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News / By Thadeus Greenson

Change of Plea Hearing Set in Fair Embezzlement Case

(June 27, 2024) U.S. District Court Judge Charles Breyer has scheduled a change of plea hearing for the Humboldt County Fair Association's former bookkeeper, signaling she may be nearing a plea agreement to...

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Grand Jury: Eureka Schools Acted 'Hastily,' Without Due Diligence

Report blasts trustees for lack of transparency, failing to fulfill fiduciary duty

(June 20, 2024) After investigating Eureka City Schools' decision to offload its former Jacobs Middle School site in a property exchange agreement with a mystery developer, the Humboldt County Civil Grand Jury has...

On the Cover / By Jennifer Fumiko Cahill

No Leftovers

Harvest Hub bridges the gap between farms and tables

(June 13, 2024) Michael Peterson and his son Nicolas are unloading pillowcase-sized bags of purple Brussels sprouts from their Willow Creek Farm truck. There are boxes of pale green bok choy and...

News / By Kelby McIntosh

Multi-day Juneteenth Event Celebrates a 'Liberated Future' of Unity and Diversity

(June 13, 2024) After spending four years celebrating Juneteenth with events aimed at educating the local community, Black Humboldt is shifting its focus to a broader theme of celebrating the Black experience. "Our...

On the Cover / By Thadeus Greenson

No Safe Parking

Hailed as a success, Humboldt's only program comes to a close due to a lack of funding

(June 6, 2024) It's a morning in early January and Arcata House Partnership Executive Director Darlene Spoor is addressing the Humboldt County Board of Supervisors at the invitation of Third District Supervisor Mike...

News / By Kimberly Wear

Condor Check-in

The North Coast flock expands its range as a new cohort of birds waits in the wings

(June 6, 2024) The North Coast's 11 condors "looked great" after undergoing recent medical exams, according to an update from the Northern California Condor Restoration Program, a Yurok Tribe-led effort to bring the...

On the Cover / By Jennifer Fumiko Cahill

Glorified!

Kinetic Grand Championship 2024

(May 30, 2024) The gears ground, the flames shot and teams of Kinetic Grand Championship racers tumbled down the dunes of Dead Man's Drop and into Humboldt Bay for the water crossing. When...

On the Cover / By Thadeus Greenson

'Unprecedented'

A generous donation has Fortuna High's music program reaching for the high notes

(May 23, 2024) Ron Samuels is walking through Marimba One's sprawling shop off O Street in Arcata. The place is filled with the whir of industrial fans and a constant pinging from...

News / By Thadeus Greenson

Grand Jury Recommends Civilian Oversight of Sheriff's Office

(May 23, 2024) The Humboldt County Civil Grand Jury is calling on the county to implement a layered system of police oversight of the sheriff's office similar to a model being used in...

On the Cover / By Thadeus Greenson

'False Narratives'

Tom Jackson Jr.'s chief of staff offers defiant defense of university's handling of protests

(May 16, 2024) It's a sunny, cloudless afternoon the day before commencement and Mark Johnson is sitting in a nondescript conference room, its windows shuttered, talking to the North Coast Journal in...

News / By Thadeus Greenson

Document Sheds Light on Arcata Principal's Reassignment

Written reprimand accuses Perry of failing to follow the law, district policy

(May 16, 2024) Some eight months before the Northern Humboldt Unified School District Board of Trustees voted to relieve Principal Ron Perry of his duties at the end of the school year and...

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Summer of Fun

(May 9, 2024) Summer break is nearly here, and with it the sunshine and long days that seem infinitely longer when the kids have nothing to do. Pour yourself a tall lemonade...

News / By Thadeus Greenson

Campus Closed

Fallout from protests at Cal Poly Humboldt continues

(May 9, 2024) In the week after Cal Poly Humboldt brought a large police force to campus to clear pro-Palestinian protesters from the area around Siemens Hall, arresting 32 people, including a...

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'On Siemens Hall Hill'

How an eight-day occupation at Cal Poly Humboldt divided campus

(May 2, 2024) When a group of several dozen protesters entered Siemens Hall on the Cal Poly Humboldt campus shortly before 5 p.m. on April 22, they say they had no intention of...

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Supreme Court Weighs Upending Homeless Protections

Case could have major implications for homeless policies in Humboldt

(April 25, 2024) In a case that could drastically alter how cities in California and beyond deal with homeless encampments, U.S. Supreme Court justices on April 22 weighed whether to allow broader punishment...