Sworn statements detail CSU employee concerns, including at CPH, amid U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission investigation This story was originally published by EdSource. Sign up for their daily newsletter. California State University is caught between a federal government eager to investigate alleged antisemitism and employees concerned about privacy. That dilemma has landed the nation’s largest four-year public […]
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Sacred Groves
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 […]
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Thrown Under the Bus
Humboldt schools inch closer to rescuing mental health funds slashed by Trump This story was originally published by EdSource. Sign up for their daily newsletter. California school districts were bracing for their mental health grants to be cut at the end of the month, but a recent court ruling could force the Trump administration to temporarily release […]
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Flash Fiction 2025
Our talented readers again crammed fantastic stories into 99 words or fewer for the Journal’s annual Flash Fiction Contest. Retired children’s librarian JoAnn Bauer, NCJ Managing Editor Jennifer Fumiko Cahill, poet and novelist David Holper, Booklegger owner Jennifer McFadden and retired Booklegger co-owner Nancy Short returned as judges, diving into diminutive dramas, sample-sized stories and […]
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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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A ‘Complex Campus’
Cal Poly Humboldt’s long road to an accessible future For a person who uses a wheelchair, getting from the bottom to the top of B Street at Cal Poly Humboldt is complicated. They need to travel between the Dennis Walker Greenhouse and Wildlife and Fisheries building, through several floors of the Science A and Science […]
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The Stopwatch
A family’s ‘lifeline’ to the wreck of the SS Badger State On a Friday afternoon in early August, Maureen Reiche Foster called the Journal from her home in Chicago. She was hoping to talk with someone about the article “Nightmare at Sea,” by Geoff S. Fein, that ran in the Jan. 2, 2003, issue of […]
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They Want to be California’s Next Governor. Here’s What They’d Do About Health Care
This story was originally published by CalMatters. Every day, Californians struggle to afford medications or wait weeks or months for mental health appointments. Thousands in the “sandwich generation” juggle caring for elderly parents with raising children. Those are top health care issues Californians want to see the next governor address, according to a recent poll. The candidates vying […]
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Green-and-Gold Washing on the Menu?
CPH dining falls short of sustainability goals Walking through Cal Poly Humboldt’s J Dining Hall, students are surrounded by posters and decorative lettering on the walls that tout the university’s commitment to sustainability and locally sourced products. But the produce on students’ plates likely comes via a Sysco truck from hundreds of miles away rather […]
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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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Klamath River Ecosystem Booming One Year After Dam Removal
Despite the hopeful strides the river has taken in healing, scientists say federal funding cuts pose a setback to continued scientific monitoring At a virtual press conference in October, Klamath River scientists announced that a year after the last of the dams were removed, river health has begun to bounce back. With salmon swimming upstream, […]