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Humboldt County’s Community Wildfire Protection Plan update to begin

By Kelley Lincoln | January 8, 2025
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Humboldt County’s Community Wildfire Protection Planning, as described by Southern Humboldt’s Fire Safe Council’s chair Gail Eastwood, shows us the structural framework that organizes and directs the work implementation crews carry out.

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Mendocino Fire Safe Council Crew Implements Prevention IRL

By Kelley Lincoln | January 8, 2025
Mendocino County Fire Safe Council crew members Rockey Sr and Patino

Sarah Reith introduces us to the work of Mendocino’s Fire Safe Council and the 5 members of its Fire Safe Council crew who move around the county doing the work of fire fuel reduction on the ground: Crew lead Daniel Rockey Sr, Alfredo (Freddie) Romero, Jr, Gabriel Villa, Davette Hayes and Eric Patino

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KMUD News 01 07 25

By Music Lisa | January 7, 2025
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Delayed Dungeness Crab Season Highlights Economic and Environmental Challenges for Local Fleet

By Music Lisa | January 7, 2025
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The commercial Dungeness crab season in Northern California is set to open on January 15, 2025, after weeks of delays tied to ongoing concerns over whale entanglements and crab quality testing.

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Arcata Man After Vehicle Assault and Hatchet Attack

By Music Lisa | January 7, 2025

Stover was arrested and booked into the Humboldt County Correctional Facility on charges of Attempted Homicide, Reckless Driving, and Assault with a Deadly Weapon.

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Local News 01 06 2025

By Kelley Lincoln | January 6, 2025
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YeeHaw in the spotlight: County Conversations with Humboldt’s 5th District Supervisor, and sonar shows stronger salmon returns in the South Fork

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Spotlight: YeeHaw before BOS Again Tuesday

By Kelley Lincoln | January 6, 2025

YeeHaw has been a target of Humboldt County Code Enforcement for decades, but now has some support from county leadership resulting from the State of California’s pressure on planning departments to reduce barriers to housing thereby reducing homelessness.

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CalTrout’s Sonar Counts 6,000 Salmonids in South Fork

By Kelley Lincoln | January 6, 2025

The 2024-25 season had already seen 6,000 salmonid individuals migrate into the South Fork of the Eel by…

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Community Conversation: 5th District’s Steve Madrone

By Kelley Lincoln | January 6, 2025

The conversation between Lauren Schmitt and 5th District Supervisor Madrone includes YeeHaw, Providence Health lacking providers and services, and the Great Redwood Trail

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Nurses at Providence Hospitals in Oregon Set to Strike Friday

By Kelley Lincoln | January 6, 2025
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Nurse at Providence Willamette Falls Medical Center said after their merger with St Joseph’s Providence “went from being companions or partners in the process of negotiating a contract to becoming hard and fast opponents”

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KMUD News Sports Report – 01 03 25

By Music Lisa | January 3, 2025

Ray Hamill brings us this week’s KMUD sports report, including a look back at the biggest sports stories of 2024.

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KMUD News 01 03 25

By Music Lisa | January 3, 2025
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