The City Council will decide how to fill the council position being vacated by Mayor Sofia Perieria at a special meeting next Thursday, June 24.
It’s extra important to get your flu vaccine this year
Humboldt DHHS HUMBOLDT – Flu season has officially begun, and health officials say this year with COVID-19 already circulating around the community, it is more important than ever to get a vaccine. A flu vaccine is needed every year to maintain existing immunity because flu viruses are constantly changing. The flu vaccine is formulated annually…
Frankovich explains resignation amid ‘vitriol’
Daniel Mintz Mad River Union HUMBOLDT – As dealing with COVID-19 becomes increasingly wearisome, the county’s alternately lauded and reviled health officer, Dr. Teresa Frankovich, will take a lesser role to “make good on some promises to my family.” Frankovich announced her resignation as health officer on September 2, in a letter to county…
Cautious reopening as C-19 cases slowly rise
Daniel Mintz Mad River Union HUMBOLDT – Humboldt County’s emergence from sheltering in place continues, with previously banned activities like dining in restaurants and hair cutting now cleared for opening. But not all businesses that are eligible for reopening are choosing to do so. During a May 28 “media availability” video session, Sheriff Billy Honsal said…
Kayak Trinidad reboots, remembers frontliners
Since the end of March, he has given a gift certificate to a frontline worker for every gift certificate purchased.
County: Timing, scale of COVID-19 peak unknown
Daniel Mintz Mad River Union HUMBOLDT – As Humboldt’s curve of COVID-19 cases begins its climb, the county’s Public Health Branch is uncertain about when it will peak and how many cases it could involve. During a March 30 virtual town hall meeting, county Public Health Officer Teresa Frankovich said that county hospitals can…