave those in and around Humboldt Bay seeing red. The California Department of Public Health and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced that they will begin a series of water tests March 14 that will include dumping a non-toxic, fluorescent red dye — Rhodamine WT — into the […]