come to the white porch don’t say a thing come sit beside me and hear silence sing Laurel Claire (Strope) Mangos died peacefully at home in Bayside, California, on December 3, 2020. She was 70 years young and her remarkable beauty and spirit was with her to the very end. Laurel was born in Eureka,…
Godwit Days bird art and nature writing contests
Godwit Days ARCATA – Due to the pandemic, the Godwit Days Spring Migration Bird Festival will be held virtually, rather than in person, this year. An announcement outlining the events to be included in the April 16-18 festival will be distributed soon. However, information about the two student contests – the 18th annual bird art…
Bayside Corners: Road improvements rolling forward
In the COVID era, it seems that many more people are walking and biking. That is a great thing, and I hope that we don’t forget about the joys of a family walk through the neighborhood once we can all return to our regular routines. All of this activity, though, has made me even more…
Second Community Visioning Listening session set for Feb. 25
City of Arcata ARCATA – The Community Development Department will host a follow up virtual Community Vision Listening Session on Thursday, Feb. 25 from 5:30 to 7:15 p.m. Community members will have the opportunity to brainstorm with city staff on a variety of topics identified in the previous listening session, and can provide feedback on…
McK CSD drops contract with no-show business
Although the company was notified that it had been awarded the contract, it never did any of the work.
Bottoms annexation brings shock and awe
Kevin L. Hoover Mad River Union ARCATA BOTTOM – A county agency’s inclusion of 77 acres on the Arcata Bottom into the City of Arcata caught residents there by surprise last week. The Jan. 20 decision by the Local Agency Formation Commission (LAFCo) involved a historic westward expansion of the City of Arcata onto 76.7…
Dogtown: A pair of cuddlepups
Cheddar and Tiger Rose happily trot into their crate when it is bedtime and go right outside in the morning to go potty. They stay close when people are around, except for the afternoon that the resident dog took them for a little walk down the driveway. We think she was trying to get rid of them, but fortunately the puppies didn’t fall for that!
McK CSD looking to boost law enforcement
Jack Durham Mad River Union McKINLEYVILLE – The McKinleyville Community Services District is wading into its latent powers, and may even look at collaborating with law enforcement to maintain and improve police services. The district’s authority was discussed Feb. 3 by the MCSD Board of Directors, which oversees sewer, water, streetlights, open space maintenance, parks…
Local inventor Terry Finigan fuses science, magic with smart wind chimes
The idea for the techno-chimes came to Finigan, whose brain gears are always turning, when he was visiting an ice cream parlor on the Russian River. “I saw the clapper hit the chime randomly, and make a c0onnection, like a circuit being completed,” he recalls.