UPDATE: The Humboldt County Planning Commission ultimately approved the project that will see Mercer Fraser establish a cannabis extraction process near where much of Humboldt County sources its water along the Mad River. Several members of the Humboldt Bay Municipal Water District Board, as well as community members, attended the public comment session to voice […]
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UPDATED: State Route 36 Crash Kills Mad River Man
UPDATE: The victim of the fatal collision has been identified as Joseph Daniel Westcott, 43 years old, of Mad River, CA. Previously: A 43-year-old Mad River resident was killed around 6 a.m. today in a head-on crash with a fully-loaded log truck while he was driving a Honda Civic in the wrong lane of State […]
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Missing New Zealand Man Confirmed Dead in Possible Drowning
The Humboldt County Coroner’s Office has confirmed that a body found near the Mad River Boat Ramp at 9:20 a.m. today was that of Lester Abbey, who went missing yesterday after leaving for an evening jog. Abbey’s body was retrieved by a Coast Guard Helicopter. The New Zealand man was visiting family in McKinleyville, and […]
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Here’s How to Show Some Love for Our Firefighters
Fires are still raging in Gasquet, Hayfork, Alderpoint, Ruth Lake and many other locations. If you want to help firefighters and evacuees, Pay It Forward Humboldt is coordinating donations of non-perishable food, sleeping bags, tarps and N95-certified breathing masks. They ask that people do not donate clothes, but consider donating directly to volunteer fire departments in […]
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Protect Your Lungs, Humboldt
Even those of us far away from the fireline have been impacted by the smoke and haze hovering over much of Humboldt County. If you washed layers of ash off of your car last week, consider what that stuff will do to the inside of your lungs! The North Coast Unified Air Quality Management District […]