Happy Sunday! Too busy to read all of this week’s story about Humboldt County Office of Education’s Innovate Business Challenge? We get it. Here’s the elevator pitch: Since 2010, local high school students have been competing to win up to $8,000 in cash and prizes for their small business plans. They are mentored along the […]
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The Kids are More Than Alright
The Humboldt State University Department of Journalism and Mass Communication just found out a story its investigative reporting students authored for the Journal placed in the Society of Professional Journalists Mark of Excellence Awards for Region 11, meaning it was one of the best pieces of student journalism published in California, Hawaii, Arizona and Nevada […]
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Building a More Inclusive University
Richard Boone walked back and fourth in front of a group of campus community members who gathered in Humboldt State University’s Goodwin Forum on Thursday. Behind Boone, the university’s dean of natural resources and sciences, was a large projection screen that read, “Campus wide discussions: Inequalities, justice and inclusion.” Boone, who was recently appointed to […]
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What to Read on Holocaust Memorial Day
Today is Holocaust Memorial Day, an opportunity for citizens of the world to stop and reflect on what the National Holocaust Museum describes as “the systematic, bureaucratic, state-sponsored persecution and murder of 6 million Jews by the Nazi regime and its collaborators.” It’s a time to remember the devastating consequences of allowing xenophobia, scapegoating, religious, […]
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Communication Failure Leaves School in Lurch Following Shooting
A shooting in Southern Humboldt last week has left a school district and the sheriff’s office both looking for better lines of communication. The shooting occurred in Redway shortly before 2 p.m. on Dec. 13, and the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office was called to the scene to a report of a gunshot victim lying along […]
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UPDATED: One Time at Band Camp
UPDATE: The Humboldt State Lumberjack’s only learned the allegations that led to the band’s suspension through a university press release, according to a statement issued Friday. The Lumberjacks claim university “representatives” have failed to respond to requests from band leadership for details regarding the allegations facing the band, which include boozing it up, graffiti and […]
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DA: No Evidence Juveniles Had Means to Pull Off Bomb Plot
The Humboldt County District Attorney’s office has decided not to pursue criminal charges against two 15-year-olds accused of plotting the bombing of a Fortuna High School assembly. “To date, the investigation has yielded no evidence that either juvenile had the means to create an item that could be a hazard — one individual possessed approximately […]
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UPDATED: Police Chief: Fortuna High School Narrowly Escaped ‘Terrible Tragedy’
UPDATE: The Fortuna Police Department sent out a press release this evening stating that it has investigated additional reports of violent social media threats since Thursday and found them not to be credible. Since officials thwarted two students’ alleged plans to set off numerous homemade chemical bombs during an all-school assembly Thursday, FPD has been […]
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‘Not the Norm’: HSU Students, Faculty Speak out on Racism
The words that ignited anger and displeasure among students and staff at Humboldt State University came from their president. “Racism is not the norm on our campus,” Lisa Rossbacher wrote in an email two weeks ago concerning race issues on campus. But according to students, HSU is anything but the norm. The University Senate held […]
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Internet Drug Sends Eureka High Students to Hospital
A number of Eureka High School students were hospitalized today after taking a natural hallucinogen. Eureka Police Chief Andrew Mills said it’s believed a student purchased Hawaiian baby woodrose seeds over the Internet and shared them with his friends, many of whom then suffered nausea, vomiting and generally “feeling terrible.” In addition to the students […]
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Feds Find Improper Care After Fisher Death at HSU
The U.S. Department of Agriculture recently found that Humboldt State University failed to follow laboratory protocols as staff observed the declining health of a dying fisher for nearly a week without calling a veterinarian. The routine inspection report dated Aug. 3 includes a daily log kept by the animal’s caretakers in the days before the […]
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HSU Softball Stopped One Win Shy of National Title
The Lumberjacks entered Saturday needing just one win to become national champions. It wasn’t meant to be. The Humboldt State University softball team dropped both its games Saturday to lose the best of three NCAA Division II national championship series in Denver to the University of North Alabama. HSU got off to a good start […]