Samoa News

Sunday at Mad River Beach -- a long spit of sand jutting north, where the ocean roars on one side in a continuous pile-up of waves and the quiet river on the other side scallops the edge of the dunes -- seemed idyllic.

Feel-good story of the week: 51-year-old Eureka resident Brian Connors , a friend of the Journal , has been one of the unluckiest people in Humboldt County in recent years.

Cabinet members of the Obama administration vowed on Monday to help Western states develop a robust system for delivering renewable power.

On Monday, June 8, The Fortuna Chamber of Commerce featured guest speaker Charles Benbow of Freshwater Pulp Mill who gave a summary of the state of affairs at the plant formerly known as Evergreen Pulp Mill in Samoa.The mill was shut down on Oct.15 which put over 200 workers in the unemployment lines.

Elia Bash hands out groceries to Tau Samoa, right, at the Salvation Army's His House center in Torrance.

WHAT: Federal lawmakers receive an allowance for "office equipment expenses." Congressional rules are fairly lax about how these funds can be legally spent - as long as the goods are returned to the General Services Administration when the lawmaker leaves office.

Eureka Councilman Jeff Leonard announced his intention Friday to run for the Humboldt County 4th District supervisorial seat in 2010.

Gary Arndt didn't want to wait until he was too old to see the world. So two years ago, at the ripe old age of 37, he sold his house, put everything he owned in storage and hit the road.

On the surface, Humboldt County District Attorney investigator Wayne Cox doesn't appear to be your average cop: His arms are sleeved in tattoos and his favorite pastime is drag racing motorcycles.

The Spring Wildflower Show and Native Plant Sale, presented by the California Native Plant Society, North Coast Chap- ter, will take place this weekend at the Manila Community Center, 1611 Peninsula Drive .

ARCATA Decades of dithering over a direct route from Alliance Road to Northtown ended last Wednesday night as a majority of City Councilmembers passed the primary plan for an extension to Foster Avenue.

There are still a few leaks, but Samoa's fire suppression lines are expected to be fixed and tested by the time the Humboldt Bay Municipal Water District shuts off the industrial water line on May 1. Earlier this month, the town's owner -- Samoa Pacific Group -- began scoping out leaks in the lines that feed hydrants.

As I got up for a refill, one of the participants noted that I didn't seem to go in for such weird metaphysics.

Two San Pablo women accused of abusing three children in their care pleaded not guilty Monday to all the charges against them, according to a Contra Costa County Superior Court clerk.

A prominent human rights activist has blasted Samoa's film censors for banning Sean Penn 's Oscar-winning movie Milk .

Like dozens of other workers from Vietnam and China, Tiep Ngo had been lured to the Daewoosa clothing factory in American Samoa by hollow promises of good pay.

The Samoa Peninsula is faced with the possibility of having no water source to put fires out now that the Freshwater Pulp Co.

Most of the world's non-infant population is lactose-intolerant, while a minority of us have a mutant gene that allows us to ingest milk.

The alleged victim in a statutory rape case took the stand at the Humboldt County Courthouse on Friday, testifying 28-year-old Chad Andrew Larsen gave her drugs before coercing her to have sex with him.

Relatives of three San Pablo children who authorities believe were starved and beaten for two years say they are stunned and saddened by the arrest of two family members and the placement of the children into protective custody.