On the evening of Tuesday, Mar. 1, the Eureka City Council unanimously approved a resolution to support the Humboldt Area Center for Harm Reduction’s needle supply program, opted to send the Eureka Police Department’s little-used mine-resistant ambush protected vehicle back to the federal government and, after a smatter of discussion and dissent, approve changes to […]
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Sundberg: Pot Tax Will be on November Ballot
Humboldt County Supervisor Ryan Sundberg told KINS Radio this morning the county plans to put a medical marijuana cultivation excise tax on the November ballot. A projection tallied by the interim county administrative officer, Sundberg said, projects the tax earning $2 million in the first year, assuming a $1-per-square-foot fee and 10 percent participation from […]
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Harbor District to Present on King Salmon Dredging Plans
The Humboldt Bay Harbor, Recreation and Conservation District is holding an informational meeting on Wednesday, March 2 to discuss its dredging plan for the channels in King Salmon. The district decided in a January meeting that it would dredge the King Salmon main channel, and said in a report, “dredging activities for the King Salmon […]
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Huff to USPS: ‘Stop this Reckless Consolidation’
North Coast Congressman Jared Huffman joined a bipartisan trio of colleagues today in introducing legislation that would halt U.S. Postal Service plans to close and consolidate mail processing facilities across the country, including one in Eureka. Locals have long lamented USPS’s plan — which is currently on hold — to shutter Eureka’s processing facility and […]
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City of Eureka Poised to Embrace Needle Exchange, Oust Panhandlers
Brandie Wilson, founder of Humboldt Area Center for Harm Reduction (HACHR), says her organization has saved at least a dozen lives in 2016, thanks to its distribution of Naloxone, an opiate overdose reversal drug. HACHR has been able to give Naloxone to drug users within Humboldt County, along with 2,000 clean needles. Now the Eureka […]
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TL;DR: Six Things you Need to Know About This Week’s Cover Story
Busy week? We get it. Here are some highlights from “Homing the Houseless” to get you caught up. (And a few things that didn’t make it into the issue.) With the Humboldt County Board of Supervisors and the Eureka City Council slated to vote Tuesday on a joint-resolution that would pledge the two governments’ dedication […]
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Marijuana Group Says it Will Sue County Over Outdoor Cultivation Ordinance
Humboldt County’s newly enacted medical marijuana cultivation ordinance, which goes into effect tomorrow, is already facing a legal threat. The Humboldt Mendocino Marijuana Advocacy Project (HuMMAP) filed a notice with the county on Tuesday saying that it intends to sue to stop the ordinance. HuMMAP spokesperson Robert Sutherland confirmed the filing with the Journal and […]
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Three Questions for Jared Huffman
Congressman Jared Huffman was in town last week for a short visit, and he sat with Journal to share his thoughts on a few newsworthy North Coast topics. On marijuana: “We’re fast approaching the tipping point,” Huffman said. Climate in Congress is “changing rapidly,” he said, and he expects legislators to reconsider marijuana’s placement on […]
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‘Unregulated Far Too Long:’ Vacation Rentals That is, Not Pot
Acknowledging that they are playing catch-up on yet another high-impact issue affecting residents countywide, the Humboldt County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously Tuesday to jump into the vacation rental regulation business. “Currently, the county code is mute on this issue,” said Chair Mark Lovelace in introducing the discussion. “It is another issue that has been […]
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Arcata, HSU Eying $3.2 Million Property
The city of Arcata and Humboldt State University are researching the potential purchase of a plot of land that butts up against the city’s Community Forest and the school’s campus. The 58-acre property on Bayview Street, which recently hit the market with an asking price of $3.2 million, has long been on the city’s radar, […]
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Many of Humboldt’s Worst Roads Are Probably Not Going to Get Fixed
We went through your complaints about bad roads in Humboldt County and got some information about when and if they’re scheduled for repair. One common theme is that people often don’t know which entity is responsible for maintaining roads in their neighborhoods. In Eureka, for example, roads fall into several different jurisdictions, even within city […]
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Marijuana gets a Czarina
The Bureau of Medical Marijuana Regulation (the BoMM or the BuMMR, depending on who you ask) has a new chief. Lori Ajax, the deputy director of the state department of Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC), was appointed by Gov. Jerry Brown to head the newly formed agency that will develop and enforce vast medical marijuana reforms […]