Musician John Mayer has donated $10,000 to Redwood Parks Conservancy, the official nonprofit partner to Redwood National and State Parks. “We are so grateful to John Mayer for his generous donation to Redwood Parks Conservancy! John’s donation will support us in our mission to protect and preserve the world’s tallest trees,” the nonprofit wrote in […]
Iridian Casarez
Iridian Casarez was a staff writer at the North Coast Journal from 2019-2023.
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Local Native Teens Win Big at Youth Business Competition
Local high school students won big at a youth business competition at the Reservation Economic Summit (RES) produced by the National Center for American Indian Enterprise Development (NCAIED) last month in Las Vegas. As part of a program through Two Feathers Native American Family Services, Emma Sundberg, a Wiyot junior from McKinleyville High School, Jordan […]
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Steward Takes Judicial Race
FINAL ELECTION NIGHT REPORT: The final election night report leaves Deputy District Attorney Steven Steward poised to become Humboldt County’s next superior court judge, having taken 57 percent of the 12,963 ballots counted thus for to Deputy Public Defender Ben McLaughlin’s 43 percent. FOURTH REPORT: Deputy District Attorney Steven Steward continues to build on his […]
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Arroyo Leads Big in Fourth District But Runoff Possible
FINAL ELECTION NIGHT REPORT: The final election night report leaves Eureka City Councilmember Natalie Arroyo holding a commanding lead in the race for Humboldt County Fourth District supervisor but clinging delicately to the 50-percent threshold needed to avoid a November runoff. The last Election Night tally has Arroyo having taken 50.21 percent of the 2,354 […]
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HWMA Temporarily Closing and Relocating Eureka Recycling Center
Humboldt County residents won’t be able to recycle their freon appliances, like refrigerators and air conditioning systems, or electronic waste at the Eureka Recycling Center for a little while as Humboldt Waste Management Authority is temporarily closing the center beginning Aug. 1 HWMA is relocating the Eureka Recycling Center to a different site and using […]
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Two Suspected Opioid Overdoses in HumCo Jail; 20 Grams of Suspected Heroin Found in Cell
Two Humboldt County jail inmates were saved by correctional officers after suspected opioid overdoses, the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office announced in a press release today. On Monday night, correctional officers administered Naloxone, a nasal spray commonly used to counter decreased breathing caused by an opioid overdose, to two female inmates housed in the same cell […]
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Candy Stockton Named Humboldt’s New Public Health Officer
Humboldt Independent Practice Association Chief Medical officer Candy Stockton has been confirmed by the Humboldt County Board of Supervisors to serve as Humboldt County’s Public Health Officer. She is slated to begin the new post July 18. “Having spent years practicing medicine in rural Northern California has given me a deep understanding of the challenges […]
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Fortuna Nursing Home COVID Outbreak Expands to 36 Infected
Humboldt County Public Health is continuing to provide a heightened response to a COVID-19 outbreak at the Fortuna Rehabilitation and Wellness Center in which 26 residents and 10 staff members have tested positive for the virus, with one resident currently hospitalized. Public Health’s Communicable Disease team is testing residents and staff three times a week and […]
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Long Lines as Hambro Recycling Opens in Arcata
After a lengthy permitting process, Hambro Recycling finally opened in Arcata on April 1. Humboldt County now has a CRV buy-back center two years after the Eureka Recycling Center’s CRV services were discontinued for safety amid an overload of residents wanting their CRV deposits back. “The process (of opening Hambro Recycling in Arcata) was long […]
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Eureka Chamber Announces Death of CEO Donna Wright
The Eureka Chamber of Commerce announced the death of its president and CEO Donna Wright in a statement this afternoon. “It is with a heavy heart that we announce the passing of Donna Wright, CEO and President of the Greater Eureka Chamber of Commerce,” the statement reads. “Donna’s leadership at the Chamber for the past […]
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‘Benefit Cliff’
Mary’s story is like so many: She entered 2020 with high hopes for the new year only to see them shattered three months in. A single mother of two teens, she’d just been offered a full-time job but, when the COVID-19 pandemic struck, bringing lockdowns and social distancing, her employer rescinded the offer. Like many […]
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Local Agencies Warn of Email Hacking Throughout Region
Multiple agencies including the Humboldt County Office of Emergency Services this past week have been warning residents of multiple phishing scams and email hacking incidents attempting to access or damage a computer or network system. In a Facebook post on Monday, Humboldt County OES said they had received numerous reports of cybersecurity-related incidents targeting local government agencies […]