The pedestrian bridge is slowly rusting away. Plans for its replacement date back over two decades.
County falling short of vaxxing targets
As vaccination runs strong in older age groups, a recent trend of infections among younger people is widespread and seen locally.
Trinidad acts on coming water crisis
Fifth District Supervisor Steve Madrone said that there may be legal issues with trucking in water. Taking water from one governmental jurisdiction to another would require approval of the Humboldt County Local Agency Formation Commission. However, in an emergency, those rules may not apply.
Dueling cell sites: Just one Bottoms tower will stand
Daniel Mintz Mad River Union ARCATA BOTTOM – County planning commissioners are ready to approve a 130-foot cell tower in the Arcata Bottoms area, convinced that improved service coverage is needed and the best option is a tower that can host as many carriers as possible. At its July 15 meeting, the Planning Commission considered…
Crab Gab: Red Nectar Ale comes home
Since Tracy Mac, board member and one of the hardest working women in the ball park, took over the beer organizing, all the beers on tap are local.
Dogtown: A plethora of puppies just about ready for adoption
Redwood Pals has puppies! These pups were born to a lovely German Shepherd who arrived at the shelter around the end of April in an advanced stage of pregnancy. We were able to place her with an experienced labor and delivery foster who helped her with the pups and took care of the little family…
Arcata Police Log: Gummy, glinting groundscores hold vast promise for brain gyrations
• Monday, July 5 7:55 p.m. On Samoa Boulevard, a new Olympic sport was forged – lighting a tire on fire and kicking it about the sidewalk.
Seven Arcata Council candidates named – view statements, submit your forum questions
Meet the Arcata City Council Candidates & Submit Your Questions for the Candidate Forum City of Arcata The Arcata City Council will be appointing a replacement for Sofia Pereira, who stepped down from her seat on the Council to take on a new role as Humboldt County’s Director of Public Health. An Arcata City Council…
Anything other than victory is unusual for the Humboldt Crabs
Richard LaPreziosa Mad River Union ARCATA – At 9:36 p.m. on Saturday night at the Arcata Ball Park, the world still turned. There were no rifts tearing apart the space-time continuum, no riots in the streets, no zombie apocalypse which brought the dead back to life by some highly unusual occurrence, but there was a…
$5 million for Hammond Bridge replacement in funding bills
Mad River Union McKINLEYVILLE/ARCATA – Representative Jared Huffman (D-San Rafael) has included funding for the replacement of the Hammond Bridge in the House Appropriations Committee’s Fiscal Year 2022 funding bills, which will be considered in the months ahead. The funding bills include $5 million for replacement of the bridge, which connects McKinleyville to the Arcata…