Newly seated Humboldt County Fourth District Supervisor Natalie Arroyo has announced she plans to appoint Lonyx Landry, a STEM advisory at Cal Poly Humboldt, to the county Planning Commission. “Lonyx brings a fantastic skillset to the Commission, with a strong background in education, watershed science and community development,” Arroyo said in a press release. “He […]
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Supes to Continue Meeting Virtually as COVID Cases Surge
The Humboldt County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously, with Third District Supervisor Mike Wilson absent, to continue meeting virtually amid a surge in local COVID-19 cases. Health Officer Ian Hoffman, who recently issued a mandatory masking order that will take effect at midnight tonight, told the board that things are “changing very rapidly” in the […]
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County Officials Talk Vaccinations, Government Reopening and Preparing for Fire Season at Press Conference
A panel of public officials held a press conference this week to update local media on the ongoing COVID-19 response and vaccination effort. The press conference about an hour and featured Board of Supervisors Chair Virginia Bass, Health Officer Ian Hoffman, Emergency Services Manger Ryan Derby, Economic Development Director Scott Adair and Humboldt County Vaccine […]
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Committee Alleges Problems with Auditor-Controller’s Office Could Cost County $14 Million in State, Federal Reimbursements
The Humboldt County Board of Supervisors will meet in special session tomorrow morning to discuss what its ad-hoc budget committee has deemed “operational gaps” in the Auditor-Controller’s Office that it contends could result in the county losing more than $14 million in state and federal reimbursements if looming deadlines are not met. “If the county […]
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AP Story Highlights Humboldt Reopening Approach
The Associated Press turned the spotlight on Humboldt County in a story sent out to papers across the nation that focused on the region’s reopening in the wake of a spike in COVID-19 cases after a period of relative calm. Humboldt County Public Health announced two new cases today involving Alder Bay Assisted Living Facility […]
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Supes Talk County COVID Response, Eviction Moratorium and Property Tax Deadline
The Humboldt County Board of Supervisors met in special session this morning to ratify Sheriff William Honsal’s declaration of a local emergency in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic. It also heard a variety of staff reports on the county’s response. North Coast Rep. Jared Huffman updated supervisors via teleconference on federal support available and […]
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‘Incredibly Disappointing’
Two days and 600 miles apart, a pair of governing bodies held very different conversations about the need for local input into development decisions that will impact Humboldt County for decades to come. It was a bit jarring. First, on May 7, the Humboldt County Board of Supervisors had a testy exchange over a seemingly […]
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Bass, Wilson Seeking Coastal Commission Seat in Round 2
UPDATE: The Humboldt County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously April 9 to send forward the names of both Fourth District Supervisor Virginia Bass and Third District Supervisor Mike Wilson for possible appointment to the California Coastal Commission. PREVIOUSLY: The Humboldt County Board of Supervisors will consider Tuesday sending the names of at least one supervisor […]
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Election Rundown: A Reformer’s Landslide, a Nail-Biter in the Fifth and What You Missed on Election Night
Tens of thousands of Humboldt County voters hit the polls Tuesday and when the dust settled in the wee hours of Wednesday morning, the county had ushered reform into the auditor-controller’s office, handed an incumbent supervisor a third term, picked a judge in a landslide and, well, was still on the fence in a Fifth […]
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3rd UPDATE: Bass Leads in Fourth District Race, Results Unchanged in Final Report
3rd UPDATE: The race for Fourth District supervisor remained unchanged in the final election report with Supervisor Virginia Bass still ahead with 57.27 percent of the vote while challengers Dani Burkhart and Mary Ann Lyons were separated by one vote at 21.21 and 21.18 percent, respectively. PREVIOUSLY: 2nd UPDATE: Supervisor Virginia Bass was still ahead […]
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Primary Voting Time! Here’s How, Where and Why!
It’s primary season and today is your day to vote! If you’re not sure where your polling place is, click here to find it. If you haven’t sent your mail-in ballot, you can also drop it off there or at the county elections office. Many local elected positions are being filled by incumbents without competition, […]
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The Race to Rep Humboldt’s County Seat
Humboldt County’s Fourth Supervisorial District stands apart from the rest. First and foremost, it’s the most urban district in the 4,000 square miles that make up Humboldt County and it encompasses the city of Eureka, where most county services are located and many of the county’s most entrenched problems — from homelessness to drug addiction […]