HSU Hopes to Open New Nursing Program in 2020

by Thadeus Greenson on January 31, 2019 at 3:39PM

HSU Searching for Director of New Nursing Program Humboldt State University has begun a national search for a director to lead an RN-to-BSN nursing program, which could enroll its first students as soon as Fall 2020.

Task Force Finds 6 Pounds of Heroin in Bust

by Thadeus Greenson on January 28, 2019 at 12:02PM

MEDIA RELEASE On January 25th, 2019, at approximately 1:00 p.m., Special Agents with the Humboldt County Drug Task Force, with the assistance of narcotic detection K9’s with the Humboldt County District Attorney’s Office and Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office, served a search warrant at a residence located in the 500 block of Warren Creek Road, Arcata.

King Tides Preview Sea Level Rise (Slideshow)

by Elaine Weinreb on January 27, 2019 at 3:31PM

HumCo Health Officials Eyeing Measles Outbreak in Washington, Bracing for the Worst

by Thadeus Greenson on January 26, 2019 at 12:07PM

According to to the California Department of Public Health, only 88.4 percent of Humboldt County kindergarten students had all their required immunizations at the start of last school year, the most recent year for which data is available. That’s one of the lowest rates in California and substantially below the state average of 95.1 percent.

Lawson Feels Son's Case is Moving Toward an Arrest After Meeting with DA

by Iridian Casarez on January 25, 2019 at 5:30PM

She added that the case is being worked everyday and that the DA was making it a priority. According to Charmaine Lawson, Ehle brought two new homicide detectives to the meeting to look at the case.

'Sweet Victory' for SpongeBob Fans at the Super Bowl? Stay Tuned

by Kimberly Wear on January 25, 2019 at 1:48PM

The animated undersea world Hillenburg invented is said to have roots in the artist’s time at HSU, which he credited for developing his love of marine biology and art. He and his wife recently gave a $135,000 gift to create the Stephen Hillenburg Marine Science Research Award Endowment at the college “to provide grant awards for student research projects in marine biology, oceanography and marine fisheries,” according to a September release from HSU.

Off-Duty Civilian Coastie Rescues Surfer

by Kimberly Wear on January 24, 2019 at 9:21PM

Read more about local efforts to help Coasties and their families and federal employees here and here. "I just did what any Coastie would do in that situation," said Bluntzer in the release.

UPDATE: Eureka Man Killed on 101 Identified

by Kimberly Wear on January 24, 2019 at 1:47PM

Read the release from the CHP: On the morning of January 22, 2019, just before 630 AM, the California Highway Patrol received a call of a fatal collision involving a pedestrian on Northbound US-101 north of Humboldt Hill.

UPDATED: Encampment Removal Operation Near the Bayshore Mall

by Kimberly Wear on January 24, 2019 at 10:10AM

Redheaded Blackbelt reports that staff from the Betty Kwan Chinn day center arrived a little before 10 a.m. "to assess the situation and see what can be done to assist people in relocating." Read the release from the EPD below:

San Francisco Gives Kindergartners Free Money for College. Could it Work Statewide?

by Felicia Mello, CALmatters on January 24, 2019 at 9:09AM

Researchers are also studying whether rewards cards could help parents who are living paycheck to paycheck save for college by giving them cash back on grocery purchases, and whether universal child savings accounts counteract implicit bias among teachers by encouraging them to see all students as college-bound. California could become a laboratory to test those ideas if the legislature signs off on Newsom’s plan later this spring.