We have heard from Eureka Police Chief Murl Harpham, and we appreciate his swift response to Editor Carrie Peyton Dahlberg’s complaint about being threatened with an arrest after she took photos in the Eureka Main Library parking lot. Harpham says there is a video recording of the incident, but so far it has not […]
Judy Hodgson
Judy Hodgson is a co-founder of the North Coast Journal.
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Waiting for Answers
We want to give readers an update on an incident that happened Feb. 22 in the parking lot of the Humboldt County Library, reported in last week’s paper, especially since it has become the topic of much discussion on the Journal website and in this week’s letters to the editor. Journal Editor Carrie Peyton […]
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[T]rail Update No. 5
YYYYYEEEEESSSSS!!! That was my reaction as I left the North Coast Railroad Authority board meeting in Eureka last Wednesday. The board had just voted unanimously to receive a report from three of its directors, the ad hoc Humboldt Bay Rail Corridor Committee, and directed staff to bring back a resolution supporting “a broad-based Humboldt […]
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Gifts All Around
Each year I write an introduction to the Journal Gift Guide, which runs every week between now and the week before … well, the start of Kwanzaa. I try to infuse it with holiday cheerfulness. Last year was especially tough. Three years into a recession like we’ve never seen before, not in my lifetime. […]
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Senseless Tragedy
It was overcast and still quite dark that morning, Sept. 27, when the three women parked their cars at Three Corners Market, put on reflective vests and checked the batteries in their headlamps. Maggie, Jessie’s dog, had her flashing collar turned on as usual. Then they headed out running north toward Arcata on the […]
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Obituary released
Editor’s note: The family of the late Suzanne Seemann, who was killed Thursday while jogging with two friends, has released the following obituary and notice of memorial service to be held Saturday. The obituary will appear in the Times-Standard print edition on Tuesday. Suzanne W. Seemann (1972-2012) Suzanne (Suzie) Wetzel Seemann died Thursday, […]
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Oh What a Night
Big thanks to everyone for a super-fun 2012 Best Of Humboldt Party last Friday — from the ticket/T-shirt printers and sellers (Scrappers Edge, Blackjack, The Works, Missing Link Records) to the broom-wielding cleanup crew (Eureka Theater volunteers and Journal staffers). In between tickets and brooms was a night of great music (Huckleberry Flint, The Trouble, […]
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One More Step
On Friday, a subcommittee of the North Coast Railroad Authority will meet at 10 a.m. in the Eureka City Council Chambers with one agenda item: to learn from an engineer, a railroad expert, about the current condition of the 101 corridor right of way around the bay from Eureka to Samoa. Why do I care […]
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News blackout
One blogger last week accused the Journal of a news blackout on the topic of the Bay Trail. It’s mostly true. When I volunteered to work with trail advocates in March, Journal Editor Carrie Peyton Dahlberg and her staff decided no coverage while the story is unfolding. The original Bay Trail Advocates’ plan was to […]
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Committee to Study Something
At the end of six hours of testimony with nary a break for lunch Wednesday, the North Coast Railroad Authority board voted 6-0 to form a committee to study — something — just not what the Humboldt County Supervisors and State Assemblyman Wes Chesbro had requested. The “ask” from Humboldt leaders was to form a […]
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On Leadership
There’s a big difference between running for office and actually governing. Or being confirmed as a Supreme Court justice and crafting a thoughtful, independent decision. The latter takes leadership. We witnessed two examples last week, one in Washington, D.C., and one here in Humboldt. In 2010 I wrote in this column what the Health Care […]
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We Have a Plan
I’ve been busier than usual these past four months on a project not related to the Journal. In March I joined Dennis Rael (co-owner of Los Bagels) and Rees Hughes (a retired HSU administrator) to form the Bay Trail Advocates. We began meeting regularly with three members of the Timber Heritage Association to get their […]