How the fuck am I going to get home?” It’s about 12:15 a.m. on a Friday morning, and Matthew Page just walked out of the Humboldt County jail. “What am I supposed to do?” the 41-year-old self-described artist and musician asks. “I don’t even know Eureka. It’s 12:15, and I live in McKinleyville.” Temperatures are […]
Grant Scott-Goforth
Grant Scott-Goforth was an assistant editor and staff writer for The Journal from 2013 to 2017.
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International Obligations
Could the U.S. be breaking United Nations conventions as pot becomes more and more legal? That’s a question raised in a December report by the RAND Corporation’s Drug Policy Research Center. The nonpartisan group wrote that the U.N.’s International Narcotics Control Board has been critical of both the U.S. and Uruguay for slackening marijuana laws […]
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Billboard Butcher Caught on Camera!
The image of the vandal responsible for the third billboard toppling this month was captured earlier this week on a camera installed by a now thrice-bitten local sign management company. Peeved by the nighttime saw-wielding maniac’s previous crimes and anticipating further demolition, All Points Signs installed infrared wildlife cameras on a sign west of Highway 101 […]
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Bullock Will Stand Trial for Murder of Eric Freed
A Humboldt County judge ruled today there was enough evidence to hold Gary Lee Bullock to answer for the torture and murder of St. Bernard’s Pastor Eric Freed on New Year’s Day. Bullock will be held to answer for vehicle theft and attempted arson charges as well, stemming from an alleged attempt to burn Freed’s […]
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Nerves
The Humboldt County Board of Supervisors voted Jan. 7 to adopt a ban on new marijuana dispensaries — a continuation of a moratorium enacted in 2011 under mounting pressure from the federal government. U.S. attorneys at that time were making all sorts of noise about prosecuting city officials and staffs that created civic and county […]
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Supes Call a GPU Element Do-over
The Board of Supervisors voted this afternoon to return a much-debated element of the county’s draft general plan back to the Planning Commission for review — the latest twist in the general plan update saga. After some discussion of state requirements for general plan updates, the board voted 3-2 (with 2nd District Supervisor Estelle Fennell […]
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Chris Lehman Drops out of the Senate Race
Chris Lehman — the 35-year-old Arcata man who announced his candidacy for the State Senate with vigor last August — said in a press release today that he will abandon his campaign. Lehman launched out of the gate shortly after current Senator Noreen Evans announced she wouldn’t run for the 2nd District in 2014. He […]
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Billboard Butcher Strikes Again
A second safety corridor billboard fell today at the hands of a nefarious, saw-wielding advertisement adversary. The nearly 30 billboards lining Highway 101 have been a source of displeasure and controversy for some Humboldt residents for years. Bay views — enjoyed while zipping down the highway in climate controlled automobiles — are spoiled by the loathsome […]
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Killing in Trinidad
A 24-year-old man was killed in a Trinidad trailer park overnight following reports of people yelling. Sheriff’s deputies responded to the Hidden Creek Trailer Park around 3 a.m. and found the victim, who has not yet been named. Around 10 this morning, detectives arrested 33-year-old Trinidad resident Larry Clinton Morrow on suspicion of homicide. Officials […]
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In Absence
Eureka’s Catholics — and the Humboldt County community at large — was shocked last week when the popular pastor of St. Bernard Church, Father Eric Freed, was found killed on New Year’s Day in the church’s rectory where he lived. Now the church and its parishioners are figuring out how to move on, and, following […]
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Mile High
Pot is legal. At least, in Colorado it is. By now you’ve heard about the lines outside of dispensaries, the eager pot vacationers, the concerns from Colorado’s premier ski resorts about doped-up snowboarders, the PTSD-suffering Iraq vet’s highly publicized purchase; it’s been a big week for national weed news. Reports say that dispensary owners in […]
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King for a Day
The Journal was invited to take a New Year’s Eve float on Humboldt Bay to check out the king tides that came lapping at our shores. Some of the year’s highest tides give ocean watchers (like Humboldt Baykeeper, who provided this tour) a chance to see the coastal fallout of rising oceans. It’s a bit difficult to […]