Sign wielding apes, sharks, bivalves and a live theater protest… North Country Fair had it all on Sunday. Local photographer Alexander Woodard was there to capture the festivities, and passed along the following images. Check out his shots from Saturday here.
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Still Itching to Clean Some Place Up?
Maybe you didn’t get your fill of trash at this past Saturday’s coastal cleanup. Or maybe you missed out — sad! Never despair, because here is yet another opportunity to be part of the September Good Crew: Volunteer to help clean up Horse Mountain Botanical Area on the Six Rivers National Forest. It’s for National […]
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Gettin’ All the Trash Out
September is when our good citizens’ tidy-cat impulses really kick in and hundreds voluntarily patrol the shores of our rivers, bay, sloughs, marshes and ocean to clean up after those sloppy, ill-behaved “others.” You know, the ones who think it’s perfectly fine to drop their cigarette butts anywherever (if only we could divert street-drain flows […]
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Paradin’ the Plaza
This wasn’t your grandma’s Samba Parade. Thousands descended on the Arcata Plaza on Saturday to take in the sites, sounds, smells and tastes of North County Fair. They were greeted by a new incarnation of Samba Parade, the annual spectacle that turns the plaza into a cacophony of drums as scores of dancers saunter, shake […]
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Scenes From Friday’s Shooting Vigil
Friends and family gathered Friday evening to remember Thomas “Tommy” McClain, a 22-year-old Eureka man fatally shot by police early Wednesday morning. The shooting, which occurred as officers held McClain at gunpoint in front of a residence on the 1600 block of Allard Avenue, opening fire when he allegedly reached for a gun, is currently […]
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Paddle with Pride
It was a busy Saturday on Eureka’s Waterfront. The Pride festival razzled, while Paddlefest dazzled. Journal contributor Alexander Woodard was there to catch all the action.
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Fight Night Returns to Trinidad
Seven months after local music promoter and amateur mixed martial artist Steve Watts was paralyzed during a bout, fight night is returning to Trinidad, albeit in a more regulated form. “It’s going to be a lot different,” said Steve Fossum, president of the International Sport Combat Federation, which has signed on to sanction Cher-Ae Heights […]
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HSU Conference Focuses on Addiction, Social Change
“It’s not about quick fixes. It’s about commitment, persistence and showing up.” Virginia Belton, PhD candidate and founder of Redwood Palliative Psychology, says that our community is on the cusp of a change. With one of the highest drug-induced death rates in the state (far above the state average, according to the California Center on […]
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Gets in Your Eyes, Lungs
Every summer it’s the same, it seems: The woods burn, and the smoke settles in heavily over our inland communities. This season, so far, it’s the Happy Camp and July forest fire complexes, and the Oregon fire in Weaverville, clogging skies and lungs — and the North Coast Unified Air Quality Management District has been […]
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Eureka Serviceman Dies in Afghanistan
Flags will fly at half mast this week in honor of a Eureka man who died while serving in the Army in Afghanistan last week. Sgt. Christopher W. Mulalley, 26, died Friday, Aug. 22, in Gardez, Afghanistan, as the result of a non-combat related incident, according to a Department of Defense new release. The Army […]
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Save Our Post Office, Mail Fans Demand
When Congressman Jared Huffman called a town hall meeting about the post office, who knew so many people would show up? But show up they did, well over 100 Humboldt County residents. From Humboldt Registrar of Voters Carolyn Crnich to Etsy users, the overwhelming sense among constituents was, “No.” Attendees do not want their mail routed […]
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The Shortest Distance Between Two Points…
A pair of Arcata streets is slated for improvements over the next several months — a move the city hopes will encourage cyclists to access the city’s busy downtown. T he plan is relatively straightforward, excepting one lopsided detour. The so-called bike boulevard will stretch east-west along the length of 10th Street (including the one […]