Tawnie Hansen, the former Eureka Police Department dispatcher who found herself at the center of a fight between supporters and detractors of Chief Garr Nielsen, has filed a huge lawsuit against the City of Eureka and City Manager David Tyson. Hansen, who is asking for $1.4 million plus punitive damages, alleges that the city slow-played […]
Hank Sims
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Bengals Call Up Purify
Bengals Call Up Purify: The Cincinnati Bengals have placed wide receiver Mo Purify — a Eureka native — on their roster, following another player’s season-ending injury. Purify had been playing on the Bengals’ practice team. That means there’s now two Eureka High grads in the Bengals’ lineup — Purify and linebacker Rey Maualuga. The two […]
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The New River War
For a long time, the fight over the sickly Klamath River — once home to one of the state’s most magnificent salmon fisheries — has been between farmers and fishermen, dam owners and Native American tribes. Nowadays, though, most of those old antagonists have come together to agree upon a plan to restore the river […]
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Peons Welcome
There are any number of lessons to take away from last week’s elections to the board of directors of the Humboldt Bay Harbor, Recreation and Conservation District. Let’s focus on one that might otherwise be missed, so that future candidates for offices of all sorts can take note: Owning a business doesn’t automatically make you […]
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Facebooking the Blogthing
Facebook fanatics: If this works — fingers crossed — you can now get updates from the Blogthing right there in your “friendstream,” or whatever the hell it’s called. How does it work? Just become a fan of the NCJ on our Facebook fan page. When a new post hits the Blogthing … boom! Your friendstream […]
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Schooling the Swine
Firefighters stood in line with school kids at Eureka’s Alice Birney Elementary School Tuesday morning, as nurses with the county’s public health office administered shots or nasal spray to each. It was the first day of Humboldt County’s massive inoculation campaign against swine flu, which is targeted first and foremost at youth and emergency personnel, […]
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First Harbor District Results
The Election Department’s Web site is down, but here’s the absentee results: THIRD DIVISION Wilson: 1,268 Hauser: 669 FOURTH DIVISION Ash: 658 Penn: 213 Marks: 718
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Harbor District Predictions
Proving my powers of prognostication, or lack thereof. Remember: This is not a substitute for actual voting. Vote today! THIRD DIVISION Wilson: 60% Hauser: 40% FOURTH DIVISION Marks: 50% Ash: 32% Penn: 18%
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Halloween on the Plaza
Chaos. Photos from Will Startare, the face of the Journal : After the jump, Startare’s writer/director, Journal calendar editor Andrew Goff, chronicles the event’s tragic aftermath: