Top 2023 KMUD News Stories
In Southern Humboldt:
Humboldt Permits Reggae On The River’s Return
Southern Humboldt Voters Show Overwhelming Support of Garberville and Salmon Creek Fire Departments
Briceland Fire Celebrates Milestone Completion of New Station
Retiring Redway Volunteer Fire Chief Leaves a Lasting Legacy of Selfless Service and Dedication
SoHum Healthcare District Continues to Expand Services
Palo Verde Volunteer Fire Celebrates 40th Anniversary
RCSD Deliver Shutoff Notices as Outstanding Debt Reaches an Unmanageable Level
CRV Buyback Recycling Returns to Southern Humboldt
Garberville Veterans Preview New Vets Hall Design
Good news
PG&E Pledges to Underground Lines to Preserve Eagle Nest
Dolly Parton Helps Humboldt’s Low Literacy Rates
Cultural Fire Returns Under Wailaki Leadership
Redwood Canoe Returns to Round Valley
Shelter Cove Fire Fighters Receive Life Saving Award
DNA Technology Cracks Humboldt Cold Cases
Southern Humboldt’s First Native Fire Crew
Monarch Butterfly Population on the Rise After Historic Low
Willits Supercentenarian Turns 115
Cultural Fire to Return in Southern Humboldt
First Southern Humboldt Fire Fighters Academy
Wailaki Member of the Round Valley Indian Tribes Returns After Historic Trip to Space
Astronaut Nicole Mann visits Round Valley
Chief Tribal Court Judge, Abby Abinanti, Named the North Coast’s Woman of the Year
Klamath Dam Removal Is No Longer Aspirational. Physical Work Is Underway
Black Humboldt Celebrates Its 5th Birthday
Mad River Brewery Revolutionizes Beer through Decolonization
Humboldt County’s 2023 Teacher of the Year, Kelly Miller
Humboldt Grown Wine Featured at White House Luncheon
Huffman Honors Laytonville Unified School Board President, Calvin Harwood
Clam Beach Becomes More ADA Accessible
The Eureka Chinatown Project Celebrates the Lunar New Year
Reacting To Website Comment, Humboldt Supes Condemn ‘Hate’
Generations of Resistance: Honoring the Elders and Youth Leaders of the Movement for Tribal Rights
Black Liberation Month Celebrated in Humboldt and Mendocino
Cannabis:
Humboldt Smokes the Competition at Emerald Cup 2023
Humboldt Cannabis Measure Heads For Election After Mediation Fails
Humboldt Supes Drop Cannabis Ballot Measure Plan
Measure A proceeds to March Ballot
Measure A Forum: Proponents, Opponents, and the Public
Cannabis Lawsuit Settlement Funds More Road Improvements
Top Planner: Hundreds of Cannabis Permits Verging on Denial
Humboldt Approves 2023’s First Round Of Cannabis Permits
Humboldt County Files 2nd Motion to Dismiss Abatement Lawsuit
Humboldt Seeks Pay Hike for Cannabis Inspections
Humboldt Cannabis Tax Reinstated at a 90 Percent Downscale
4,500 Pounds of Weed Seized in Island Mountain Bust
Humboldt Supes OK Cannabis Tax Deadlines
Redway Cannabis Farm And Huge Clean-Up Approved
Humboldt Mill Site Gets New Life As Indoor Cannabis Farm
Former SoHum ‘Guerilla Grow’ Site Gets Legal Farm
Humboldt Deals With Increase In Impacted Cannabis Properties
CDFW & DCC Talk Changes within the State’s Commercial Cannabis Industry
Appeal of 5-Acre Petrolia Cannabis Farm Permit Denied
One-Acre Indoor Cannabis Operation Approved For Humboldt Bay
Economy
Largest Price Drop Ever Seen for Dungeness Fishery
“Garberville is the most obvious sign of an economic collapse”
Bad Politics/Bad Policing
Judge Grants Workplace Violence Restraining Order Against Brett Watson
NCJ Busts Open the ‘Soeth Files’
Raid on DCC Legal Farm Leads to Death of Dog in Trinity County, Public Outraged
Humboldt Sheriff’s Office Accused of Sharing Data with Law Enforcement in Anti-Abortion States
Kettenpom Couple Awarded $7 Million Settlement After Answering Trinity County Sheriff’s Call for Aid
The Civil Grand Jury Finds Inefficiencies Within BOS Advising Committees and Administrative Office
Bohn Gets Heat For Packing 9mm In Auction Basket and Bohn Called Out On ‘Hostile’ Sexist Comment
Cal Poly Humboldt Students Face Displacement After University Decides to Enforce Parking Policy
Humboldt County Responds To Grand Jury’s Emergency, Child Abuse Services Reports
CalFire Faces Scrutiny Over JDSF Environmental Review and Tribal Consultation
Probe Into Humboldt Supe’s Comments Yields Code Of Conduct Finding
Politics:
Assemblymember Jim Wood to Step Down, Assumes Key Role as Speaker pro Tempore
Division Erupts As Measure Z Flounders
Mike McGuire: Pro Tempore Appointment, Cannabis Legislation, and Annual Eureka Food Drive
Congressman Huffman Addresses Ceasefire, COP28, and Congressional Priorities
Congressman Huffman on Newly Elected House Speaker and Israel-Hamas War
Senator McGuire Takes Action to Resolve Rural Telecommunication Woes
Congressman Huffman Tours Humboldt
Congressman Huffman on LandBack, Abortion Access, and Clarence Thomas
End of Tenure Conversation with 4th District Supervisor Virginia Bass
Sports:
South Fork Cubs Celebrate Championship Victory
Ferndale’s historic first-ever football state championship”.
MMIP:
Pathways to Ending the MMIP Crisis
California Truth and Healing Council Convenes at Cal Poly Humboldt
Not Invisible Act regional hearing held in Blue Lake
MMIP Event brings awareness at Hidden Oaks Park
Queer Resistance
Humboldt’s First Drag Show en Todo Español
Drag Queen Recognized as Eureka’s Artist of the Year
Congressman Huffman on Debt Agreement, Climate Crisis, and Drag Queens.
Humboldt Supes Honor Pride Month, Juneteenth
Alleged County Fair Hate Crime Called Out
Energy
Humboldt Readies For Multibillion-Dollar Offshore Wind Economy
Bill to Address PG&E Power Delays, Signed into Law
Humboldt Pact Seeks ‘Workforce Growth’ Through Wind Energy
Crime:
Round Valley declares State of Emergency
Kiera Foley’s Mother Speaks About Heartbreak, Longing, and Finding Light in the Darkness Jason “Crow” Miller Receives 25 Year Sentence for Killing Kiera Foley
Redway Transient Arrested on Child Pornography Charges, Released
Arcata’s Sanctuary Garden Demands Action Against Hate Crimes
Mental Health:
Humboldt’s Suicide Rate Climbing; New ‘Navigation Center’ Planned
Humboldt’s First Ketamine Treatment Center Expands Services
Eureka Unanimously Approves Decriminalization of Entheogens
Sorrel Leaf Healing Center Healing Center to Open in Response to Youth Mental Health Crisis
Humboldt Neuro Health Provides Non-Traditional Approaches to Mental Health Services
Humboldt Public Health Officials: Syringe Services Help People, Reduce Litter
Crime:
Missing Eureka Women Located Deceased, Investigated as a Homicide
Smoldering Remains Located at Eureka Transient Camp Fire
2 More Fortuna Students Found with Illegal Firearms
Body Recovered from the South Fork of the Eel River Identified as 37 Year Old Garberville Resident
Health:
Local Government Leaves The Responsibility Of Extreme Weather Shelter Is Left To Volunteer Efforts
Humboldt’s Homeless Face Dire Circumstances Leading to Multiple Deaths
Humboldt Targets Illegal Tobacco Sales
Planned Parenthood Norcal Continues to Fight for Reproductive Freedom
Nurses Ratify Contract with Providence Hospitals in Humboldt
Life Plan Humboldt Receives $1.435 million for Senior Housing in McKinleyville
Area 1 Agency On Aging Gives Annual Report
Critical Blood Shortage in Humboldt due to Inclement Weather
Homeless Woman Who Was Killed In A Recycling Accident Has Been Identified.
27 Households Abandon Belongings to Evacuate Creekside Cabins
Environment
PG&E Seeks Permit to Apply Herbicides in Humboldt
Humboldt “Prohibits” Use of Herbicides in PG&E’s Vegetation Management Plan
State Parks Remains Neutral in the Controversy Over Richardson Grove
Planning for Potter Valley Project Removal Continues
Humboldt: Highest Risk of West Coast Sea Level Rise, Activist Rally
Marine Mammals Strandings Increase, Volunteer Efforts Report Incidents
Yurok Tribe’s Condor Restoration Imperiled: 5 of 8 Birds Exposed to Toxin
Humboldt’s Climate Action Plan To Get Revamp
Humboldt Supes Debate Carbon Crisis Action
Arcata City Council and Planning Commission Discuss Sea Level Rise
Klamath Dam Removal Is No Longer Aspirational. Physical Work Is Underway
PG&E Pledges to Underground Lines to Preserve Eagle Nest
Series of Atmospheric Rivers Raise Flood Concerns
Bluefin Tuna: Saving Grace or Red Herring?
CDFW Closes Nearshore Groundfish Fishery Due to Threatned Quillback
Humboldt’s Climate Action Plan To Get Revamp
Transportation:
Public Works: “Never Ending” Road Repairs
Humboldt Seeks Fog-Busting Airport Upgrade
Great Redwood Trail Meeting Highlights Southern Humboldt’s Concerns
SoHum Road Repair Highlights Humboldt’s Funding Dilemma
Rural Input Sought for ‘Road Charge Study’
“If its loose, it’s going to move” Humboldt County Roads in Dire Condition
Odd/climate change
Pierce’s Disease Detected in Humboldt
Ag Scientists Call Humboldt’s Newest Invasive Pest Worrisome
Expert Says Recent Earthquakes Have Been ‘Very Different’
Meteoeologists from the UC Berkley Snow Lab and the NWS Discuss Weather Impacts from Recent Storms
27 Households Abandon Belongings to Evacuate Creekside Cabins
Policy:
Consultant: Airbnbs ‘Eroding’ Humboldt’s Housing Stock
Humboldt Updates Mobile Home Rent Control Law
State Lawmakers Probe Wildfire Insurance Dilemmas
Debate On Vacation Rentals Intensifies At Workshop
AB 50 to Hold Utilities Accountable for Power Connection Delays
Humboldt’s Proposed Vacation Rental Law Described As An Economy – Killer
Accessibility to Justice’ for Domestic Violence Victims
Humboldt Supes Briefed On Code Enforcement Successes, Challenges
Support Builds For Humboldt Campaign Finance Reform
Humboldt County Files 2nd Motion to Dismiss Abatement Lawsuit
Humboldt Supes Act On Mental Health, ‘Anti-Hate’, Measure S And Trail