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Broken Blue Line
Long-simmering resentment in the Eureka Police Department erupts with lawsuits and sleaze.
by Ryan Burns and Hank Sims
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Independence Days
First off, get a jump on your neighbors. Don't wait till Saturday, when "independence" will be so day-before-yesterday. Today -- Thursday, July 2 -- rush ...
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It's been two weeks now since St. Joseph Hospital suspended four night shift intensive care unit nurses and a supervisor, and the nurses, their union ...
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Sunday at Mad River Beach -- a long spit of sand jutting north, where the ocean roars on one side in a continuous pile-up of ...
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A New Mold
Creative destruction. That's the term people in the news business bandy about these days in a sort of optimistic pessimism about the state of their ...
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Fishing for Advice
Editor: Great to see a cover story on the Marine Life Protection Act (“Two If By Sea,” June 25). The more people know about it, ...
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Damn the Job-Haters
Editor: In response to the re-branding of Humboldt County away from being the pot capital of the world, the marketing folks have missed the point ...
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Plan Fit or Plan Fat
Editor: Insight into the motivations of the Coalition for Property Rights, discussed in “Town Holler” (June 18), is offered by their treatment of Public Health ...
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Rest in Peace
Editor: As chairperson of the Eureka High School Native American Club, I wish to express our gratitude for printing the article “Grave Matters” in the ...
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Nonprofits Needed
Editor: The people working at the local skilled nursing facilities go above and beyond to provide compassionate nursing care to a population of patients in ...
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