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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 California's 11 hottest years on record and three of its driest have occurred since 2011. "What we're living here is no...

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Screenshot from Tuesday’s Board of Supervisors meeting (clockwise from top left):  First District Supervisor Rex Bohn, Second District Supervisor Michelle Bushnell, Third District Supervisor Mike Wilson,  Fourth District Supervisor Virginia Bass, Auditor-Controller Karen Paz Dominguez  and Fifth District Supervisor Steve Madrone. ### The Humboldt County Board of Supervisors had a relatively short agenda on Tuesday, but they wound up engaged in some lengthy conversations on topics ranging from the county’s finances to its post-pandemic work routines and The Great Redwood Trail. You’ll...

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TODAY in SUPES: A Debate Over Criminal Justice Reform, Another on Housing, Plus Speed Humps Come to Bridgeville Screenshots from Tuesday’s meeting (clockwise from top left): First District Supervisor Rex Bohn, Second District Supervisor Michelle Bushnell, Third District Supervisor Mike Wilson, Fourth District Supervisor Virginia Bass, Sheriff Billy Honsal and Fifth District Supervisor Steve Madrone. ### As calls for criminal justice reform continue nationwide in the wake of the murder of George Floyd by a Minneapolis police officer, the Humboldt County Board of Supervisors spent much of Tue...