'A Broken Vessel' — Who was Martin Cotton, and what happened to him?

Martin Frederick Cotton II was not homeless. The 26-year-old man, who died in the Humboldt County Jail on Aug. 9 shortly after a violent confrontation ...

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Age of Majority

The comment I heard most frequently regarding last week's pot cover was regarding the timing: "What if you were a parent dropping your student off ...

short stories

Karuk Leader Arrested

On Monday evening, the Siskiyou County Sheriff's Department arrested Karuk Tribe Vice Chairman Leaf Grant Hillman in Happy Camp. The previous Friday, Aug. 17, the ...

short stories

Toy Test

It's enough to make you want to rip off all your clothes and just run around nekked. And to tell your kids they can play ...

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Hard Rain

We sit at our desk, pushing around the scraps of paper that have accumulated here. We read them like tea leaves. And we have no ...