Who doesn’t love peace? Well, it turns out a bunch of people, especially in this countryand its colonial client states. A worrying amount, actually, if you give any time to thinkabout it. Which I would prefer to avoid at the moment, and in the words of JohnnyMercer paraphrasing Father Divine, “Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate the Positive, eliminate thenegative.” […]
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Body of Garberville Woman Recovered from South Fork Eel River
The Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office recovered human remains in the South Fork Eel River north of Garberville on Tuesday evening. According to a press release, the deceased has been identified as Sarai Anne Combs, 37, of Garberville, though the circumstances of her death remain unknown. An autopsy has been scheduled tomorrow to determine a cause […]
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‘Dream Big:’ Cannabis Workers Search for New Futures as Emerald Triangle Economy Withers
GARBERVILLE — Leann Greene’s rose-colored glasses are scratched, cracked, sitting askew, but still firmly planted on her face during her latest monthly open house for the Humboldt Workforce Coalition. For three hours this Wednesday afternoon in a sunny conference room at the public library, apprehensive cannabis workers, lured by a segment on the community radio […]
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UPDATE: 101 Closed After Brief Re-opening
FEB. 27 UPDATE: U.S. Highway 101 is once again closed from Garberville into Mendocino County due to another round of heavy snow, according to Caltrans. No estimation for reopening was immediately available. The road was closed Thursday evening into Saturday as well, but it reopened through the weekend until this morning. Several county roads are […]
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Winter Storm Watch: Snow Slated to Start Tuesday, Chance for a Coastal Dusting
Once again, Humboldt County is in the calm before the storm. While Monday’s holiday is expected to be sunny with a high in the mid-50s on the coast and in the mid-to-high 60s inland, the rest of the week’s temperatures are forecast to plummet with each passing day, getting down into the 40s during the […]
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Supes to Consider Bushnell Censure
The Humboldt County Board of Supervisors is set Tuesday to consider the public censure of Supervisor Michelle Bushnell after an investigation sustained an allegation that the Second District representative mistreated a Planning Department staff member during a December of 2021 meeting. The staff report states the “board action is limited to public censure,” which would […]
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UPDATE: Both Suspects in Fourth of July Assault Arrested
The two suspects in a Fourth of July assault of a Black man on Eureka’s waterfront in which he reported being called a racial slur have been arrested. According to a Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office release, Joseph Bradley Boxell, 20, was arrested July 25 by a deputy who initiated a suspicious vehicle check at 9:42 a.m. […]
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Hot Opening to Summer
It’s going to warm up tomorrow and the next day, especially inland, for the first official two days of summer. According to the Eureka office of the National Weather Service, a high pressure aloft “will result in increasingly hot interior temperatures through mid-week.” Garberville and Hoopa are forecast to hit 100 degrees Tuesday and 98 […]
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Skeletal Remains Found in Garberville
The Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office is investigating after skeletal remains were found Friday in a drainage area near Melville Road in Garberville by an environmental surveyor. According to a news release, deputies responded to the scene around 4:30 p.m. and recovered the remains. “Due to the state of the remains, identification of the decedent was […]
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Suspect in Garberville Motel Arson Arrested
A 30-year-old suspect was arrested early this morning on suspicion of arson in connection with a Monday afternoon fire at the Sherwood Forest Motel on the 800 block of Redwood Drive in Garberville that caused an estimated $750,000 in damage, according to the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office. Spencer Reuben Jordan was taken into custody just […]
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Il Forno Bakery Takes the Cannoli
Chris Valk, born and raised in Garberville, already owned the Chimney Tree Grill on the Avenue of the Giants when she began eyeing the spot by the movie theater on Redwood Drive where Treats used to be. When the newly gutted space became available, she jumped at the chance to tailor it for Il Forno […]
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Two Storms Heading This Way
Another round of rain is headed this way, with the first in a one-two punch of storms expected to hit this evening, followed by a stronger front later in the week. The heaviest showers are forecast to hit over night in both cases, with most areas in the region seeing a half inch to 1 […]