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On the Cover / By Thadeus Greenson

Officials Weigh in on SCOTUS Case's Local Implications

(April 25, 2024) As the United States Supreme Court heard oral arguments in a case that could shift the legal landscape underpinning how governments can treat homeless residents, local officials watched with mixed...

News / By Thadeus Greenson

Arcata Lowers Earth Flag as Initiative Proponents Promise Appeal

(April 25, 2024) Proponents of a successful Arcata ballot initiative to fly the Earth flag atop the city's flagpoles say they plan to appeal a judge's ruling that it was unlawful for the...

On the Cover / By Thadeus Greenson

Seeking Salvation

'Living in amends,' a candidate for resentencing hopes for another chance

(April 18, 2024) Patrick Harvey, speaking to the Journal from the California Medical Facility, a state prison in Stockton, falls silent for a moment, considering the question about hope. Harvey, who has...

News / By Jasmin Shirazian

'Very Much Remembered'

Arcata High students unveil mural honoring Lawson

(April 18, 2024) In a room packed with Humboldt community members, Charmaine Lawson, dressed in all black aside from red text on her shirt reading "Justice for Josiah," turned to place her...

On the Cover / By Kimberly Wear

Dust to Dust

The green burial movement looks to set down roots in Humboldt County

(April 11, 2024) Arcata resident Michael Furniss traces his aspiration for a natural burial back to a rainy afternoon four decades ago when he was a graduate student at the University of California...

News / By Thadeus Greenson

Turning the Titanic

Cal Poly Humboldt recognized for leadership in addressing global plastics crisis

(April 11, 2024) In May of 1911, the Titanic became the biggest object ever moved by humans at the time, weighing 23,587 metric tons. We start there to put this next number into...

News / By Thadeus Greenson

Records Document Another ECS Brown Act Violation on Jacobs Deal

(April 4, 2024) Eureka City Schools appears to have violated more open meeting and public records laws in its handling of the former Jacobs middle school property exchange than previously known, the Journal has learned...

On the Cover / By Jennifer Fumiko Cahill

'Our Food is Our Medicine'

Healing at Indigenous Foods and Cultural Gathering Day

(March 28, 2024) Marion Frye is cutting sea anemones, or sa'roh, gelatinous looking fists pulled from rocks at low tide. She's let them rest a couple days in water so they won't...

News / By Thadeus Greenson

Military Transport Ships Eyeing Port in Humboldt Bay

(March 28, 2024) Humboldt Bay may soon be home to a few new — and very large — ships. The possibility floated into public view toward the end of the March 20 meeting...

On the Cover / By Electronic Frontier Foundation and MuckRock

The Foilies 2024

Recognizing the worst in government transparency

(March 21, 2024) We're taught in school about checks and balances between the various branches of government, but those lessons tend to leave out the role that civilians play in holding officials...

News / By Thadeus Greenson

Extra, Extra!

Historical Society looks to display newspaper collection, give away duplicate editions

(March 21, 2024) The Humboldt County Historical Society will be displaying two decades' worth of editions of the Times-Standard at the Timber Heritage Association's shops in Samoa on each of the next three...

News / By Thadeus Greenson

Coastal Commission to Take Up Schneider Permit Violations, Potential Penalties

(March 21, 2024) A local developer's well-publicized permit woes — as well as the path to resolving them — now officially rest in the jurisdiction of the California Coastal Commission. After hearing a...

On the Cover / By Thadeus Greenson

After A

With Measure A defeated, what's next for local cannabis

(March 14, 2024) After spending some 18 months on edge, the local cannabis cultivation industry exhaled on Election Night, as Humboldt County voters overwhelmingly rejected Measure A, a ballot initiative that sought...

News / By Kimberly Wear

Court Challenge

DA issues 'blanket disqualification' of local judge in long controversial practice

(March 14, 2024) In November, the Humboldt County District Attorney's Office began employing what's known as a "blanket disqualification" in all felony cases slated to be heard by Judge Kelly Neel, meaning...

News / By Thadeus Greenson

Without a Paper Trail

CPRA request reveals virtually no emails, texts preceding Eureka City Schools' mysterious property exchange agreement

(March 7, 2024) Days before retiring from his post at the helm of Eureka City Schools in December, Superintendent Fred Van Vleck secured what could objectively be seen as a legacy-defining transaction —...