Electeds ponder roadside debris, hear APD reforms Kevin L. Hoover Mad River Union ARCATA – The City Council on Sept. 16 continued the Local Emergency related to the COVID-29 pandemic, as it does every two weeks in order to respond pro-actively, and to potentially gain reimbursements. “There is still a significant threat to our community…
Maggie Gainer: ’Tis the season to be incredibly wasteful, but here’s how to change that
This is the time of year that Americans gather to enjoy family and friends, to feast, exchange gifts, and to generate a shameful amount of waste. We throw away 25 percent more trash than usual between Thanksgiving and New Year’s Eve — about a million extra tons of garbage each week. Humboldt’s holiday waste generation…