Posts Tagged ‘pulp mill’
Written by Humboldt Online Editor on 06 March 2010
If you’re out and about for Arts Alive on Saturday evening, drop in to see our show of paintings and photographs of the pulp mill. The mill is one of the industrial landmarks of Humboldt County, sitting on the bay…

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Written by Humboldt Online Editor on 05 March 2010
Love or hate the pulp mill, it’s been a main feature on the Eureka skyline for decades.
Eureka Books will display paintings of the mill for the March Arts Alive! starting tomorrow, March 6th. Featured artists include Linda Mitchell, Jim McVicker, Stock and Rachel Schlueter, Amy Stewart, Alicia Tredway and Kathy O’Leary.
More information at Lost Coast Daily Painters.


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Written by Humboldt Online Editor on 05 March 2010
When Eureka Books owner Scott Brown heard that the pulp mill was going to be closed, he thought of the many artists who have included the mill smokestacks in their landscapes over the years.

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Written by Humboldt Online Editor on 15 January 2010
The owners of the Samoa pulp mill are ready to enter into contract negotiations with the Humboldt Bay Municipal Water District to supply the facility with water over the next 10 years.

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Written by Humboldt Online Editor on 09 January 2010
Freshwater Tissue Co. said it has abandoned an offer to liquidate the Samoa pulp mill and is instead pursuing funding and permitting to reopen the closed plant by July 1.

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Written by Humboldt Online Editor on 11 December 2009
The owners of the shuttered Samoa pulp mill have brought a last-minute proposal to buy water to the Humboldt Bay Municipal Water District, which lodged a counter offer Thursday for a contract it believes would protect its ratepayers and shield it

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Written by Humboldt Online Editor on 09 December 2009
With the pulp mill closed down, all Humboldt County residents are going to see an increase in their water bill, but it seems Eureka senior citizens may feel it the most.

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Written by Humboldt Online Editor on 03 December 2009
There’s a firestorm brewing that may create some very strange bedfellows. Eureka city staff is proposing HUGE increases to Eureka’s water and sewer rates over the next 5 years. While all agree some water rate increases are inevitable since the pulp mills have closed, this grab for bucks goes far beyond the call.

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Written by Humboldt Online Editor on 29 November 2009
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What was once the bustling Evergreen Pulp mill is today a forlorn factory of smokestacks and tan buildings clustered quietly beside the still, gray waters of the Arcata harbor near Eureka, Calif.

Tags: Arcata, Eureka, Evergreen Pulp, Humboldt, Humboldt County, politics, pulp mill, Samoa
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Written by Humboldt Online Editor on 17 November 2009
The calendar features paintings by O’Leary, Linda Mitchell, Rachel Schlueter, and Amy Stewart. Scenes include Indian Island, the Ferndale racetrack, and the AA bar. Some of the images are already part of Humboldt’s past. “As we were putting it together, we realized that already some of the places we painted had changed,”

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Written by Humboldt Online Editor on 21 October 2009

The owner of the Samoa pulp mill said Tuesday it will permanently close the facility after failing to secure federal stimulus funds to improve the plant.

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Written by Humboldt Online Editor on 17 October 2009

A rally at the Samoa pulp mill set for Wednesday at noon has been canceled. The mill’s owner, Freshwater Tissue Co., informed guests expected to attend the rally that the event was canceled after meeting with the company’s public relations firm.

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Written by Humboldt Online Editor on 05 October 2009

For some 50 years, the water supply for the Arcata, Eureka and McKinleyville areas was tied to two pulp mills on the Samoa Peninsula. The founders of the Humboldt Bay Municipal Water District were looking to build a water supply system for the

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Written by Humboldt Online Editor on 20 September 2009

The Humboldt Bay Harbor, Recreation and Conservation District is at a crossroads. Ship traffic has ground to a halt with the demise of the Samoa pulp mill and revenues are low.

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Written by Humboldt Online Editor on 17 September 2009

The Samoa pulp mill may be taking its last gasps, likely to be sold off in parts as the latest bid to restart the plant is wilting. The current owner, Freshwater Pulp Co.

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