A cardboard boat glides over the waters of the Arcata pool running the length of the pool. In studying Archimedes' Principle at Fortuna Middle School, Mr.   [Full Story]

Each year the Ferndale Rotary Club donates beautiful, hard-cover children's dictionaries to each student in the third grade at Ferndale Elementary School.   [Full Story]

Daughters of the British Empire, Essex Chapter, present Afternoon Tea and call on all Brits and Americans to join them for a taste of Britain at the Humboldt Area Foundation, 373 Indianola Road, Eureka on Saturday, March 20, at 1:30 p.   [Full Story]

Claudia Nelson Beacon Correspondent Belotti Hall was full to the brim and with 400 pounds of beef served, nobody should have gone away hungry Saturday night when the Humboldt/Del Norte Cattlemen's Association hosted members and guests at the annual event at the county fairgrounds.   [Full Story]

The local dairy industry is now accepting applications from young women wanting to compete for the District 1 Dairy Princess crown. The winner will represent the dairy industry in District 1 as their official spokeswoman and will speak up for the California Dairy Industry when asked to appear at schools, fairs, industry meetings, service clubs, parades, and on radio and TV.   [Full Story]

PEO Chapter KF in Fortuna, recently installed officers for the 2010 - 2011 year. From the left, they are: Denise Regli, Guard; Sharon Katri, corresponding secretary; Francine Patterson, recording secretary; JoAnn Sapper, president; Wanda Cope, chaplin; Pat Cahill, vice president; and Ginger Lourenzo, treasurer.   [Full Story]

The Fortuna High School science club, the SLAC-kers, visited their namesake, the SLAC National Accelerator last weekend. SLAC National Accelerator is located nearby the Stanford University campus and houses a two mile long linear accelerator.   [Full Story]

With the economy is dire straights, 8th graders at Toddy Thomas School in Fortuna are pulling out all the stops to make sure they have the trip that previous classes have had.   [Full Story]

On March 2, Read Across America is celebrated each year on Theodor Geisel's (Dr. Seuss) birthday. Read Across America is sponsored by the National Education Association and is an annual reading motivation and awareness program.   [Full Story]

The Hops in Humboldt Festival donated $3,000 from the proceeds of their 2009 event to the Humboldt Senior Resource Center's Nutrition program in Fortuna.   [Full Story]