The Historic Benbow Inn has announced that it will reopen on Friday, June 19. The Inn had closed on March 22 due to COVID-19 concerns, much earlier than most lodging businesses in the county. “We chose to close earlier than most lodging properties before the virus contaminated the Inn & staff,” John E Porter, managing […]
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Trinidad Rancheria Looks to Humboldt Bay Water for Hotel, T-S Reports
The Times-Standard reports the Trinidad Rancheria has reached out to the Humboldt Bay Municipal Water District about a possible water supply for its planned hotel. Read the full story here.
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Lost Coast Outpost:Trinidad Council Votes to Delay MOU with Rancheria
The Lost Coast Outpost reports that the Trinidad City Council on Thursday night voted against entering into a memorandum of understanding with the Trinidad Rancheria related to providing water for its hotel. The council decided instead to wait until the city’s Planning Commission completes a draft water policy. Read the full story here.
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Lost Coast Outpost: The City of Trinidad and the Trinidad Rancheria Are at Odds Again Over the Water Supply for the Tribe’s Hotel Project
The Lost Coast Outpost is reporting that the city of Trinidad and the Trinidad Rancheria are clashing over the water supply for the tribe’s hotel project. According to a letter sent by the tribe, Trinidad Rancheria is requesting that the city provide the water for the hotel “or else the tribe will withhold required upgrades […]
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Blue Lake Rancheria Tribe Donates Sheets, Pillows to Shelters
The Blue Lake Rancheria Tribe donated 500 sheet sets and 70 pillows to local shelters in immediate need of bedding supplies and has provided more than 4,000 meals to help feed the homeless staying at the shelters, according to a news release. “The Blue Lake Rancheria Tribe has consistently been a critical response partner in […]
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Trinidad Rancheria: Hotel Could Open Next Summer
If all goes as it hopes, the Trinidad Rancheria could have its hotel overlooking Trinidad Bay open in the summer of 2021, says Executive Director Jacque Hostler-Carmesin. The Rancheria’s controversial proposal to build a five-story hotel on its property off Scenic Drive south of Trinidad took a major step forward recently when the Bureau of […]
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Trinidad Rancheria Hotel Project Gets Conditional OK, Off Ramp Moving Forward
The California Coastal Commission went against the recommendation of its staff Aug. 8 and gave the Trinidad Rancheria the go-ahead — or a “conditional concurrence” — to build a five-story hotel on its property off Scenic Drive south of the city. This means that the Coastal Commission, which is tasked by law with protecting the […]
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Coastal Commission: If Trinidad Rancheria Can Find Water, it Can Build its Hotel
The California Coastal Commission went against the recommendation of its staff Thursday and gave the Trinidad Rancheria the go-ahead — or a “conditional concurrence” — to build a five-story hotel on its property off Scenic Drive south of the city. This means that the Coastal Commission, which is tasked by law with protecting the California […]
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Questions Swirl Ahead of Trinidad Hotel Hearing
At the 11th hour, with a hearing looming before the California Coastal Commission next week, the Trinidad Rancheria believes it may have found a water source for its proposed hotel development on Scenic Drive. The commission is set to meet Aug. 8 in Eureka, two months after a divided commission voted 6-3 in San Diego […]
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Coastal Commission to Re-hear Trinidad Hotel Project in August
The California Coastal Commission will again consider whether the hotel development proposed by the Trinidad Rancheria on the bluffs above Scenic Drive is consistent with state coastal protections when the commission meets in Eureka next month. On June 12, an obviously conflicted commission voted 6-3 to object to the Bureau of Indian Affairs’ determination that […]
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Coastal Commission Laments Timeline, ‘Objects’ to Trinidad Hotel Project
A conflicted California Coastal Commission voted 6-3 yesterday to object to the Trinidad Rancheria’s proposed 100-room hotel project on Scenic Drive, finding it inconsistent with state coastal protections. Commissioners made clear during the nearly two-hour hearing in San Diego that the main consistency issue lies with water, and namely whether the city of Trinidad has […]
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Making Rooms: Eureka Approves Hotel Project
The former Eureka Chamber of Commerce building and its surrounding property are slated to become the site of a new “upscale” 83-room hotel after the city council voted unanimously last week to accept a $435,000 bid for the parcel. The project by SJN Hospitality — which built the Holiday Inn Express & Suites in Eureka […]