“An Elegant Celebration: Landscapes & Songs of Love” will take place on Valentine’s Day, Feb. 14 in Trinidad Town Hall from 6 to 9 p.m. It’s an evening of live music and art presented by the Trinidad Civic Club as a benefit for the Memorial Lighthouse relocation fund. Hearty appetizers and desserts will be served,…
Burglar takes $7,500 in property from Mack High
Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office McKINLEYVILLE – On Tuesday, Feb. 5 at about 9 a.m., the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office received the report of a burglary that had occurred overnight at McKinleyville High School. According to the reporting party, sometime between 5 p.m. on Monday, Feb. 4 and 6:30 a.m. Tuesday, Feb. 5, an unknown…
True North Organizing Network hosts Yurok Tribal Council runoff forum at McKinleyville High School
True North Organizing Network McKINLEYVILLE – True North Organizing Network will host a public forum with candidates for the Yurok Tribal Council Runoff Election on Monday, Oct. 29 at 6:30 p.m. at McKinleyville High School, 1300 Murray Rd., McKinleyville. Frankie-Joe Myers and Susan Masten, candidates for Vice-Chair, and Laura White-Woods and Sherri Provolt, candidates for…
McKinleyville High announces 2018 Hall of Fame inductees
McKinleyville High School McKinleyville High School is pleased to announce their Hall of Fame Inductees for 2018. They are the 1986 Volleyball team, Travis Fleming, Class of 1994, and Sage Romberg, Class of 2010. The 1986 Volleyball team earned Hall of Fame distinction by being the only volleyball team in school history to win a…
Obituary: Geri Francine van Emmerik, 1960 – 2018
Geri Francine van Emmerik, age 57, passed away Sunday, Sept. 16, 2018 at her home in McKinleyville with her husband Otto and family by her side. She had been diagnosed with Stage IV Lung Cancer in October of 2015 which she valiantly fought until the end. Geri was born in Los Angeles, California, on…
Trinidad Tidings: Neighborhood evacuated due to suspicious fire
Another fire on Scenic Drive broke out last Thursday night near Baker Ranch. The closest home to the conflagration was saved but a wide swath of the bluff was burned. Residents nearby were ordered to evacuate but were able to return to their homes in the middle of the night. A neighbor said “the fire…
Shasta Brown’s Panther Report: Back to school at Mack High
Classes started Aug. 27 at McKinleyville High School, giving students a rude awakening after a long summer without classes. With the beginning of school comes getting up at the crack of dawn and sitting in classrooms for eight hours a day and then getting assigned homework, when all we want to do is have a little…
Trinidad Tidings: Trinidad Memorial Lighthouse finds new home
Trinidad Civic Club voted unanimously last Thursday in favor of the Cher-ae Heights Indian Community of the Trinidad Rancheria harbor location for the Trinidad Memorial Lighthouse, fog bell and memorial plaques. The decision followed the very well-attended Feb. 27 Site Selection Charette at Town Hall during which the community learned about possible sites following the…
Community rallies behind Arcata High coaches
Trustee goes after coach who cut nephew from basketball team Jack Durham Mad River Union McKINLEYVILLE – Two popular basketball coaches at Arcata High School will keep their jobs, the local high school board decided last week. Arcata Varsity Coach Ryan Bisio and Junior Varsity Coach Graham Johnson had been on the chopping block after…
Censure looms for trustee – school board cites outbursts, violations
(Note: Article updated with additional quotes and edits on Nov. 19, 2017 – Ed.) Jack Durham Mad River Union McKINLEYVILLE – Concerned about inappropriate comments, emotional outbursts and ongoing violations of its bylaws, the Northern Humboldt Union High School District Governing Board may censure one of its own members at its next meeting, tentatively scheduled for…