Hey Blue Lake – it’s been a while, I know. As some of you know, I can be found more and more in McKinleyville than Blue Lake these days, and it’s only going to get more so as I begin to transition into becoming a McKinleyville resident over the next six months. Blue Lake has…
Patti Stammer: McK Senior Center plans for reopening
We have received official notification of COVID Compliance measures completed and a few more to be implemented. We hope to be able to reopen the center soon on a limited basis. This is good news and long awaited. Yesterday Rene Ouintana, our executive director and I picked up the first batch of our Pennies to…
Dogtown: Contrast and compare: Arrow and Andy
Week 34. The nights are getting longer and colder. Don’t underestimate the value of a four-legged foot warmer! If you’ve been considering adding a dog to your household, here are two youngsters that might fit the bill. Five-month-old pups Arrow and Andy both arrived at the shelter in October and offer two quite different personality…
Forest committee inspects new parcel, harvest
FOREST FORCE Arcata’s citizen-led Forest Management Committee (FMC) hit the trail(s) in recent weeks to give personal scrutiny to a new asset and the aftermath of a recent harvest. First they traveled to the site of this year’s sustainable forest harvest near Redwood Park. About 18 to 20 acres was harvested of about 340,000 board…
Experience Taste of the Holidays 2020 at home
Kick Off the Holiday Season with Taste of the Holidays – At Home The Rotary Club of Arcata Sunrise’s “Taste of the Holidays” event began in 1993 to showcase local specialty food and beverage producers. During COVID the Rotary Club of Arcata Sunrise is offering an“At Home” version of this well-loved event. A perfect holiday…
DTF quickly cracks couch cushion gun safe
Humboldt County Drug Task Force McKINLEYVILLE – On Friday, Nov. 13, special agents with the Humboldt County Drug Task Force (HCDTF), with the assistance of the Arcata Police Department, Humboldt County Sheriff’s Department, and Humboldt County District Attorney’s Office served a search warrant on a residence in the 1900 block of Elm Avenue in Mckinleyville. The…
Letters to the Editor, November 18, 2010
Racial reckoning “Racial Reckoning with the Environment and Community MASS students” takes place Friday, Nov. 20 from noon to 4 p.m. via Zoom. Link: us02web.zoom.us/j/7274848553. Current Environment and Community Masters students have demanded and arranged a virtual meeting with faculty and administration to ensure the structural and interpersonal racism of the department is substantively addressed.…
MCSD looks to bring in dollars for projects
Jack Durham Mad River Union McKINLEYVILLE – The McKinleyville Community Services District is applying for a slew of grants to pay for everything from new water tanks, an emergency generator, a new waterline under the Mad River and a plan for managing a proposed community forest. The grant applications were unanimously approved by the MCSD…
Red Alert: COVID surge demotes Humboldt, tightens restrictions
State Reassigns Counties Due to Case Surge; Humboldt Assigned to Red Tier The State of California today moved a number of counties into more restrictive tiers in response to the fastest increase in cases and hospitalizations seen since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. Humboldt County has been reassigned to the “red” or substantial tier.…
Man shot to death last night on Samoa Peninsula
Mad River Union SAMOA PENINSULA – A McKinleyville man was shot to death Sunday night, Nov. 15 on the Samoa Peninsula. The Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office was dispatched to the area of New Navy Base Road near the Milwaukee Memorial in Samoa for the report of a gunshot victim at 11:55 p.m. Deputies arrived on…