Best Budtender / Best Dispensary 

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• Amy Waldrip
• Humboldt's Best Budtender Michelle Seelye, who works the counter at Humboldt Patient Resource Center.

At the Humboldt Patient Resource Center (HPRC), the staff has been earning the respect of caregivers and farmers since 1999. While carrying a host of new recreational products, the dispensary continues to work toward higher goals for the community. In 2018, HPRC opened a health center in a vacant building in Eureka, dubbing it The Connection (334 F St., Eureka), and offering fitness, nutrition and personal growth classes.

And this year, Humboldt readers crowned HPRC's Michelle Seelye as the best budtender in the land. On a recent visit to her castle, Seelye was busy helping a nearby customer: "Sex?" he asked. Without skipping a beat, Seelye rolled off her top strains for libido with the solemnity and compassion of your family doctor. A budtender who pulls no punches — that's a Humboldt queen.