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A multi-county, regional coalition of organizations bidding to take over Pacific Gas and Electric Co.’s Potter Valley Project didn’t get what it was asking for, but some believe that may be a good thing for the Eel River and the fish that depend on it. The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) on Sept. 23 rejected […]

The North Coast Journal Inc. has purchased The Ferndale Enterprise, keeping the 143-year old weekly newspaper in local hands, and will take over publishing the paper next month. Caroline Titus, who has served as editor and publisher of the award-winning Enterprise for 25 years, said she’s excited to start another chapter in life and to […]

Join us as we revel in our annual celebration of the hamburger. This year, 28 restaurants are participating in the revelry — using everything from habenero onion jam to lamb burgers to waffle buns — to offer up mind-boggling creations. And the bacon. So much beloved bacon. So many burgers, so little time. Is it […]

Spanning some 600 acres of forest land with sunlit meadows and sweeping views of the Pacific Ocean from soaring cliffs, the natural beauty of Patrick’s Point State Park belies the abhorrent acts of the man whose name it bears. But that will likely change very soon. On Sept. 30, the State Park and Recreation Commission […]

In the face of a COVID-19 case surge that reached record levels in August and diminished staffing, Humboldt County Public Health is triaging response efforts to focus on contact tracing in schools, skilled nursing facilities and other congregate living situations, as well as continued vaccination efforts, officials announced at a Sept. 8 press conference. “As […]

As the sun crested over a hazy sky on Labor Day, a steady if shallow stream of shoppers ambled into Eureka’s Bayshore Mall from the parking lot. As they went, overlooking the sidewalk between the Boot Barn and the food court, they passed an old, worn copper sign commemorating one of the darker chapters in […]

The initial COVID-19 stay-at-home orders in March of 2020 brought out fear and anxiety for almost everyone, sending the barriers between work, home and relaxation crashing down. Seemingly overnight, homes became offices and where people socialized through a computer screen. For parents and caregivers, they also became playgrounds, schools, daycares, after school programs — everything […]

For 18 months now, local health officials have warned that a potential surge of COVID-19 cases had the potential to tear through the community with exponential growth and overwhelm Humboldt County’s fragile healthcare system. And as the Journal went to press Aug. 31, closing what was by far the darkest month yet locally in the […]

In the past month, four emergency room nurses — exhausted by the onslaught of patients and emotional turmoil wrought by COVID-19 — have quit at the Eureka hospital where Matt Miele works. Miele, who has been a trauma nurse for four years, is actively looking for a less stressful nursing position and has colleagues who […]

Humboldt County’s ongoing record COVID-19 surge — which had seen 1,536 cases confirmed through the first 24 days of August as the Journal went to press — is putting an increasing strain on local hospitals, Health Officer Ian Hoffman told the Board of Supervisors. “The hospital impact is being felt severely by our local healthcare […]