Ruth Schneider
Times-Standard
Eureka, CA, United States
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Civic calendar | Humboldt County supervisors to consider confirming a storm emergency declaration
Find out what is happening at local government meetings this week. → Read More
Throwback Thursday | Gov. Friend Richardson visits Eureka in 1923
Also, between high winds and use of moonshine, there was excitement in Hydesville in March 1923. → Read More
Highway 101 reopens Saturday, but inland areas could see up to 2 feet of snow in next few days
More rain and snow is on the way in the coming week, but this time the coast will most likely just get the rain while inland areas could see a couple feet of snow by Wednesday, according to a meteo… → Read More
Civic calendar | Humboldt County supervisors to consider ending COVID-19 emergency
Find out what’s happening in the coming week in local government meetings. → Read More
Highway 101 closed from Garberville to Willits
Caltrans, the California Highway Patrol and several other agencies are working to clear a stretch of highway between Sprowl Creek Road and Willits at Reynolds Highway in Mendocino County. The highw… → Read More
Snow blankets Humboldt County and there’s more on the way
More snow is on the way, including on the coast. → Read More
Civic calendar | Rio Dell will consider bonuses for city management who aided in quake response
Find out what is happening in government meetings this week. → Read More
Throwback Thursday | No more ‘Fatty’ Arbuckle films, actor says after manslauter trial
A leader in the film industry reached out to the Humboldt Standard in early 1923 to laud the newspaper for its appreciation for the “unbiased attitude” the paper took in an editorial on… → Read More
Civic calendar | Humboldt County planners to discuss Karuk housing project
Find out what is happening in local government meetings in the coming week. → Read More
Humboldt County budget outlook bleak
The Humboldt County Board of Supervisors heard a report on the mid-year budget review on Tuesday afternoon and some county department heads are concerned. “I come to you today as a nervous de… → Read More
Supervisors to consider extending drought emergency. Are we still in one?
“Because conditions of severe risk to the safety of persons and property and the integrity of natural and cultural resources still exists within the county caused by drought, it has been dete… → Read More
Civic calendar | Humboldt County supervisors will consider extending drought, storm damage, earthquake emergencies
Also, Fortuna will consider a contract for a police department remodel. → Read More
Throwback Thursday | Eureka chamber works to save teachers’ college
In early 1923, the Eureka Chamber of Commerce worked to save the Humboldt State Teachers’ College — now known as Cal Poly Humboldt — from being overtaken by the Chico State Teachers’ Co… → Read More
Former Eureka High wrestling coach arrested in Arcata
Thomas Harlan Gowing has not worked with the district since June 2022, the district said in a news release. → Read More
Civic calendar | Rio Dell to discuss earthquake recovery priorities
Find out what is happening at local government meetings this week. → Read More
Humboldt County jobless rate dips to 3.4%, but that might not be a positive
“we saw a smaller labor force and a smaller amount of employment” n December, a local labor market analyst said. → Read More
Humboldt County supervisors OK emergency storm declaration
The Humboldt County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday morning in a special meeting unanimously approved an emergency declaration related to the onslaught of storms pounding the North Coast in recent … → Read More
Civc calendar | Eureka to consider support for hallucinogenic substance decriminalization
The supervisors will consider a declaration of an emergency related to winter storms. → Read More
Humboldt County earthquakes | State, local officals announce millions for recovery
“I think what we are all in firm belief is that Humboldt truly shines in the darkest of days,” state Sen. Mike McGuire (D-Healdsburg) said in opening the discussion Thursday evening. → Read More
Eureka to consider $1.2 million to buy modular units to house homeless
Eureka will consider a $1.2 million purchase of modular units to house people experiencing homelessness at the Crowley site where trailers donated by Pacific Gas and Electric Co. years ago burned i… → Read More