News Blog
/ By Jennifer Fumiko Cahill
(January 15, 2022)
SECOND UPDATE: The tsunami advisory for Humboldt County has been lifted. UPDATE: The tsunami advisory remains in place for Humboldt County due to last night's volcanic explosion near...
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NCJ Preview
/ By Jennifer Fumiko Cahill
(January 15, 2022)
There'll be no spectators at Humboldt County school sporting events, at least for the next couple of weeks. We'll go into how the Humboldt Del Norte League came to that...
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News Blog
/ By Thadeus Greenson
(January 14, 2022)
Humboldt County Public Health confirmed 185 new COVID-19 cases today but, for the first time this week, reported no new hospitalizations or deaths. Today's cases cap a record week...
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News Blog
/ By Ana B. Ibarra/Calmatters
(January 14, 2022)
When Rebecca Santucci of Lakewood learned that her sister, Stacy, may have been exposed to COVID-19, she set out to look for a rapid test. She needed to know...
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News Blog
/ By Thadeus Greenson
(January 13, 2022)
Public Health reported today that two more local residents have died of COVID-19, while also confirming 114 new cases of the virus and three new hospitalizations. Today' cases make...
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News Blog
/ By Thadeus Greenson
(January 13, 2022)
The Humboldt-Del Norte League did not reconsider its recently imposed temporary spectator ban for high school sporting events at its meeting last night, despite an outcry from some demanding...
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News Blog
/ By Iridian Casarez
(January 13, 2022)
Humboldt County Public Health released updated guidance for COVID-19 isolation and quarantine for residents testing positive for the virus, following the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention protocols. People...
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News Blog
/ By Sameea Kamal/CalMatters
(January 13, 2022)
Labor unions and their Democratic allies in the Legislature want to bring back extra paid sick leave for COVID-19. Gov. Gavin Newsom is also proposing to revive supplemental leave...
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A+E
Wolf Entertainment's Dark Woods Podcast
(January 13, 2022)
The folks who produced Law & Order, Dick Wolf and Wolf Entertainment, have brought a new murder mystery right to your backyard in the form of Dark Woods, a scripted...
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News Blog
/ By Kimberly Wear
(January 12, 2022)
Omicron has arrived and is spreading in Humboldt County, with case numbers double and triple in a matter of days, as hospitals brace for potential impacts from the highly contagious...
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News Blog
/ By Thadeus Greenson
(January 12, 2022)
Humboldt County Public Health reported the county's 126th COVID-19 death today, while also confirming 113 new cases of the virus and one new local hospitalization. Today's cases make 814...
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News Blog
/ By Kimberly Wear
(January 12, 2022)
The Eureka Police Department today identified the sole officer who shot a suspect Dec. 30 during a multi-agency team operation to arrest a man wanted on suspicion of attempt...
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News Blog
/ By Kimberly Wear
(January 12, 2022)
A Humboldt County Sheriff's Office deputy saved a man who was overdosing on fentanyl early this morning after finding him unconscious on Broadway and administering two doses of Narcan. According...
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News Blog
/ By Thadeus Greenson
(January 11, 2022)
Humboldt County Public Health reported a single-day record 223 new COVID-19 cases today, as well as the county's 125th COVID death and two new hospitalizations, including one of a...
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News Blog
/ By North Coast Journal Staff
(January 11, 2022)
Humboldt County Health Officer Ian Hoffman announced during his COVID-19 update this morning before the board of supervisors that he will be resigning from the job effective March 4. Hoffman...
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News Blog
/ By Kimberly Wear
(January 11, 2022)
The city of Arcata announced today that it has hired an outside investigator to look into a report of possible violations of the city’s anti-discrimination and harassment policy by Councilmember...
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News Blog
/ By Emily Hoeven, CalMatters
(January 11, 2022)
Don’t ask Gov. Gavin Newsom about Democratic lawmakers’ proposal to create a state-funded single-payer health care system — he hasn’t read it. “I have not had the opportunity to...
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Obituaries
/ By North Coast Journal Staff
(January 11, 2022)
Henry Collins (AKA Ernest Artin/Art in Ernest) passed peacefully from this life on Jan. 4, 2021, under the loving care of Hospice House, shortly after his 80th birthday. Henry...
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News Blog
/ By Thadeus Greenson
(January 10, 2022)
Humboldt County Public Health reported this afternoon it has confirmed 478 new cases of the virus since Friday, with one new hospitalization. Today's cases eclipse the single-day reporting record...
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News Blog
/ By Kimberly Wear
(January 10, 2022)
Starting late tonight and into tomorrow afternoon, the Eureka office of the National Weather Service is cautioning beachgoers about the potential of sneaker waves. The NWS beach hazard statement...
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