Northbound U.S. Highway 101 is closed near Salmon Creek Bridge in Southern Humboldt due to a fatal car accident, according to Caltrans, with traffic being detoured onto the Avenue of the Giants. In a Facebook post this afternoon, the agency reports that it “is unknown when the highway will reopen.” According to news reports on […]
Kimberly Wear
Kimberly Wear is the assistant editor of the North Coast Journal.
Posted inNews (NCJ)
Squireses Set to Step Back From Their Rentals, at Least for Now
A federal bankruptcy judge has approved an agreement forged — if somewhat begrudgingly — between landlords Floyd and Betty Squires and the city of Eureka that will essentially remove the couple from their property rental business, at least for the time being. Long story short, an “examiner with special powers” will be appointed to oversee […]
Posted inNews (NCJ)
Three Facing Charges for ‘International Conspiracy’ to Poach Succulents Near Trinidad
The growing popularity of using succulents — here and abroad — for decorative plant arrangements is resulting in what state officials are calling a “rising poaching trend on the North Coast,” including the the discovery of an alleged international poaching ring. California Department of Fish and Wildlife officials arrested Taehun Kim, 52, and Taeyun Kim, […]
Posted inNews (NCJ)
Eel River Forecast to Crest at 19 Feet Saturday
The National Weather Service office in Eureka is forecasting the Eel River will reach “Action stage” by 5 a.m. on Saturday and crest in the afternoon slightly above 19 feet, causing “minor flooding.” Flood stage is considered 20 feet, which was last hit and surpassed in January of 2016, when the Eel River hit 21.34 […]
Posted inNews (NCJ)
SoHum Flood Watch: Here Comes the Rain, Again
A flood watch for Southern Humboldt is in effect from late Thursday through Saturday morning as the region settles in for another round of rain that is expected to last through the weekend. The National Weather Service flood watch primarily refers to small streams overrunning their banks but also states that there “is a slight […]
Posted inNews (NCJ)
A Year Without Abalone
The North Coast’s red abalone are dying, starving really, the latest casualties in a literal sea change taking place off our shores due to what scientists are calling a “perfect storm” of ecological events. As detailed in the Journal’s March 8 cover story, “The Plight of the Abalone,” large swaths of the region’s once lush […]
Posted inNews (NCJ)
Wheetley Resigns as Fortuna’s City Manager
Just one year after accepting the position, Mark Wheetley has resigned as Fortuna’s city manager. The move came one week after he was placed on paid administrative leave by the Fortuna City Council following his sentencing in a DUI case, his second in less than two years. According to a release from the city, Wheetley […]
Posted inNews (NCJ)
UPDATE: Coroner’s Office ID’s Man Found in Trinity River
UPDATE: The Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office has positively identified the man as Russell Dean Graeber, 53, of Hoopa. His cause of death has been determined as freshwater drowning. Previously (posted on Sept. 12, 2017): The Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office is looking for help in identifying a man whose body was found in the Trinity River […]
Posted inNews (NCJ)
(UPDATED WITH SLIDESHOW) #JusticeforJosiah: Students Block Admin Building, Release Demands
A group of about a dozen Humboldt State University students blocked the entrance to the administration building this morning and released a list of demands during a demonstration to call attention to the unsolved killing of David Josiah Lawson. The demonstration came as a part of 12 days of action leading up to the anniversary […]
Posted inNews (NCJ)
Winship on ‘Modified Lock Down’ After Shooting Threat
Winship Middle School is on “modified lockdown” after a social media threat was directed at the campus, according to the Eureka Police Department. In a Facebook post, the department said all students are safe and preliminary information “indicates the threat is not accurate.” Staff at the school received a phone call this morning alerting them […]
Posted inNews (NCJ)
McKinley Statue Debate Making the Media Rounds
The pending removal of President William McKinley’s statue from the Arcata Plaza was thrust in the national spotlight this week after a Los Angeles Times story placed the council’s decision at the forefront of a growing push to take down symbols seen as celebrating the systematic atrocities committed against Native peoples. The article published Sunday […]
Posted inNews (NCJ)
Fortuna Council Places Wheetley on Paid Leave
The Fortuna City Council has placed City Manager Mark Wheetley on paid administrative leave in the wake of his sentencing earlier this week after pleading guilty to a “wet and reckless” charge, his second DUI-related offense in less than two years. “At a city council meeting on March 28, 2018, the city council voted 5-0 […]