It looks like the Humboldt County Board of Supervisors will have some tough decisions to make in the coming months. The board is slated to receive its mid-year budget update Tuesday, and the news is pretty grim. According to the staff report, County Administrative Officer Phillip Smith-Hanes is expected to tell the board that the […]
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Coming soon: Eureka’s next city manager
The city of Eureka is zeroing in on its next city manager. The City Council will meet in special session at 8:30 a.m. Monday to interview six candidates, according to Mayor Frank Jager, with the hopes of naming a finalist or two by the end of the day. While the city isn’t releasing it’s list […]
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Chris Lehman Drops out of the Senate Race
Chris Lehman — the 35-year-old Arcata man who announced his candidacy for the State Senate with vigor last August — said in a press release today that he will abandon his campaign. Lehman launched out of the gate shortly after current Senator Noreen Evans announced she wouldn’t run for the 2nd District in 2014. He […]
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Chris Kerrigan to Run for Eureka Mayor
Looks like former Eureka City Councilman Chris Kerrigan is ready to pursue his second act on the city’s political stage. Kerrigan, who was just 20 years old when he was first elected to represent Eureka’s 4th Ward back in 2000, tells the Journal that he’ll be running for mayor next year, challenging incumbent Frank Jager. “I […]
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Paul Gallegos Will Not Run for Re-election
In a curiously unheralded note, Paul Gallegos announced that he will not run for Humboldt County District Attorney in 2014. The Journal received a message a few minutes ago, emailed by Gallegos’ executive assistant, with no subject line and a pdf simply titled “press release thank you.” Read his. Arnie Klein is the only candidate so far […]
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UPDATE: Eureka Council Candidates Named
UPDATED: Read the applications submitted by all three candidates . There are officially three candidates in the running for a soon-to-be-vacated council seat from Eureka’s Fifth Ward. They are: Chet Albin, who’s currently the vice chair of the Eureka Planning Commission; Leslie Lollich, a spokeswoman for the Humboldt County Department of Health and Human Services; and […]
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Arnie Klein Set to Challenge Gallegos in DA Race
His campaign Facebook page has been up for almost two months now, but Arnold “Arnie” Klein is about to make it official: Next Wednesday, after more than four decades practicing law and nearly two years of “retirement,” the 71-year-old attorney will announce his campaign to unseat Humboldt County District Attorney Paul Gallegos. Known as a […]
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Journal Interviews Chris Lehman, Your Fresh-Faced Candidate for State Senate
About an hour after announcing his run for State Senate, Chris Lehman, an Arcata family man and, at the tender age of 36, a Sacramento insider, sat down with the Journal for a croissant sandwich and coffee (in his own mug) at Ramone’s in Old Town. Bottom line? The guy’s prepped and ready to go. […]