Archive for November, 2008
EUREKA — The annual Humboldt County tradition of honoring hand-made artisans begins this Friday with the Blue Ox Millworks’ Craftsman’s Days. With the historic backdrop of the mill, bands will play “old-timey” music, shoppers will
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If you still rely on rabbit-ear antennas to get your television reception, endless amounts of adjusting and even all the tinfoil in the world won’t help you come Feb.
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FORTUNA — Skies grayer than a goose’s underside didn’t prevent a respectable number of early holiday shoppers from turning out Saturday for the first Downtown Fortuna Autumn Fete on Main Street.
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A Humboldt County program to help people stranded on the North Coast find their way home or to family saves the county general relief funds. The Transportation Assistance Program, launched in November 2006, estimates it saves up to $900 per
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At least two birds will be spared the traditional oven-and-stuffing treatment this holiday season. Two rescued turkeys found their way to a new and permanent home in Loleta this week thanks to Farm Sanctuary, a group dedicated to saving such
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The California Department of Transportation and the California Highway Patrol are urging motorists to be proactive this winter and carry the proper equipment for all weather conditions.
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Eureka’s Design Review Committee will meet at 3:30 p.m. Wednesday in City Council Chambers, 531 K St. The committee will conduct architectural review and sign permitting to convert a previous drive-through coffee shop to a drive-through crab stand
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A Humboldt County Superior Court judge sentenced former Blue Lake Police Chief David Gundersen to four years probation Friday, for a pair of September convictions of illegally possessing a submachine gun and a pistol with a silencer.
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After nearly a year of public discussion, meetings and deliberation, Arcata made a step into uncharted medical marijuana territory last week by approving its new medical marijuana guidelines, upsetting some dispensary members who felt the final
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A congressman who hunts, fishes and grows wine grapes is being promoted for interior secretary by two prominent fellow lawmakers. That congressman just happens to be the North Coast’s own Mike Thompson.
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An alleged robbery at a suspected indoor pot growing operation in McKinleyville on Friday ended with one man shot, and another man in jail. At around 11:12 a.
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Winco officials in Eureka reported that a hoax bomb threat was called in around 10 p.m. Thursday. According to officials, the threat was made over the phone, and the building was evacuated.
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The California Wildlife Conservation Board granted $2.9 million on Thursday to the non-profit Smith River Alliance to work with state and federal agencies to continue removing logging roads in the Mill Creek watershed in Del Norte County.
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The state’s ongoing effort to cut its $11.2 billion deficit is threatening continued enrollment in a public health insurance program for children. Healthy Families provides health insurance for the medical, dental and vision needs for children of
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The Humboldt County District Attorney’s Office filed a new criminal complaint against former Blue Lake Police Chief David Ray Gundersen on Thursday, alleging one felony count of theft by a public official.
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