Mary Bullwinkel
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Fortuna’s new community development director a familiar face (opens the original)
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After working elsewhere for a little over a year, a familiar face has returned to Fortuna City Hall. Brendan Byrd is back in the capacity of community development director and city engineer. Byrd served as the City of Fortuna Public Works director and city engineer for six years and then, in April of 2025, stepped into the role of executive director of the Humboldt County Association of Governments. Byrd has been back in his current position with the city of Fortuna since late June of this year.
Rohnerville Airport runway upgrades coming in 2027 (opens the original)
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With both federal and state grant funding in hand, the County of Humboldt is moving ahead with plans to upgrade the runway at the Rohnerville Airport near Fortuna. The project is scheduled to begin next year. “Since CalFire uses Rohnerville Airport as a base, runway construction will not begin until spring 2027,” Humboldt County Public Information Specialist Cati Gallardo said in an email, “to ensure firefighting capabilities remain available this fire season.” The project will include the rehab
Fortuna’s Hummel Tire celebrates 50 years in business (opens the original)
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Hummel Tire and Wheel in Fortuna is celebrating 50 years in business. It was party time on Friday, Sept. 11 at the business on South Fortuna Boulevard. The company’s distributors and manufacturer partners were on hand at the open house, and barbecued hamburgers and other goodies were provided by Moonlight Catering. It was the company’s way of saying thank you to customers and friends. “We feel so blessed to live in this community,” Lisa Hummel said. “The relationships we have are so deep.” The b
Fortuna pool plans becoming a reality as site prep begins (opens the original)
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Site preparation work has begun for the Fortuna Aquatic Center to be located on the McLean Campus on Newburg Road. The center will be located between the Gene Lucas Community Center and the Humboldt Senior Resource Center. The Mel and Grace McLean Foundation is funding the construction of the Fortuna Aquatic Center, which, when complete, will be owned and operated by the Eel River Valley Community Foundation. “I’m really happy because it was a dream of the McLeans to have a community center with
Rio Dell U.S. Hwy 101 bridge demolition and reconstruction underway (opens the original)
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The first really noticeable construction work happened last week to replace the northbound U.S. Highway 101 bridge over the Eel River near Rio Dell. The first section of the bridge and the green-colored truss structure for that section were demolished last week. According to a Caltrans statement, there’s plenty more work ahead. “The remaining bridge and piers two to four are expected to be removed by the end of September, with the temporary rock berm in the river expected to be fully removed by
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