Mad River Union HUMBOLDT – The Mad River Union is receiving calls from subscribers reporting that this week’s newspaper did not arrive in Trinidad and Blue Lake. It’s likely that the delivery failure is also affecting subscribers in Eureka, Orick and other communities in the mixed “Eureka 955” bag delivered weekly to the United States…
Legals! A beautiful sea of gray. 11.14.18
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ABC judge’s proposed decision: revoke Sidelines, Toby & Jack’s licenses
Kevin L. Hoover Mad River Union ARCATA PLAZA – Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC) Administrative Law Judge Alberto Roldan has ruled that the alcohol serving licenses for Arcata bars The Sidelines and Toby & Jack’s be revoked. The recommended decision follows a four-day hearing in Eureka last month in which allegations of drug dealing in the…
Obituary: Joia Mae Simpson, Aug. 9, 1999 – Nov. 1, 2018
Joia Mae Simpson August 9, 1999-November 1, 2018 Joia left this world too early, in a tragic accident in the early morning of November 1st. Born at home, Joia was a bubbly, energetic child who touched people with her bright spirit. A mischievous sprite as a young being, Joia could bend the world to her…
City to proceed with statue removal and relocation
City of Arcata ARCATA – On Tuesday, Nov. 6 registered Arcata voters had the opportunity to vote in favor of, or against the McKinley statue measure, known as Measure M. The majority of Arcata voters (62.16 percent) voted Measure M down. As such, the City Council’s vote from Feb. 21 still stands, and city staff…
Arcata Police Log: Gusty McFoulmouth’s hortatory halitosis
• Monday, October 15 1:37 a.m. Anyone who may have noticed the man in boots and a leather jacket worn over a hospital gown trundling down Janes Road, carrying his clothes in a bag, may have wondered about the back story. It was one fueled, shock-shockingly, by a surfeit of distilled spirits. After a noisy…
Another downtown stabbing
City of Arcata PRESS RELEASE On 11/09/18 at approximately 2:08 a.m. Arcata Police Department officers were dispatched to a disturbance in the 800 Block of J Street in Arcata. Upon their arrival, officers located a 22-year-old male that had been stabbed during an altercation. Officers learned the victim and his friend had been skateboarding with three other…
Childhood wellness programs highlighted
Daniel Mintz Mad River Union HUMBOLDT – As Humboldt County’s governmental departments focus on treatment of social dysfunction, First Five Humboldt is working on its prevention and the agency’s annual report details the work done in 2017. Mary Ann Hansen, First Five’s executive director, gave a presentation on the report at the Oct.23 Board of…
Meet Arcata’s new Police Chief Brian Ahearn
City of Arcata press release ARCATA – The City of Arcata announced today that Brian Ahearn has been appointed Arcata Police Department’s new Chief of Police. The incoming Chief of Police will be responsible for ensuring that the Arcata Police Department is supporting the Arcata community’s core values essential to contemporary law enforcement, continuing the community’s high…