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Hundreds of farmers in Humboldt County owe cannabis cultivation taxes. The county decided what to do about an approaching deadline for those growers to either pay or lose their licenses.
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Humboldt County is getting around to enforcing a cannabis growing tax passed in 2016. Many farmers aren’t ready.
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A Superior Court judge in Humboldt County has resigned and admitted to 17 counts of wrongdoing while in office.
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Protesters on the Cal Poly Humboldt campus in Arcata have now shut down the university through the weekend. The pro-Palestinian protesters have been occupying a building on campus since Monday.
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A draft plan estimates it could cost up to $4.5 billion dollars to connect a future offshore wind energy project on the Northern California coast with the rest of the state’s electric grid.
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Last week, the Humboldt Coalition for Clean Energy called on the Redwood Coast Energy Authority to abandon the Scotia biomass power plant.
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The plan would cover a freeway that bisects the city, building space for parks or even housing.
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As insurers abandon fire-prone areas, homeowners are hard pressed to find — and afford — coverage.
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A Superior Court judge in Humboldt County is facing a formal investigation into alleged misconduct over the past decade. The investigation comes as the judge is running for re-election.
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A social services organization in McKinleyville, CA is offering money to low-income pregnant people, with no strings attached.
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Telecommunications giant AT&T is asking permission from state regulators to stop providing landline service across parts of the state. That includes Humboldt County, where many residents rely on landlines.
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State officials said a Humboldt County cannabis operation took water from streams and damaged wetlands for years without authorization. The owner called the fine extreme and unfair but agreed to pay and restore wetlands.
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The county has been struggling with a lack of housing and rising costs.
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Nitrous oxide is used medically for sedation or pain relief and in restaurants to make whipped cream. It’s also used to get high.