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1 week ago |
lostcoastoutpost.com | Hank Sims
It looks like the dream of keeping horse racing alive at the Humboldt County Fair is just barely hanging on by a thread, following today’s meeting of the California Horse Racing Board. According to an excellent report on the Daily Racing Form’s website, the board voted 3-2 to deny the fair’s request for seven days on the racing schedule. But the board is currently short of members, and four votes are required to take definitive action on such a request.
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2 weeks ago |
lostcoastoutpost.com | Hank Sims
The Eureka Police Department, via its Facebook, is promising lights, sirens, ambulances, people scurrying here and there and even helicopters sometime today, as the St. Bernard’s student body gets one of those dramatic scared-straight lessons about the dangers of drunk driving. It’s gonna be one of those deals where everyone simulates a gory car crash right out in front of the school.
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2 weeks ago |
lostcoastoutpost.com | Hank Sims
How are things going in Rio Dell? A short-handed Humboldt County Board of Supervisors got a bit of an update today, some two years and change after a sharp 6.4 magnitude earthquake damaged some 350 buildings in the town, leaving 90 homes at least temporarily uninhabitable. By the end of the meeting, there seemed to be a pretty clear consensus: Homes are getting repaired, things are plugging away … but not nearly as quickly as would be ideal.
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3 weeks ago |
lostcoastoutpost.com | Hank Sims
Today, Assemblymember Damon Connolly announced his campaign for State Senate in District 2, the North Coast district that includes Del Norte, Humboldt, Lake, Marin, Mendocino, Sonoma, and Trinity counties. “These are dangerous times. The Trump Administration is going after our schools, our businesses, our health care, our coastline, our diverse communities, and our very way of life. We need a State Senator who is ready to step up and meet this moment,” said Assemblymember Damon Connolly.
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4 weeks ago |
lostcoastoutpost.com | Hank Sims
The folks over at Recology are over the moon at the fact that one of their own — Zac Ramsey, who has worked Arcata routes for more than 20 years — has been crowned as the nation’s Regional Residential Driver of the Year by the National Waste & Recycling Association. The award was announced earlier this week.
Journalists covering the same region

Kym Kemp
Reporter at Freelance
Writer and Editor at Redheaded Blackbelt
Kym Kemp primarily covers news in the Northern California coastal region, including areas around Humboldt County and Mendocino County.

Ruth Schneider
Editor at Times-Standard
Ruth Schneider primarily covers news in Humboldt County, California, United States and surrounding areas.

Geneva M. Peppars
Assignment Editor at KTVU-TV (Oakland, CA)
Geneva M. Peppars primarily covers news in Northern California, including areas around San Francisco and the North Coast, United States.

Sage Alexander
Reporter at Times-Standard
Sage Alexander primarily covers news in Humboldt County, California, United States and surrounding areas.
Roger Gitlin
Associate Editor at Del Norte Triplicate
Roger Gitlin primarily covers news in Humboldt County, California, United States and surrounding areas.
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Shout out to Redwood News' Joe Bartosik for attempting to cover the earthquake despite just having undergone oral surgery: https://t.co/Klhq7Qb1sk

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