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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News Blog
/ By Iridian Casarez
(November 24, 2021)
Humboldt County Public Health confirmed 10 new COVID-19 cases today, with two hospitalizations reported of a resident in their 50s and another in their 60s. Earlier today Public Health released...
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What's Good
/ By Jennifer Fumiko Cahill
(November 24, 2021)
We did not expect to get hit with Sugar Bear fever but here we are. The victory lap the 84-foot-tall tree took around the county as it made its way...
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Obituaries
/ By North Coast Journal Staff
(November 24, 2021)
Larry Francis Freimark passed away from a heart attack on Aug. 25, 2021, at his home in Portland, Oregon. Larry was born in Iowa on March 16, 1957, the...
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News Blog
/ By Iridian Casarez
(November 23, 2021)
Humboldt County Public Health confirmed 24 new COVID-19 cases today, with no new hospitalizations or deaths reported. Public Health officials are reminding residents to practice social distancing, wash hands...
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News Blog
/ By Iridian Casarez
(November 23, 2021)
Food for People is closer to rebuilding its facility thanks to a Simpson Family Fund- Green Diamond Resource Company grant of $50,000. “Food for People is grateful to the...
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News Blog
/ By Ana B. Ibarra/Calmatters and Hannah Getahun/CalMatters
(November 23, 2021)
The holidays are here and people are ready to gather, hug and feast. But is California in a better place this year when it comes to COVID-19? Last year,...
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Obituaries
/ By North Coast Journal Staff
(November 23, 2021)
Samuel P. Oliner passed away on November 17th, 2021. He was born in Zyndranowa, Poland, in 1930. Zyndranowa was a farming village in southern Poland near the Czech border...
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News Blog
/ By Iridian Casarez
(November 22, 2021)
Humboldt County Public Health confirmed 93 new COVID-19 cases today, with no new hospitalizations or deaths reported. Today's cases — which come on the heels of 183 confirmed last week —...
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