The Humboldt County Board of Supervisors today approved an agreement with Chan Zuckerberg Biohub to provide access to positive samples from COVID-19 tests conducted by the public health lab in an effort to better understand local transmission by having the nonprofit research organization map the virus’ genomic sequencing, the Times-Standard reports. Based in the Bay […]
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McKay Community Forest Approved for Expansion
The Humboldt County Board of Supervisors approved the purchase of 197 acres of forestland southeast of Eureka near Ridgewood Heights that would expand the McKay Community Forest. The land will be purchased from Green Diamond Resource Company. The funding for the forest will be provided by the California Natural Resources Agency, Cal Fire and the […]
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Humboldt County to Allow Modification of Parking Lots to Help Local Business Reopen
The Humboldt County Board of Supervisors is allowing alternative uses of the public right-of-way and will relax parking standards to help local businesses, restaurants specifically, to reopen. Because of social distancing guidelines, some restaurants are looking to place seating tables on private parking lots. However, according to the press release, “county regulations require businesses to […]
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Humboldt County Threatened with Suit Over Temporary Evictions Ban, Times-Standard Reports
The Times-Standard is reporting that Humboldt Coalition for Property Rights (HumCPR) is threatening to take legal action against Humboldt County over its eviction bans for tenants who are unable to pay for rent due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Read the full story here.
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Supes to Mull Support of Health Officer’s Certification that Humboldt is Ready to Ease COVID Restrictions at Own Pace
The Humboldt County Board of Supervisors will meet in special session this afternoon to consider sending a letter supporting Public Health Officer Teresa Frankovich’s certification that the county has met state readiness criteria that would allow the county to move faster than other parts of California through the second stage of reopening under the governor’s […]
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NCJ Preview with Access Humboldt
This week: We’re talking about the Elk River Watershed, Humboldt County elections and how we camp out in the NCJ office to cover them, as well as how a pair of local campers became outdoor cooking YouTubers. Hit subscribe for weekly updates via YouTube.
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Cliff, the N-word and Missed Opportunities
At the end of a Feb. 17 interview with the Times-Standard editorial board, First District supervisorial candidate Cliff Berkowitz used the N-word. He didn’t direct it at anyone or tell a racist joke. But in discussing incumbent Rex Bohn’s widely reported racist joke last year, he gave an example of unacceptable behavior for a white […]
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Board of Supervisors Candidate Forum (Video)
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 […]
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Incumbents Hold Large Cash Advantage in Supes Races
When it comes to financing a supervisorial campaign, it sure is nice to be an incumbent. That’s the primary takeaway from the first round of campaign finance disclosure reports filed with the Humboldt County Elections Office in advance of the March 3 primary, which will see five challengers battle a pair of incumbents for seats […]
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Why the Supes Denied Terra-Gen’s Wind Project, Despite a Series of 11th Hour Concessions from the Company
With Humboldt County supervisors Rex Bohn and Virginia Bass having indicated they would support controversial plans to erect a wind farm on Monument and Bear River ridges south of Rio Dell, and supervisors Steve Madrone and Estelle Fennell having indicated they would not, Supervisor Mike Wilson was left as the swing vote. Obviously deeply conflicted […]
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Divided Board Votes Down Wind Project
Clearly conflicted individually and collectively, the Humboldt County Board of Supervisors voted 3-2 to reject controversial plans to build a wind farm project on Monument and Bear River ridges south of Rio Dell. The vote, which saw supervisors Virginia Bass and Rex Bohn support the project and the balance of the board reject it, came […]
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Rio Dell Mayor Asks Supes to Move Terra-Gen Appeal Meeting Down South
Rio Dell Mayor Debra Garnes has sent a letter to the Humboldt County Board of Supervisors officially requesting a change of venue for any future meeting on Terra-Gen’s proposed wind farm. The Humboldt County Planning Commission voted 4-2 Thursday, with commissioners Mike Newman and Alan Bongio dissenting and commissioner Brian Mitchell absent, to deny the […]