The Humboldt Literacy Project is holding its fifth annual Great Humboldt Trivia Challenge on Tuesday at Cher-ae-Heights Casino in Trinidad. The event, which includes a raffle and dinner, starts at 5:30 p.
Following the resignation of Trinidad Police Chief Ken Thrailkill earlier this week, the city is looking into establishing formal interim services with the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office until the city council can find a replacement.
Rumor has it the Humboldt seaside utopia of Trinidad hosted a handfull of political hopefulls Thursday night at Cher-Ae Heights Casino. Feel the bipartisan love.
The Redding Searchlight reports that Republican gubernatorial candidate Meg Whitman spent the day in Redding before locals spotted her in the Northern Humboldt party spot. Whitman was reportedly flanked by fellow Republican Johanna Rodoni, candidate for County Assessor, and Democrats Virginia Bass and Allison Jackson, each of whom are running for two of the highest offices in the land — Humboldt County Supervisor and District Attorney respectively.
Former County Administrator — and close advisor to Bass — Loretta Nickolaus apparently tagged along.
Anyone get photos?
Whitman is supported by local Republican hot head Rob Arkley, who donated $25,000 to her campaign last year.
Those waiting to learn the fate of a proposal to subdivide a 19-acre plot of land near College Cove just north of Trinidad will have some more waiting to do.
The Patrick’s Point Garden Club and Trinidad Civic Club are presenting the fourth annual “North Coast Garden Event” from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday.
Almost a month after the matter first came before it, the Humboldt County Planning Commission is expected Thursday to decide the fate of a controversial proposal to subdivide a 19-acre property near College Cove, just north of Trinidad.
Ten years of logging by Green Diamond Resource Co. (formerly Simpson Timber) is shown in this Google Earth map put together by the Environmental Protection Information Center.
From the EPIC blog:
This map shows the 10yr logging history on Green Diamond lands in the Maple Creek and Little River areas near Trinidad. This pattern is repeated in watersheds all across the Green Diamond landscape
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Local candidates are putting their spelling skills to the test to raise money for a new library in Trinidad. The Friends of the Trinidad Library’s Second Annual Adult Spelling Bee on Saturday will feature several politicians, including one
Patrick Cleary, candidate for the 5th District seat on the Humboldt County Board of Supervisors, is holding a town hall meeting at 7 p.m. at the Trinidad Town Hall, 409 Trinity St.
The Trinidad Planning Commission will meet Wednesday night to discuss installing trail signs on the public access trails to Old Home Beach, commonly known as Indian Beach.
The City of Trinidad is seeking a grant to get consulting on how to fix a dangerous section of roadway after receiving several residential complaints.
Consistent state budget cuts have stripped the music and arts programs in many California districts, but at least one local school has opted to support its program through different means.
With a room filled with people waiting for the Humboldt County Planning Commission’s decision on the proposed subdivision near College Cove, the commission moved its decision to April due to time constraints.
LumberjackThirty minutes before the tsunami was supposed to hit, cars parked on the bluffs behind the Trinidad Head Lighthouse. People set up lawn chairs and picnics and squeezed in for the best view of the shore. The ironic side effect of the tsunami alert system was apparent; people flocked to the coast, rather than away from it.
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Time to maintain our little chunk o’highway up in Trinidad – join Humboldt Surfrider for a clean-up Saturday morning! Meet at the rest stop north of Trinidad at 9 a.m., this Saturday, March 6.
Contact: adrien@kokatat.com for more info.
