from the AP wire service via Forbes online: Harvard endowment wants to take over bankrupt Pacific Lumber Harvard University’s endowment said Thursday it’s interested in buying more than 200,000 acres of timberlands in California as part of a plan to take over logging company Pacific Lumber Co. and bring it out of bankruptcy. An attorney […]
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David Simpson blogs from Corpus Christi
Petrolia resident David Simpson has been down in Texas attending the Palco bankruptcy hearings. This week he started a Community Forest Team blog titled, Dispatches from David . As someone involved in the legal morass , he has an axe to grind — that said, his first hand accounts are insightful and well worth reading. […]
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Don’t Cry For Hurwitz
The Houston Chronicle‘s Loren Steffy dries the tears in his eyes long enough to again sing the tragic tale of one of Houston’s finest, Charles Hurwitz. The occasion is Hurwitz’s recent losses — or are they really wins? — in a couple of court cases, including our own Pacific Lumber bankruptcy case and the reversal […]
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SN Announces Layoffs
This just in from Security National VP Brian Morrissey: Eureka — Security National Servicing Corporation today (March 24) announced the layoff of 21 employees in their Eureka headquarters and a total of 31 employees companywide, due to a slow down in the mortgage loan servicing business. “We are saddened to let go some very talented […]
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Willie in SoHum
It’s official: Country music icon Willie Nelson is coming to Humboldt County for a Labor Day weekend show on August 31, produced by People Productions. Willie’s website lists the show as taking place at the Benbow State Recreation Area , and the park is reserved, but if all goes according to plan the show will […]
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Out-of-county experience
Now we know what happens to all those confiscated growlights — exported! In the ABC News story about the policeman’s preferred online auction site, Humboldt Sheriff’s property technician Bruce Slocum says, “We had some stuff here that is the result of dope-growing operations and we did not want to resell it locally.”
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I Drink Your Milkshake
Gold. It’s high, record high. Damned near reached $1,000 an ounce. Because oil’s high, high, and the dollar’s a nuthin. And it’s times like these when all us little folk, slumpin’ along worrying and whining about foreclosures and doctors’ bills and such, could steal a sip from that gold-dredgin’ guru who pissed off the Karuk […]
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Is Rob Arkley a Billionaire?
While he is commonly referred to a either a billionaire or a kazillionaire in the local press and blogosphere, Security National CEO Rob Arkley Jr. does not show up on Forbes Magazine ‘s recently issued list of the world’s billionaires . Forbes online allows you to array the list in various ways. A look at […]
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Rhody’s On
Well glory Betty be, the Rhody Parade is on after all. Just when my landlady’s rhodies were beginning to relax. Well, think again, dear shrubs, the parade is on and the plucking shall ensue. The town has rallied. Here’s the news release: —– Original Message —– From: Justin Bowser To: ‘Betty’ Sent: Friday, February 29, […]
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Dramatic New Palco Plan
Judge Richard S. Schmidt only alluded to it briefly in Thursday’s hearing, but a new player has entered the Pacific Lumber bankruptcy proceedings. This party brings an audacious, out-of-the-box plan for the future of the 150-year-old Humboldt County timber company to the table. Rio Dell resident and Humboldt County blogospherian Steve Lewis has officially entered […]
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Scotia For Sale
Sharp-eyed Blogthing reader “Lou” — who wins instant promotion to our MVP Reader Team — noticed yesterday that nine commercial properties in downtown Scotia have been listed for sale on the Humboldt County Multiple Listing Service . (No direct links, unfortunately. Search for Scotia properties.) The buildings in question include the Pacific Lumber HQ, the […]
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Alpha Blondy cancels tour / Gregory Isaacs replaces him in Arcata
African reggae star Alpha Blondy , who had been scheduled to perform at the Arcata Community Center next Sunday, Feb. 24 , has canceled the remaining dates of his American tour. An inquiry to the producers of the Ragga Muffins Festivals , a series of concerts planned for the West Coast featuring the singer from […]