Those parklets, the tiny, public, Old Town outdoor spaces that were supposed to be completed in September, got held up a little, but we’re assured they’re on their way. Eureka Community Development Director Rob Holmlund says the parklet plans for two of the four participating businesses have been approved by the city. Ramone’s Bakery owner […]
Grant Scott-Goforth
Grant Scott-Goforth was an assistant editor and staff writer for The Journal from 2013 to 2017.
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Merry Christmas: Here are the Center Arts Riders from the Last Two Seasons
In this week’s cover story, we read through nearly 100 contracts between Center Arts, which brings big-name music, dance and theater acts every year, and the performers who grace HSU stages. Those contracts contain the riders — documents that detail an artist’s technical and “hospitality” needs, in other words the food, drinks and comforts they […]
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Creature Comforts
On a wet Friday morning, Center Arts Director Roy Furshpan and Coordinator Michael Moore Jr. stood in an aisle of the brightly lit Van Duzer Theatre, empty except for small crews buzzing around, setting up sound equipment, instruments and lights. Furshpan and Moore were waiting on a supplier to come over the hill from Chico […]
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When the Shark Bites
Mention the words “great white” to average Humboldtians, and there’s a pretty good chance they conjure an image of foamy beer first, and hungry sharks second. (Nobody’s mind leaps directly to the hair metal band.) That association is thanks to the massive success of Lost Coast Brewery, which has made its citrusy light beer into […]
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Chill Out, New York
In the first months of marijuana legalization in Oregon, a flood of medical marijuana shops has spread the customer base thin in parts of the state. According to a Guardian article, an oversaturation of medical marijuana dispensaries in Portland has some business owners hurting, with hundreds of business license applications still being processed. Recreational pot […]
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CR Scholarship to Honor Fortuna High Grad Killed in Umpqua College Shooting
College of the Redwoods is asking the community to donate to a scholarship fund in honor of Fortuna High grad Jason Dale Johnson, who was killed in the Umpqua Community College shooting in Oregon on Oct. 1. Johnson had recently completed a six-month treatment program and, as part of a “new way of life, clean […]
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Rain Streak Continues as Humboldt Hits Monthly Rainfall Averages
Cozy up for the weekend, ‘cuz there’s another storm rolling in on the tail of our latest one, which dumped inches of rain on the North Coast and caused power outages (directly) and AT&T outages (indirectly) over the last couple days. Eureka is also in its 12th consecutive day of rainfall, the longest streak since […]
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A ‘Perverted Scheme’
County supervisors approved a voluntary registration program this week that could give local growers seeking state permits a leg up. New state medical marijuana laws, expected to go into effect in 2018, will create 17 different types of licenses for cannabis businesses. As an apparent stimulus to get applications rolling in, the legislation says that […]
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UPDATE: Supes to Discuss Marijuana Grower Registration Program
UPDATE: County planner Steve Lazar has released the draft medical marijuana cultivation ordinance that county supervisors will look at next week. Click on the pdf for details on the permit tiering and other regulations recommended by the planning commission. Also included is a letter in support of the recommendations penned by commission Chair Robert Morris […]
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Putting Heads Together
It was Labor Day weekend and Alex Yeoman was skidding across the waters of Trinity Lake on an inner tube. Alex was a 16-year-old junior at Arcata High School, a three-sport athlete with a soaring grade-point average who never missed school. On that fall afternoon, Alex hit a funny hop, went flying, caromed off his […]
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A Czar is Born
The hunt is on for California’s marijuana czar (or czarina), with a whole new branch of state government waiting to be shaped by his or her hands. Medical marijuana legislation recently signed by Gov. Jerry Brown will establish a new Bureau of Medical Marijuana Regulations under the Department of Consumer Affairs. (Depending on how you […]
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New DHHS Director Bails Before 1st Day
Kristin Brinks, the county’s new director of Health and Human Services hired last month and slated to begin in January, has decided she doesn’t want the job. Brinks notified the board of supervisors Dec. 1 in a brief, awkwardly phrased letter that she would be declining the position just a couple of weeks after accepting it. […]