According to a press release from Access Humboldt, the Klamath River Rural Broadband Initiative was awarded more than $10 million of supplemental funding from the California Advanced Services Fund for completion of a fiber optic telecommunications project in Humboldt County. The KRRBI project was initially granted CASF support in 2013. Read the full release below: On […]
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Everyone is asking about COVID-19 testing — we’ve got answers on who’s getting tested, how many tests we may need and what the holdup is. We’re also talking about the shelter-in-place compliance signs the county is giving restaurants and whether they’ve got teeth. Hit subscribe for weekly updates from the NCJ YouTube channel and join […]
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This week: We’re talking about a photographer taking portraits of people from outside their homes during shelter in place in Blue Lake and the new mask ordinance in Humboldt County. Also, Instacart is gaining popularity under quarantine but it’s lagging on getting protective gear to its workers. We’ll tell you how one gig worker is […]
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This week we’re sharing updates about Humboldt’s COVID-19 cases and community transmission, and looking back at how the county managed during the 1918-1919 flu epidemic. And why wearing a DIY mask is a way to put your community first. Click subscribe for weekly YouTube video updates.
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This week: We’re talking about positive COVID-19 tests in Humboldt County and how the virus made its way behind the Redwood Curtain. We’ve also got help with the mental and emotional strains of life under shelter in place orders, including how we keep our community together while keeping social distance. Distance Zumba, anyone?
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Watch Live: COVID-19 Shelter-in-Place Order Press Conference
Courtesy of Access Humboldt.
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Access Humboldt Scores (Temporary) Free Internet for Students in Disconnected Households
With schools throughout Humboldt County having been shuttered to prevent the spread of COVID-19, Access Humboldt is trying to bridge the digital divide. At least temporarily. The nonprofit reached out to Altice-Suddenlink, which agreed to offer households with students in its service area that don’t currently have internet access free broadband for 60 days. At […]
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This week: We’ve got answers from candidates in the Humboldt County Supervisors races for the First and Second districts covering the economy, climate crisis, homelessness and infrastructure and road maintenance. We also asked them some personal and creative questions, so we’ll talk about why. Then we’ve got advice on where to eat clam chowder and […]
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NCJ Preview with Access Humboldt: Video
This week: We’re talking about recruiting and keeping police in Humboldt County, and how Food for People and Humboldt Cider Co. teamed up to fight food insecurity and food waste. With Host David Frank in the Access Humboldt studio. Also streaming on KZZH.
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North Coast Journal Preview: Video
If you’ve tuned in to Access Humboldt’s channel 12 lately, you may have seen (or heard, if you listen to its radio station KZZH 96.7 FM at noon and 5 p.m.) the North Coast Journal Preview. In the weekly segment, members of the Journal‘s editorial staff sit down with host David Frank for a few […]
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Access Humboldt Announces Voter Education Effort; Elections Office Reminds Folks to Register
Unless you’ve been living under a rock for months, you’re probably aware that Election Day is less than two weeks away. And if you’re freaking out because you’ve been entirely consumed by watching national pundits froth at the mouth over faraway congressional races and don’t know where you stand on local candidates and measures, take […]
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Talking Transparency
Sunshine Week, that celebration of journalistic freedom and the public’s right to know, may be well over, but you can keep the spirit going. If you missed Access Humboldt’s March 20 “Transparency and Privacy Roundtable” hosted by Sean McLaughlin and featuring Shahid Buttar of the Electronic Frontier Foundation, Eureka Police Chief Andy Mills and the Journal‘s own news editor Thadeus […]