St. Joseph Health President David O’Brien will address the Humboldt County Board of Supervisors tomorrow morning to provide an update on the hospital’s efforts to become a certified Level III trauma center. The hospital has never before sought trauma certification, but is now applying for the designation. Trauma centers in the United States are generally […]
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Sundberg: Pot Tax Will be on November Ballot
Humboldt County Supervisor Ryan Sundberg told KINS Radio this morning the county plans to put a medical marijuana cultivation excise tax on the November ballot. A projection tallied by the interim county administrative officer, Sundberg said, projects the tax earning $2 million in the first year, assuming a $1-per-square-foot fee and 10 percent participation from […]
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‘Unregulated Far Too Long:’ Vacation Rentals That is, Not Pot
Acknowledging that they are playing catch-up on yet another high-impact issue affecting residents countywide, the Humboldt County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously Tuesday to jump into the vacation rental regulation business. “Currently, the county code is mute on this issue,” said Chair Mark Lovelace in introducing the discussion. “It is another issue that has been […]
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Interim no More: Supes Tap Beck as New DHHS Director
The Humboldt County Board of Supervisors has voted to remove the “interim” from Connie Beck’s job title and make her the official director of its Department of Health and Human Services. Beck was appointed the department’s interim director back in December, taking over for the retiring Phillip Crandall after the supervisors’ hired replacement, Kristin Brinks, […]
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Supes Set to Discuss Vacation Rental Ordinance
The Humboldt County Board of Supervisors is about to plunge into the increasingly fraught issue of vacation rentals, a topic that has Trinidad and communities large and small across California, and the nation, tied up in knots (and, in many cases, lawsuits). The Supes will consider a petition on whether and how to regulate vacation […]
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Deadline for Marijuana Laws Lifted, Two Days After Supes Cram Through Ordinance
Two days after the Humboldt County Board of Supervisors passed a comprehensive outdoor medical marijuana cultivation ordinance — an effort of superbureaucratic speed — state lawmakers lifted the deadline that led to the county’s mad rush. Assemblyman Jim Wood announced this morning that his emergency legislation, lifting a March 1 deadline for local jurisdictions to […]
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On the Heels of Blackouts, AT&T Promises Upgrades
It looks like the North Coast’s AT&T customers will be entering the modern era of telecommunications reliability. Next year. In a letter sent to the Humboldt County Board of Supervisors today, the company said it’s “upgrading the North Coast network to significantly increase the network’s protection against outages or service disruptions caused by fiber damage.” […]
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Eleventh Hour Interims Appointed to County’s Helm
The egress of two major county employees has prompted the Humboldt County Board of Supervisors to fill their seats with interim appointments. Cheryl Dillingham will step in as county administrative officer, taking the place of Phillip Smith-Hanes, who resigned this morning to take a position in Kansas. Dillingham has served as assistant CAO since 2012. […]
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Humboldt’s 23 Percent Voter Turnout Not as Dismal as it Sounds
It’s official. The Humboldt County Board of Supervisors certified the county’s election results this morning, making official what’s long been known: Harbor District incumbents Pat Higgins and Greg Dale have each won four more years on the board. In the final tally, 23.28 percent — 13,897 — of Humboldt’s registered voters cast ballots in the […]
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Supes to Take up Campaign Finance Reform Tuesday
The governing board for Montgomery County, Maryland, recently voted unanimously to establish a system of partial public funding for county elections. Why do you care? Well, in case you missed it, campaign finance reform has been on the Humboldt County Board of Supervisors’ front burner lately (a draft ordinance is scheduled to come before the […]