A Harper’s Magazine writer recently reiterated a stomach-turning admission of racist societal control concocted by the Nixon Administration. That scandal plagued presidency was the first to declare war on drugs, and did so squarely in the midst of social and racial upheaval, as well as a foreign war. In a recent article arguing in favor […]
Grant Scott-Goforth
Grant Scott-Goforth was an assistant editor and staff writer for The Journal from 2013 to 2017.
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SOS
You don’t need sea legs to have brunch on board the LCI 1091, but it would help to pine for a salty atmosphere and even saltier corned beef hash. That’s the yen that gathered Leroy Marsh and a handful of volunteers on a recent Friday morning — as it does every Friday and Sunday morning […]
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TL;DR: Five Things You Need to Know about Derelict Boats on Humboldt Bay
Busy week? We get it. Let us get you afloat of this week’s main story. Here are some highlights from “That Sinking Feeling.” The February sinking of the Dennis Gayle represented a small victory in an ongoing problem: derelict boats on Humboldt Bay. When the Gayle’s sister ship the Allen Cody sank in 2008, hundreds […]
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‘Full Spectrum’: One Way to Attract Doctors to the North Coast
It’s no secret Humboldt County has a doctor shortage. The lack of both primary care physicians and specialists has a variety of causes, and a host of impacts on the community. And efforts to recruit and retain doctors are met with mixed results; the shortage continues, but once in a while, you get a success […]
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That Sinking Feeling
The sinking of the Dennis Gayle is a success story, perhaps not to boatmakers or historians, but to the people and creatures that call Humboldt Bay home. On the morning of Feb. 28, someone at the Humboldt Bay Forest Products Dock in Fields Landing noticed the Dennis Gayle, which had been moored there for years, […]
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No, I Like Eureka
The plot thickens. This afternoon, the Journal received a letter from the Westside Sanguine Society, Eureka’s anonymous rogue publicity agent and creator of the popular “I Like Eureka” stickers that now blanket Eureka, from stop sign to cop car to seen-better-days bicycle. The envelope included two stickers, per the Sanguinists’ M.O., as well as two […]
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Carsonomics
Any way you look at it, the Carson Block is big. Big in stature, long in history, iconic in design and an important part of Eureka’s economy. With the massive rehabilitation of the building nearing the end of its first phase (see Linda Stansberry’s cover story), the Journal wanted to get a sense of the […]
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‘Magical Efficiency’: Update on Local Palliative Care Initiative
Palliative care doctor and founder of ResolutionCare Michael Fratkin was recently interviewed by Telemedicine Magazine, and the Q-and-A reveals some of the inner workings of Fratkin’s operation since it launched last year. The Journal wrote about Fratkin’s startup in 2014, when he was still finding support and funding for his vision to provide in-home end-of-life […]
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There’s Weed-Infused Vodka Now
We all knew it was coming to this. Humboldt Distillery — which began selling its Humboldt Vodka brand a couple years ago — has released a cannabis-infused vodka called, obviously, “Humboldt’s Finest.” Owner Abe Stevens explains in a press release that the vodka — which doesn’t have any THC in it, rendering it legal to […]
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Not Feelin’ the Bern
Marijuana advocates are not donating money to presidential campaigns at anywhere near the level of other causes, according to a recent International Business Times report. The article starts by detailing how little marijuana groups have donated to Bernie Sanders — who’s advocated for legalization on the campaign trail — compared to Rand Paul, the one-time […]
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New Kid’s Channel Coming to KEET
Kids, adjust your rabbit ears. Local PBS affiliate KEET is planning to launch a new, 24-hour children’s programming channel this year. The channel will feature PBS Kids shows, according to a press release, offering educational and entertaining programming outside of the classic kids-times — Saturday mornings and before and after school hours. KEET General Manager […]