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Music Tonight: Thursday, March 23

(March 23, 2023) Every now and then a show comes along that allows for some audience participation and behavior that would be misapplied elsewhere. Anything from The Rocky Horror Picture Show to...

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NCJ Preview: Transparency, a Hostage Released, Indigenous Boats and More

(March 23, 2023) Celebrate Sunshine Week with us (despite the rain) by reading this year's Foilies, highlighting the worst in government transparency across the nation. Also worth celebrating is the release of McKinley...

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Kathy Thompson: 1945-2022

(March 23, 2023) Kathy Cauble Thompson, a 53-year resident of Humboldt County, passed peacefully on Nov. 27 from an illness that was terminal but of slow progression until suddenly it wasn't. The...

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Yurok Chief Justice Named North Coast Woman of the Year

(March 22, 2023) State Sen. Mike McGuire announced today that Judge Abby Abinanti — a Yurok tribal member dedicated to addressing the Murdered and Missing Indigenous People crisis and the first Native...

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Music Tonight: Wednesday, March 22

(March 22, 2023) When people couple up, magic can happen, whether that magic is creative musical excellence (Linda and Richard Thompson’s albums come to mind), scientific advances (see: Pierre and Marie Curie)...

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UPDATED: Preliminary 4.6 Quake Hits Near Ferndale

(March 21, 2023) A preliminary magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck 4.3 miles west-southwest of Ferndale at 4:18 p.m., according the USGS. The temblor struck at a depth of 9.6 miles, the initial report...

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The Wild Midwest

(March 21, 2023) There’s a lot going on at Overtime Eatery and Games. In the lot, where the old Angelo’s sign still stands, noodle bowls are steaming from the red Nou Nou’s truck....

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Music Tonight: Tuesday, March 21

(March 21, 2023) The Humboldt Bay Social Club has been doing its level best to stick out as a cool spot and, as far as I can tell, is succeeding. There are the...

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Peace Rally for Ukraine

(March 20, 2023) As anti-war demonstrations were held across the country Saturday to coincide with the 20-year anniversary of the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq, several dozen people gathered at the Arcata Plaza...

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CalPERS to Pay $800 Million Settlement Over Claims It Misled Retirees on Costs of Long-term Care Insurance

(March 20, 2023) CalPERS is preparing to pay out roughly $800 million to settle claims that it misled retirees when it began offering long-term care insurance in the late 1990s and pledged...

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Judge Approves Restraining Order for Former Councilmember Watson

(March 20, 2023) A Humboldt County Superior Court judge has issued a workplace violence restraining order for former Arcata City Councilmember Brett Watson that restricts him from contacting, being near or entering...

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Music Tonight: Monday, March 20

(March 20, 2023) Well, spring is sprung and, to quote P.G. Wodehouse’s Bertie Wooster quoting the only poem he remembered by Robert Browning, “God is in his heaven, and all’s right with...

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McKinleyville Man Freed After Six Years Hostage

(March 20, 2023) A McKinleyville man kidnapped and held hostage for six years in Africa has been freed, according to multiple news outlets and a social media post by National Security Advisor...

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Duffy Tapped as Interim Fair GM

(March 19, 2023) The Humboldt County Fair Association is under new — if temporary — leadership. The association board voted March 13 to approve the hire of retired Humboldt Waste Management Authority...

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NCJ Preview: The Cannabis Issue

(March 17, 2023) This week's Cannabis Issue takes on the cannabis reform voter initiative set to appear on ballots in 2024. We'll walk you through the proposed regulations and what they mean for...

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HCSO Investigating After Body Recovered Near Redway

(March 17, 2023) The Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office Major Crimes Division is investigating the death of a man found Thursday in “treacherous terrain and thick vegetation” north of Redway. According to a...

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Gavin Newsom Moves to ‘Transform’ San Quentin as California Prison Population Shrinks

(March 17, 2023) California’s most high-profile prison will be reorganized as a rehabilitation center under a plan the governor is expected to announce Friday — a move hailed as revolutionary by some...

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Music Tonight: Friday, March 17

(March 17, 2023) As I have mentioned here before, I am not a fan of this holiday, mostly celebrated in this country by mixing two of our less savory national pastimes: binge drinking...

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St. Patrick's Day Celebration at the Logger Bar

(March 16, 2023) There are numerous St. Patrick’s Day celebrations happening across the county (check this week’s calendar and Setlist), but we’re highlighting this one because it’s full-kilt Irish fun! Celebrate St. Patrick's...

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Eureka Announced Partnership to Open Extreme Weather Shelter

(March 16, 2023) The city of Eureka is partnering with the area’s faith-based community to open an Extreme Weather Overnight Warming Center at the Lifehouse Church in Myrtletown in cases of significant...

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