The Humboldt County Department of Health and Human Services today issued the following warning: AGENCIES WARN AGAINST VAN DUZEN RIVER BLUE GREEN ALGAE FOLLOWING DOG DEATH Due to its potential health risks, the Humboldt County Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Environmental Health and the North Coast Regional Water Quality Control Board, are […]
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It’s Your Forest!
Remember that time you were walking in the Arcata Community Forest and you came upon piles of garbage strewn across the ferny landscape? OK, there was more than just that once. Or the time that unleashed, “Oh, he doesn’t bite” dog leaped at your face, snarling? Remember the poop piles you’ve dodged, the confrontational thugs […]
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Grand Jury Clears Nielsen
Prez. The Grand Jury report hinted at in this week’s cover story about friction in the Eureka Police Department has just been released, and what do you know? The GJ sides almost entirely with reforming Chief Garr Nielsen against his detractors. Some money quotes: As a result of its investigation, the Grand Jury found the […]
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What happened to KEET?
folks! Some of you may have noticed that your one and only PBS affiliate and/or some radio station you listen to disappeared today. Wondering why? KEET outreach coordinator Claire Reynolds explains: MANDATORY SHUTDOWN AT THE KEET-TV TOWER INTERRUPTS TELEVISION AND RADIO BROADCASTING Due to work on the KEET-TV tower in Kneeland, KEET-TV’s digital signals […]
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Coast Guard Member Killed
Very sad press release this morning: MCKINLEYVILLE, Calif. – A 27 year old Coast Guardsman died this afternoon after a swimming accident in the Trinity River. Seaman James A. Salac, a Food Service Specialist at Coast Guard Group Humboldt Bay, was pulled from the river by the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Department at approximately 5:34 p.m. after […]
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Street View Still Irking You
Google’s ongoing little-big stunt gets another round of scrutiny . The writer of the piece goes on a fair bit about how criminals might use the maps and snaps to burgle you while you were away…. He also refers often to the Santa Rosa Press Democrat ‘s boot-leathering which found that the Google bug traveled […]
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Another one – Union Street by HSU closed due to bomb threat
lock down at 14th and Union A portion of the Humboldt State University campus is in lock-down mode today due to the second bomb threat is the space of 10 days. According to Sergeant Dave Brown of the Arcata Police, speaking just after 3 p.m., University Police located a suspicious device somewhere in the vicinity […]
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Memorial ride for killed cyclist
This Sunday, a group of cyclists will be riding in memory of Greg Jennings, who was killed by a car Monday, Aug. 26, while he was commuting home to Blue Lake from work on his bike. Tim Daniels, president of the Bigfoot Bicycle Club, put out a notice, copied below, of the ride on his […]
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Rogue Nuke Truck Closes 36
That massive truck wipeout that has closed Highway 36 by Dinsmore since about noon? Get this — it’s 110 feet long, just about twice as long as the legal limit for Humboldt County — and it’s intended for carrying nuclear material. Although everyone assures us that its contents were innocent at the time of the […]