Congressman Mike Thompson last night issued an ebullient statement on the death of Osama bin Laden. “The search for the world’s most wanted terrorist has finally ended,” he declared. The impact of Bin Laden’s death cannot be overstated. For over two decades, Bin Laden and his terrorist network have brought death and destruction to communities […]
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Jager, With a Bud Chaser
Breaking news this morning from the Eureka Chamber of Commerce: Today at noon, in a “special presentation” sure to rival the Royal Wedding in pomp, circumstance and elegant textiles, Eureka Mayor Frank Jager will be presented with “a commemorative Clydesdale horseshoe” in honor of the historic attendance of Budweiser’s corporate mascots at Saturday’s Rhody Parade. […]
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The NCRA Gives Trail Proposal the Hairy Eyeball
What exactly was the point of the railbanking item at yesterday’s meeting of the North Coast Railroad Authority? Going into the meeting it seemed that trails advocate Chris Weston and his Eel River Trails Association had built up some momentum in the effort to adapt the long-abandoned stretch or railroad between Willits and South Fork […]
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Grand Jury Gunnin’ for HWF Director
The latest Humboldt County Grand Jury report, released Tuesday night, recommends among other things that the role of the Humboldt County Community Development Department Director as overseer of the Headwaters Fund staff be nixed, and that the Headwaters Fund Coordinator take over the role under supervision of the County Treasurer. Such a move, indicates the […]
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CR Set to Cut 200 Classes, $2.5 Million from Budget
Anticipating major cuts to its state funding, College of the Redwoods has prepared a preliminary 2011-2012 budget that excises $2.5 million in expenses. Those savings would be achieved in part by cutting 200 class sections (an 11 percent reduction), suspending men’s soccer and basketball baseball for at least two years and leaving eight currently vacant […]
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$2.5 Million For Hansen’s Truck Stop
On Wednesday, a jury awarded Hansen’s Truck Stop $2.5 million in the eminent domain case between the truck stop and Caltrans. (We wrote about the Caltrans-Hansens case in December; you can read that story here.) The Hansens, who’ve long operated a multi-faceted empire just south of Fortuna, have had notorious battles with the state agency […]
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Spendy Votes
The California Fair Political Practices Commission has enforced a $4,000 conflict-of-interest fine against Dendra Dengler for her failure to disclose that she had a financial interest in some projects she voted on as president of the Manila Community Services District. Travis Sanford acerbically critiques the situation for the Courthouse News Service: “In exchange for a […]
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Sundberg To Appoint Susan Masten to Planning Commission
By Hank Sims Follow-up to this week’s story on appointments to the Humboldt County Planning Commission: Supervisor Ryan Sundberg has just chosen former Yurok Tribal Chair Susan Masten to replace current Fifth District appointee Dennis Mayo. As noted in the press release below, Masten is ridiculously accomplished. One additional thing: Her husband is current Hoopa […]
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Ta ta, Mother Humboldt
Yellow is for our Sun Blue is for our Sky and Water Green is for our Forests and Environment Brown is for our Earth and Meadows Well, heck, we’ve got an update already to this week’s news story about some discontented Southern Humboldters and their efforts to grab the reins of their wayward economic and […]
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CR Not Involved in New Negotiations for Jefferson School Site
Mike Newman — the “new man” on the Eureka City Council (one of four new members, actually) — stirred up some shit at his first council meeting, on Dec. 7, when he announced that he wasn’t comfortable with the scheduled purchase of the abandoned Jefferson Elementary School site. The campus has been in escrow since September, […]
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Local Music On Hold
In this age of computerized phone systems, we all spend more time than we’d like on hold, usually listening to bad music. When the Journal moved into our new offices over the summer we got a new digital phone system complete with some of the worst hold music ever — renditions of old Elvis tunes […]
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Want To Be On The Eureka City Council…
…but don’t want the hassle of a public election? Here’s your shot (that is, assuming you live in the Fourth Ward). The City of Eureka is now accepting applications to fill Frank Jager’s Fourth Ward seat, which he’s leaving to become mayor. Through the city’s rather unorthodox electoral process, that means Jager gets to name […]