The Hum — it’s a low, continuous sound, the sound of activity. In this case it’s the activity in the entertainment world of Humboldt County: music, art, drama, film — all the things that help us escape from the day to day grind and keep us sane in an increasingly insane world. If you’re among…
Siblings separated by Arcata tragedy reunited after 67 years
Kevin L. Hoover Mad River Union ARCATA – Something terrible happened in Arcata on Sunday, Feb. 10, 1952. That rainy morning, Guy Stewart Montgomery and Eleanor Elaine Rudolph Montgomery, ages 32 and 27, were riding in the back seat of a car driven by Harold Rhoades, 26. The two couples were headed back to Arcata…
Trinidad Tidings: Thank you, Mad River Union
This first column of 2019 is a tribute to the weekly newspaper you are reading today, the Mad River Union, and a reflection on the role such a local forum for local news and ideas plays in giving the North Coast a sense of place and community. The staff and writers for the newspaper were…
When The Natural Environment Was An ‘Eyesore’
Kevin L. Hoover Mad River Union Note: Two weeks ago, the City opened McDaniel Slough to the bay for the first time in 120 years. The previously landlocked wetlands will now complete its transformation from cow pasture to tidal estuary, and will again serve as habitat for birds, fish and nature-loving humans. The environmental turnaround…
Kevin Hoover: So-Called Reminiscences And Thanks To All
This is it, folks. The Arcata Eye is closing. Fortunately, the Mad River Union is opening. How can I encapsulate 17 years of newspapering in one column? We’ve been through so much together. Every week’s edition is a story in itself in terms of all the blood, sweat, tears and behind-the-scenes drama necessary to get…
Alan Sanborn: This Time, Look For The Union Label
Until a month and a half ago, I feared that I would be writing more of an obituary to fill this space. I had been dreading the end of the Arcata Eye – knowing that I would soon have a much more difficult time piecing together what goes on in this odd little town. Supposedly,…
Arcata Union Rack Restored, Now In Arcata's Museum
Rather than replace the weathered wedge of old cardboard and duct tape with modern cardboard and duct tape, Stonebarger chose to install a stout plank of wood. He wanted something with character, and after a three-hour search, found just the chunk in the back of a warehouse at Almquist Lumber.
Arcata Eye, McKinleyville Press Merging Into Mad River Union Newspaper
In a sense, the Mad River Union will restore the tradition of the beloved Arcata Union, which closed after 109 years in 1995. Hoover and Durham both worked at the Union, which covered Arcata, McKinleyville and beyond.
Helen Holmes' Big Film Production Comes To Arcata
Of the 30-member film entourage lodged at the Hotel Arcata, 22 were paid movie staff. These included actors, camera operators, editors, support staff, producer J. P. McGowan and his “colored valet,” and the “colored maid” for Miss Holmes.
Tile Sculpture Moving To New Home – July 5, 2012
“I definitely want to see it preserved,” wrote Carole Lewis. “After all, my son’s baby handprint is on it and I did a tile that says ‘Peace, Love and Upward Bound!’”
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