Support Your Local Press

By Ted Pease

Humboldt County is blessed with a variety of engaged local news outlets, a rarity in this era of dwindling local news and spreading “news deserts” across America.

One of these news sources, of course, is Senior News, your free community newspaper offered by Humboldt Senior Resource Center (HSRC) since 1981. It is extraordinarily rare for a senior center to offer this level of support for community connectedness, giving voice to issues of wide interest to older adults and their families.

The unofficial Senior News motto is “For Humboldters 50+, and everyone who knows one or wants to be one someday.” That’s a pretty broad target demographic, but we think our stories speak to people of all ages.

How about supporting Senior News and its important role in Humboldt life with a year’s subscription? For only $36, you can receive the paper in your mail. Sure, you can pick up a copy free at supporting businesses, but what if you forget or they’re all gone?

Subscribe today to support Senior News and your voice in the community. It’s for everybody. Send stories to the editor at tpease@humsenior.org. And call 707-443-9747 to subscribe, or send a check for $36 to Senior News, 1910 California St., Eureka 95501. It’s good news.

—Ted Pease

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Three-Day Event Celebrates Veterans’ Service

By Sara Hart

October 26, 2026

Cal Poly Humboldt, College of the Redwoods, California College Corps and American Legion Arcata Post 274 are joining forces to bring Arts in Service to Humboldt to celebrate America’s 250th anniversary and Veterans Day 2026 together with veterans in true Humboldt fashion. Running Nov. 4, 5 and 7, Arts in Serv...

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The All Seasons Orchestra — The Redwood Coast’s Community Orchestra

By J.A.J. Aronoff

October 26, 2026

Most every Saturday morning from 10 to noon, musicians gather to rehearse at the Eureka Woman’s Club. The All Seasons Orchestra is a community orchestra that welcomes musicians of all ages and skills, as well as non-musician members who are the working heart of our organization. The All Seasons Orchestra (ASO...

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My Singing Career

By Mary McCutcheon

October 23, 2026

It was 1954 and I was in the first grade. My mother had joined the Mothersingers, sponsored by the Eureka Adult Education program. She would go and sing old tunes written about 1900 with some other ladies. My mother learned how to read music. Her best friend was a musician and explained treble clefs, bass cle...

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An Arcata Singer Hits the Big Time

By Phyllis Chinn

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Building on the many wonderful musical opportunities in Humboldt County, some musicians raised here have moved away for other opportunities. Allison Hai-Ting Chinn is one of them. She first sang in public with the Humboldt Light Opera Company and the Redwood Coast Children’s Chorus. After graduating from Arca...