According to the HumCo COVID Facebook page, free COVID-19 testing will be available to Southern Humboldt residents on June 23 at Redway Baptist Church. Residents who would like to be tested must call to make an appointment as the testing site cannot accommodate walk-ins. To make an appointment call 268-2503. Read the full Facebook post […]
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Sign of the Times: McKinleyville High Seniors Receive a Special Delivery, LoCO Reports
The Lost Coast Outpost reports that faculty and staff at McKinleyville High School trekked from Orick to Eureka today to place homemade signs on the lawns of graduating seniors, who along with others across the county and the nation are missing out on the traditional rites of passage at this major milestone. According to the […]
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Rough Road Ahead
After workers discovered a failing culvert on Briceland Thorn Road just west of Redway, State Parks and Humboldt County Public Works decided to upgrade the only detour: Old Briceland Road. When those improvements — currently underway — are completed later this month, Briceland Thorn Road — one of the most traveled rural roads in Humboldt […]
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FIFTH UPDATE: Wanted Felony Warrant Suspect Arrested
BREAKING: Robert Cullen has been arrested, according to the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office. Another man, 53-year-old Gregory Michael Benson, and 18-year-old Gabrielle Marie Jensen were also arrested following a pursuit that began just after 2 p.m. Tuesday when deputies on patrol in the Garberville area attempted a routine traffic stop on Sprowel Creek Road for […]
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Large Power Outage in SoHum
UPDATE: Power was restored around 10:50 a.m. PREVIOUS: A widespread outage in Southern Humboldt has left 4,200 PG&E customers without power and forced Southern Humboldt Unified School District to shutter its campuses for the day, with power expected to be out until this afternoon. Power went out last night at 11:09 p.m. to almost all […]
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A Southern Humboldt Feast
This past weekend was a celebration of Southern Humboldt bounty in Garberville, with the Feast of Fields hosted by Southern Humboldt Business and Visitors Bureau. After Friday’s Meet the Farmers Dinner at the Historic Benbow Inn, participants strolled Southern Humboldt Community Park on Saturday, sampling local produce, foods and beverages. The fruits of the region […]
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North Coast Night Lights: Metal Beast and Stardust Skies
Late one night along a dirt road in the hills in the middle of nowhere in southern Humboldt County, California, a couple of guys rendezvoused to photograph an old metal beast crouching in the dirt beneath the stardust skies of the cosmic realm through which we float, as a species almost completely unaware of the […]
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North Coast Night Lights: The Survivor
The Survivor. The gnarled old pear tree was struggling to survive, hanging onto the edge of a dried embankment above a little dirt road when my family moved there over 40 years ago. It was small, not much taller than my dad, but already old, a twisted thing eking out a life on its own […]
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Old School Sensi-bilities
In the ’70s, when it was still called marijuana, my buddy and I grew a crop near Briceland. Last week, we returned to the scene of our then crime. To minimize security concerns for our research, we booked safe passage to a couple grows via Humboldt Cannabis Tours. We expected to be impressed by technology […]
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Sheriff’s Office Asking SoHum Residents to ‘Keep an Eye Out’ for Arson Activity
The Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office is asking for the public’s help after receiving “several calls” regarding possible arson activity in Southern Humboldt around Wilder Ridge Road and Dutyville, according to a Facebook post. “Local fire departments have located multiple trees with burn scars and evidence indicating someone is trying to light trees on fire in […]
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North Coast Night Lights: Milky Way over South Fork Eel River — Painting with Light
The word “photography” literally means “light painting” and there is something about taking that idea and actually adding my own strokes of light that appeals to me. Nighttime gives me the opportunity to make images that are illuminated in ways we don’t usually see, whether from moonlight, artificial ambient light sources or light that I […]
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‘Come into Compliance,’ Says State Water Board
On Oct. 5, 174 notices of violation from the State Water Resources Control Board were sent out by certified mail to residents of the Salmon Creek watershed in Southern Humboldt. Over the next week, the thick stacks of letters dwindled as worried neighbors signed and took home their notices. The letters stated that a property […]