July 2017
Eureka Looks to Move Corporation Yard Over by the Zoo to Make Way for Costco Expansion, But Neighbors Aren’t Happy
Eureka City Council Signs Resolution in Support of Paris Climate Accord
SWINGING FOR THE FENCES: Humboldt Crabs, City of Arcata Pitch a Big Ballpark Revamp — More Seats, New Facade and Real Dugouts
Eureka Mayor Frank Jager Was Employed by Coroner’s Office and Acting as Executor of Estates During Period Under Investigation for Corruption
Fortuna City Manager Mark Wheetley Arrested for DUI, a Year and a Half After His Last DUI Arrest
Eureka Wins Competitive Bid to Have Downtown Area Certified as One of the State’s First Official Cultural Districts
THE SPIT GROWS UP: Peninsula Community Services District Takes Another Step Toward the Ballot
DA Maggie Fleming Calls In FBI, State Attorney General for Sheriff’s Office Corruption Investigation
At Least Four Sheriff’s Office Employees Bought Dead People’s Belongings Through Public Administrator; They’ve Now Been Asked to Return Them
‘Get to Know a District’ Part Eight Explores the ‘Nonsensical Distinctions’ along Eureka’s Waterfront
June 2017
Defending the Defender: Judge Issues Ruling in Favor of County’s Controversial Public Defender Hire, but Victory Could Be Short-Lived
Eureka Police Award $25,000 in Money Seized From Drug Dealers to Two Local Organizations Who Want to Keep Kids Off Drugs
(UPDATE) Woman in Jail Custody Dies Early This Morning; Critical Incident Response Team Investigating
KHUM IN-DEPTH: As Arcata Joins the Sanctuary City Movement, a Deep Look at the State of Immigration on the North Coast
HEY, POLITICS DWEEBS! Draw Your Own Damn Maps of Eureka’s Future Ward System With the LoCO’s Cool New Tool
‘Paying Your Child Support Has Never Been Easier’: A Special Father’s Day Message From North Coast Child Support Services
Eureka Police Chief Andy Mills Accepts Job as Head of Santa Cruz Police Department
HUMBOLDT BAY FIRE: Contrary to What Our Firefighters’ Union Told You, The Rescue Swimmer Program Was Suspended Due to Lack of Swimmers, Not of Funds
Citing Lack of Funds, Humboldt Bay Fire Suspends Rescue Swimmer Program, Firefighters’ Union Says
BIG DOIN’S ON THE SPIT! Sub-Manila Sand Dwellers to Get New Services, Buildings, Maybe Even a Government of Sorts
You Got COMMERCIAL in My NEIGHBORHOOD! ‘Better Know a District’ Part Seven Celebrates the Peanut Butter Cup of the Eureka Zoning Ordinance
May 2017
KHUM In-Depth: Let’s Talk About Sanctuary Cities on the North Coast
McKINLEYVILLE ASKS: Can We Make a There There? Meeting on Town Center Proposal Scheduled for Next Week
Eureka City Officials Upbraid North Coast Railroad Authority Over Its ‘Crime Magnet’ of an Abandoned Office Building, Slap Rail Agency With $18,000 in Fines
ATT’N GROWERS! The County Will Be Holding a Pesticide/Rodenticide Workshop to Help You Learn How to Use Poisons Correctly
Think Your Nonprofit Can Keep Kids Off Drugs? The Eureka Police Department Wants to Give $20,000 of the Dealers’ Money to You
April 2017
‘It Should Not Have Happened’: Friend of Arcata Murder Victim Believes Racism Delayed the Emergency Medical Response That Could Have Saved His Life
McKinleyville Reaffirms Committment to Boys and Girls Club of the Redwoods, Despite Recent Organizational Turmoil
NEW BLOOD? Arcata Will Grill Seven Aspiring Councilmembers Tonight; Current Council Could Select One of the Would-Be’s On the Spot
Humboldt County Board of Supervisors Issues Public Statement Defending Its Embattled Public Defender, Whom It Has Decided to Continue to Defend From the Public
March 2017
CITY OF EUREKA: We Gotta Dredge the Marinas, and Dumping the Spoils on the Beach is The Least Environmentally Impactful Option on the Table
County Government Signals That it Will Stand By Its Recently Hired, Embattled Public Defender
Tonight’s Weed Tax Meeting Has Been Moved From Willow Creek to McKinleyville, Due to Dangerous Road Conditions
COUNTY SMOKING BAN: After Some Wavering, McK Advisory Committee Votes in Favor of New Tobacco Use Restrictions
February 2017
Which Way, McKinleyville? Candidates for Community Services District Board Talk Parks, Water Rates, Youth Services and — Inevitably — Incorporation
How Would YOU Spend the Growers’ Money? County of Humboldt to Hold Series of Meetings on New Weed Tax
January 2017
A McKinleyville That Runs on the Sun? Community Services District Dreams of Mass Conversion to Solar Power
McKinleyville Gets One Step Closer to a New Fishin’, Hikin’, Birdwatchin’-Friendly Community Park on the Banks of the Mad River
December 2016
Your Last Cigarette at the Beach? Next Year Could Bring About New Smoking Restrictions in the County’s Unincorporated Areas
October 2016
Look Out, Garberville! There’s A New Deputy in Town
Meet Your Firefighters and Tour Their #1 Fire Station at the Annual Humboldt Bay Fire Open House!
Humboldt County, You Have a New Librarian and a New Planning Director
September 2016
TRAPPED: Courthouse Elevator Scare Resolves Itself Without Bloodshed
Hey, Bridgeville! Welcome Deputy Ben Filippini, Your New Resident Lawman
August 2016
County Prioritizes Crackdown on ‘Illegal Marijuana Farms’ in Pitch for Tax on Growers
June 2016
Keep Your Weed Biz Outta the Warm-Hearted City! Rio Dell Kills Commercial Cannabis Ordinance
Guess Who’s Going to Win the Contract to Build the Trail Through the Palco Marsh?
Arcata Police to Carry, Administer Life-Saving Heroin Overdose Drug
May 2016
MELLOWED OUT: Planning Department Creates New Cannabis Services Division to Deal With Weed-Related Stressors
DOCUMENT DUMP! Here’s Why the City of Eureka is Trying to Hose the North Coast Journal, We Think