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aug. 7, 2008
Where There's Smoke
by Marcy Burstiner
An old joke in journalism goes this way: A cub reporter comes back from a city council meeting and tells her editor there was no story. “What happened?” the editor ...
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Escape From Arcata
One counterculture artist has had enough; seeks EKA salvation
by Jay Herzog
Artist Dennis Handy looks at home at his perch behind the desk in his converted Arcata studio/gallery, and his stocky frame, gray beard and casual manner would seem to mark ...
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Clearing the Air
by Jill Koelling
Allie Hostler, public information officer for the Hoopa Valley Tribe, is very worried about the hazardous conditions in Hoopa caused by the smoke from the large wildfires, which have been ...
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Eureka's Top Toto
by Meghannraye Sutton
In the Wizard of Oz, the Wicked Witch of the West tells Dorothy, “I’ll get you, my pretty, and your little dog, too!” For some reason, the Wicked Witch of ...
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Portapalooza
by Hank Sims
All's been quiet on the railroad for a few months. The old Northwestern Pacific line, that dead set of tracks from Humboldt County to the Bay Area, has been as ...
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Clear Signals
by North Coast Journal Readers
Editor: Your KHSU story was a terrific piece of journalism that looked beneath the surface narrative -- university bureaucrats trying to stifle political expression -- to reveal a much deeper ...
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Thanks for KHSU story
by North Coast Journal Readers
Editor: I want to express my appreciation for your very thorough report on what has become a very complex and (of course) controversial issue in the community. “Station Identification” ( ...
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KHSU deserves better
by North Coast Journal Readers
Editor: That the university’s creature has turned around to bite it involves all sorts of delicious irony. (“Station Identification,” July 31). When Elizabeth Hans McCrone was pushed from her perch ...
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Keep KHSU alternative, independent
by North Coast Journal Readers
Editor: Thanks for your article regarding the recent situation at KHSU. (“Station Identification,” July 31). While there are many disturbing aspects, the most disturbing is that a mid-level bureaucrat and ...
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Horseplay
by North Coast Journal Readers
Editor: When I picked up the current issue of the North Coast Journal yesterday and read the boxed article about the Arcata City Council voting to prohibit Arcata residents from ...
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Horsin' Around
by North Coast Journal Readers
Editor: A friend of mine encouraged me not to write in, claiming Heidi Walters’ Lipizzaner stallion article was most certainly a hoax. But Ms. Walters’ specific references, rich with detail, ...
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Notes All Over
by North Coast Journal Readers
Editor: A few random comments. First, I do not share your dismay that the two young journalists who wrote the very sympathetic article about the illegal immigrants at Sun Valley ...



















