The Humboldt County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday will hold a public hearing to consider extending the interim zoning ordinance suspending residential building permit entitlements for land zoned for timber production. The bottom line is there is no emergency nor can there be given the restrictions applicable to land being in timber productivity zone status, he has said previously. Quoting California Environmental Quality Act Guidelines 15369, staff defined ministerial decisions as those...

The Little Rock-based wireless telecom also says it plans to participate in an upcoming wireless auction touted as crucial to competition in the wireless industry. Deltic Timber posts $245,000 quarterly profit Deltic Timber saw its net income fall a dramatic 96 percent in the third quarter compared to one year ago. The El Dorado-based timber and real estate firm posted third quarter earnings of $245,000 versus quarterly profits of $6. Alltel further disclosed that it will participate in an...

Many are reserving judgment, saying the legal wheels aren't done turning for Curtis, a two-term Republican lawmaker who has voted against gay-rights legislation. In 1985, after downturns in the timber industry, the city voted to allow card-room gambling to shore up the local economy. Yes, it's true, they say, that La Center is noted for the four card rooms that provide the city government with about 60 percent of its annual revenues. Richard Curtis calls home, many people are holding their...

He nailed a sign black paint on white board to a tree about a half mile northwest of the gas station at Low Pass on Highway 36 in honor of a fellow tree planter who died a couple of years ago and who loved the woods. The logging plan, prompted by a lawsuit from the timber industry, is opposed by many environmental groups. But under the BLMs new proposal, the trees would become part of BLMs loggable harvest base, in which trees would be clear-cut on an 80- to 100-year cycle. But subsequent...

Burned when the IT bubble burst in 2000, the company still remembers having to halt production at its newly built plant as polysilicon prices fell by half. Investors have criticised Tokuyama for falling behind in a capacity race against its rivals, who are betting that demand for clean energy and semiconductors in zippy gadgets will boost demand for polysilicon. The global solar market, which some of Tokuyama's clients expect will grow by as much as 40 percent a year, depends on uncertain...