News, nature, and community throughout the Emerald Triangle
“We’re not closed because there was an outbreak of COVID. We’re closed because there were a couple of cases and we don’t have the space in our faculty to be out anybody… .”
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Harley Santa coming to Garberville Sunday!
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”It’s kinda hard to divide us kids, especially since we’ve known each other so long. We respect each other’s wishes,” he told us, “…Instead of us being upset at the situation, we have to stay connected. We all know no one is trying to get [COVID].”
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A flyer circulating within the community and on social media is asking members of the SBUSD to attend the SBUSD Board meeting on December 16th in a bid to stop the Shared Services Agreement from becoming a permanent merger of the two districts.
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“We are Humboldt Freedom Coalition, (HFC) a non-partisan Coalition in Humboldt County that promotes individual liberty and health freedom.”
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Holiday happenings to warm your heart.
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For the first time in years, the North Coast Commercial Crab Season will open on December 1st. In 2020, issues with domoic acid levels, migrating whales and price negotiations delayed the start of the season to early January 2021.
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At the same time that the state brings in record-high cannabis tax revenue, the California cannabis industry struggles with decreasing profits and rising taxes.
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As cannabis prices continue to plummet, cultivators face rising taxes. The cultivation tax increase was built into Prop 64 to account for inflation… “which is funny because the price of cannabis isn’t inflating, but our taxes are inflating.”
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“It came down to staffing. It was less about the number of cases that were actual real-live cases at the schools, as it was about not being able to provide the required distance learning and in-person person learning at the same time. It was just untenable.”
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