While the books for the 2026 Humboldt County Fair are not yet closed, initial reports paint a bleak picture. Total paid attendance was down by about 1,000 tickets, and total admission revenue was down by approximately $14,310, a decrease of about 6 percent from 2025. CEO Moira Kenny, reporting to the Humboldt County Fair Association […]
News Blog
Posted inArts + Scene
It’s Flash Fiction Season 2026
Here’s the story in 99 words: NCJ’s 99-word Flash Fiction Contest is on. Send up to three entries in the body of an email (no attachments or links) to fiction@northcoastjournal.com with your name and contact information (no pen names) by midnight Oct. 31. Dainty dramas, bite-sized adventures, flits of fantasy, micro-mysteries, half-pint hauntings, brief romances […]
Posted inNews Blog
Skeleton Showdown: Who’s Got the Best Bones on Main Street?
The votes have been tallied and the results will be announced here and in this week’s edition of The Ferndale Enterprise!
Posted inNews Blog
U.S. Supreme Court Rejects Trump’s Mail-in Voting Limits as November Election Nears
This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday rejected — for now — the Trump administration’s efforts to limit mail-in voting ahead of the Nov. 3 election through new rules issued by the U.S. Postal Service. In his concurring opinion, Justice Brett Kavanaugh left open […]
Posted inNews Blog
Remembering Richard Guadagno, Passenger 19A on Flight 93
Editor’s note: Twenty-five years ago today, at 10:03 a.m., Flight 93 crashed into a Pennsylvania field after passengers and crew members fought back against 9/11 hijackers, sacrificing their lives to prevent the plane from reaching its intended target, thought to have been the U.S. Capitol. One of those passengers was Richard Guadagno, the former manager […]
Posted inNews Blog
‘These records are priceless’: 3 National Archives locations set to close without tribal consultation
This story was originally published by ICT. MILWAUKEE, Wisc. – The Chicago National Archives holds hundreds of thousands of Bureau of Indian Affairs records spanning nearly two centuries, but the site is set to close by the end of September. There is no clear answer about where the documents are going or when they’ll next […]
Posted inNews Blog
California Lawmakers Kill Grizzly Bear Reintroduction Bill
This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. Lawmakers on Thursday killed a controversial plan that could have allowed grizzly bears to one day return to California. The Assembly Appropriations Committee spiked Inglewood Democratic Sen. Laura Richardson’s Senate Bill 1305. The measure would have tasked the California Department of Fish and […]
Posted inNews Blog
‘Don’t Flock Me’: California, U.S. Lawmakers Debate License Plate Reader Technology
This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. In the past year alone, they’ve helped catch suspected murderers, bank robbers and hit-and-run drivers. They’ve located dozens of stolen cars and helped send a wildland arsonist to prison. They’re also distrusted and despised by privacy rights activists on the left and on the right. Just […]
Posted inNews Blog
Environmental Health Officials Warn of Toxic Algae Blooms After Dog’s Death
County environmental health officials are urging residents to be on the lookout for toxic algae in rivers and other fresh water areas following the recent death of a dog shortly after the animal went swimming “in a slow, stagnant pool of water off the Eel River near Scotia.” As the Department of Health and Human […]
Posted inNews Blog
Death of 77 Year Old Reported Missing After Hospital Release Under Investigation
A 77-year-old McKinleyville man was found dead this morning, 36 hours after he was reported to have been sent home in a ride service following his release from a local hospital around 10 p.m. on July 7. According to the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office, James Jaworski’s family said he never made it to his residence […]
Posted inNews Blog
Sheriff’s Office: Remains of More than 100 Dogs Uncovered at Miranda’s Rescue, Investigation Continues
After three days of excavating sections of the Miranda’s Rescue property, the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office on Friday reported finding the intact remains of more than 100 dogs at two dig sites during a multi-agency animal cruelty and fraud investigation. “The 117 intact dogs were in various stages of decomposition. Seventy of the dogs were […]
Posted inNews Blog
This Lawmaker’s Proposal Could Make California ‘the Most Secretive State in the Country’
This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. In March, Assemblymember Blanca Pacheco introduced a measure that would have made it more expensive for Californians to obtain government records. Amid opposition from transparency advocates and public access concerns from her own Assembly colleagues, though, the Downey Democrat diluted her proposal to […]