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Klamath dam removal is on track to begin in early 2023. The Klamath River Renewal Corporation and associated stakeholders have made it 95% of the way through the grueling process. (AP Photo/Jeff Barnard, File)

It’s official: FERC approves removal of Klamath dams

November 17, 2022 at 12:19 p.m.

“The Klamath salmon are coming home,” Yurok Chairman Joseph James said in a statement. “The people have earned this victory and with it, we carry on our sacred duty to...

Steven Morris, a graduate of the Eureka Rescue Mission, New Life program, with the homeless shelter’s executive director, Bryan Hall. While the rescue mission helps people who are unhoused in the city of Eureka, providers say a shortage of affordable housing keeps some people from finding more permanent housing. City of Lakeport is now proposing Safe Park, for ones living in vehicles but transitioning to permeant residences. l(Contributed)

State of homelessness | Lack of homes is still biggest hurdle to housing in Humboldt County

August 1, 2022 at 12:15 p.m.

Almost 20 years ago, Bryan Hall came to the Eureka Rescue Mission as a person who was struggling and needed to find housing. On Tuesday, as the executive director of...

(Screenshot by Renata Appel for the Record-Bee) Senator Mike McGuire updates constituents, during a virtual Town hall meeting Tuesday, about state officials' efforts to increase COVID vaccine distribution.

Newsom, lawmakers tout $9.6B COVID stimulus deal

February 19, 2021 at 6:10 a.m.

The governor and state legislative leaders have reached a deal on a $9.6 billion COVID-19 economic stimulus package that includes $600 one-time payments for the most vulnerable Californians.

LabCorp is starting to sell COVID-19 home testing kits

April 23, 2020 at 6:09 a.m.

LabCorp announced Tuesday that it got an emergency use authorization from the Food and Drug Administration for a COVID-19 test home collection kit that costs $119 and is currently being...

Rotary Club of Southwest Eureka Vice President Liz Ennis welcomes Humboldt County Registrar of Voters Kelly Sanders to its meeting last week where she spoke about registering to vote in the upcoming March 3 primary election. Tuesday is the last day to register to vote for the March 3 primary. (Contributed)

Are you registered to vote? Tuesday is the last day

February 12, 2020 at 9:57 a.m.

Feb. 18 is officially the last day to register to vote in California in order to vote in the upcoming presidential primary election.

A histogram shows a drastic increase in global ocean heat content, as represented by the black, dashed lines, as well as temperature anomalies, which are represented by the blue bars when they were cooler than long-term average temperatures and red when they were warmer. (Lijing Cheng, et al.)

2019 was the warmest year on record for the ocean

January 15, 2020 at 10:55 a.m.

Last year was the warmest year for oceans on record, a new report states.

It’s never been easier to get off the grid in California

November 20, 2019 at 6:39 a.m.

Elk River resident Jesse Noell didn’t have a battery backup for his solar panels during the Pacific Gas & Electric public safety power shutoffs last month. When he got the...

PG&E: Power shutoff ‘shouldn’t have happened’ in Humboldt County

October 21, 2019 at 8:45 a.m.

There was no risk of wildfire in Humboldt County during the recent PG&E power shutoff.

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