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With one of the best wind resources in the world just offshore, Humboldt Bay hopes to transform the region into a renewable energy production hub.

The Humboldt County Board of Supervisors cut a cannabis excise tax by 85% on Monday after dozens of local farmers said they are struggling under poor market conditions.

A pair of fungus foragers in Northern California recently pulled in more than 200 pounds of chanterelles. Rather than cash in, they donated and got creative.

A 6.2 magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of Northern California yesterday afternoon. The earthquake hit about 45 miles west of Eureka at 12:10 PM and could be felt throughout Humboldt county and as far inland as Redding.

Hundreds of people are experiencing homelessness in Humboldt County. One nonprofit group has a new strategy they say emphasizes a personalized approach to getting people off the streets.

State Senator Mike McGuire announced the funding for nursing education and a mental health crisis center.

Humboldt County has launched a program to build economic development support for the local cannabis industry using cannabis tax revenue. Now the county’s growers can get technical and capital assistance that was never available before. JPR’s Liam Moriarty recently spoke with Humboldt reporter Daniel Mintz about Project Trellis.

A dangerous coronavirus variant is spreading rapidly in Humboldt County, where younger people are getting sick with COVID-19 more often and more severely.

Humboldt County’s timber industry legacy includes abandoned mill sites that can be contaminated with dioxins. Now, a former mill site between the cities of Arcata and Blue Lake is a priority case because it’s a potential threat to the drinking water of 88,000 county residents.

There’s only one public bank in the United States. It’s in North Dakota, and it was built over a hundred years ago. Now, some people in Humboldt County are working to open another.

A new study analyzes the epidemic of missing and murdered Native women in California. It found the highest concentration of cases along the North Coast.