With recovery efforts continuing in the Eel River Valley following Tuesday’s magnitude 6.4 earthquake that left dozens of homes red-tagged and Rio Dell’s water infrastructure badly damaged, the Humboldt County Office of Emergency Services has put together a list of available services for those affected. The list, copied in its entirety below, includes everything from […]
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Yurok Broadband Connect Project a ‘Game Changer’ for the Tribe
The Yurok Tribal Council recently approved a $2.1 million project to boost internet speeds and provide access to homes that have never been connected, according to an announcement today. The Yurok Connect Broadband Project received funding from the CARES Act and is expected to be completed by the end of the year, the release states. […]
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Amid ‘Frustration’ with Lack of Information, Officials Warn Everyone Should Prepare for Blackout (with Preparedness Checklist)
Humboldt County officials are hoping to get some clarity this morning on what they should expect from the PG&E Public Safety Power Shutoff that the company has warned may impact the entirety of the county beginning Saturday evening. As with the shutoffs that left the county dark for 28 hours on Oct. 8 and Oct. […]
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Need $10K? Find the AT&T Slasher
AT&T is offering a $10,000 reward for information that leads to the arrest and conviction for whoever sliced through a fiber optic line Thursday morning between Ukiah and Hopland, resulting in a 16-hour Internet, phone and television outage that impacted five counties. Humboldt County was among the hardest hit by the outage, which stretched from […]