President Donald Trump is once again breaking with his embattled Attorney General and infamous cannaphobe Jeff Sessions, telling reporters today that he “will probably end up supporting” a bipartisan bill that frees states to make their own decisions on marijuana. Several news agencies — including The Denver Post, Politico and The Hill — are reporting […]
Kimberly Wear
Kimberly Wear is the assistant editor of the North Coast Journal.
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HSU Working to ‘Finalize’ Agreement on Massive Arcata Housing Project
Humboldt State University is touting its effort to “finalize a partnership” with a private developer on a massive student housing project near campus that is the subject of a special Arcata City Council meeting tonight. According to President Lisa Rossbacher’s June 6 letter to council members, the university had been receiving information about The Village […]
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UPDATE: SoHum Murder Suspect Arrested in Eureka
UPDATE: The Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office reports murder suspect Zach Harrison is being held on $1 million bail after being arrested by the Eureka Police Department this afternoon. The EPD received a tip on his whereabouts at 1:17 p.m. and took him into custody 11 minutes later while he was walking in the back parking […]
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Election Rundown: A Reformer’s Landslide, a Nail-Biter in the Fifth and What You Missed on Election Night
Tens of thousands of Humboldt County voters hit the polls Tuesday and when the dust settled in the wee hours of Wednesday morning, the county had ushered reform into the auditor-controller’s office, handed an incumbent supervisor a third term, picked a judge in a landslide and, well, was still on the fence in a Fifth […]
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3rd UPDATE: Paz Dominguez Grows Lead in Auditor-Controller Race
THIRD UPDATE: Karen Paz Dominguez continued to grow her lead in the auditor-controller’s race with the final election night report, coming in 1,535 votes ahead of Mike Lorig and garnering 54.34 percent of the ballots tallied in the contest to his 45.28 percent. PREVIOUSLY: SECOND UPDATE: The auditor-controller race continues to be close but Karen […]
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Interim Chief, Controversial Housing Project Before Arcata Council
The Arcata City Council will consider Wednesday appointing an interim police chief and conduct a public hearing on a massive student housing complex — a controversial project expected to bring in such a large crowd that staff recommends shifting public comment on the item to a special meeting Thursday. While the city is searching for […]
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A Final Burial of Flight 93 Slated at National Memorial
The National Park Service is preparing to lay to rest the last remnants of Flight 93, which was brought down in a Pennsylvania field rather than its intended target on Sept. 11, 2001, after crew members and passengers — including Humboldt County resident Richard Guadagno — thwarted their hijackers. According to a news release, the […]
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Arcata Police Chief Forum Tonight
The city of Arcata is hosting a public forum tonight (May 30) to take input on what residents would like to see in their next police chief. “Public input is crucial to selecting the best individual to lead Arcata’s police department. I encourage all interested residents to attend the upcoming forum to share their thoughts […]
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County Building Inspector Suspected of Taking $100K in Bribes
A county planning and building inspector was arrested Tuesday on suspicion of taking upwards of $100,000 in bribes to expedite projects after a seven-month investigation, according to a news release. The Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office reports Patrick William Mctigue, 47, was taken into custody in Old Town Eureka on a felony warrant after multiple victims […]
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Four Local Starbucks Close in Nationwide Training Effort
Four Humboldt County Starbucks locations are closing at 2:30 p.m. today (May 29) for racial sensitivity training as part of a nationwide effort by the company following the highly-publicized arrest of two black men at a Philadelphia store after the manager called 911. In an open letter to customers, the company’s Executive Chairman Howard Schultz […]
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State Steps in Amid Surge in HIV Cases
The California Department of Public Health is stepping in amid a dramatic rise in newly diagnosed HIV cases in Humboldt County and officials believe there are at least 35 people in the community who may not be aware they have been exposed and may be infected, according to a Department of Health and Human Services […]
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Mother of Slain HSU Student Expected to Call for Reinstatement of Investigator
The city of Arcata’s Community Dialogue on Race series, which began after the fatal stabbing of Humboldt State University student Josiah Lawson last year, continues tonight with his mother expected to call for the reinstatement of an outside investigator brought on to help solve the case. According to a release from the family, Charmaine Lawson, […]