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Holiday Gift Guide 2021

(November 25, 2021) Time to spread some joy. Grab your list — don't forget your mask — and prepare to once again peruse Humboldt County's bevy of shops. The windows are decorated and...

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News / By Kimberly Wear

Preserving a Way of Life

Legislation introduced to return sacred lands to the Karuk Tribe

(November 25, 2021) At the confluence of the Klamath and Salmon rivers stands a small mountain known as á›uuyich to the Karuk people, for whom it is the center of the world. Close...

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News / By Lucy Sherriff

'No Fish Means No Food'

How Yurok women are fighting for their tribe's health

(November 18, 2021) Keeping salmon in her children's diet is "an entire job," says Georgiana Gensaw, a Yurok Tribe member and mother of four in Klamath Glen, a community whose only easily...

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On the Cover / By Thadeus Greenson

Civil Grand Jury Reportedly Investigating Auditor-Controller

(November 18, 2021) The Humboldt County Civil Grand Jury is investigating allegations of "deficiencies" and "poor service" in the Auditor-Controller's Office, Fortuna Union High School District Superintendent Glen Senestraro told his Board of...

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News / By Elaine Weinreb

Racing the Rise

Caltrans and the daunting timeline for protecting 101 from the impacts of climate change

(November 11, 2021) Anyone who has ever driven south on U.S. Highway 101 between Arcata and Eureka during a storm at high tide can't help but notice how close the water comes...

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News / By Thadeus Greenson

Policing the Police

Eureka City Council moves forward on enhanced oversight policy

(November 11, 2021) With little fanfare, the Eureka City Council voted unanimously Nov. 2 to move forward with what, if finalized, will become the most robust police oversight policy in Humboldt County. The...

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News / By J.A. Savage

Dancing on the Hum Nuke's Grave is Strictly Prohibited

Lessons learned during decades covering nuclear power and, now, its aftermath

(November 4, 2021) I'm a busy little atom! I split myself in two! I multiply as many times As I have jobs to do! In summer, winter, spring or fall I'm ready every...

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News / By Thadeus Greenson

'Bittersweet'

EPD Chief Watson announces retirement

(November 4, 2021) After nearly a quarter-century in policing — the last 16 years in Eureka, with the last four as chief — Eureka Police Chief says he'd been thinking a lot about...

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On the Cover / By Alex Service

Who Haunts the Stairways of the Historic Eagle House?

(October 28, 2021) Have you been in an old house or historic building and heard footsteps on the stairs? You hear the distinct creak of footfalls on each step and you're certain...

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On the Cover / By David Jervis

Minor Scares

Things that went bump in the Minor Theatre

(October 28, 2021) Arcata's Minor Theatre opened way back in 1914, so long ago that's it never been established if it was the first one in the nation built primarily as a cinema,...

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News / By Kimberly Wear

Mayoral Misconduct?

Arcata weighs investigation options as councilmember heads to rehab

(October 28, 2021) The city of Arcata is currently weighing whether and how it investigates allegations against Councilmember Brett Watson, at least some of which were the subject of a closed session...

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News / By Mary Annette Pember and Indian Country Today

Deaths at Chemawa

Researchers publish a website detailing deaths at the Oregon school, including children from Humboldt

(October 21, 2021) Charlie Feister, a citizen of the Klamath Tribes, was a runaway from Chemawa Indian School when he was shot dead in 1907 while trying to steal food from a store...

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News / By Sarah Hobart

Searching for Bertie

How Humboldt Paws Cause mobilized to find a missing dog

(October 21, 2021) For Tim McDonald and Julie Geary, schoolteachers from the Los Angeles area, a July road trip up the coast with a stop in Arcata to see friends from his Humboldt...

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News / By Gabrielle Gopinath

Moderne Beauty

Restoring the Eureka Theater to its former glory

(October 14, 2021) Living inside a movie theater is a fantasy many cinephiles have surely entertained, but few have indulged. George M. Mann, builder and original proprietor of the Eureka Theater, was...

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News / By Kimberly Wear

Under Submission

State Bar judge weighing county counsels' actions in right-to-die case

(October 14, 2021) A professional misconduct case against two county attorneys accused of serious ethics violations for their handling of a local right-to die case is now in the hands of a California...

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News / By Thadeus Greenson

Arcata Police Video Captures Fatal Shooting

Suspect opened fire on officers after being hit with less-than-lethal rounds

(October 14, 2021) The 35-year-old Eureka man fatally shot by a California Highway Patrol officer last month on Mad River Road fired at least one round at officers before the officer returned fire, video of...

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