The city of Eureka Public Works is reporting that the number two northbound lane of U.S. Highway 101 at the Slough Bridge will be closed until mid-afternoon as crews are working to repair a water main break. Drivers should expect delays and are encouraged to take alternate routes if possible. “The patience and cooperation of […]
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Briceland Road Closure May Not Be Needed
Steve Finch, the county of Humboldt’ road division manager, hopes the Briceland road closure might not have to happen. The culprit, a failing culvert on Briceland Thorn Road just west of Redway, had State Parks and the county for ways to make the repairs, which originally included making upgrades on the only available detour — […]
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County Staff: Eucalyptus Removal a Must for Bay Trail
The Humboldt County Public Works Department is set to tell the Board of Supervisors that moving forward with the Humboldt Bay Trail Project is going to necessitate the removal of more than 200 eucalyptus trees along U.S. Highway 101 north of the old California Redwood Company mill. While conceding that it received a host of […]
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Trail Lovers Invited to Chime In About Bay Trail Progress
It’s shaping up to be quite a month for trail advocates. If you’re a biker, a hiker, a dog walker or stroller-pusher, you’ve probably already gotten out and enjoyed the completed portions of the Waterfront Trail, which currently stretches (in Eureka) from the Hikshari’ Trail all the way along the waterfront to down behind Target, […]
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Must, Need & Nice: Measure Z Committee Makes Its Recommendations
The Citizen’s Advisory Committee on Measure Z has finished sorting through the 43 applications it received for funding, breaking the requests up into three categories: “must,” “need” and “nice.” The process, which involved six meetings and a public hearing, short-listed the “musts” for inclusion in the 2016-2017 fiscal year, the budget for which will be up […]
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Many of Humboldt’s Worst Roads Are Probably Not Going to Get Fixed
We went through your complaints about bad roads in Humboldt County and got some information about when and if they’re scheduled for repair. One common theme is that people often don’t know which entity is responsible for maintaining roads in their neighborhoods. In Eureka, for example, roads fall into several different jurisdictions, even within city […]
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Grand Jury: Separate Aviation from Public Works
The Humboldt County grand jury just released the results of an investigation into the county’s beleaguered Aviation Division and the six airports it manages. As you may recall, the Aviation Division is in dire financial straits, expected to end this fiscal year nearly $1 million in the hole and with an ongoing structural deficit in […]
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Brookwood Covered Bridge Saved, For Now
One of Humboldt County’s few wooden covered bridges got a pardon this week, as the county abandoned plans to replace the bridge with a modern, two-lane, concrete or steel span. Maintenance of the existing bridge is expected to cost the county $400,000. The Brookwood Covered Bridge, which crosses Jacoby Creek in Bayside, allows access to […]
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Go Grizz!
Whooooo-wheee! Grease up the Dutch oven, knock the mold off the tent, gather up the kids and haul your camping-starved selves over to Grizzly Creek Redwoods State Park. It’s been closed since May 1 because of the state’s budget fiasco. It will reopen in time for this Memorial Day weekend. Moments ago, the Humboldt County […]
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Massive Mudslide Envelops Hwy. 101
UPDATE, 3:55 p.m.: Several SoHum schools are cancelling classes for the remainder of the week. South Fork High School, Redway Elementary School and the Osprey Learning Center will be closed Thursday and Friday due to transportation and food delivery concerns, Southern Humboldt Unified School District Superintendent Michael McAllister told the Times-Standard. UPDATE, 2:25 p.m.: Caltrans […]
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Reggae Rising falls
The Humboldt County Planning Commission met tonight to make a thumbs up, thumbs down decision on the permit for Reggae Rising 2010. They said it was hard — they didn’t really want to do it — but they rejected the request for a conditional use permit — unanimously. Details pending… Post hearing note from the […]
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Road Eating Itself!
Yeah, well, OK. Fess: It’s not that big of a deal. But we were so hoping it was. Hoping, that is, that the sinkhole on Eel River Drive, between Copenhagen Road and CANNIBAL Island Road, was a great, gobbling thing consuming pavement like a John McPhee pickerel — a tasty little fish JM stalks in […]