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A major agriculture bill passed by the U.S. Congress last week could legalize hemp at the federal level, allowing farmers across the country to cultivate hemp, but that doesn't necessarily spell good news for Humboldt County. The bill, which now awaits President Donald Trump's signature, includes a provision that lifts hemp off of a list of federally criminalized drugs.
When the program coordinator for the Humboldt County airport in McKinleyville got a call stating an aircraft was missing she got a bad feeling, Emily Jacobs knew it was Terry Vallee's plane but she didn't know his co-pilot was his son, her friend from elementary school in Arcata. The flight crashed Sept.
Arcata resident Karla Sanchez was 2 years old when she crossed the border with her mother and grandmother into the United States from Mexico in search of a better life. Sanchez, now 23, said the only life she has known has been in the U.S. where she has lived for 21 years and is now finishing up her last semester at Humboldt State University where she studies psychology.
The California Coastal Commission is set to consider today whether to approve Humboldt County's request to open up unused coastal lands around Humboldt Bay to new industries - including cannabis. But county Planning and Building Department Director John Ford said there are several steps and approvals that must take place before a cannabis business could even be considered to open in these areas.
The Humboldt County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday received a report on the Americans with Disabilities Act consent decree that the county signed with the federal Department of Justice in September 2016. The supervisors also voted to discontinue involvement in the Elk River Watershed Program.
Humboldt County Sheriff's Department personnel notified Coast Guard Sector Humboldt Bay watchstanders at approximately 8:20 p.m., Tuesday, reporting that a 14-year-old female was lost in the woods near the Ridgewood area. Reports indicated that the girl had gone hiking behind her house and had become disorientated.
Federal investigators have reported their first findings on last month's deadly medical transport plane crash about 5 miles east of the Humboldt County airport in McKinleyville. On July 29 at about 1:05 a.m., the plane “sustained an in-flight breakup and collision with tree-covered terrain,” according to a preliminary report on the crash issued by the National Transportation Safety Board .
Authorities found the wreckage of a small medical transport plane with four people aboard and confirmed at least two deaths Friday after the pilot reported smoke filling the cockpit and a search started across a densely forested mountain range in Northern California. The Piper PA31 was carrying a flight nurse, a transport medic and a patient about 360 miles from Crescent City, near the Oregon border, to Oakland when the pilot declared an emergency around 1 a.m. The Humboldt County Sheriff's Office, which led the pursuit on the ground, did not immediately release information about the fates of the other two people aboard.
Associated Press Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton arrives to speak at the 117th National Convention of Veterans of Foreign Wars at the Charlotte Convention Center in Charlotte on Monday. PHILADELPHIA >> Breaking a historic barrier, Hillary Clinton triumphantly captured the Democratic nomination for president Tuesday night, the first woman ever to lead a major political party in the race for the White House - and a delegate from Humboldt County was there to see it all.