The Arcata High School Forensics team competed at the Ronald Reagan Debate Series competition in Redding on April 11, 2026. This competition marked the first time in decades that Arcata High has had a speech and debate team compete, and the AHS team is currently the only competitive high school team in Humboldt County. AHS […]
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Luke Lemke Builds a Legend
After missing two weeks dealing with an injury, Luke Lemke stood under the overhang of the snack shack on a rainy night at McKinleyville High School. The junior varsity game was finishing up, and he was getting ready for his much anticipated — and needed — return to the field. His team the Arcata High […]
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Aaron Michael McKay: 1981-2023
Aaron Michael McKay, 41, was born in Arcata, California on Oct. 22, 1981. He tragically left this earth on July 21, 2023. Aaron attended Equinox Charter, Pacific Union School and Arcata High School. He leaves behind his loving wife of eight years, Angela McKay, sons and best friends Nathan McKay and Kaleb Butterworth, mother Bobbie […]
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Arcata High Students Walk Out to Stand with Sexual Assault Survivors
For the third consecutive day, students walked off a high school campus in Humboldt County on Wednesday to stand in solidarity with survivors of sexual assault and protest what they feel are inadequate administrative and societal responses. Hundreds of Arcata High School students descended on the Arcata Plaza yesterday morning, many clad in white or […]
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Hundreds Turn Out as Humboldt Participates in Global Climate Strike (With Slideshow)
As community members waited on the Arcata plaza, their climate-action signs in hand, loud chanting emerged from Ninth and G streets, “Save the Earth!” “Save the Earth!” Hundreds of Humboldt State University and Arcata High School students started to flood the plaza in a massive wave. They were ready to set make mark as part […]
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Arcata Police: 1 Arrested After Shooting Incident
A man in his 20s was shot in Arcata this morning following a “verbal altercation” between two groups of residents at an apartment complex on Heather Lane, according to an Arcata Police Department release. He suffered “non-life threatening” injuries and was taken to the hospital. Read earlier Journal coverage here. After police received word that […]
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Police Investigate School Threat, Deem it Not Credible
Police investigated a suspicious note found on the Arcata High School Campus yesterday that contained a “threat of violence” but determined it not to be credible. According to an Arcata Police Department press release issued this evening, the note threatened that the unspecified violent act would be carried out tomorrow, May 24. Police and the […]
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North Coast Students Join National Walkout Day
Students in high school classrooms across the North Coast walked out at 10 a.m. this morning, taking part in a national walkout day organized to bring awareness to gun violence and school shootings. The 17-minute walkout took place in solidarity with students at Marjorie Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, with each minute representing […]
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Reunion
I am in a state of panic, deep-cleaning the refrigerator. I have also vacuumed the garage and deadheaded every petunia on the property. In a text this morning, I told my friend Peri that attending tonight’s high school reunion felt like opening a grave. Later, while obsessively cobwebbing the upstairs windows, I think it’s not […]
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Anger, Song and a Group Hug at Arcata’s Anti-Trump Protest
More than 200 people gathered Friday afternoon to march from the Humboldt State University Campus down to the Arcata Plaza and back, decrying the election of Donald Trump as the nation’s next president. The protest remained peaceful throughout, as emotional participants chanted, yelled and sang. Once the march reached the Arcata Plaza, participants gathered around […]