A dark day in Humboldt It is a dark day in Humboldt County. KHSU, the station that we loved and listened to and worked for and gave our money to is gone. A ghost station with no soul has acquired its call letters. A huge thank you to all the staff, the volunteers, the people…
Letters to the Editor, April 10, 2019
Whooosh… (smooch!) So glad to hear that Pete is being well taken care of. He certainly was an Arcata fixture for many years. Thank you, Amy Erickson. Blow him a kiss from me. Tisa Jewell Westhaven/Trinidad Bohn’s bad remark Recently, I was informed that Supervisor Rex Bohn made a statement at a non-profit fundraiser about…
Letters to the Editor, April 3, 2019
Myrna meets her family This has been a long journey home. I’ve been on a lot of life’s journey’s far and near. The memories of four boys always with me, wondering where they were and if alive. On a whim, I asked a friend to play detective and search for them again. With the kindness…
Letters to the Editor, March 27, 2019
Homer’s heart is happy The following is taken from Personal thoughts and recollections: Humboldt State, HOMER P. BALABANIS, Faculty Emeritus: “The development of this program (Nursing Program) in which I took a real personal interest, entailed ‘Blood, sweat, and tears,’’ for it started from nothing except for some basic science courses. For years it was…
Letters to the Editor, March 20, 2019
Safety. Yield. Respect. Over my many years and thousands of miles as an avid user of the Arcata Community Forest and related Sunny Brae Forest I have on occasion experienced what is known as a “trail conflict.” As memory serves, 100 percent of those trail conflicts have been with me as a pedestrian being encountered…
Letters to the Editor, March 13, 2019
Fix McK’s north Central Avenue first I moved to McK in 1970 when it had about 5,000 residents. With three times that many residents now, we have done nothing to improve the north half of Central Avenue. As we are arguably the second-largest population center in Humboldt County, we are the only larger community…
Letters to the Editor, March 6, 2019
Why care about zoning? Why care about zoning? Because if you care about how Humboldt County plans for the health of its communities and resource lands, zoning is where the rubber meets the road. Zoning regulates how land is used, specifically locations and densities. The Humboldt County Planning Department’s is now developing new zoning regulations…
Letters to the Editor, February 27, 2019
Well, that didn’t happen Mayor Watson and Members of the City Council, I understand that you will be considering the removal of the McKinley statue at this evening’s City Council meeting. As I recall, the proponents of removal offered to pay for the cost of removal as part of their arguments in support. I strongly…
Letters to the Editor, February 20, 2019
Charter schools are public schools, by law I am writing to you in response to Daniel Mintz’s Feb. 16 article “School Choice Week Gets Poor Grade.” The article in the Union brought to light some misunderstandings of the differences between private schools and charter public schools that need clarification. Charter schools are not private schools.…
Letters to the Editor, Feb. 6, 2019
KHSU lockout a major unsolved mystery “Arcata is not safe for the public after 10 p.m.” This is not an attribution that can be substantiated; yet, this is the message delivered by the administration of Humboldt State (HSU). What? The reason given for the lockout of the studio of our community radio station (after 10…