Wolves are recolonizing California at a much quicker rate than anticipated, say officials from the California Department of Fish and Wildlife. A game camera recently captured pictures of a pack of gray wolves in southeastern Siskiyou County. Karen Kovacs, the wildlife program manager who has been monitoring the movement of wolves along the Oregon border […]
Linda Stansberry
Linda Stansberry was a staff writer of the North Coast Journal from 2015 to 2018. She is a frequent contributor the the Journal and our other publications.
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Game Over
Elle Snow sits with a straight back and squared shoulders. Her long blonde hair is pulled back into a ponytail. Her muscular arms are framed with matching black tattoos: an angel and a devil. At some point soon she hopes to get the name of her new nonprofit Game Over, Inc. inked on her knuckles. […]
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Here’s How to Show Some Love for Our Firefighters
Fires are still raging in Gasquet, Hayfork, Alderpoint, Ruth Lake and many other locations. If you want to help firefighters and evacuees, Pay It Forward Humboldt is coordinating donations of non-perishable food, sleeping bags, tarps and N95-certified breathing masks. They ask that people do not donate clothes, but consider donating directly to volunteer fire departments in […]
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Chile vs. Chile
The chile relleno — a chili stuffed with cheese, battered and fried — is deceptively simple. So, too, was our bracket-style competition, in which regional winners duked it out for the title. As soon as we announced our hunt, a tide of nominations came in the form of emails, Facebook messages, comments and intense conversations. […]
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Best Clothing Store for Children 2015
Lots 4 Tots Plus the Clothing Closet Plenty of people forget that second moniker, to the great cheer of bargain-hunters who don’t want their secret spot picked over. The awesomeness of a quality place to outfit your ever-growing progeny on a budget notwithstanding, the family-wide appeal is what really makes this place worth a stop. […]
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Staff Picks 2015
Buffest Supervisor While his signature campaign logo — those orange-emblazoned baseballs — may be round, District 1 Supervisor Rex Bohn has gotten a whole lot more angular, thanks to his new exercise regime. Every morning Bohn can be found sweating “with the kids” at Humboldt Crossfit. As of press time, Bohn was running unopposed for […]
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Circle the Welcome Wagons
Several weeks ago, Eureka Police Chief Andy Mills got a call on a Sunday night from an irate citizen complaining about a homeless man sleeping beneath the “Welcome to Eureka” sign. He drove to wake the man up, telling him “I don’t think that’s a good spot, let’s find a different spot.” This story, told […]
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UPDATE: New National Report on Suicide Rates in Jails
The Bureau of Justice Statistics has released a report on mortality in jails and state prisons. Its findings offer some perspective on the recent spike in suicide attempts at the Humboldt County jail, which saw 12 attempts in the last year, three times the amount of the previous two years.The statistics in the report do […]
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Bolman to Sue HSU
Jacquelyn Bolman, former director of Humboldt State University’s Indian Natural Resources Science and Engineering Program, has filed suit against the university in Humboldt Superior Court, according to an article in Indian Country Today. Bolman alleges that her free speech, right to due process and civil rights were violated after she was fired in October 2014. […]
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On the XP: Local Families Take A Historic Ride Across the West
The Pony Express occupies a relatively small window in American history, but an outsized place in Wild West mythology. The mail service, in which riders carried messages via horseback for 1,800 miles from St. Jackson, Missouri to Sacramento was only in existence for 19 months — from April 3, 1860 to October 1861 — before being […]
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Protect Your Lungs, Humboldt
Even those of us far away from the fireline have been impacted by the smoke and haze hovering over much of Humboldt County. If you washed layers of ash off of your car last week, consider what that stuff will do to the inside of your lungs! The North Coast Unified Air Quality Management District […]
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Hotels Hosing Our Heroes?
As fires rage in Mad River, Happy Camp, Gasquet and along State Route 36, state and federal agencies are scrambling to get boots on the ground. Firefighters and support personnel arrive at the local airport every day, to spend the night in Eureka before heading out to the fireline. The problem? Many haven’t been able […]