It was 11 pm on Tuesday night on Election Night as I was finishing up the Observer to send it off to the printer in Humboldt County. I had CNN on listening to election returns. All the ...

It has been 249 years that Marines have remained in combat, forward deployed throughout the world confronting every challenge with courage, loyalty, and faithfulness. For many years Ukiah Veterans ...

Though we’re past Halloween, a recent article in the HuffPost brought back memories of a column from a few years ago. It involved a woman named Dorris Reed, who bought a house in Nevada County, ...

Mendocino Country’s next courthouse remains on track despite everyone being opposed except those in line to profit from its construction. Conceptual drawings of the building come from Khayua Lee, ...

It’s easy to criticize the field now running for California governor, an office now occupied by perhaps the ultimate lame duck – Gavin Newsom. One thing for sure, Newsom will not have much ...

The delay is holding up the federal government’s ability to begin processing security clearances for potentially hundreds of ...

By Bode Gower, Ukiah High senior Sonoma County Supervisor James Gore officially announced his candidacy for the state Senate seat currently held by President Pro Tempore Mike McGuire, who is ...

In a press release Friday, Mendocino County Assessor-County Clerk-Recorder Katrina Bartolomie announced Mendocino County has 21,132 Vote By Mail ballots to process and 2,204 Conditional ...

The most significant test for officials on Election Day was a series of bomb threats reported in five battleground states.

Recount your stories and memories, purchase the book, explore the history and artifacts of the Palace Hotel, and enjoy some ...

Of all the photos I have of our cat Albert, the one that best illustrates his unique, unforgettable personality is the one where he’s posing as “The Orange Dog,” a founding member of the three-dog, ...

“There will be monks here tomorrow morning,” is what I figured Jorge was telling me. In Spanish, “monks” sounds like “monkeys” in English. But I was pretty sure we were not having monkeys over for ...