Tuesday, the Humboldt County Board of Supervisors will take the next step in securing airline routes to Seattle. The board will also tweak cannabis rules for micro businesses.

Last month, Humboldt County announced Alaska Airlines would begin offering nonstop service from ACV to the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport starting April 8, 2026. The seven days a week flights are the airport’s first ever that connect directly to the Seattle area.

During the consent calendar, typically approved without discussion, the board will consider a two-year air service incentive program for Alaska Airlines.

The incentive program waives fees for using ACV, including landing fees, space rents and fuel fees. It is to be offset with $850,000 in federal funding, $175,000 raised for this purpose by the Redwood Region Economic Development Commission and $225,000 remaining to be secured before April 2026.

“Incentive programs are a critical component in attracting and sustaining airline interest, particularly in rural markets where the financial risk to carriers is greater,” the staff report said. County staff will work to execute an operating agreement before the airline’s launch date.

Some legal tweaks are proposed, to be approved Tuesday, for cannabis microbusinesses, essentially allowing for cultivators to vertically integrate their businesses by switching up zoning and permit rules. Those changes were previously unanimously approved by the Planning Commission.

Planning staff describe the amendments as “minor changes,” in a staff report, which will allow for permit holders to add nonvolatile cannabis manufacturing.

The changes will “enable cannabis cultivators to incorporate more elements of the cannabis processing and sales process into their permitted activity,” the staff report said.

After the public censure and removal of Supervisor Michelle Bushnell as chair of the board, the board is set to appoint a new chair and vice chair, Tuesday, for 2026.

A hearing for unmet transit needs will also be held. The board will hear the Behavioral Health Board’s annual report and a presentation from the Greater Eureka Chamber of Commerce on its “Home in Humboldt” Initiative.

The Board of Supervisors meeting will be held Tuesday, Nov. 17, at 9 am. The full meeting agenda tinyurl.com/4dk9tnja.

Sage Alexander can be reached at 707-441-0504