Adoptables from the Humboldt County Animal Shelter By Jean Durbin The county shelter needs good adopters. We have well over a dozen animals who have been here over four months.   [Full Story]

Heather Nyberg-Schlotzhauer Beacon Correspondent The Fortuna Middle School is wrapping up the many changes to their campus and has announced a new change for the 2012-2013 school year.   [Full Story]

Penny Elsebusch Beacon Correspondent Race fans showed up in droves for the races on May 19 and saw good exciting racing and some close finishes. REAL STOCK: Nick Green won the Trophy Dash.   [Full Story]

Heather Nyberg-Schlotzhauer Beacon Correspondent Heart and dedication are driving the Cuddeback Kids Care “Blessing Soles” program. Recently the group put on a foot-a-thon at Cuddeback Elementary School to raise money for their program dedicated on raising money for shoes to send to children in St.   [Full Story]

Heather Nyberg-Schlotzhauer Beacon Correspondent Recently the South Fortuna Elementary School Parent Teacher Association celebrated parents and guardians.   [Full Story]

Mary Bullwinkel Beacon Correspondent A two-year fundraising effort has culminated in the purchase of upgraded life-saving equipment by the Scotia Volunteer Fire Department.   [Full Story]

Two Fortuna Union High School students plan to continue their educational pursuits in the automotive field, thanks to scholarships from Fortuna Redwood AutoXpo.   [Full Story]

The Humboldt County Animal Shelter has several fine, lovable, super pit bull terriers, including mixes, available for adoption. During the month of May, the shelter is offering a 50 percent discount on the adoption fee for these dogs.   [Full Story]

Horizon's Business Products was honored for Outstanding Customer Service recently by the Fortuna Chamber of Commerce at their annual dinner held at the Fortuna River Lodge.   [Full Story]

Mary Bullwinkel Beacon Correspondent Six high school and four college students will continue their higher education pursuits with financial support from the north Coast Chapter of Women in Timber.   [Full Story]

Mark Lourenzo Beacon Correspondent The action on the diamond transitions to the North Coast Section postseason this week and home games on both sides of the river in girls softball highlight local teams' involvement.   [Full Story]

Mark Lourenzo Beacon Correspondent Exciting developments have taken place in girls high school softball over the last week as the Ferndale Wildcats clinched a league title when they split a double header with Hoopa and the Fortuna Huskies swept Eureka, placing them in a two-way tie for first place in the Big 5, with one game remaining on the schedule.   [Full Story]

Ferndale High's Terris Becker receives his HDN medal from Arcata High golf coach Greg Enos after the regular season finale at Baywood Golf Course on April 26.   [Full Story]

Mark Lourenzo Beacon Correspondent The Ferndale Wildcats and Fortuna Huskies split a girls softball double-header Tuesday evening on the Cats home field.   [Full Story]

Fortuna Husky high jumper Kyle Wiegman flies through the air as he clears the bar at 5'8” at last week's H-DN meet at Fortuna High May 25. Wiegman's jump was good enough for a 1st-place tie in the event with South Fork's David Chadbourne.   [Full Story]

The H-DN track and field meet held at Fortuna High School yielded the following results. Boys 100 Meter Dash 1st: Robison, Eur, 11.4 2nd: Daly Fort, 11.   [Full Story]

Fortuna's Riley Jones makes a head-first slide into second base after hitting a double down the third base line, Ferndale second baseman Zach Rocha hauls in the throw from the outfield while avoiding the Jones' slide in the process.   [Full Story]

Mark Lourenzo Beacon Correspondent The 2012 version of the Ferndale Wildcats baseball team got off to a slow start this season and have played just seven games coming into the week.   [Full Story]

The runners from Hydesville Elementary School gave it their all and placed in all four categories of the 2012 2-Mile Foggy Bottom Milk Run. Competing against 16 other Humboldt County schools, the Ten and Under Girls won first place.   [Full Story]

Ferndale High's Mackenzie Burgess, shown playing tough defense in the North Coast Section Championship game, was recently named Humboldt Del Norte Little 4 Co-MVP with Hoopa's Crissy Robbins.   [Full Story]