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“We have a person that lives in Humboldt County that owns a home and pays taxes and I don’t feel that we should prioritize someone from out of the area who’s making money on the process and interfering with our local residents’ quality of life,” O’Neill said before the vote.

“You got my word that we’re going to look…with a sharp knife at the lowest hanging fruit that should affect the least amount of people.”

“The $2.6 million project will place an asphalt rubber chip seal with areas of concrete dig outs on SR 36 near Mad River, from the Humboldt/Trinity County Line to 4.1 miles east of South Fork Mountain Road.”

A control burn is no longer under control near Carlotta.

A new self-guided audio tour of city murals launches Friday, with QR codes at each stop and programs available for those who want to explore on their own schedule.

A Nissan Pathfinder sustained major front-end damage in a Friday afternoon collision on State Route 96 near Weitchpec; no injuries were reported.

A Fortuna massage raid, a heated Flock camera fight, and an election roundup. Plus, Miranda’s Rescue protesters showed up, a drive by shooting is under investigation, and there’s some welcome lighter stuff with Sara Bareilles, Guy Fieri weirdness, and Humboldt heroics.

“Beginning Monday, June 8, the eastbound lane of State Route 299 will be closed in the slide area to allow crews to complete roadway repairs after minor cracking was observed following the earlier slide event.”

“There are 84,944 registered voters in Humboldt County who were mailed ballots for the election on June 2. Out of these ballots, as of midday on Thursday, June 4, the Elections Office has received and processed 19,370 ballots and has approximately 21,151 ballots left to process.”