KMUD radio (91.1 FM Redway/Garberville) — the funky, feisty radio station (aka KMUE 88.1 in Eureka, KLAI 90.3 in Laytonville and 99.5 FM in Shelter Cove) that knits the independent hinterlands into a tight community — is in jeopardy. “We don’t have any cash,” said Rob Bier this morning (Tuesday) on the phone. Bier is […]
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Tree-sitters Declare McKay Victory
Remember the McKay Tract tree-sitters? The straggle of folks who began ascending redwoods on Green Diamond Resource Company’s forested property near Cutten four years ago to save them from being harvested? No? Refresh your memory here — don’t worry, it’s not just a logging tale, it’s a development story, a conservation story, a horse story, […]
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Do You Support Caregivers?
The Tri-County Independent Living Center, as it does every year, has asked local political candidates to answer a series of questions regarding disability and accessibility issues. The candidates polled this year are all running for a supervisorial seat. The questions asked included “How would you encourage compliance with the ADA, for businesses?” and “What is […]
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Ferry or Bridge?
A couple winters have passed since the federal department of transportation awarded $120,000 to Humboldt County to make improvements to the McCann Ferry — a couple of winters, and numerous high-water boat trips back and forth across the Eel River by the intrepid boatman and handful of residents who live on the cut-off side of […]
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Goodbye, Sweet Reservoir
Residents of the pretty little hilltop dead end of Stewart Street, in Fortuna, are bracing themselves for a prolonged construction disruption: Preparations for the demolition of the two 500,000 gallon reservoirs on their street, to be followed by construction of a new, 2 million gallon tank on the site, may begin as soon as this […]
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W– Now Hiring
Job seekers, an announcement: You may now go apply for a job at Wal-Mart in Eureka. The job announcements have just gone up on all those fun sites the unemployed pore over seeking something, something, to do with their groceries-yearning, bills-owing or parent-harangued selves. One site notes they’re looking for a pharmacy manager (by the […]
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Need a New Head?
[image-1] Because, maybe, you lost yours when you stuck it in the sand? Or when it floated off in the clouds? Or, you know, when it disappeared after a long journey into some dark, murky place… If only, if only, you or someone much like you — an otherwise sweet and decent person — had […]
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Last Day
Friday not long past 1 p.m. things were hoppin’ at the North Coast Resource Center in Arcata. Outside, a gang of gulls and ravens hopped up and down, screeching and scrapping for bread chunked at them by a man on the sidewalk. Another guy waved an empty plastic bottle at a big spotted dog, who […]