SoHum Chamber honors Kym Kemp as Citizen of the Year

HUMBOLDT CO., 9/9/2016 –– It’s said the the media likes to report on nothing more than the media itself, and while that may be true we hope you’ll forgive us this time, because SoHum’s very own one woman newspaper, the scoop of Scotia, the Mencken of the mountain, the Pulitzer of pot, the Woodward of Whitethorn, the Greeley of Garberville, the Hear(s)t of Humboldt, the indefatigable Kym Kemp, was honored as the “2016 Southern Humboldt Citizen of the Year,” by the Southern Humboldt Chamber of Commerce, at the Mateel Center in Redway on September 7.

Not only does Kemp do some of the best news reporting around, but she’s been a minor mentor to us here at The Mendocino Voice, since back when we were at The Willits News, sharing her insights about the North Coast, local reporting and news in general. Lately she’s allowed us to cross-post her stories while we get The Voice off the ground. Redheaded Blackbelt is an invaluable resource for anyone in the Southern Humboldt or Northern Mendocino area. From her home office Kemp somehow manages to cover the essentials, the biggest story and the sweetest for all of the North Coast.