The Save the Redwoods League will dedicate a redwood tree near the league’s memorial grove neighboring Avenue of the Giants to Tony Smithers, the late director of the Eureka-Humboldt Visitors Bureau who died suddenly on Jan. 14. “We are honored to dedicate a redwood tree in the wilderness of Humboldt Redwoods State Park to honor […]
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Eureka Moves Forward with New Marketing Approach
The Eureka City Council voted unanimously last night to take a markedly different approach to attracting tourists by putting its $370,000 in annual marketing funding out to bid, potentially ending its decades-long funding relationship with the Eureka-Humboldt Visitors Bureau. For decades, the city has contracted with the bureau — formerly the Humboldt County Convention and […]
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Humboldt Loses Two Community Pillars Over the Weekend
Two pillars of Humboldt County community — J Warren Hockaday and Tony Smithers — died this weekend. Hockaday, a consummate newsman who left the media and public relations world behind to run the Greater Eureka Chamber of Commerce for 14 years before returning to television for a turn, was remembered by friends as a “true […]
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UPDATE: Eureka Mulls Changing Course on Tourism Spending; Visitors Bureau Warns of Dire Consequences
UPDATE: In the wake of the death of Tony Smithers, the Eureka City Council today pulled an agenda item scheduled for Tuesday’s meeting to consider withdrawing its $370,000 contribution to the Eureka-Humboldt Visitors Bureau. PREVIOUS: The city of Eureka is considering drastically changing its approach to attracting tourists — and their dollars — to the […]
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Visitors Bureau Takes Cannabis Fact Finding Tour
As the Eureka-Humboldt Visitors Bureau’s board of directors continues to contemplate its future cannabis efforts, some of its members recently took a tour with the aim of discerning whether the plant might one day be able to mingle among our redwoods, coastline, food, wine and Victorians in the agency’s marketing efforts. As the Journal reported […]
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Tourism Bureau Takes ‘Separate but Equal’ Approach to Cannabis Businesses
As they sat huddled around banquet tables arranged in a U shape, tensely nibbling the remnants of a catered lunch in the conference room of Eureka’s Red Lion Hotel, the Eureka-Humboldt Visitors Bureau Board of Directors voted last week to welcome cannabis businesses into their midst and to use them to market the county to […]
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The Redwood Coast is Lonely Planet’s Best in the U.S. 2018
If you’re old enough to have traipsed around unfamiliar turf hauling a hefty Lonely Planet guidebook, this win will taste even sweeter: The go-to travel guide/app publisher has named California’s Redwood Coast the No. 1 domestic travel destination on its 2018 list. Lonely Planet picks its top 10 with the help of editors, contributors, researchers […]