In addition to the 3D printing community, Humboldt County’s sewers and seamstress community has banned together creating a Humboldt Coronavirus Mask Makers group on Facebook to help connect makers with facilities in need of homemade PPE masks. Mad River Community Hospital has requested a donation to outfit their staff in an effort to extend the life of the N95 masks which can be worn until soiled per CDC guidelines.
Mad River Hospital sets up respiratory triage tent, regulates visitor access
We are currently limiting patient visitors and have restricted access to the facility, to the main hospital entrance and one entrance to the Shaw Medical Pavilion. To receive care at the Emergency Room or Birth Center, please use the respective entrances accessible via intercom.
Meet Amelia Honahni, Humboldt’s first 2019 baby!
Mad River Union ARCATA – Humboldt County’s first baby of 2019 is 7-pound, 13 ounce Amelia Honahni. Amelia was born to Lila Honahni of Crescent City in the Birth Center at Mad River Community Hospital Tuesday, Jan. 1 at 5:05 p.m. Welcome Amelia, and congratulations Lila!
Arcata Chamber Classics: Mad River Community Hospital – a vision and labor of love
Arcata Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Joellen Clark-Peterson interviews Jed Rudd, director of ancillary services and safety at Mad River Community Hospital, a 26-year Arcata Chamber member. How did you get involved with Mad River Community Hospital (MRCH)? I’ve worked in medical administration for 12 years and was last serving in New Mexico when this…
Man killed when car flips, hits tree near Stone Lagoon
Mad River Union STONE LAGOON – The driver of a Honda SUV was killed this morning near Stone Lagoon when the car he was driving went off U.S. Highway 101, flipped over and collided with a tree. The man’s name is being withheld pending notification of next of kin. At about 10:24 a.m. the man was…
Area man survives shark attack at City Hall
Shunka Fourwinds Mad River Union ARCATA, APRIL 1 – Recent efforts to re-introduce indigenous animal species locally may have backfired. The trend began not in eco-groovy Arcata, but McKinleyville, where the Friends of Widow White Creek were able to re-establish a colony of Eye-Sucking Lampreys, an aquatic species able to propel themselves out of the…
Mack Town hit & run trial delayed
Paul Mann Mad River Union EUREKA – The November trial of a McKinleyville hit-and-run murder suspect has been postponed until the defense receives an accident reconstruction report from an outside expert. James Arthur Merrick II, 47, is accused of killing Tessa Gingerich, 16, also of McKinleyville, in an alcohol-fueled hit-and-run collision near Mill Creek Marketplace…
Meet Arcata’s 2017 First Baby
Arcata’s first baby of 2017 took her time coming into the world, all 7 pounds, 9 ounces of her arriving at 10:44 p.m. on New Year’s Day. Kouslaa Ixchel Mata was born to Talisa and David Mata in Mad River Community Hospital’s Trillium Birth Center. The Eureka family received a gift basket filled with items…
MRCH cowpocalypse causes $7,000 damage
Kevin L. Hoover Mad River Union JANES ROAD – A 32-cow break-in at Mad River Community Hospital’s on-site organic farm has resulted in the loss of $7,000 in vegetables. The bovine burglary evidently began in the wee hours of the night of Oct. 10. Farmers arriving in the morning found the hungry herd roaming the…
Laila Rose Lorraine Castro Is Humboldt’s First 2014 Baby
ARCATA – Laila Rose Lorraine Castro was born at 12:21 a.m. at Mad River Community Hospital. She weighed 7 pounds, 2 ounces. Parents Brandy and Juan Castro of McKinleyville, plus Laila’s brother Johnny, 5, are headed home today.
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