The little hospital and clinic that provide basic care in Southern Humboldt could soon get a new board of directors, in a vote that’s in part a referendum on the controversial hospital director. The Southern Humboldt Community Healthcare District has been through a bankruptcy and bouts of heavy turnover, and now is in a heated […]
Zach St. George
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Manure Maneuver
A herd of Holsteins, roused from their carefree ruminations, stand one by one and saunter up to the wire fence on the edge of a dirt road in the Arcata bottoms. The black-and-white cows whiff the air, bat their luxurious eyelashes and flick their ears, bouncing numbered yellow earrings. Their swiveling jaws creak quietly. […]
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Fastest Route Between Eureka and Arcata Finally Determined!
Are you sitting down? Because we just put the squash on an age-old Humboldt County debate: What is the fastest way to get to Arcata from Eureka? The safety corridor takes it. No contest. Samoa Boulevard is slower. Though at times Highway 101’s 50 miles-per-hour speed limit can feel constricting (my station wagon putters […]
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Summoned
When Jim Scott saw a red, white and blue slip in his mailbox, summoning him to jury duty, he felt sick. “I just got a sinking feeling in the pit of my stomach,” he said. “I thought, ‘Oh God, here we go again.’” He’d been expecting the summons. It had been exactly 90 days since […]
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Ben Franklin Smokes a Joint on My Shirt
Sad news. That awesome carnival on the Eureka waterfront is packing up. Soon it’ll be headed down the road, off to brighten the lives of people in some other lucky town. I managed to pop four balloons and win this golden Easter egg of a shirt, which features a droopy-eyed Benji bragging about the resiliency […]
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Puckett!
[image-1] Do you remember when it wasn’t creepy for pop stars to sing longingly about underage girls? Me neither. But if you do, and you’re feeling nostalgic, then maybe you should take your Coup de Ville up to Cher-ae-Heights Casino in Trinidad this Saturday and go see Gary Puckett and Union Gap. They’re “one […]
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Struggle for Survival
The federal Fish and Wildlife Service is almost ready to implement its controversial study on protecting the endangered northern spotted owl. The public input period has just ended, and once the agency finishes reviewing the roughly 100 letters it received, it will put together its final plan. There is a good chance that the chosen […]
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The Day the Earth Stood Still
On a scrap of hempen paper, by flickering candlelight, occasionally sneezing from the talcum drifting off his wig, John Adams penned a letter to his dearest Abigail. “The Second Day of July 1776, will be the most memorable Epocha, in the History of America,” he wrote, the feather-end of his quill tickling his nose. “I […]
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Too Big for Words
The word, “festival” seems too brief to describe the month o’ marvel that’s gracing Blue Lake this summer. Even Oktoberfest, the festiest of fests, only lasts for two weeks. Dell’Arte’s Michael Fields said, however, that even if a longerish word were available, the Mad River Festival is too much of a tradition to lengthen. Now in […]
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Crabs of Soccer
Alan Exley acts a lot like Obi-Wan Kenobi — the Alec Guinness one, not that other guy. He’s calm, speaks thoughtfully and has a hearty laugh that crinkles his whole face. Slowly pacing the sidelines at the Humboldt State Redwood Bowl, he even kinda looks like old Ben. His hair and beard are leaning toward […]
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Get Sandy
When I was a kid, I liked to dig. I’d dig holes in snow, dirt, sand, whatever. I was a friggin’ mole. Sadly, I never understood the artistic potential of all those pits and piles – that hole could have been a sand gorilla’s mouth, that hillock its nose. Dang! I realize now it’s […]
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Tsunami Boats
It was Jan. 15, opening day of the Northern California Dungeness crab fishery, and Mike Cunningham’s boat, the Sally Kay, was stacked high with pots, ready for the 8 a.m. starting gun. The weather was good as he headed out of Woodley Island Marina. It was still dark, with the first red flush over the […]