About 100 people filled a 312 seat theatre Wednesday night as College of the Redwoods hosted the Humboldt County Board of Supervisors District 1 and District 2 candidate forum. All seven candidates running attended, with current District One Supervisor Rex Bohn running against local radio personality Cliff Berkowitz, while incumbent Estelle Fennel is challenged by […]
Estelle Fennel
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Welcome to Humboldt: New DHHS Director Says She’s “Excited”
The Humboldt County Board of Supervisors announced this week that it’s made a hire to head the county’s largest department, the much-beleaguered Department of Health and Human Services. Kristin Brinks, currently the deputy director of Community Services for the El Dorado County Health and Human Services Agency, will take the reins from Phillip Crandall in […]
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Hotels Hosing Our Heroes?
As fires rage in Mad River, Happy Camp, Gasquet and along State Route 36, state and federal agencies are scrambling to get boots on the ground. Firefighters and support personnel arrive at the local airport every day, to spend the night in Eureka before heading out to the fireline. The problem? Many haven’t been able […]
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Estelle Fennell Recovering from Food Poisoning
Second District Supervisor Estelle Fennell is coming out of the hospital today after a particularly nasty bout with E. coli. In a statement released today, Fennell said she’s one of five people in the county who came down with a “virulent E. coli strain” infection, which is not being considered an outbreak by Public Health […]