Invasion of the Auger!

The ugly little creature has more than one alias. In some places they call it the "auger beetle," because it bores into wood like an ...

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The Other Candidates for President

The most exciting experience you can have as a voter is the write-in. It's the only opportunity in the entire electoral process when you can ...

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Pay Dirt

Over the weekend, the American economy fell deeper and deeper into what many were calling its worst financial crisis since the Great Depression. Another major ...

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St. Joe's Says No

Eureka physician Lee Leer about had a conniption recently when he heard through the grapevine that St. Joseph's Health System was going to ban condoms. ...

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Disappointing Drills

Remember last year when those guys were driving and helicoptering all over the Eel River Valley with dynamite and cables to test the geologic underworld ...

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Fast Forward

Editor: While it may be easy to cast “The Sonoma Gang” in a negative light, it becomes a little more awkward to realize that any ...

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Those Damned Mexicans

Editor: So sorry to see the usually reliable Hank Sims degenerate into a cursing, bitching partisan on the issue of illegal immigration and the enforcement ...

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See the Slaughter

Editor: Thank you for the article on Wild Chick Farm, which hopefully encouraged people to consider the oft-overlooked fact that the consumption of meat and ...

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Smart Humboldt Shopper II

Cartoon by Joel Mielke.