Dear Editor, Here is my open letter to President Obama. In 73 years of living I have, of course, experienced days of sadness, even of despair. Today, however, is a new low.   [Full Story]

Dear Editor, The Fortuna Middle School's 8th grade class kicked off their “Better World Project” this week with a Haiti Challenge. Students brought in donations for World Shelters Haiti Response, and students gave generously contributing $640 the first week.   [Full Story]

Dear Editor, For every woman in California a serious life endangering cut is being made to our State Budget. The "Every Woman Counts" Breast and Gynecological Cancer detection and treatment program is being severely cut back.   [Full Story]

Dear Editor, Thank you to all who made the 33rd annual Fortuna Christmas Music Festival an event to remember. Special thank you to our Christmas Angels: Coast Central Credit Union, Demello, McAuley, McReynolds & Holland, Dolly Ross, Fortuna Music Mart, Fortuna Business Improvement District, Gerald Becker Ins.   [Full Story]

Dear Editor, The Salvation Army of Eureka's youth group will dust-off the red kettles, last seen in December, and ring bells for a special one day blitz, in effort to raise money for the organization's disaster relief efforts in Haiti.   [Full Story]

Dear Editor, Anyone who's still eating meat in the wake of the latest beef recall--this one involving 864,000 pounds of ground beef potentially contaminated with E.   [Full Story]

Dear Editor, Special thanks to the McLean Foundation for its continued support of education in these difficult financial times. Loleta Elementary School has been the recipient of two mini-grants, one for transportation and one for science.   [Full Story]

Dear Editor, The Fortuna High SLAC-kers club was thrilled with the turnout for our e-waste recycling project. At the end of the day more than 6 truck trailers of e-waste was collected to be refurbished, repaired or disassembled for component and materials recycling in the United States.   [Full Story]

Dear Editor, As the dust settled and the 6.5 quake subsided, I saw the damage in my home and it was light compared to the shock in my gut. The big screen TV was knocked over but worked when the electric returned.   [Full Story]

Dear Editor, I'm writing to protest what appears to be slanted journalism in a headline story of the Redwood Times by Susan Gardener: “Supervisors Tour Richardson Grove Roadway Alignment” which appeared in their Jan.   [Full Story]

Dear Editor, In light of the major earthquake that hit Humboldt County on Saturday, Jan. 9, I would like to take this opportunity to thank our fast-acting hospital staff and physicians who stayed calm through the incident and who made sure each and every patient was safe.   [Full Story]

Dear Editor, KHSU-FM listeners in the southern half of the county will soon be able to count on a stronger and more reliable broadcast signal. This week, the Federal Communications Commission granted Humboldt State University-licensed KHSU construction permits for transmitters in Ferndale and Garberville.   [Full Story]

Dear Editor, As an adoptive parent Ms. Rigges recent opinion about her civil rights being violated caught my attention. My daughter, who is now a parent of three biological children, was never denied the rights referred to by Ms.   [Full Story]

Dear Editor, I very much appreciate the coverage you gave for Fortuna's downtown holiday window contest on Dec. 31. I noticed, however, that you used the Fortuna Downtown Business Association and FBID (Fortuna Business Improvement District) synonymously.   [Full Story]

Dear Editor, A very bad trend in the world today has us relying too heavily on our bank or debit cards. I don't get out a lot due to old age, but last week I got an eyefull on what's going on with debit cards.   [Full Story]