Humboldt’s first conservation cemetery clears major milestone Arcata resident Michael Furniss has spent a lot of time thinking about a subject many people try to avoid: What happens after one dies. For decades, the wildland soil scientist has carried a vision of how he wants to be buried — laid directly into the ground at […]
Kimberly Wear
Kimberly Wear is the assistant editor of the North Coast Journal.
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Sheriff’s Office Releases Footage From Blue Lake Shooting
The Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office has released video from the fatal shooting of a 35-year-old man who, according to the investigation, fired at least once at the deputies trying to detain him near Blue Lake on July 26. Eureka resident Jared Randell Nelson, who the office says had an outstanding warrant for being a felon […]
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County Conducted Investigation on Bohn’s Behavior
Supervisor alleged to have pressured staff, acted in a hostile manner during a meeting The county hired an outside law firm to investigate allegations that Supervisor Rex Bohn engaged in “abusive and hostile behavior” toward staff and attempted to “direct staff to disregard” an ordinance “for a special favor for his friend” during a June […]
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Sheriff’s Office Releases Footage From Blue Lake Shooting
Only one of four deputies had body cam on during the fatal exchange The Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office has released video from the fatal shooting of a 35-year-old man who, according to the investigation, fired at least once at the deputies trying to detain him near Blue Lake on July 26. Eureka resident Jared Randell […]
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Gov. Newsom and Pres. Trump Tell the Same Inadequate Tale About Native America
Native American Heritage Month turns a spotlight on how we treat issues of importance to Indigenous peoples. Below: An assistant professor specializing in Indigenous people’s history describes how U.S. political leaders fail to respect Native American governments. Another view: A former museum curator describes how museums and universities neglect the remains of ancestors and artifacts […]
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Chronicle of a Censure
In the weeks before being censured, Supervisor Michelle Bushnell sought to hold off public discussion on an outside investigation that found she acted in a hostile manner toward two employees, arguing through an attorney that she was denied due process in a flawed system. The hearing ultimately did take place Nov. 4, with Bushnell receiving […]
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Emergency Food Distributions Thursday
Food for People is holding two emergency drive-thru distributions Thursday amid continuing reverberations of the government shutdown: from uncertainty around the benefits that thousands of North Coast residents rely on to buy groceries to local federal workers going without paychecks. Carly Robbins, executive director of the nonprofit, says the operations will run just like ones […]
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Bushnell Censured, Removed as Chair for Conduct
The Humboldt County Board of Supervisors voted 4-0 Tuesday to censure Supervisor Michelle Bushnell after an outside investigation sustained allegations that she “raised her voice, spoke in a hostile manner and cursed” at two employees in May. The largely symbolic gesture that basically amounts to the board making a public statement of disapproval about the […]
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Senate Rejects Bid to End Barred Owl Management Strategy
The U.S. Senate blocked legislation aimed at ending the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s controversial plan to forestall the Northern Spotted Owls’ extinction by killing thousands of non-native owls in specified areas, including parts of the North Coast. The Joint Resolution of Disapproval brought forward by Louisiana Sen. John Kennedy under the Congressional Review Act […]
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Senate Rejects Bid to End Barred Owl Management Plan
The U.S. Senate on Wednesday blocked legislation aimed at ending the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s controversial plan to stave off the northern spotted owls’ extinction by killing thousands of non-native owls in designated areas, including parts of the North Coast. The Joint Resolution of Disapproval brought forward by Louisiana Sen. John Kennedy under the […]
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UPDATE:‘All Hands on Deck’
Judges rule Trump admin must fund food assistance program but it’s unclear when payments will be made Two federal judges ruled today that the Trump administration must fund a food assistance program that provides a vital lifeline to 42 million people across the nation, including 30,000 low-income residents of Humboldt County, during the government shutdown. […]
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A Visitor and the Zoo’s Three Bears
With the Sequoia Park Zoo tucked up against the backdrop of a redwood forest expanse, it’s not unusual for neighboring wildlife — from skunks and opossums to racoons — to make an appearance. But Oct. 17 marked the first time an unexpected visitor of an Ursid kind found its way on to the grounds, seemingly […]