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Opinion | Rural America needs to band together against corporate greed
2+ hour, 24+ min ago (703+ words) Last year, John Deere announced plans to go100 percent robotic by 2030. That's right: in just four more years, the world's largest tractor manufacturer plans to replace every corn and soybean farmer with robots. Farmers won'townthe machines, of course. Right now they…...
Iran attacks threaten US economy with more uncertainty around inflation, growth
4+ day, 2+ hour ago (796+ words) Coming after nearly five years of elevated costs, even a modest pickup in prices could'further sour many Americans'on the economy and heighten the affordability concerns that have become a top political issue. On Tuesday, U.S. oil prices rose more than 5% to…...
Americans’ confidence in the U.S. economy falls sharply in January to lowest level since 2014
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (427+ words) The Conference Board said Tuesday that its consumer confidence index cratered 9.7 points to 84.5 in January, falling below even the lowest readings during the COVID-19 pandemic. A measure of Americans" short-term expectations for their income, business conditions and the job market…...
‘It’s devastating’: Game store, gallery pick up pieces after blaze destroyed shops
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (655+ words) Businesses where people found community and livelihoods were lost in the downtown half-block of Arcata that was demolished in a fire. The day began like any other, with a smattering of customers on a windy Friday afternoon. "Somebody off the…...
Dan Walters | Even California’s iconic industries are cutting back in this sluggish economy
4+ mon, 6+ day ago (695+ words) As Gov. Gavin Newsom ramps up what appears to be a 2028 White House bid, a mainstay of his pitch during television interviews and social media appearances is California's economy. As Newsom tells it, the state's $4-trillion-plus annual economic output is…...
Eureka wheels out abandoned shopping cart rules
7+ mon, 1+ day ago (693+ words) Big corporations aren't retrieving abandoned shopping carts city workers are dutifully collecting, so Eureka is working on a tweak " by adding a fee for the return of the wheeled nuisances. On Tuesday, the city council voted 3-1 to introduce an ordinance…...
Supes talk economic strategy, OK five year plan
8+ mon, 1+ week ago (52+ words) UPDATED: June 24, 2025 at 3:51 PM PDT Tuesday the Humboldt County Board of Supervisors unanimously approved a five year economic development strategy to leverage state and federal funding. Tuesday the Humboldt County Board of Supervisors unanimously approved a five year economic development…...
‘Sounding the alarm’: Local business leaders present on economic struggles, campaign to help
8+ mon, 2+ week ago (483+ words) At Tuesday's Eureka City Council meeting, leaders from the Humboldt Bay business community gave a series of presentations on the state of businesses in the region, the challenges that many local small businesses are facing and the ways in which…...
First 100 days: Trump promised to bring down grocery prices ‘immediately.’ Did he succeed?
10+ mon, 1+ week ago (866+ words) Surrounded by a veritable feast of packaged deli meats, Oreo cookies, sliced Wonder Bread and other grocery items, then-presidential candidate Donald Trump promised that if re-elected, he would "immediately bring prices down, starting on day one." Not so simple, it…...