Sometime overnight Thursday or early Friday morning, the brightly colored rainbow flag at the United Congregational Christian Church at 900 Hodgson Street in Eureka was slashed nearly in two. “It has been torn mostly down the middle and there was another attempted scoring several inches to the left of that,” explained Rev. Cindi Knox, the […]
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Faith and Fever: Humboldt County Churches Ponder Reopening
The Humboldt County Joint Information Center recently released safety guidelines for places of worship that wish to resume services. Churches are among the latest venues approved for reopening by the county, and they are encouraged but “not required” to submit reopening plans to the Emergency Operations Center. Local congregations have had diverse responses to the […]
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Restaurants and Places Of Worship Can Reopen as Early as Friday
Restaurants that have been certified by the Humboldt County Emergency Operations Center (EOC) will be able to start dine-in services as early as Friday, May 29. Places of worship will also be able to reopen with safety modifications in place. A county press release states that places of worship should follow the published state guidance […]
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A Sack Full of Sacrament
A Southern California lawyer and church leader has filed a lawsuit against the county of Humboldt and the California Department of Fish and Wildlife, alleging they violated his client’s rights to religious freedom when they raided a cannabis grow and eradicated five greenhouse’s worth of weed last month. In the lawsuit filed June 27, Matthew […]
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An Arcata Woman’s Quest and the Federal Government’s Efforts to See a Centuries-Old Statue Returned to Mexico
Intricately carved by the hands of an artist in central Mexico some 200 years ago, the delicately painted statue of baby Jesus with crimson lips and outstretched arms has spent the last century in the care of Marie Escher’s family. After it was passed down to the Arcata resident in the early 1970s, she continued […]