Obituaries
/ By North Coast Journal Staff
(December 4, 2021)
Athleen Grace Baker passed away November 3, 2021 in McKinleyville at the age of 73. Athleen, herself, wrote the following on November 24, 2013, noting additions to her family...
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News Blog
/ By Thadeus Greenson
(December 3, 2021)
Humboldt County Public Health confirmed 34 new COVID-19 cases today but reported no new hospitalizations. The county also reported today that since Nov. 19, two deaths and 11 hospitalizations...
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News Blog
/ By Kimberly Wear
(December 3, 2021)
A limited edition The Lord of the Rings ring that was gifted to the city of Eureka by its New Zealand sister city, Nelson, was one of the items stolen...
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News Blog
/ By Kimberly Wear
(December 3, 2021)
It’s that time of year again, when the alignment of the gravitational pull between the sun, moon, and Earth creates very high tides — also known as King Tides...
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A+E
Submit your photos and let the readers vote!
(December 2, 2021)
Who's afraid of Santa Claus? Let's see the photographic proof! Submit your photos here through Dec. 11, then vote on your favorites from Dec. 12-19. We'll announce the winner...
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A+E
Community voting through Dec. 19, 2021
(December 2, 2021)
This is the fourth year for the Humboldt County Correctional Facility’s (HCCF) Inmate Holiday Art Contest. Inmates in HCCF dorms are given art materials and are asked to work...
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News Blog
/ By Iridian Casarez
(December 2, 2021)
Humboldt County Public Health confirmed 22 new COVID-19 cases and two new hospitalizations today. Public Health reported that the first known case of the new Omicron variant was confirmed in the...
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News Blog
/ By Sukey Lewis KQED News
(December 2, 2021)
The former head of the Rohnert Park Public Safety Department’s drug interdiction team pleaded guilty Wednesday to federal charges of conspiracy to commit extortion under "color of law," falsifying...
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News Blog
/ By Thadeus Greenson
(December 1, 2021)
Humboldt County Public Health confirmed 23 new COVID-19 cases and two new hospitalizations today. Meanwhile, Public Health reported that the first known case of the new Omicron variant was...
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News Blog
/ By Marla Cone/CalMatters
(December 1, 2021)
California will increase COVID-19 testing of some airport travelers after a passenger flying to San Francisco International Airport from South Africa was identified as the first known case of...
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News Blog
/ By Iridian Casarez
(December 1, 2021)
California rural counties will have new tools to make California Redemption Value (CRV) recycling easier now that Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed North Coast Assemblymember Jim Wood’s CRV bill....
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News Blog
/ By Thadeus Greenson
(November 30, 2021)
Humboldt County Public Health announced this afternoon that another local resident has died of COVID-19, while also confirming 21 new cases of the virus and one new hospitalization. The...
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News Blog
/ By Iridian Casarez
(November 30, 2021)
Last night, an employee at Harris and K Market in Eureka was shot in the arm during an armed robbery. According to the Eureka Police Department's preliminary investigation, the...
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News Blog
/ By Iridian Casarez
(November 30, 2021)
It looks like Humboldt County residents are going to have to wait a little bit longer to recycle their CRV containers closer to home. Hambro Recycling's minor-use permit to...
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News Blog
/ By Jesse Bedayn/CalMatters
(November 30, 2021)
Though Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed a bill banning the sale of most new gas powered tools by 2024, gardeners and landscapers say a $30 million state subsidy isn’t nearly...
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News Blog
/ By Thadeus Greenson
(November 29, 2021)
Another Humboldt County resident has died of COVID-19, according to Public Health, which also reported this afternoon that it had confirmed 116 new cases of the virus with three...
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News Blog
/ By Iridian Casarez
(November 29, 2021)
Beginning Wednesday, Humboldt State University will require any visitor over the age of 12 to provide proof of vaccination or a recent negative COVID-19 test result for all indoor and...
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News Blog
/ By Kimberly Wear
(November 29, 2021)
As of Dec. 1, Capt. Brian Stephens will step in as acting chief of the Eureka Police Department as the city searches for an interim replacement over the next...
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News Blog
/ By Mikhail Zinshteyn/CalMatters
(November 29, 2021)
Thousands of affordable student housing slots are in jeopardy after the Cal State system misread the fine print for a new $2 billion state student housing program, CalMatters has...
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NCJ Preview
/ By Jennifer Fumiko Cahill
(November 27, 2021)
This week we're peeking into the pages of the annual Gift Guide and the story behind its cover art. We're also looking at proposed legislation to return 1,200 acres of...
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