Thadeus Greenson

Perhaps symbolically underscoring the notion that nuclear half-lives are always longer than they seem, the Redwood Coast Energy Authority Board of Directors will once again discuss whether the agency should accept an offer of free nuclear power at its meeting later this month.

The Humboldt County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously today, with Second District Supervisor Michelle Bushnell absent, to send a letter asking an affiliate of the Rural County Representatives of California (RCRC) to extend the public comment period on a draft environmental impact report for a controversial biomass energy project by 30 days.

Humboldt County Registrar of Voters Juan Pablo Cervantes says he’s been in touch with the FBI regarding vandalism that occurred overnight at the county voting center set up in the Arcata Community Center.

The Humboldt County Elections Office has issued its first election night report, with nearly 22,000 votes counted, representing about 26 percent of registered voters.

The Humboldt County Elections Office has issued its first election night report, with nearly 22,000 votes counted, representing about 26 percent of registered voters.

The Humboldt County Elections Office has issued its first post election report, adding about 2,539 votes to the tally, with 33,956 votes counted thus far, representing about 40.07 percent of registered voters.

Former North Coast Assemblymember Patty Berg, the founding executive director of the Area 1 Agency on Aging, who spearheaded the state’s first-of-its-kind master plan on aging, has died. She was 82.

The Humboldt County Elections Office has issued its first post election report, adding 8,186 votes to the tally, with 62,927 votes counted thus far, representing about 74.26 percent of registered voters.

In the runup to the November election, St. Mark’s Lutheran Church in Ferndale violated federal rules prohibiting nonprofit entities from engaging in electioneering activities in favor or opposition to any candidate for public office, a pair of experts tell The Journal.

The former bookkeeper accused of embezzling more than $400,000 from the Humboldt County Fair Association has pleaded guilty to five federal counts of wire fraud.