The North Coast Journal Inc. has purchased The Ferndale Enterprise, keeping the 143-year-old weekly newspaper in local hands, and will take over publishing the paper next month. Caroline Titus, who has served as editor and publisher of the award-winning Enterprise for 25 years, said she’s excited to start another chapter in life and to have […]
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Fieri Buys Ferndale Meat Co. Building, Enterprise Reports
According to the Ferndale Enterprise, the Victorian Village’s iconic butcher shop and sandwich stop’s building has been purchased by hometown hero hero (not going to apologize for that) Guy Fieri. As soon as editor Caroline Titus got wind the property was up for sale from Paul Beatie of the Ferndale Chamber of Commerce on Jan. […]
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Humboldt County Fair Board Responds to Enterprise Settlement
Humboldt County Fair Association General Manager Richard Conway issued a statement today in response to questions about a legal settlement the association paid to the Ferndale Enterprise, covered in this week’s Journal. In his statement, Conway blames the HCFA’s failure last April to provide Titus with a document requested under the California Public Records Act […]
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Fair Fight
Caroline Titus was warned. She was given an explanation. Nevertheless, she persisted. The editor and publisher of the Ferndale Enterprise, who spent the better part of the last two years in a successful court battle with the Humboldt County Fair Association, alleging violation of her First Amendment rights and the wrongful termination of Titus’ husband, […]
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Caroline Titus Wins Free Speech Award
Caroline Titus is one of two reporters being honored by the First Amendment Coalition this evening during the California Press Foundation’s annual meeting in San Francisco. Titus will receive the Coalition’s Free Speech and Open Government Award as an acknowledgement of her 18-month battle with the Humboldt County Fair Association over disclosure of its financial […]
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Fair Association Ordered to Pay $45K in Attorney Fees
A local judge has ordered the Humboldt County Fair Association to pay more than $45,000 in attorney’s fees to a Davis lawyer who successfully represented Ferndale Enterprise Publisher Caroline Titus in her public records lawsuit against the association. Titus filed suit in April seeking access to the association’s financial records after multiple requests under the […]
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Tituses Get $150K in Fair Board Settlement
The Humboldt County Fair Association has settled a wrongful termination lawsuit brought by its former General Manager, Stuart Titus, and his wife Caroline, agreeing to pay the couple $150,000. Describing the lawsuit as “all consuming,” Caroline Titus told the Journal that she and Stuart are happy to put it behind them and move forward. The […]