Yesterday, the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office arrested 30-year-old Hoopa resident James Charles Williamson II on suspicion of manslaughter, possession of fentanyl for sale and transportation of fentanyl for sale after the Humboldt County Drug Task Force launched an investigation into the fatal overdose of a Weitchpec woman in November. According to the press release, on […]
Iridian Casarez
Iridian Casarez was a staff writer at the North Coast Journal from 2019-2023.
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Public Health Confirms One Death, Two Hospitalizations, 55 New COVID-19 Cases
Humboldt County Public Health confirmed 55 new COVID-19 cases, two new hospitalizations of a resident in their 60s and another in their 70s, and one additional death of a resident in their 80s. Today’s cases — which make 524 so far this month — come after laboratories processed 509 samples with a test-positivity rate of 11.2 percent. After recording […]
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Yurok Tribes Declares Emergency In Response to Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women
The Yurok Tribal Council has issued an emergency declaration in response to a large number of local missing persons and attempted human trafficking incidents involving Native women. The declaration also aims to raise awareness of the disproportionate number of the missing and murdered Indigenous women crisis. “Today, we are asking our local, state and federal partners […]
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‘A Paradigm Shift’
Within the past year Mike Mangahas, a pediatrician at Open Door Community Health Clinic in Eureka, has seldom prescribed medications to patients with serious behavioral issues. Instead, he’s using information from a survey about patients’ childhood traumas — known as adverse childhood experiences, or ACEs — to inform a more holistic model of care. “I […]
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HCSO Launches New Evacuation Mapping Tool
The Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office has launched a new evacuation mapping tool website called Zonehaven AWARE that categorizes Humboldt County neighborhoods into specific zones to be used by first responders to determine necessary evacuations in the event of an emergency. “We are so happy to offer this incredible preparedness tool to our community,” Humboldt County […]
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Help Name HCSO’s New K-9
Humboldt County residents can vote to help choose the name of the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office’s new K-9 deputy. Residents can choose from “Red,” “Knox,” “Denali” and “Uno,” and have until Monday, Dec. 13, to vote on their favorite name here. The names were submitted by HCSO staff and were inspired by our Humboldt community. […]
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Man Arrested for Suspected Murder of Missing Woman in Eureka
The Eureka Police Department announced today that 40-year-old Jason Michael Miller has been arrested on suspicion of murder in the suspected death of 32-year-old Kiera Lynn Foley, who was reported missing in June. Foley was last seen in April with her black and brown long-haired Chihuahua and, according to EPD’s Criminal Investigations Section investigation, it […]
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Public Health Confirms 22 New COVID-19 Cases, Two Hospitalizations
Humboldt County Public Health confirmed 22 new COVID-19 cases and two new hospitalizations today. Public Health reported that the first known case of the new Omicron variant was confirmed in the United States yesterday in San Francisco. While there are not yet any known cases in Humboldt County, health officials are asking doctors to ask their patients […]
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Building The Road to Resilience
Most of the seven stress-busting strategies the California Surgeon General’s Office have identified to help reduce toxic stress feel so simple, like being out in nature, eating a balanced, nutritious diet or getting sufficient, high-quality sleep, but they work. So when Mary Ann Hansen was looking through applications for the 2021-2022 First Five Humboldt and […]
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Assembly Bill 1311 Brings New Hope to CRV Recycling for Rural Areas
California rural counties will have new tools to make California Redemption Value (CRV) recycling easier now that Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed North Coast Assemblymember Jim Wood’s CRV bill. AB1311 makes changes to the state’s recycling law to better meet the CRV recycling demands of California’s rural counties by allowing CRV redemption centers to operate […]
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Eureka Market Employee Shot During Armed Robbery
Last night, an employee at Harris and K Market in Eureka was shot in the arm during an armed robbery. According to the Eureka Police Department’s preliminary investigation, the suspect, described as a man with a heavy build, entered the store armed with a firearm, confronted the employee and demanded money from the register. When the […]
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Hambro Recycling Arcata Location Opening Postponed
It looks like Humboldt County residents are going to have to wait a little bit longer to recycle their CRV containers closer to home. Hambro Recycling’s minor-use permit to operate in the city of Arcata is being recommended for approval by the Arcata Planning Commission during its Dec. 14 meeting. However, the permit process then […]