A Eureka house went up in flames this afternoon. Humboldt Bay Fire responded to the home — on the 2600 block of G Street — as area residents looked on.
Grant Scott-Goforth
Grant Scott-Goforth was an assistant editor and staff writer for The Journal from 2013 to 2017.
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More Than a Musical Offering
Longtime KHSU host and friend of the community Ben Tankersley died Tuesday. He was 93 years old. If you ever heard Ben talk, you know who he was. His Friday morning classical music program, “A Musical Offering,” ran for most of 26 years between 1985 and 2011. Two years ago, Ben retired and moved to […]
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$21 Million Worth of Pot Busted in the Last Three Days
A series of massive busts on timber and public lands in SoHum brought down more than 20,000 marijuana plants and 600 pounds of pot — a value of $21 million, according to the Sheriff’s Office. Deputies found a house being used for drying an processing by following a trail of marijuana leaves from one of […]
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A Eureka Vision
Tempered disappointment and optimism. That’s the feeling du jour of some of Eureka’s elected officials, following Bill Panos’ short stint as city manager. And while it’s back to the drawing board for Eureka’s top position, at least this time the City Council goes into its manager hunt with a new top cop and a nearly […]
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Times-Standard Announces New Publisher
Eureka’s “paper of record” has a new publisher. On Oct. 1, Paula Patton will make the jump from Marysville, where she published the daily newspaper The Appeal-Democrat and three weekly newspapers serving the Central Valley north of Sacramento. Read the full announcement here.
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Libation Loses Wine License, Temporarily
Libation — the Arcata Plaza purveyor of wine and beer — got dinged with a suspension by Alcoholic Beverage Control for an Oyster Fest violation, according to a sign on the shop’s door. The suspension, which forced the shop to close, began on Sept. 19 and will continue through Oct. 3. According to a homemade […]
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Another Courthouse Evacuation
The Humboldt County Courthouse was evacuated this afternoon when smoke and haze filled the basement. A courthouse employee told Journal freelancer Linda Stansberry that the Sheriff’s Office smelled smoke and pulled the fire alarm around 1:15 p.m. The courthouse was evacuated less than a month ago when an elevator shaft filled with smoke. More photos […]
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2,000 Plants Nabbed in SoHum Bust
Another week, another stream-threatening, tree-razing, trash-burning grow busted. This one, a couple miles east of South Fork High School, yielded more than 2,000 plants and no arrests. The Sheriff’s Office — joined by Cal Fire, Fish and Wildlife and the Drug Task Force — found unpermitted structures, filled in water courses, grading, illegal burn piles […]
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Whopping Exotic Animal Parts Theft
Was someone looking to expand their trophy room? The Sheriff’s Office reports that someone broke into the Wildlife Museum in Willow Creek overnight and stole $750,000 worth of dead animal parts. Among the stolen items: two three-foot ivory elephant tusks, a mounted elk head, a bear skin rug and a kangaroo rug. Apparently someone pried […]
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Water’s for Fighting
When’s the last time you visited the Trinity River? Late spring, when the bathtub rings begin to appear on rocks near Kimtu, when crisp, warm air and cold, fast flows combine to beckon swimmers? Late August, when the canyon walls are bleached, baked and orange-hued from overhead wildfire smoke? Winter, when the water pours into […]
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EPA funds Klamath Restoration
The Yurok Tribe got $1.3 million from the Environmental Protection Agency this week to continue its work on wetland restoration and pollution control on a long stretch of the Klamath River. From the EPA: SAN FRANCISCO – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today announces it has awarded a $1.3 million grant under its Performance Partnership […]
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Update w/ Photos: Discovery of Artillery Shuts Down Old Town
Update from Eureka Police Department Sgt. Steve Watson: On 9/17/13, at about 8:00 AM, Eureka Police Department officers were dispatched to a construction site along the waterfront between H and I Streets after construction workers reported uncovering two World War II era artillery shells. The shells were located in separate dirt piles within the construction […]