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The Grand Jury Reports
Wielding the power of the subpoena and carrying a mandate enshrined in the state Constitution to serve as overseers of local government, a group of volunteers comes together each year to constitute the Humboldt County Civil Grand Jury. During their service, the 19 members spend months conducting interviews, making on-site visits and reviewing documents as […]
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Workers Over Billionaires Protest in Eureka
Despite the apparent lack of much advance publicity and competing Labor Day events, an estimated 1,000 Workers Over Billionaires protestors gathered peacefully on both sides of the street outside the Humboldt County Courthouse in Eureka on Monday. The local protest in opposition to the Trump administration’s actions, including those affecting workers, was one of hundreds of 50501 […]
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Chili Town: A Look Back at Fieri’s Fair Cook-off
Coming from his sold-out meet and greet, dressed in snakeskin boots and smoking a cigar, Guy Fieri took the stage to announce the winners of Humboldt County Fair’s Chili Cook-off, calling it “some of the best chili” he has ever seen. The grandstands were the epicenter of a flavor explosion on Aug. 21, as 12 […]
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Photos: Ladies Hats and Kinetic Races at the Fair
An end to a 128-year tradition of horse racing and a drop in attendance and money-making at this year’s Humboldt County Fair? Not an insurmountable problem with some creativity, said long-time Kinetic Universe race organizer Jennifer Thelander and Kinetic Rutabaga Queen-for-Life Olivia Gambino. They teamed up with the fair board to transform the historic Ferndale […]
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Photos: Best of Party People
After a night of revelry, the lights went up again at the Arcata Theater Lounge on Friday, Aug. 8, and the winners of the North Coast Journal Best of Humboldt awards sauntered off to enjoy their collective reign. The Shooting Gallery (Best Photographer, incidentally) was on hand snapping the best in their best that evening. […]
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Photos: Folklife Festival Strings Along
The Humboldt Folklife Society’s 46th annual Humboldt Folklife Festival featured a talented mix of performances by local musicians last week (July 22-26) under the sunny, then foggy, then sunny, then foggy … and finally sunny skies on closing day in Blue Lake. It was another successful festival, said longtime Folklife Festival volunteer and emcee Patrick […]
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A Saturday at the Rodeo
Saturday, July 19, was a good day at the 104th annual Fortuna Rodeo to watch and photograph the talented athletes and their skilled animals compete in several events. And on this day, the bulls won — not a single rider lasted eight seconds. A 6-year-old cowboy won a belt buckle and a new hat, however, for best ride […]
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Good Trouble on the Bay Trail
On Thursday, July 17, an estimated 250 local demonstrators walked/rollerbladed/bicycled/rolled/skateboarded on the newly opened Humboldt Bay Trail across the Eureka Slough Bridge and north for a mile and back along the trail paralleling U.S. Highway 101. Dubbed Good Trouble Lives On Day by protesters, the nationwide event honors Congressman John Lewis, a Georgia Democrat who, […]
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Photos: Celebration and Protest on July 4
By 1 p.m. on Friday, July 4, a line of protesters stretched in front of the Humboldt County Courthouse. They carried signs decrying ICE, billionaires, Israel’s bombing of Gaza, the slashing of cancer research funding, reducing Medicare and President Donald Trump’s administration in general. (See the slideshow below for photos of the protests and Old […]
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Pride on Parade in Ferndale
On Sunday, June 29, more than 100 people in colorful clothes and good spirits showed up to stroll the streets of Ferndale during the town’s fifth annual Pride Walk. After starting off from the Old Steeple and making their way up Main Street, rainbow Pride flags aloft, participants gathered at Fireman’s Park for a festival […]
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Thousands Demonstrate in Eureka at No Kings Protest
From H to J streets, thousands of protesters took to the pavement as part of the No Kings protest, with the Eureka Police Department estimating 3,000 to 4,000 protesters were on site. The protest was one of many held across the country as millions were reported to be in attendance nationwide. Starting from 11 a.m. […]