KMUD News

California Transportation Commission approves 225 million dollars for Last Chance Grade on Highway 101 in Del Norte County to move into design phase

This year's Cannifest will be held on September 12th and 13th at the ballpark in downtown Arcata. KMUD News spoke with one of the event's organizers to learn more, including format changes to better reflect the current Humboldt cannabis community. 

In this episode we have stories about Last Chance Grade in Del Norte County, and on this year’s Cannifest

Initial review of a new county ordinance allowing property owners to host campsites has drawn some feedback on the degree of restrictions. Daniel Mintz reports. 

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, known as FERC, is holding two scoping sessions in Eureka on the proposed decommissioning of the Potter Valley Project. KMUD News spoke with Alicia Hamann, Executive Director of Friends of The Eel River, to learn more about the current status of dam decomissioning and her group's plans for a rally before the FERC meetings. 

In this episode we have stories about a meeting in Eureka on the Potter Valley Project, and Humboldt County Is Urged to Drop Potentially ‘Onerous’ Draft Low Impact Camping Rules

In this episode we have a story on Eureka vacation rentals being approved with the Mayor breaking a tie vote, and this week’s KMUD News Sports Report. But first some local alerts and updates. 

In this week's sports report, Ray Hamill brings us details of all of this week's big local sports stories, including a look ahead to the weekend H-DNL football jamboree, as well as why it was a good month for College of the Redwoods, some Crabs baeball news, some youth football news and why it was a big week for North Coast motor sports fans.

There were some twists and turns as Humboldt County's Board of Supervisors made changes to its code of conduct policy. Daniel Mintz reports. 

Documents obtained by KMUD News detail millions of dollars in funding provided by the Howard Buffet Foundation to the Northern California Coalition to Safeguard Communities (NCCSC). The foundation funds the N487HB helicopter used by the HCSO for cannabis enforcement, separate from recent activity by National Guard Helicopters.