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Here’s the story in 99 words: NCJ’s 99-word Flash Fiction Contest is on. Send up to three entries in the body of an email (no attachments or links) to fiction@northcoastjournal.com with your name and contact…
Skeleton Showdown: Who’s Got the Best Bones on Main Street?
The votes have been tallied and the results will be announced here and in this week’s edition of The Ferndale Enterprise!
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Newsom Apologized to Tribes for Historic Harms, Vetoed 2 Bills that Would Have Empowered Them
This story was originally published by ICT and CalMatters. Five days after signing a law formalizing a state apology for “harms and atrocities” against California’s Native peoples, Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoed two additional bills that…
Big Backyard Visitors
A black bear’s sense of smell is 2,100 times better than a human’s and seven times better than a bloodhound’s, according to the national bear education program Bearwise. A full-sized bear also eats thousands of calories…
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Music Tonight: Thursday, Oct.15
If you are in the mood to hear some of the best local folk and bluegrass — and simply can’t wait a week and a day for their show at the Siren’s Song Tavern with…
Time in a Bottle
I was recently driving up and down the coast a lot in the space of a few days, specifically the area between Arcata and Trinidad, mostly for work but a bit for fun as well. Any…
A Memo from the Department of War
From the extremely large, solid oak desk of Secretary of War Peter Hegseth: Questions regarding the Pentagon’s plans to develop a High-T military are harshing my morning buzz so I will be addressing some of…
‘Wusatoumuduk: We Make It Burn’ Lights a Fire
It has been quite a long while since I’ve seen a production that transcends conventional understanding of theater. Wusatoumuduk: We Make It Burn is one of those productions. As the program notes, the original play…
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A Very del Toro Spooky Season
Last week, I took advantage of the re-release of writer and director Guillermo del Toro’s Pan’s Labyrinth (2006) in theaters to see it on the big (well, bigger) screen. The strange, sad, dreamy marvel of…
Music Tonight: Sunday, Oct. 11
Live Dead & Brothers is a jam band tribute act dedicated to playing all things Grateful Dead and Allman Brothers. Tonight’s set at Humbrews will be recreating the Merry Prankster era of the former group.…
Gold in the Cracks
Conrad Calimpong draws a thumb along the gold seam running through his chestnut brown “Pillow Pot Vase” to where it meets three other metallic streaks, fusing a mottled river rock like a jewel or a…
‘Digger’ Devastates
DIGGER. The truth is that I didn’t think I would enjoy Digger. Even more than that, I had assumed that it would disappoint me: a stickler for the psychological battery that characterizes the realist landscapes…
A Nightmare on Main Street
If you ever find yourself wondering what being haunted or possessed feels like, think about a nightmare. Then wake up and try to move on. Think about a beautiful dream. Then wake up and once…
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Paul Steven Costa
Paul was born in Eureka California Aug 31, 1971. The much welcomed son of Karen Anderson Ross and Dennis M Costa. He left us suddenly on August 24, 2026. He was 54 years old. He…
William Zielinski
William Zielinski, age 71, passed away peacefully on Oct. 2, 2026, in Portland, Oregon from complications of Parkinson’s disease. Bill, as he was known to most, was a loving husband, father, brother, son, friend and…
Thales’ Eclipse and the Saros Cycle
“… just as the battle was growing warm, day was on a sudden changed into night. This event had been foretold by Thales, the Milesian, who forewarned the Ionians of it, fixing for it the…
Changing LivesThrough Medicine
Terre Donaldson has been a nurse anesthetist in a wide range of medical fields. After retirement, she began volunteering for California CareForce’s free health clinics, drawn to lending her skills by the astounding need for…
Music Tonight: Wednesday, Oct. 7
Ilyas Ahmed is a Portland-based experimental musician who has a long discographyfull of collaborations with similar West Coast gems, including a lovely record with JefreCantu-Ledesma from my favorite ’90s San Francisco dynamic-ambient band Tarantel.He is…
Humboldt County Fair Faces Another Tough Year
While the books for the 2026 Humboldt County Fair are not yet closed, initial reports paint a bleak picture. Total paid attendance was down by about 1,000 tickets, and total admission revenue was down by…
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Supporting Kimberley White
Editor: It is my pleasure to endorse Kimberley White for Arcata City Council in 2026.…
Supporting Kimberley White
Editor: I am here to express my solid approval for Kimberley White to continue to…
Yes and No
Editor: Are you on Medi-Cal? Or know someone on Medi-Cal? In Humboldt County, nearly 40…
‘It Is Serious’
Editor: It’s that time and it is serious. No Propositions: 38…39…41…42…43…44…45!!!!!! Yes Propositions: 38…4…40!!!…
Yes on Measure D
Editor: As a longtime local merchant and resident of Fortuna, I’m supporting Measure D, which…
‘This One Struck Home’
Editor: I am extremely impressed by this week’s editorial (Jennifer Fumiko Cahill, “The Good Ones,”…
Bone to Pick
Editor: I note with some interest the campaign by one disgruntled individual to eliminate or reduce the skeletons displayed for Halloween in Ferndale, where I live. Based on a completely unscientific poll, we are told…
The Good Ones
When Assistant Editor Kimberly Wear reported on the death of convicted violent sexual predator Richard Stobaugh’s death last week (“‘Ski Mask Rapist’ Richard Stobaugh Dies,” Oct. 1), many women and girls released sighs of relief.…
Looking for an Explanation
Editor: I am devastated by the recent logging next to Murray Road between McKinleyville and Fieldbrook. This stretch of road was once the most beautiful in McKinleyville, a lush tunnel of forest unspoiled by development…
Music Tonight: Tuesday, Oct. 6
Burnstitch Artist Collective is throwing a local band showcase at Savage Henry Comedy Club tonight at 7 p.m. to get some energy going to four groups in the area who deserve some attention. Those bands…
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