Blocksburg News

The nearly bankrupt U.S. Postal Service has backed off of a plan that would have closed eight local post offices, but it will instead reduce the hours at 23 locations in Humboldt County under a proposal unveiled Wednesday.

Blocksburg resident Tim Clark landed this nice Chinook salmon on Wednesday while fishing out of Eureka with Tim Klassen of Reel Steel Sportfishing.

Trustees with Southern Humboldt Joint Unified School District will be searching for a new superintendent this summer after current superintendent Jim Stewart submitted his resignation to the board on Thursday.

Facing a cut of nearly half its state funding for school buses, Southern Humboldt Unified School District may be forced to eliminate its transportation department -- a move that could leave nearly 70 percent of its student body without a ride to school.