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About a month ago, Eureka doctors Asa Stockton and Nathan Shishido sat on a curb in the earthquake-ravaged city of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, wondering what to do with the outpouring of donations they had received in Humboldt County.

Forty years ago, when Zen Master Alan Watts wrote about finding his refuge on Mt. Tamalpais in California, little did he know he was also writing about the current state of affairs in the health care industry.

In nearly a quarter century studying humpback whales, researcher Fred Sharpe has witnessed a remarkable recovery. The intelligent and social animals have rebounded from centuries of whaling, and are filling in their historic range.

EUREKA - Despite a long recession, high unemployment rates and recovery from a housing bubble, Coast Central Credit Union remained very strong, according to a press release.

The local blues singer who was shot in the face, allegedly by her then partner, testified at his preliminary hearing Wednesday that she was concerned for the safety of others when she tried to block him from leaving their apartment while he was

Members of the cycling group Team Humboldt gave out safety tips and explained cycling equipment to students at Morris School Wednesday as a way to prevent bicycle-related injuries.

A Eureka woman died Tuesday night after her car collided with another vehicle on U.S. Highway 101 near Petaluma. According to the California Highway Patrol, Loretta Sayers, 62, attempted to cross the southbound lane of U.

The man who drove Todd Duryea Clark to drop off his son the night he was killed was the first witness in the preliminary hearing for Tellest Antwion Keyes, 28, who has been charged in Clark's shooting death.

EUREKA - The Johanna Rodoni for Assessor 2010 Campaign has announced that Rodoni has officially filed as a candidate for Humboldt County assessor and took the candidate's oath.

Kathleen Bryson, candidate for Humboldt County district attorney, will hold a meet and greet March 12 at Has Beans coffee shop, 738 Second St. in Eureka.

Redwood National Park would burn more acres and build more fire fuel breaks as part of its plan to manage fire in the park for the next fire years. An environmental assessment is now on the table laying out the fire management program, which

Humboldt County Undersheriff Mike Downey.

Undersheriff Mike Downey told KMUD listeners Wednesday that the number one question posed to him on the campaign trail revolves around Carrying a Concealed Weapon (CCW) permits.

Downey said he wouldn’t change the county’s current policy, and praised the CCW process in Humboldt County.  He said Humboldt is a “shall issue” county, and if applicants comply and show responsibility they will have no trouble.

The KMUD show was hosted by the Bonnie Blackberry and Charley Custer and can be found in the KMUD archives for 3/10/10 @ 8:30 pm.

The discussion touched on Code Enforcement, medical marijuana vs. commercial marijuana, and methamphetimine, which Downey said is one of the top issues for law enforcement.

Downey said Humboldt County hasn’t had to lay off deputies since 1981-82.  Compare that to the City of Eureka, which appears to have permanently placed police funding on the chopping block.

In surveying the local landscape, Downey might be the great unifying force in the 2010 Humboldt County political season.  While candidates and supporters duke it out in other races, most people appear to be in agreement on who should be the next Sheriff.

Medical marijuana advocates told the city of Eureka Tuesday night that its ordinance regulating medical marijuana was a good start, but they still had plenty of suggestions.

California's counties are losing guarantees of state funding for transportation and conservation but remain on the hook to pay for road projects and land tax agreements, a Humboldt County legislative advocate told the Board of Supervisors

The Arcata City Council built the framework for plans in 2010 as they wrapped up their goal- and priority-setting sessions for the city Tuesday night. Over the course of three study sessions that began last week, City staff, committee members and

The Humboldt State University Academic Senate voted to eliminate one minor program and suspend another Tuesday, and also discussed the first programs that will be looked at for elimination.

Revisions to Pacific Gas and Electric Co.'s planned outage were finalized Tuesday after requests from the city of Arcata changed some of the areas impacted.

The campaign to re-elect Paul Gallegos announced a host of endorsements Tuesday for Humboldt County's incumbent district attorney. Former California Attorney General Bill Lockyer, Association of Prosecuting Attorneys Chief Executive Officer

Timothy Ryan Dossey, an assistant Arcata High School girls basketball coach who was arrested last week on suspicion of child molestation and sending harmful materials to seduce a minor, was arraigned in Humboldt County Superior Court on Tuesday.

Caltrans reopened U.S. Highway 199 outside Crescent City Tuesday, a day after a rock slide blocked the road. About 2,000 cubic yards of rock slid onto the road at mile post 21.