Humboldt County is currently trying to find a new coroner and the Humboldt County Board of Supervisors recently published the 14 applications they received and approved. The public, in-session interviews begin on Monday, May 11th, and they are accepting public comments about the applicants (prior to the interviews).

I personally thought this was fascinating reading and it quickly made me understand that I had no clue what a coroner actually does. I thought the coroner was the person who actually performed the autopsies and so on but after reading the applications and realizing that many of them had no experience in the medical field, I decided to do a little Googling to better inform myself. From what I gather, the Coroner is the administrator for the department and they oversee the medical professionals that come in to to do the CSI sorta stuff. It's a huge responsibility and I hope the Board of Supervisors find a great candidate.

For your reading pleasure, here is our Humboldt County Coroner's website's mission statement:

Investigates all deaths reportable to the coroner; safeguards property of the deceased; notifies and counsels next of kin; conducts inquests; administers estates; provides burial for indigent persons.