Local benefactor sends boxes to Afghanistan
For the last couple of years, Donald Riece has been bringing chocolate bars to the Humboldt County Veterans Services Officer for distribution to local veterans.
Archive for November, 2008
Humboldt’s Fritzsche heads to London for world fish conference
Humboldt State University fisheries professor and former harbor commissioner Ron Fritzsche will go to London in January as part of an elite panel that will investigate the status of the world’s endangered marine fishes.
A place to call home: The most important gift of all
Editor’s note: This is the first in a series of stories, running once a month, on the children seeking homes through the state adoption process. The series will highlight individual children, as well as the process involved in adoption.
How to be an urban recycler
Many residents are feeling the strain on their wallet as the holiday shopping season approaches. But local thrift store managers are revealing ways to shop thrifty while benefiting society as a whole.
New nursing aid program to graduate first class
With the ending of a similar program earlier this year, officials from the Eureka Adult School’s new nursing aid certification course are excited to graduate its first class next month.
Eureka officials to participate in teen safety driving simulation
The Eureka High School students running next month’s teen safety driving simulation — which includes driving while distracted and driving with drunk goggles — have added some local public officials to their driving line-up: Members of the
Crab on: Dec. 1 starts Dungeness season for the North Coast
Crab fishermen will start setting gear on Friday with the hope that the season will be better than they suspect. Oregon-sanctioned negotiations have yielded a price of $1.
EHS students raise funds for classmate who lost home in fire
In a display of Thanksgiving generosity, students from a Eureka High School class have made sure a Eureka family who lost their home in a fire earlier this month will be able to have Thanksgiving dinner tonight.
County takes welfare-to-work program and others on the road
It’s big, versatile and nearly ready to go. County staff have been putting the final touches on the Social Services Branch’s fully-equipped RV that will bring Calworks, mental health and public health services to the far reaches of the North
Orleans pedestrian struck in traffic lane
An Orleans woman was killed Tuesday night when she was struck by a car while she was reportedly walking in a traffic lane on State Route 96. Humboldt County Deputy Coroner Roy Horton said preliminary evidence shows that 34-year-old Satinderjit
Toy drive set for Eureka
The Eureka Fire Department will be collecting toys at the Bayshore Mall on Friday and Saturday, as well as at the Humboldt County Artisans Craft Fair at Redwood Acres on Dec.
Gundersen’s arraignment continued
Former Blue Lake Police Chief David Gundersen’s arraignment on a charge of felony grand theft was continued Wednesday to Dec. 10. Gundersen, who stands accused of taking firearms out of Trinidad Police Department evidence and trading them,
Christmas tree permits on sale
The Six Rivers National Forest is selling Christmas tree permits at four ranger district offices or the forest supervisor’s office in Eureka. Each household can purchase one Christmas tree permit for $10.
Judge considers restraining order for cell tower
A Humboldt County Superior Court judge will consider Wednesday whether to issue a temporary restraining order preventing Verizon wireless from starting construction of a cell tower at a Harris Street church until neighbors’ challenge of the
Eureka school fire guts classroom
A fire that started in a South Bay Elementary School classroom late Monday night was extinguished by firefighters before it could spread to other parts of the building, but the blaze badly damaged the school’s structure, fire officials reported