On today’s episode of the NCJ Preview, we discuss how Harvest Hub is bridging the gap between farms and tables in this week’s cover story of The Journal. We’ll also discuss Humboldt County’s fifth annual Juneteenth Multicultural Festival, and this year’s new theme, Celebrates a ‘Liberated Future’ of Unity and Diversity. READ FULL STORIES HERE: […]
North Coast Journal Staff
Posted inLetters + Opinion
Great Job?
Editor: I am writing in response to the advertisement placed on page 4 of the June 6 edition stating that “Cal Poly Humboldt President Tom Jackson is doing a great job.” Really? I hope the NCJ netted a few dollars from this ad at least. I totally respect our right to speech. But … . […]
Posted inNews (NCJ)
Arcata House, Street Food and Condors
This week on the NCJ Preview, we talk about the food pick you should be looking for at the Friday Night Market, and how Humboldt’s only program, the Arcata House Partnership is coming to a close. Related Stories
Posted inNews (NCJ)
Journal Named Finalist for State, National Awards
The North Coast Journal has been named a finalist in eight categories in the 2023 statewide California Journalism Awards, as well one category in the national Association of Alternative Newsmedia awards. The California Journalism Awards are bestowed annually by the California Newspaper Association, which was founded in 1888 and has more than 500 member papers […]
Posted inNews (NCJ)
No Safe Parking in Arcata and What’s Good at the Friday Night Market
This week on NCJ Preview, we talk about the food you should be looking for at the Friday Night Market, and how Humboldt’s only safe parking program, run through the Arcata House Partnership, is coming to a close. We also introduce the Journal‘s new reporter, Kelby McIntosh! Links down bellow👇🏼 Read the full story 📰 […]
Posted inArts + Scene
Puppies 🤦
It’s a good thing that puppies are cute E’re their fate would be in deep dispute When they while away the hours Digging deep in your flowers Pulling them all up by the roots! Dottie Simmons
Posted inLetters + Opinion
‘Total Ignorance’
Editor: I am astonished at the total ignorance displayed by Humboldt County Civil Grand Jury in recommending a civilian oversight board be established to provide oversight of the sheriff’s office (“Grand Jury Recommends Civilian Oversight of Sheriff’s Office,” May 23). I am even more astonished that they would ask the board of supervisors to establish […]
Posted inLetters + Opinion
Re: ‘Enabling’
Editor: The letter “Enabling an Anti-Semitic Moment” (May 23) opined that since the Jewish people were dispossessed from their land 3,000 years ago by successive empires, the Jewish people have the right to repossess Israel. Is this opinion based on G-d’s law, tribal law or international law? Does this opinion mean that us white folk […]
Posted inLetters + Opinion
‘Get Serious’
Editor: In your editorial (“Our Last Best Chance,” April 11), the North Coast Journal understated the concerns of the Yurok Tribe, and the Bear River and Trinidad rancherias. As you describe it, in their dismissal of the Monument Ridge project proposed by Terra-Gen in 2019, the nonindigenous community, sacrificing the hope of prosperity and fossil-free […]
Posted inLetters + Opinion
More Questions Than Answers
Editor: “Document Sheds Light on Principal Perry’s Reassignment” (May 16), raises more questions about Northern Humboldt Union High School District’s (NHUHSD) decision to demote Mr. Perry than it answers, whilst placing him in an untenable position due to student confidentiality. Mr. Perry was successful principal of Six Rivers prior to appointment at Arcata High School […]
Posted inLetters + Opinion
Trump and Democracy
Editor, Ted Pease, a “journalist,” decries the death of participatory democracy with his letter to the editor to the NCJ. In his screed, he falsely attributes the actions of a deranged mass murder to President Trump. The details of the Baltimore Capital Gazette murders are easily obtained with an online search and the crime is […]
Posted inLifelines
Marcy Foster: 1948-2024
Our fun-loving, creative, and heart-felt friend Marcy Foster passed on May 13, 2024, surrounded by loved ones in her home after a courageous battle with pancreatic cancer. Marcy moved to Humboldt County in 1980 and as a single-mother put herself through Humboldt State College for her BA in Social Work and received her Masters of […]