News Blog
/ By Thadeus Greenson
(October 19, 2021)
Another Humboldt County resident has died of COVID-19, Public Health reported today, while confirming 42 new cases of the virus and five new hospitalizations, including one of a child...
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News Blog
/ By Kimberly Wear
(October 19, 2021)
Arcata Mayor Brett Watson has not submitted a resignation letter but the city council is scheduled to select his replacement and chose a new vice mayor during a special...
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News Blog
/ By Kimberly Wear
(October 19, 2021)
Another round of rain is headed this way, with the first in a one-two punch of storms expected to hit this evening, followed by a stronger front later in...
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News Blog
/ By Iridian Casarez
(October 18, 2021)
Patrick William McTigue was sentenced to serve one year in jail, two years of felony probation and ordered to pay restitution to his victims after pleading guilty to one count...
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News Blog
/ By Thadeus Greenson
(October 18, 2021)
Humboldt County Public Health reported today that it has confirmed 56 new COVID-19 cases since Friday, with no new related hospitalizations or deaths. The new cases come after laboratories processed...
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News Blog
/ By Emily Hoeven, CalMatters
(October 18, 2021)
The extent to which California’s — and the country and world’s — challenges are interconnected was exemplified by President Joe Biden’s Wednesday announcement that the ports of Los Angeles...
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News Blog
/ By Kimberly Wear
(October 17, 2021)
A cold front is ushering in a taste of winter this afternoon, with moderate rainfall possible and even snow at higher elevations, according to the Eureka office of the...
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NCJ Preview
/ By Jennifer Fumiko Cahill
(October 16, 2021)
This week we're looking at why the board of supervisors declined to require vaccines for county employees, going for weekly testing for the unvaccinated instead. We're also going into what's...
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News Blog
/ By Iridian Casarez
(October 15, 2021)
Humboldt County Public Health confirmed 10 new COVID-19 cases, with no additional deaths or hospitalizations reported. Public Health also reported that an advisory committee voted unanimously to recommend the FDA...
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News Blog
/ By Kristen Hwang/CalMatters
(October 15, 2021)
As weary health care workers across California enter the 19th month of the pandemic, thousands are walking off the job and onto the picket line, demanding more staffing. The...
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News Blog
/ By Thadeus Greenson
(October 14, 2021)
Public Health confirmed 20 new COVID-19 cases today, pushing Humboldt County past a total of 9,000 cases, while also confirming a new hospitalization. The new cases come after laboratories...
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News Blog
/ By Kimberly Wear
(October 14, 2021)
Humboldt County residents’ representation on the board of supervisors, in Congress and in the state Legislature is on the line as two commissions look at redrawing boundaries of those...
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News Blog
/ By Kimberly Wear
(October 14, 2021)
North Coast Representative Jared Huffman will join fellow Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York at a virtual townhall on Friday afternoon with a focus on the "Build Back Better"...
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News Blog
/ By Thadeus Greenson
(October 13, 2021)
Two more Humboldt County residents have died of COVID-19, Public Health reported today, while confirming 48 new cases of the virus. The county has now recorded 10 COVID-19 deaths...
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News Blog
/ By Grace Gedye/CalMatters
(October 13, 2021)
Not a single structure burned down in the city of South Lake Tahoe. And yet, the threat of the fast approaching Caldor Fire cost surrounding El Dorado County tens...
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News Blog
/ By Thadeus Greenson
(October 12, 2021)
The Humboldt County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously this afternoon to move forward with a policy requiring all county employees who are unvaccinated for COVID-19 to undergo weekly testing...
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News Blog
/ By Thadeus Greenson
(October 12, 2021)
Humboldt County Public Health confirmed five new COVID-19 cases today and one new hospitalization. The new cases come after laboratories processed 285 samples with a test-positivity rate of 1.8...
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News Blog
/ By Emily Hoeven, CalMatters
(October 12, 2021)
You’d be forgiven for not knowing Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoed the largest expansion of California’s college financial aid system in a generation — he did so during the Los...
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News Blog
/ By Iridian Casarez
(October 11, 2021)
Humboldt County Public Health reported 99 new COVID-19 cases with three new hospitalizations, including one person in their 60s and two people in their 70s. The new cases come after...
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Obituaries
/ By North Coast Journal Staff
(October 11, 2021)
Richard “Rich” Olson, 81, was born Dec. 20, 1939, in Hettinger North Dakota to Rose Wandler and Wriley Irwin. He passed away peacefully Friday, Oct. 1, 2021, in his...
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