Rio Dell School District schools, which include Eagle Prairie Elementary and Monument Middle School, are set to reopen Tuesday, Jan. 10, after the schools were forced to close due to damage sustained during the Dec. 20 earthquake and Jan. 1 aftershock. On Monday, Jan. 9, RDSD will be holding an in-service day for its staff […]
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Waltzing Mephisto
As I blearily write this, I am up too late, thinking about a last-minute camping trip I’m sneaking away on in the hopes of removing some of the crude nanoparticles that the year’s nonsense has disgorged into my psyche. I had hoped that last week would be the last time I would have to write […]
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Logger Bar Reopening Cut Short by COVID Numbers
Well, crap. After a brief and much anticipated reopening, the Logger Bar, Blue Lake’s iconic watering hole, has shut its doors once again. Owner Kate Martin, who’d closed the bar for more than a year and put it up for sale, spoke with the Journal last month about the additional outdoor seating she hoped would […]
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Relocation and Reinvention
Gallagher’s makes a move Kelly Erben is about to start a seating, serving and dishwashing shift at Gallagher’s Irish Pub and Restaurant, as she has for 16 years, “the last original staffer,” as she says, and owner since 2017. But she’s not heading through the corner-facing glass double doors of the Historic Eagle House, built […]
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NCJ Preview: Lawyers in Trouble, Live Music and Indoor Dining
This week we’ve got a story about the state bar possibly suspending a pair of lawyers for ethics violations while representing the county in a case that’s already yielded a $1 million lawsuit. Setlist columnist Collin Yeo joins us to talk about the thrill and anxiety of inching back to live music shows, and highlights […]
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Full Capacity Indoor Dining Returns
Sea Grill owner Holly Blackwood has come to love the wooden structure in the adjacent parking lot — “the pavilion,” as she calls it — that has allowed the Eureka restaurant to operate fully and partially outdoors during the pandemic. She says guests have enjoyed it, too. “It’s a lot to put up and a […]
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NCJ Preview: Celebrating Brian Tripp, Reopening and Westhaven Arts
This week, we’re looking at the ceremony held at Sumeg Village honoring artist, Karuk elder and singer. It was a chance for friends, community members and family to express their gratitude for their friend and teacher, and an opportunity to look back on Tripp’s cultural, artistic and personal contributions. We’re also running down what the […]
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Masking in an Age of Reopening
Two of Humboldt County’s local COVID-19 health orders were lifted today as the state moves toward reopening. All California residents are now covered by an order from the state Department of Public Health, which lifts mask and social distancing protocols for fully vaccinated individuals in many situations, although local businesses may apply their own requirements. […]
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NCJ Preview: COVID-19’s Local Casualties, the Privilege of Vaccine Access and the Future of a Farm Stand
On the anniversary of Humboldt’s first COVID-19 death, we’re looking back on the people we lost with glimpses of their lives gleaned from obituaries and interviews with family members. We’re also talking about the vaccines we now have access to — a live-saving option those lost didn’t have — and what it could mean if […]
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Humboldt County Officials Talk Reopening and Mobile Vaccine Clinics
Yesterday, Humboldt County Public Health held a press conference with Health Officer Ian Hoffman, Emergency Operations Center Operations Chief Sofia Pereira, Humboldt State University Director of Risk Management and Safety Services Cris Koczera and Joint Information Center spokesperson Meriah Miracle to update the public on the county COVID-19 response and answer reporters’ questions. Here are […]
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Choose Your Own Oyster Fest Adventure
In the middle of planning for its annual Arcata Bay Oyster Festival last year, the folks at Arcata Main Street made the bold shift to a virtual event. With the March declaration of shelter in place and a spring of gradually climbing COVID-19 case numbers, most festivals here and across the country were canceling. But […]
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NCJ Preview: Back in Orange, a Grim Anniversary and Taiwanese Treats
We’re going over what Humboldt’s move back into the orange COVID-19 risk tier means and how the local vaccination effort is going. And as we approach the fourth anniversary of David Josiah Lawson’s stabbing death, we look at its reverberating impacts. Finally, we’re eagerly anticipating a couple of restaurants set to open with Taiwanese specialties. […]