Linda Stansberry breaks down the Eureka City Council’s vote on camping and its impact on Eureka’s homeless population. We’ll also review what is and isn’t allowed in the state’s purple “widespread” risk tier for COVID-19, where Humboldt County now finds itself. And we’ll look at how the Yurok Agricultural Corp. is trying to help those […]
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Alone at the Top
Salmon Mountain is situated on the borders of Humboldt and Siskiyou counties, a stone’s throw away from the triple point with Trinity County. At 6,960 feet, its highest point lies within Humboldt’s borders. It is a force to be reckoned with and covered in snow most of the year. Its almost alpine environment throws a […]
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Six Rivers’ Campgrounds Preparing to Re-open
Six Rivers National Forest has announced that it is planning to re-open its developed recreational sites, including campgrounds for the 2020 season. “We’re doing a lot of behind-the-scenes work right now on our sites to get them ready for visitors to enjoy,” said Bryson Code, recreation and wilderness manager for the forest, in a press release. […]
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Going Dutch
The elk scaloppini episode from the Outdoor Cast Iron Cooking YouTube channel starts with a few cooking shots before Joanie “the Teardrop Nanny” and Dean “the Fogcrawler” introduce themselves on the bank of the Trinity River. Dean wears an American flag and eagle T-shirt as he announces his “most amazing wife has an awesome recipe […]
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Tips for Hungry Backpackers
Lucky us. We who live in Humboldt County have not one but four wilderness areas in which to play: the Marbles, the Trinities, the Russian Wilderness and the Lost Coast. Breathtaking as they are, though, if you haven’t brought the right food, you”ll be too tired or hungry to enjoy their beauty. Back in the […]
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Eureka City Council Set to Discuss Food Trucks, Personal Property
The Eureka City Council will vote Tuesday on whether to allow food trucks or “mobile vendors” to operate in specifically zoned sections of the city, potentially pass a storage of personal property ordinance and (probably) grant two more contracts to the Mercer Fraser Co. The mobile vendors ordinance, which was discussed at length July 5, […]
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Eureka Mulls Going True Ward
The Eureka City Council will consider Tuesday whether to scrap its long-maligned electoral system. Currently, Eureka has a kind of hybrid system. Each of the council’s five members represent a ward of the city, within which they were required to reside when they ran for office. This provision has seen a lot of council hopefuls […]
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Federal Judge Grants PalCo Marsh Restraining Order, But Only for 11 Plaintiffs
A federal judge has granted a temporary restraining order to prevent Eureka’s pending eviction of people camping illegally in the Palco Marsh. Kind of. Courthouse News Services‘ Katherine Proctor, who was in court covering this afternoon’s hearing, said federal Judge Jeffrey S. White granted a request for the restraining order, but not for all of […]
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‘A Significant Threat’: Eureka Responds to Lawsuit, Offers Contradictory Declarations
The city of Eureka is arguing in a federal court filing that there is no need for a judge to issue a temporary restraining order halting the city’s planned May 2 eviction of homeless people living in the PalCo Marsh, because there’s no threat that they will be irreparably harmed by being forced to relocate. […]
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Human Remains Found In Humboldt Redwoods State Park
A camper made a grisly discovery on Sunday during her morning walk: a human jawbone. The jawbone was in the middle of a trail on the west side of the Cuneo Creek Horse Camp, an equestrian site in Humboldt Redwoods State Park just off of Bull Creek Road. The camper, who requested anonymity, immediately returned […]
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Up-stakes for County Camping Ordinance
Hear that huge sigh of relief among cookie-sellers, campaigners, protesters and others wanting to exercise their free speech and sugar-peddling rights over at the swell outdoor digs of the county courthouse? Soon, they’ll no longer be scofflaws when they stake out their awnings on those public premises: Tuesday, the Humboldt County Board of Supervisors voted […]