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Music Tonight: Thursday, March 5
The Back Seat Drivers are bringing the blues to the Logger Bar during a free gig this afternoon at 4 p.m. Expect some of the anchored picking sounds of the pre-war, Piedmont-style guitar blues, along…
Dark Suburban Corners
DTF St. Louis DTF ST. LOUIS. Some months ago, in a fallow period likely brought on by the end of a Taylor Sheridan binge, I had resigned myself to listlessly stream-scrolling, nearly paralyzed by the…
Asking for an Administration
Thank you for taking the time to complete this brief survey. The questions that follow are purely hypothetical and part of a study you absolutely don’t need to worry about for a think tank focusing…
Black Joy and Culture at the Black Heritage Ball
In a black headwrap, tambourine in hand, Paula Jones addressed the audience of 145 gathered around tables in the Wharfinger Building Saturday night for the Black Heritage Ball. Heritage, she said, “means the inheritance of…
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Return of Two Bars, Fries and Embezzlement
This week we’re talking about the Siren’s Song Tavern making a home in the old Jim Dunn’s Cosmopolitan. We’re also looking at the sentencing at the end of and embezzling scandal. And finally, where to…
Yurok Tribal Council Issues Response to ICE Concerns, Says At Least One Citizen Detained
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It’s Time to Make Fourth and Fifth Streets Safe for Everyone
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Correction
In the Kindest Eyes category of the 2026 NCJ Pet Photo Contest (Feb. 19), Ash the cat and the name of Ash the cat’s photo submitter, Andy Caffrey, were misidentified. The Journal regrets the errors
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Ward Michael Falor
Ward Michael Falor – known to nearly everyone as Mike or D.H. Falor – lived a life powered by curiosity, creativity, engines, music, animals and caring compassion. From the time he was a little boy,…
Judith McIlveen Nugent
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Correction
In “Cermeño’s Shipwreck” (Feb. 5), the article misidentified the Miwok people who encountered the ship’s crew near Drake’s Bay. The Journal regrets the error.
Change in the weather
Change is in the air The clouds gathering Could bring welcome rain, And unwelcome wind. Balance in everything. Even those things so bleak So horrible we feel crushed, Are countered by Events and actions of…
The Queen Bee’s Winter Visit
When gardening, you have probably seen large, fuzzy, yellow and black bumble bees zipping from flower to flower, collecting pollen and nectar to bring back to their nests. Perhaps you have also seen them in…
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The Siren’s Song Returns at Jim Dunn’s
In October of 2025, Liz Sibley stood in the shell of Jim Dunn’s Cosmopolitan at 301 Second St., the wood plank floor newly oiled and light from the street slanting in on a half-built stage.…
John Charles Moore
April 19, 1949 – December 2, 2025 John Charles Moore passed away unexpectedly on December 2nd, 2025. He was born John Charles Ratzlaff on April 19th, 1949. In his youth John was a boy scout…
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John William Corbett
October 25, 1947- January 3, 2026 John W. Corbett, a longtime McKinleyville resident, attorney and environmental advocate, died peacefully at home, on January 3, 2026. John was proud of his ancestors who fought in the…
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