Ferndale News

Folks lined both sides of Main Street in Ferndale to watch the annual Fourth of July parade.

This just in a ' "Rebranding Humboldt" ? Yes, it's a whiff of Ferndale dairyaire.

For more than two decades, Humboldt County artists have been painting the town --literally. It is impossible to go very far in Eureka or Arcata without stumbling upon a mural on a bank, museum, restaurant, theater or alley wall.

Heidi Grossman, owner of The Living Gallery downtown, is closing her gallery in the fall after 12 years in business.

Mike and Norma Martin have lived in Miranda for 10 years. Mike grew up in Ferndale; Norma was born in Ohio and grew up in the San Fernando Valley.

My crash course in rural living began over 35 years ago, 20 miles southeast of Ferndale.

"There goes another Silverbrand." I could almost hear the collective whisper as I crossed the graduation stage.

A McKinleyville man was arrested Friday afternoon on suspicion of killing his wife of 30 years.

Callie Bunga won't be "Hanging Ten" but she may very well be on her way to joining an elite group of search and rescue dogs.

The senses are so saturated on the drive from Ferndale to Petrolia to Weott that something has to really stand out to get noticed.

Seats are $20. Show at 8 p.m. $15 all seats. Located at 300 5th St., Eureka. Call 442-NCRT for details.

Kerilyn Ambrosini was selected as the 2009-10 Dairy Princess for the California Milk Advisory Board's District 1. The crowning took place before a crowd of approximately 200 dairy industry members their families and friends on Friday, May 8, at the River Lodge in Fortuna.

Red budgets may just be leading to green thumbs. Throughout Humboldt County, nurseries, gardening and feed shops are all reporting increases in first-timers looking to plant vegetable gardens or try their hands at animal husbandry -- and looking to trim their household budgets in the process.

Sculptures by local artist Elaine Benjamin are on display through June 27 in the Hart Gallery of the Ferndale Repertory Theatre, 447 Main St.

As the fog cleared in the Monday morning sky, a small crowd gathered at the mouth of the Eel River to watch a psychedelic hippopotamus, as big as a Winnebago, gently amble into the current.

Garth Johnson recently got to attend the Kinetic Grand Championship , a human-powered art vehicle race across road, land, and water between Arcata and Ferndale, California.

Ingeniously wacky human-powered contraptions of all shapes, sizes and political persuasions will set forth on land, sea and sand in Humboldt County over Memorial Day weekend to vie for the prize in the Kinetic Grand Championship.

Plans will be made for the Mothers' Day brunch to be held in her home on May 9. Program to be announced.

Fortuna Bantamweight wrestler Joey Pontes gains the advantage in his match with Arcata's Dustin Daniels in last Saturday's Rotary Youth Freestyle Wrestling Tournament Championships held in Ferndale.

On April 25, Saturday, The Science, Engineering and Technology Expo came to Redwood Acres.