A guild of university trustees, faculty bigwigs and community members — including one student rep — has assembled to choose Humboldt State University’s next president. Rollin Richmond, who has held the position since 2002, will leave at the end of the coming spring semester. The “Committee for the Selection of the President” — tasked with […]
Grant Scott-Goforth
Grant Scott-Goforth was an assistant editor and staff writer for The Journal from 2013 to 2017.
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Arcata’s $4.5 Million Payment Plan
The Arcata City Council approved a plan this morning to pay back $4.5 million to the state in misappropriated redevelopment funds. Hank Sims at the LoCO did a good job of recapping the issue yesterday, which has also been covered by the Arcata Eye and Journal. The city’s plan: Pay the state Department of Finance […]
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That Darn Cat
Regular weed columnist Ryan Burns is in New York this week, and he declined my suggestion — in the name of investigative journalism — to pack some of Humboldt’s finest on his cross-country flight to test just how lenient the TSA’s gropey screeners are (see the Oct. 10 “Week in Weed”). So instead, I’m here […]
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Biologist Charged in Last Year’s $1 Million Embezzlement
Federal embezzlement charges were filed this week against biologist Ron LeValley, who was arrested last year following investigation into a nearly million-dollar grift involving the Yurok Tribe and Levalley’s Mad River Biologists. The Times-Standard‘s Thadeus Greenson reported today that LeValley is expected to appear in court for the first time this month. He and biologist […]
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Sex Assault Alleged in Sheriff’s Sergeant Arrest
From a Humboldt County District Attorney’s Office press release: On 10-18-13 at approximately 0540 hours, the Humboldt County District Attorney’s Office – Criminal Investigations Bureau arrested Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office Sergeant Jason Daniels (age 40) for violations of PC243.4 – Sexual Battery, and PC289(a)(1) – Sexual Penetration with a Foreign Object. Both of these violations […]
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Ruins
Pictures of decay — abandoned structures slumping to ground, engulfed in flora or proudly, rustily erect — are a trope now, but that’s OK. They’re fascinating. They combine history, our reverence of engineering feats, our fears of death and erasure. We get to rubberneck at a slow moving train wreck — nature and time joining […]
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Mack Lovin’
The upcoming off-year election is kicking up a bit of dust in McKinleyville, that unincorporated burg of 15,000 where horses, its motto proclaims, have the right of way. Four people are trying to squeeze into three seats on the McKinleyville Community Services District — three incumbents and one retired professor who hope to have a […]
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Eureka Councilman Lance Madsen Stepping Down
Fifth Ward Councilman Lance Madsen confirmed this morning he plans to step down from the council after years of health problems. Answering his phone from Stanford, where he was awaiting a medical procedure, Madsen said, “I have to keep coming down here — it’s getting to the point where I’m missing committee meetings and council […]
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Jared Huffman Will Call You Tonight
That’s right — the North Coast Congressman is fielding questions about the government shutdown tonight in a “telephone town hall” meeting. Sign up here to get on the list, and Huffman will call you into the party line to discuss the party line at 7 p.m.
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Update: 5.0 Quake West of Eureka! Downgraded
Update: The USGS map now lists the quake as a 4.9 — hardly worth getting up off the couch for. Blame the error on the furloughs. Previously: Shake, rattle, roll. The USGS site (over which hangs a disclaimer about possible inaccuracies from the government shutdown) reports a 5.0 quake struck 52 km west/northwest of Eureka. […]
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How Much Did EPD’s Free Truck Cost?
Humboldt County’s beefiest new truck was given to the Eureka Police Department gratis by the Defense Department last week. The catch? EPD had to pay to haul the 25-ton truck down here from Fort Lewis in Washington. How much does that cost, you might wonder? $5,500, total said EPD Chief Murl Harpham. The department paid […]
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The Day the Music Died
At home, or in your car, radio’s free. You may have to sit through some insufferable ads between songs, or you may feel compelled to donate to your local public station, but once you’ve bought the box, you can hear all the songs you want from the airwaves. But turn on a radio for customers […]