A celebration of life will be held for Mark Alan Whitman at 2 p.m. on March 22 in Blue Lake. The event will celebrate Mark’s life, and allow those attending to make connections with others who knew and loved him. Those who would like to join are asked to meet in front of Mark’s shop, 620 […]
North Coast Journal Staff
Posted inLetters + Opinion
‘Appalled’
Editor: In June of 1984, President Reagan said the following during a ceremony at Pointe Du Hoc France commemorating the 40th anniversary of the Normandy invasion: “We in America have learned bitter lessons from two World Wars: It is better to be here, ready to protect the peace, than to take blind shelter across the […]
Posted inLetters + Opinion
‘Endless Wailing’
Editor: The endless wailing and gnashing of teeth in the Democrat media, including the North Coast Journal, regarding President Trump and his administration needs some important facts presented to the American people (NCJ Daily, March 6). The federal government has a $36 trillion national debt. That debt is financed with bond sales requiring interest to […]
Posted inLetters + Opinion
DOGE versus PERS
Editor: Riddle me this. Why is DOGE causing loss of jobs and services such a tremendous concern for California politicians, while PERS causing loss of jobs and services is not a huge concern (NCJ Daily, March 6)? Congressmember Jared Huffman talks of how government exists to serve the people and how DOGE is slashing staff […]
Posted inLetters + Opinion
‘Petitioning for Band-Aids’
Editor: The current debacle launched by the fake “mandate” of the current White House occupant has given us an insane tariff war, destruction of USAID and multiple other agencies (NCJ Daily, March 6), illegal firing of government employees (“It’s Just Chaos,” Feb. 27) and failure to address any substantive problems facing the nation. It is […]
Posted inLetters + Opinion
‘Aim to Harm’
Editor: Regarding “Sleazy Move” (Mailbox, March 13), the editor wrote, “On the subject of McCullough’s credentials, it should be noted that the American Board of Internal Medicine recently revoked his board certifications in cardiovascular disease and internal medicine after determining he was providing false or inaccurate medical information to the public.” Let me add my […]
Posted inArts + Scene
To My Noisy Neighbor
Hello neighbor I see you there with you thumb-sized Cracker Jack toy surprise history book ranting about the world’s problems. I catch you sometimes peering through that rolled up paper tube out past your basement window scanning the horizon for the next threat in whatever shape or color it might be. And I hear you […]
Posted inLifelines
Helen Stockwell Vatcher
Helen Elizabeth Stockwell Vatcher passed away peacefully on Feb. 28, 2025, at Frye’s Care Home in Cutten, California. She was 95. Helen Stockwell was born in Cleveland, Ohio, but her family soon moved to California. She attended Los Angeles High School and Scripps College, where she earned a bachelor’s degree in art. While working summers […]
Posted inLifelines
Arthur K “Art” Barab
Art Barab passed away on March 6, 2025, in Sudbury, Massachusetts, after a lengthy bout with dementia. He was born in Syracuse, New York, on June 1, 1942, to Max and Dorothy Barab, and attended Cornell University before moving to California, where he spent his entire adult life, save for a stint in the United […]
Posted inLetters + Opinion
‘We Need the Maximum’
Editor: The ever informative Barry Evans described last week the threat from the collapse of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation, or AMOC (“AMOC and the Inevitable Climate Threat,” Feb. 20). It is only one of a number of climate tipping points, but it is likely to be highly consequential (or even “devastating”) for the United States […]
Posted inLetters + Opinion
‘For Better Bus Service’
Editor: Believe it or not, I also have an opinion on how Measure O funds should be used, but my opinion is somewhat different from Chad Sefcik’s (Mailbox, Feb. 27). One bus tears up our roads much less than 20 trucks, SUVs or heavy cars. One bus provides less traffic congestion. So, my opinion is […]
Posted inLetters + Opinion
‘Congratulations’
Editor: Congratulations to NCJ news editor Thadeus Greenson on his Humboldt Journalism Project award for investigative journalism. Thadeus isn’t good by Humboldt standards, he’s just plain good. John Dillon, Eureka