Humboldt Beacon
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Dear Editor, Foreign high school students are scheduled to arrive soon for academic semester and year homestay programs, and the sponsoring organization needs a few more local host families.   [Full Story]
 
Dear Editor, Eureka Brass would like to thank the Swauger Station Days committee for inviting us to play at their event on July 11 and apologize for being unable to participate due to an unforseen schedualing error.   [Full Story]
 
Dear Editor, The Fortuna City Council recently voted to eliminate the position of Public Works Technician as well as three other positions. With the exception of two of these positions, the positions are vacant.   [Full Story]
 
Dear Editor, EPIC's attorney reports that not much is happening at this point because we are waiting for Caltrans to prepare "the record." The "record" is all the information that Caltrans had access to in the course of developing the project and in making their decision to proceed.   [Full Story]
 
Dear Editor, The Humboldt Community Breast Health Project is grateful for the community support for its Annual Vacation Raffle. Thanks to over 100 individual volunteers and 30 businesses who sold raffle tickets and promoted the raffle.   [Full Story]
 
Dear Editor, Now that all the votes have been counted and we can look forward to November, I would like to express my gratitude to those who have supported me in my bid to become Humboldt County Assessor.   [Full Story]
 
Dear Editor, The Fortuna Union High School graduating class of 1960 is celebrating it's 50th class reunion on Sept. 10 and 11 at the Scotia Inn. The Friday night icebreaker starts at 6 p.   [Full Story]
 
Dear Editor, Your idiot Judge's fine of SKH is enough to bankrupt the company several times over. The Constitution was established to "promote the general welfare.   [Full Story]
 
Dear Editor, Domestic ferrets are legal in 48 states. It has been surprisingly difficult to get traction here in California. For one thing California is huge state for an under-funded grassroots organization such as ours.   [Full Story]
 
Dear Editor, Every day for the past 10 years I've been coming down from my home in Grants Pass to take part in the Fortuna Redwood Rodeo. Years ago I lived in the Rohnerville area and was very involved in the local community, though I doubt many remember me.   [Full Story]
 
Dear Editor, Did President Lincoln obey his Oath of Office: to support and defend the Constitution? The answer to this question can be answered by asking one simple question: do the States have a right to secede from the Union?   [Full Story]
 
Dear Editor, Humboldt County 4-H wishes to gratefully acknowledge the support of the Humboldt Area Foundation, St. Joseph's Health System-Humboldt County, Melvin & Grace McLean Foundation, and the Patricia D.   [Full Story]
 
Dear Editor, My wife Susan found out on Monday that some awesome friends of hers are putting on a fundraiser to help with her travel and medical expenses to see a uterine cancer doctor and have surgery down in San Francisco.   [Full Story]
 
Dear Editor, This is an open letter to members of the Ferndale Board of Education concerning Jack Lakin, presented on May 19. ”Twenty-five years ago I was a freshman at Ferndale High School, where Jack Lakin was my basketball coach - a coach that I respected and learned a lot from, despite the fact that he was young, inexperienced, and at times very vocal!   [Full Story]
 
Dear Editor, This letter is written in response to the Eric Geller letter of May 27. The Scotia Band came to be 75-years ago in a Humboldt County that was notably different from the one we live in today.   [Full Story]