MCKMAC MEETING CANCELED The monthly meeting of the McKinleyville Municipal Advisory Committee, scheduled for Wednesday, June 30, is canceled. McKMAC Chair Maya Conrad explained the cancellation in an email, stating “This month’s regular meeting is canceled for two reasons: progress on some of our most important topics is taking longer than we had expected; and…
McKinleyville transit improvements identified
(Article updated on June 10 to clarify that the one- to two-vehicle mircrotransit proposal was an option in the study and that the study did not include a recommended fare for the microtransit.) Jack Durham Mad River Union McKINLEYVILLE – Transportation experts are recommending that McKinleyville have more frequent bus service for out-of-town travel and…
McKinleyville home lost in fire
Arcata Fire news release MCKINLEYVILLE HOME LOST IN FIRE (McKinleyville, CA) – At approximately 12:17 p.m. today, the Arcata Fire District was dispatched to a residential structure fire in the vicinity of Park and Sutter Roads in McKinleyville. The first arriving units were directed by bystanders to access the fire on Children’s, off Sutter Road.…
Pony Express Days is canceled, but you can still get a BBQ dinner
Want to celebrate Pony Express Days with a yummy dinner? The members of the Dow’s Prairie Grange will be serving a delicious BBQ Beef sandwich on Saturday, June 5 from 4 to 6:30 p.m. for $15. The meal comes with homemade potato salad, homemade BBQ sauce on the side, a wedge of watermelon and an…
Alleged McK meth enterprise, drug dasher busted
Humboldt County Drug Task Force (HCDTF) On May 10th, 2021 agents with the Humboldt County Drug Task Force (HCDTF), with the assistance of the Eureka Police Department Problem Oriented Policing Team (POP), served a search warrant in the 4200 block of Bush Ave. in McKinleyville. The HCDTF had conducted an investigation over several months into…
Deputies interrupt McK parking lot torpor festival, arrest two
Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office McKINLEYVILLE – On March 27, 2021, at about 7:47 p.m., Humboldt County Sheriff’s deputies were dispatched to a business on the 1100 block of Murray Road in McKinleyville for the report of two people unconscious inside a vehicle parked outside the business. While attempting to contact the individuals, deputies observed narcotics…
McKinleyville BMX track & park poised for approval
GET READY TO RUMBLE! McKinleyville may learn in June whether it will receive Prop. 68 grant funding from the State of California to pay for a variety of park upgrades, including a BMX track near the corner of School Road and Washington Avenue. The undeveloped 3.3-acre property is owned by the McKinleyville Community Services District.…
State of McKinleyville meeting on Wednesday
STATE OF MCKINLEYVILLE The annual McKinleyville Chamber of Commerce State of McKinleyville event will be held today, March 3 from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Sign up for the virtual event at constantcontactpages.com/cu/Nra22SZ/MckChamberLinks. Presenters will include Patrick Kaspari, manager of the McKinleyville Community Services District, Lt. Kevin Miller of the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office and…
McKMAC-MCSD-County triarchy a ‘new frontier’
Jack Durham Mad River Union McKINLEYVILLE – Back in 2013, the McKinleyville Community Services District unveiled a slogan, “A New Frontier in Government.” It was apt at the time, as the once-insular MCSD was embarking on a new strategy to improve facilities and services in the unincorporated community. The district was reaching out to lawmakers,…
County OKs McK CSD’s restoration and trail project
Daniel Mintz Mad River Union McKINLEYVILLE – The county’s Planning Commission has approved permitting for an “ambitious project” restoring salmonid habitat and creating new river access in a wetland area owned and managed by the McKinleyville Community Services District (MCSD). Approved without discussion as part of the commission’s November 19 consent agenda, the project will…