Editorial

You’re probably looking at this web page because you expect to find something worthwhile here. Maybe it’s calendar listings or columns. Maybe it’s arts coverage or a deeper look at the news, explored in ways that give you something to think about. I’m not going to mess with that. As the new editor of the […]

We didn’t plan it this way — at least not consciously — but the Journal‘s first-ever Book Issue comes at a time of revolution in the publishing industry. Books as we know them are in jeopardy. Last month, the Association of American Publishers released a report showing that in February, sales of e-books — digital […]

Tensions surrounding the county’s General Plan Update have been simmering for, well, years now. Almost too many to count, but let’s do it anyway: The planning department began updating the plan, which serves as the “constitution” governing future developments in the county, in January of 2000. That means it has now taken almost 11 years […]

For nearly two decades before becoming editor of the Journal just a few short weeks ago, I worked in mainstream media — corporate media as some have cursed it, myself included, especially whenever I was forced to report on the Big Story of the day, which often involves big helpings of FUD – fear, uncertainty […]

About 50 civic and government leaders met in Scotia last Tuesday night to support a new plan to convert a long stretch of the Northwest Pacific Railroad, from Willits north nearly to Eureka, into a non-motorized trail way that would preserve the option to restore a motorized transit system should one ever prove feasible. The […]

This week the Journal spotlights one of the most promising and powerful ideas to have taken root on the North Coast: sustainable agriculture. It’s a multifaceted idea that embodies respect for the land, honest living for the tillers, safe and nutritious food for consumers. The focal point of our coverage is a unique gathering that […]

The demise of the Bachelor of Science nursing program at Humboldt State University has wounded the region’s health care system and signaled that something may be awry on campus. The hurt to the health care system extends well beyond the roughly 60 openings for new bachelor’s-level nursing students that will no longer be available said […]

When I moved to Humboldt County in 1980 one of the first people I met was Fred Griffith, who then ran a shop in downtown Eureka. I had come to town dreaming of becoming a publisher. Fred briefly rented me a commercial space in an alley behind F Street, and was gracious enough to give […]

Hello, Humboldt County. By now you may have heard that Judy Hodgson, publisher of the North Coast Journal, has appointed me editor, and asked me to work with Hank Sims and the rest of the editorial team that has made the Journal such a great read these last 20 years. Our goal is to build […]