Hydesville News

The rodeo itself is loaded with new crowd-pleasing events, including a wild horse race to replace the single steer stopping, perhaps of interest to cowboys, but dead as a mackerel to most of the crowds.

Darrell and Sandy Gilmore were married May 16, 2009 at Hydesville Community Church by Pastor Jeff Beltz.

On Sunday, May 24, Joyce Sousa of Hydesville rode Arabian horse LV Integrity and raced to a first place finish at the Owyhee Fandango International Endurance, 100 mile ride held in Oreana, Idaho.

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

Warner and Marilyn Wright Forsell celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary with their family at a beach house on the Mendocino coast on the weekend of March 22.

Nobody knows the place -- Agony, that enacted there, Motionless as peace. Weeds triumphant ranged, Strangers strolled and spelled At the lone orthography Of the elder dead.

We may still feel the angst of Ingrid Bergman as she had to leave Humphrey Bogart in the movie "Casa Blanca." We still admire the courage of the Joad family as they dealt with the struggles of refugees from the Dust Bowl in the "Grapes of Wrath." But today we usually watch these movies on a television screen in our own homes.

In a matter of days, Caltrans will be breaking ground at the Alton intersection at Routes 36 and 101.

The small, unassuming grocery store was started 30 years ago in an area one could describe as out of the way, but not quite far away enough to be called remote.

The Humboldt Beacon is a veritable institution of the Eel River Valley. Next to the Ferndale Enterprise, I can't think of many businesses that have been around that long in the area.

Music will echo through Humboldt County as the Ferndale Community Choir presents its "Spring Celebration in Song." Three performances will be given by more than 50 singers and instrumentalists.

If the economy is in a slump, this didn't appear to be the case last Saturday night in Ferndale as a happy crowd queued up for generous portions of succulent beef at the annual spring get-together of the ...

Connie Mortenson, Lila Reynolds and Howard Lewis have received "Volunteer of the Year" awards from Fortuna Senior Services.

If anyone has a grasp of Fortuna's early history, it's likely to be new Fortuna Depot Museum Curator Bob Newell, whose family first came to the area in the 1850s.

The Corps of Engineers, U.S. Army, now faces a extreme emergency in the repair of the jetties at the entrance to Humboldt Bay.

Mary Lou Fisher has never smoked, but she has lung cancer. Fisher, 68, represents an unsuspecting and often misunderstood face of this deadly disease.

According to the Arcata Police Department, at around 1 p.m. Friday two foxes thought to be infected with rabies were killed.

Sometimes, the way to guarantee a scene is to create one, and that's what Nick Pereira of Southern Humboldt's This Dying Wish is trying to do.

At the meeting of the chamber, Christmas Chairman Bert Morgan announced that the children's theatre party would be held at the Fortuna Theatre Saturday morning, with the doors opening at 9:45 and the show ...

A rash of fox attacks in the Bayside area is being blamed on an elevated number of rabies cases.