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Humboldt Depression

The 1930s were worse. Things are pretty bad now. But there's always chickens, berries and the family jewels.
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Shovels Ready?

march 12, 2009

Flash Fiction Contest

march 5, 2009

Humboldt Depression
march 19, 2009

inside

music

Embracing Ridiculousness

THE HUM by Bob Doran

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poem

The Last Horseman

POEM by Uri Driscoll

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garden

Ask Them Nicely

DIRT by Amy Stewart

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mckinleyville-arts-night

Third Friday McKinleyville Arts Night

MCKINLEYVILLE ARTS NIGHT by North Coast Journal Staff

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food

Pizza-inspired Beans

TABLE TALK by Simona Carini

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field-notes

Spectacles and Telescopes: A Small Mystery

FIELD NOTES by Barry Evans

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review

Ghostride The Whip

IN REVIEW by Julianna Boggs

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review

Middle Cyclone

IN REVIEW by Mark Shikuma

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movies

Beyond Craven

FILMLAND by Charlie Myers

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news and views

the town dandy

Bloody Pulp

There's three classes of people who will be most affected by the near-certain fact that the Samoa pulp mill won't be open for business until ...

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short stories

Until Memorial Day

Sheila Jenkins remembers her dad, Rick Gustafson, as a man who loved his Harley and the Miami Dolphins, loved cooking and golfing, and loved adventure. ...

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short stories

Requiem for the Fish

This spring a new documentary will wind its way through the Pacific Northwest, carrying a bittersweet message that shimmeringly echoes that borne by the steelhead ...

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mailbox

What are they thinking?

Recent sightings by Joel Mielke

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Searching

Editor: Ryan Burns wrote an article on the plane that went down, and told some info about the pilot "Lost," March 12). I am the ...

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Grovies Respond

Editor: How interesting to find you, Mr. Sims, editor of the wonderful NCJ, with the attitude of "you've seen one redwood, you've seen them all" ...

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Get Lost

Editor: Allow me to offer one minor addition to Greg King's self-stirring narrative ("Mailbox," March 5) about his solo discovery of the Headwaters Forest (an ...

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Ink By Barrel

Editor: As the writer for the competition with that feisty Independent, I'd like you to be aware that the community supports us as well, and ...

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