Brace Yourselves
This year’s winner was “Meltdown: What the demise of Eureka Ice tells us about our public health and safety,” which was our May 14 cover story. The article looked at the shutdown of the Eureka Ice plant on that city’s waterfront, and unearthed years’ worth of public records showing that many local, state and federal agencies had long known that the plant was a chemical nightmare just waiting to happen. The previous year’s project — “Nobody’s Fault: The anatomy of a suicide in the Humboldt County Jail” (May 15, 2008) — detailed the death of a young, mentally troubled Hoopa man while in custody, and looked at all the ways in which state-run mental health programs and the criminal justice system had failed him. The national SPJ later named it one of the top three student projects in the country for that year.
There is heavy competition for these awards, including from nationally ranked undergraduate journalism programs around the Bay Area. We congratulate HSU’s journalism program for their fine work, and we are honored to help bring it to the county.
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on the cover
Railroad!
Proposed lines ‘set rich blood a-tingling’ in early 1900s
Some Other Proposed North Coast Railroads
Choo-choo Fantasies
Exposing this east-west rail nonsense
seven-o-heaven
Undeterred Will
Will chides Andrew for lack of attention to detail and makes plans for his inevitable victory.
Recent the town dandy
Jan. 13, 2011
The Golden Boy
Dec. 23, 2010
Wish Lists
Dec. 16, 2010
The Train Geeks Return
Today
44th Annual Kinetic Grand Championship Race
STAFF PICK / events, art, outdoors, sports, for kids, free / 9 a.m.-6 p.m. A 3-day, 42-mile kinetic sculpture race over land, sand, mud and water! LeMans start at the Noon Whistle on the Arcata Plaza. Follow the race through Manila, Eureka and into Ferndale on Memorial Day for the Glorious Finish. kineticgrandchampionship.com. 889-3024.
Flow 2012 Fashion Show
STAFF PICK / events / 8 p.m. Arcata Theatre Lounge, 1036 G St. Student designed and produced clothing. Fundraiser for Arcata Arts Institute. $35/$25 students. artsinstitute.net. 822-1220.
Woodside Preschool's Rummage/Bake Sale
events / 8 a.m.-noon. Woodside Preschool, 900 Hodgson St, Eureka. www.woodsidepreschool.com. 445-9132.
Lanphere Dunes Restoration
STAFF PICK / outdoors / 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Meet at Pacific Union School. Help remove non-native invasives at the Lanphere Dunes Unit of the Humboldt Bay National Wildlife Refuge. Tools and gloves provided, wear work clothes and bring water. Carpool to the protected site. 444-1397.
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TWO Comments
Comment / By Jim A. / Sept. 27, 2009, 5:22 p.m.
“..the gloomy old masses of cellulose ..” ????
There are less than 2% of them left. I take it you wont be happy until they are gone?
Sorry, but thats what I got from your tone.
Comment / By Thirdeye / Oct. 1, 2009, 3:41 p.m.
Tourists flock to the north coast to see gloomy old masses of cellulite.