A new outdoor medical marijuana draft ordinance has been released in advance of next week’s board of supervisors meeting, and it contains the stiffer restrictions on canopy sizes and cultivation in timber lands that supervisors have asked for since their review began at the beginning of the year. It’s a turn away from some of […]
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Coming Soon: All the Crime, All the Time, All of Humboldt
The Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office will soon be posting crime reports for all of Humboldt County. Lt. Kevin Miller of the McKinleyville substation spearheaded the idea of adopting the county-wide use of the website crimereports.com, which the Eureka Police Department has been using since 2009. “I looked at their site and said ‘Wow, this is […]
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Mobile Home Owners Rally over Rent
On July 14, a group of local mobile home residents bearing white balloons descended on the Humboldt County Board of Supervisors meeting. The balloons, bobbing above the heads of the crowd, bore a stark message written in red pen: Save Our Seniors. The residents, primarily local seniors and low-income renters, flooded the public comment period […]
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Sundberg Taps Paine for Planning Commission
Humboldt County has a new planning commissioner. This morning, 5th District Supervisor Ryan Sundberg advised the board that he has appointed former long-time Willow Creek Community Services District Manager Steve Paine to the county planning commission to fill the post vacated by his last appointee, Susan Masten, who has resigned after serving for three years. […]
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‘Does that Mean Trails are Back?’
The Humboldt County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously this afternoon to put language in the General Plan Update’s Conservation and Open Space element supporting the creation of a “regional trail system.” Today’s meeting kicked off on an unusual note, as 5th District Supervisor Ryan Sundberg cued up his cell phone’s speakerphone and played a voice […]
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There’s No Place Like Humboldt: Wide World of the 5th
Editors note: The Journal attempted to sit down with both candidates for the position of 5th District supervisor for this story. However, incumbent Ryan Sundberg did not respond to at least eight phone calls, three text messages and a pair of emails left for him over the better part of two weeks. We have attempted […]
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Nice, and Nicer
The question came near the end of the two-hour debate Friday night, one she said she hadn’t expected: What do you bring to the position of 5th District supervisor that your opponent does not? After a long pause, challenger Sharon Latour said, “Twenty years more of adult life, of problem-solving, tragedy and joy, mistakes and […]
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And They’re Off
After rumor mongering, plodding, hemming, hawing, and perhaps some behind the scenes prodding, there will be a supervisors race after all. On March 7, former Eureka Councilman Chris Kerrigan announced his candidacy for the county’s 4th District seat via a short speech on the steps of the County Elections Office. Backed by several notable Humboldt […]
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There Will Be a Supervisors Race
Fourth District Supe Virginia Bass and 5th District Supe Ryan Sundberg don’t get to put up their feet this this year. Two 11th hour announcements have Eureka pol Chris Kerrigan aiming for Bass’ seat and McKinleyville Pastor Sharon Latour going after Sundberg. Kerrigan announced his campaign on the steps of the elections office Friday afternoon […]