Everyone loves Valentine’s Day. Bring your sweetheart, family and friends to “An Elegant Celebration: Landscapes and Songs of Love” on Thursday, Feb. 14 from 6 to 9 p.m. at Trinidad Town Hall. “Songs of Love: Opera to Elvis” will feature performers David Powell, Alexandra Blouin, Kevin Held and Tim Breed singing favorite love songs. “Landscapes…
Annie & Mary Trail survey closes Friday, Feb. 15
City of Arcata ARCATA – The City of Arcata reminds community members that the Annie and Mary Trail Connectivity Project survey will be open for public input until Friday, Feb. 15. The Annie and Mary Trail Connectivity Project will create a new trail that will connect Sunset Avenue/Larson Park to Valley West and the Aldergrove…
The HUM, February 2019, Part 2: It’s Groundhog Day all month
Have you noticed how lately holidays seem to stretch their borders? While it’s hard to celebrate Groundhog Day all month (unless you’re Bill Murray), in February, we can’t wait for Valentine’s Day to roll around. Thus we have Inked Hearts taking over the Blue Lake Casino the weekend before V-Day (Feb. 9 and 10) with…
With rain unrelenting, Arcata House holding another Extreme Weather Shelter Sunday night, Feb. 10
Arcata House Partnership Arcata House Partnership will host the Regional Extreme Weather Shelter tonight, Feb. 10, to serve people who are homeless. Shelter intakes will begin at 4:15 p.m. today at the Annex, located at 501 Ninth St. in Arcata. From 4:15 p.m. to 5 p.m., staff will conduct shelter screenings, schedule showers and provide clean clothes…
College Life Today: A learning disability didn’t make me ineducable. It made me unstoppable
Max Schmidtbauer Special to the Union HUMBOLDT – Being a freshman in college is not easy, to say the least. Once you tack on the fact that I have a diagnosed learning disability, it seems like college is not an option at all. At least, this is what I was told. Little did I know…
Dogtown: Have a blast with Rocket
Whew, it’s been a busy week for Redwood Pals and the County Shelter! So many dogs! We were able to lighten the load a little by transferring three cattle-type dogs to a Border Collie rescue and five Rottweillers (whose owner had died) to a Rottie rescue. Redwood Pals pulled three of our rescue dogs out…
Sign up now for Godwit Days Spring Migration Bird Festival
Godwit Days ARCATA – Online registration is now open at godwitdays.org for the 24th Annual Godwit Days Spring Migration Bird Festival, to be held April 19 to 21 at the Arcata Community Center. Pre- and post-festival events extend the core dates from April 17 to 23. Godwit Days is excited to again offer two featured…
Trinidad Tidings: A Valentine celebration the seaside village way
“An Elegant Celebration: Landscapes & Songs of Love” will take place on Valentine’s Day, Feb. 14 in Trinidad Town Hall from 6 to 9 p.m. It’s an evening of live music and art presented by the Trinidad Civic Club as a benefit for the Memorial Lighthouse relocation fund. Hearty appetizers and desserts will be served,…
Blue Lake Notes: Kind and honorable Kolter Nicholls gets everything right
The Blue Lake Student of the Month is fifth grader Kolter Nicholls. Kolter has attended Blue Lake School since kindergarten, and is an excellent role model. He is on the honor roll and participates in several extracurricular activities including the Blue Dragon Steel Drum Band, cross country and basketball. He is helpful, a kind friend,…