A recent report by the Guardian shows that alcohol sales in Colorado grew in the years after the state legalized recreational pot, seemingly dispelling an argument that pot advocates have made that alcohol consumption would decrease with easier access to marijuana. It’s unclear if possible alcohol temperance was a selling point for Colorado voters, but […]
Grant Scott-Goforth
Grant Scott-Goforth was an assistant editor and staff writer for The Journal from 2013 to 2017.
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HSU Gets Sexual Assault Funding
Humboldt State University announced recently that it won a $300,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Justice to reduce sexualized violence on campus. It’s part of a $8.5 million nationwide effort at 27 colleges. The funding will allow the university to expand its Check It program, which the Journal wrote about in February, as well […]
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Your Next Alibi
Headed down to the Arcata Plaza this weekend for the North Country Fair? Make sure to stop for a Bloody Mary at the new Alibi expansion, which opened Friday afternoon. Owner Justin Ladd says he expects the kitchen to reopen for food within a week. Meanwhile, you can have a drink in the stylish, bright, […]
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Name the Faces on the Journal, Win Big
Got a good handle on the faces of Humboldt? Did you have a good pore over the 25th anniversary issue of the Journal that hit stands on Wednesday? Journalistas had a good time putting that Sgt. Peppery cover together, and we hope you got in on the fun. And to test just how in-the-Humboldt-know you are, […]
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Eureka Stinks
Ah, summer days in Old Town Eureka. Just a hint of heat from the sun, the bay calmly lapping at the waterfront, the seagulls drifting overhead. And. That. Stench. If you’ve visited the north side of Eureka during the daytime in the last month or two, there’s a good chance you’ve caught a sniff of […]
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Out of the Shadows
There’s not a multi-celled organism on earth that could evolve much in 25 years. But perhaps there’s an argument that the cannabis plant, through its symbiosis with humans, has changed as much in the last two and a half decades as any species could. Well, except the ones that have gone extinct. Aiding that shift […]
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Humboldt Then and Now
The Journal‘s editorial department has spent a lot of time recently flipping through a quarter-century’s worth of news coverage of the people, politics and art of Humboldt County. We saw a lot of familiar faces and some familiar issues. If there’s a theme we took away from the experience, it’s that life is cyclical, especially […]
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Yurok Tribe no Longer Supports Klamath River Agreement
NOTE: This post was updated with comment from Huffman. The Yurok Tribe has announced it will withdraw its support of the Klamath Basin Restoration Agreement, the massive, multi-agency restoration plan originally signed in 2010 that’s sat untouched by Congress for the last five years. The Karuk Tribe and Oregon Klamath Tribes will also withdraw at […]
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Right-to-die Law Goes to Gov. Brown
The California Senate and Assembly passed legislation this week that will allow terminally ill people to end their own lives with a doctor’s assistance, so long as Gov. Jerry Brown signs the bill. The bill will allow doctors to prescribe life-ending medication to people who’ve been told they have six months or less to live, […]
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UPDATE: Medical Marijuana Bills Pass
The state Assembly and Senate approved a trio of medical marijuana regulations just before deadline Friday. The bills were the subject of some last minute tweaking, and reports of stubbornness regarding authorship began to leak out of the capitol in the days before consensus was reached (read more about that below). The bills will go […]
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Sittin’ Down in Old Town
Soon you’ll be able to park it right in front of Ramone’s in Old Town and enjoy a glass of wine. Not in your car, but in an outdoor seating area that bumps out into the street. Four restaurants are nearly set to build parklets — small public spaces that will occupy one parking space […]
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Weed Disagree
When California Cannabis Voice Humboldt, the political action committee behind two proposed county marijuana ordinances, recently announced agreement with environmental groups, it provoked a mixed reaction from the very groups said to be in agreement. CCVH was responding to a letter sent to the Humboldt County Board of Supervisors by four environmental groups that outlined […]