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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Times Standard: Regional Health Care Providers get $28 Million Through CARES Act
The Times-Standard reports that Humboldt County healthcare providers have secured $28 million of relief funds from the federal government. According to data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control, of the $175 billion in relief funds for hospitals and health care providers, $28,810,095 has gone to 69 Humboldt County health care providers so far. The article […]
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Times Standard: Humboldt County Unemployment Rate Up 986 Percent from Last Year
The California Employment Development Department announced Thursday that Humboldt County’s unemployment rate rose to 986 percent since last year according to a Times-Standard report. In March, there were 6,192 claims filed by Humboldt County residents. In April, an additional 5,846 claims were filed. Read the full story here.
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Umpqua Bank Helps Secure $40 Million in PPP Relief Funds to Humboldt Small Businesses
Umpqua Bank has helped more than 200 Humboldt County small business owners submit applications for the Paycheck Protection Program, securing $40 million in relief funds. According to a press release sent by Umpqua spokesperson Kurt Heath, more than 4,000 workers in Humboldt County will be able to return to their jobs or keep working because […]
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The 200th Victim
In 1918 my dad, part of the U. S. Army’s First Division, was on a troop ship bound for France. The soldiers on board slept in bunk beds. My dad had a lower bunk, and each morning he would kick the bunk above him to wake up the soldier sleeping there. One morning he kicked […]
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Public Health Announces Six New Positive Cases of COVID-19, Bringing the Total to 27
Public Health announced today that it has recorded six new positive COVID-19 cases. Humboldt County’s number of COVID-19 cases continued to climb yesterday, as Public Health announced three new positive cases. Today’s announcement brings the county-wide total to 27. All but one of those have been reported in the last 11 days, including news last […]
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Sheriff Declares Local Emergency Amid COVID-19
Sheriff William Honsal today declared a local emergency in response to the coronavirus, a move described as a proactive step to allow the county of Humboldt “to request all available response and recovery assistance from state and federal agencies.” “[T]he imminent threat posed by aforesaid conditions warrant and necessitate the proclamation of a Local Emergency […]
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Water Policies Amid COVID-19 Differ Across Humboldt County
Water suppliers across the region — from local cities to community service districts — are suspending shutoffs for nonpayment in the wake of the COVID-19 outbreak and the resulting widespread business closures. Local cities that provide the service, including Arcata, Eureka, Fortuna, Rio Dell and Trinidad, all have postponed the practice, as have the McKinleyville […]
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Shelter in Place Order is ‘Law of the Land;’ Here’s What it Means
Humboldt County Sheriff William Honsal would like to remind local residents that the shelter-in-place order that Humboldt County Health Officer Teresa Frankovich authorized early this morning is “the law of the land” and mandatory. The order is a legal order issued under California law; violating it is a misdemeanor offense punishable by a fine, imprisonment or […]
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County Says No Additional Positive COVID-19 Tests to Date, Will Release Regular Testing Updates
Humboldt health officials announced today that reports on local testing and results will be updated daily Monday through Saturday in the Humboldt Health Alert section on the county’s website. The information can be found at humboldtgov.org/HumboldtHealthAlert. From March 7 to March 16, the public health lab ran 23 tests, all of which came back negative. To […]
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County Vets Ideas to Fund Green Energy Projects
The county of Humboldt is weighing whether to place a bond or carbon tax measure on the November ballot to fund projects aimed at reducing the county’s greenhouse gas emissions in the face of a global climate crisis. Like other communities throughout the world, Humboldt County is wrestling with how to transition to clean, renewable […]
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UPDATE: Humboldt Declares Health Emergency for COVID-19, Announces Local Testing is Available
Humboldt County Health Officer Teresa Frankovich has declared a local health emergency in response to the COVID-19 virus, describing it as a proactive step that will free additional resources and increase coordination between state, local and federal agencies. But, during a press conference this morning, Frankovich made clear that local conditions have not changed and […]