A viral YouTuber cherry-picks Eureka as “Northern California’s drug capital” while leaving out key context, Walmart eyes Eureka’s empty Kmart site raising big retail questions, former Fortuna councilmember Kris Mobley pleads guilty to stealing more than $500K from a local construction company, Humboldt County is ranked the second riskiest housing market in the U.S., two Humboldt men are convicted in a brutal double murder tied to a gun-and-drug deal, a federal judge blocks Trump’s wind-energy ban potentially saving Humboldt offshore wind, cannabis could be moved to Schedule III as locals debate who actually benefits, supervisors give growers four more years to pay off $13M in cannabis tax debt, EPD ramps up holiday DUI enforcement, Mike McGuire’s food drive smashes records as hunger spikes, a Ferndale dairyman helps launch a $700M regenerative farming pilot amid controversy, Eureka pauses enforcement of its vacant-building ordinance over legal fears, and positives include a Redcrest barrel racer reaching the National Finals Rodeo, Friends of the Dunes securing major restoration funding in Manila, Humboldt-shot film One Battle After Another leading the Golden Globe race, the Film Commission’s outsized economic impact, and locals crafting a cozy holiday playbook for visiting families.

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