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The Humboldt County Board of Supervisors heard a series of dire warnings May 25 about what worsening drought conditions could mean for the North Coast, from catastrophic wildfire to entire communities running out of water and massive fish kills in local rivers. Perhaps most alarmingly, a host of officials who addressed the board warned this is no anomaly. "The weather is changing," said Craig Tucker, a natural resources consultant for the Karuk Tribe, explaining that nine of Californias 11 hott...

Humboldt County Public Health confirmed nine new COVID-19 cases today, making 53 so far this week, as well as three new hospitalizations. According to a...

As mass COVID-19 vaccination appointments go unfilled, officials look to meet residents where they are

Posted By Thadeus Greenson@ThadeusGreenson on Sat, Apr 24, 2021 at 9:00 AM click to enlarge Screen shot Clockwise from top left: Humboldt County Vaccine Task Force member Lindsey Mendez, Emergency Services Manger Ryan Derby, Public Health Officer Ian Hoffman, Joint Information Center spo...

Posted By Thadeus Greenson@ThadeusGreenson on Tue, Mar 16, 2021 at 3:26 PM Humboldt County Public Health confirmed 14 new COVID-19 cases today — making 35 so far this week – after labs processed 127 samples with a test-positivity rate of 10.2 percent. The county also announced today that it has sworn in 23 new disaster health care volunteers — making 156 to date — to help with the ongoing vaccination effort. Vaccination clinics remain by appointment onl...

Press release from the Humboldt Community Organizations Active in Disaster: The Humboldt Community Organizations Active in Disaster (COAD) is a partnership of local organizations, government agencies, and community groups committed to disaster preparedness, education, response, and recovery. The Humboldt COAD has hired Alison Sterling Nichols as Coordinator to help establish, launch, and support the COAD network. Sterling Nichols brings years of project management and community organizing exper...

Posted By Thadeus Greenson@ThadeusGreenson on Fri, Feb 19, 2021 at 2:31 PM Humboldt County Public Health reported 15 new cases today along with an increase in available local intensive care unit capacity as the number of COVID-19 patients hospitalized locally decreases. With todays results, which came after 182 samples were tested with a test-positivity rate of 8.2 percent, the county has now confirmed a total of 3,067 COVID-19 cases to date, including 85 this w...