SLO Betta Blues

by Thomas Oliver on June 17, 2019 at 4:24PM

Jeers to everyone who sat in the band’s area,or walked through the band to get to their seat. That’s a big no-no and it always has been.

Four Timber Protesters Arrested in Rio Dell

by Iridian Casarez on June 17, 2019 at 1:36PM

Pre-Dawn Arrests at “Spectacular Mono-pod Blockade” at Logging Gate at Rainbow Ridge, Mattole

Journal Named a Finalist for two National Awards

by Thadeus Greenson on June 17, 2019 at 10:44AM

The premise of the issue was pretty simple: helping you better navigate the media landscape we all live in. Relying on pieces from a talented group of freelancers and our own editorial staffers, the issue included pieces aimed at explaining how we decide what to cover, why there are so many advertisements in the paper, why we write about weed so much, how activists can better utilize the media, why Facebook is evil and how to discern whether the news you’re reading is, in fact, fact-based.

Fortuna Man Arrested After Threatening Church Group, Referencing Mass Killings

by Thadeus Greenson on June 15, 2019 at 9:39AM

MEDIA ADVISORY Campus Safety Bulletin: Suspicious Individual

The University Police Department is advising the Humboldt State University community to be on the alert for an individual alleged to have sent threats to campus visitors.

Sean Allman (pdf of police flier), 18, who is not an HSU student and resides with family in Fortuna, has made specific threats of violence to a group scheduled to visit campus.

Allman was arrested early in the morning of June 15. Criminal charges are being evaluated, and possible threat to the campus only exists if he is released.

Crabs Split Seals Series

by Thomas Oliver on June 14, 2019 at 5:12PM

Guys, it felt so good to win. I mean really win.

After 70 Years, Remains of Eureka Man Killed in Korean War Return Home

by Thadeus Greenson on June 14, 2019 at 1:16PM

For several weeks in 2004, the Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command, a predecessor to the DPAA, conducted joint recovery operations with the North Korean People’s Army in the areas around the Chosin River and recovered the remains of at least five people. North Korea then unilaterally turned over the remains to the United Nations Command Military Armistice Commission, which accessioned them to a laboratory, according to the release.

Canine Unit Sniffs Out 2 Pounds of Meth in Fortuna

by Kimberly Wear on June 14, 2019 at 12:16PM

On Wednesday June 12th, a Fortuna detective recovered 2 pounds of methamphetamine during a routine traffic stop on Riverwalk Drive in Fortuna. While on patrol, Detective Brian Taylor observed the driver of a Honda Accord make a traffic violation.

Coastal Commission Laments Timeline, 'Objects' to Trinidad Hotel Project

by Thadeus Greenson on June 13, 2019 at 10:48AM

After Commissioner Donne Brownsey’s motion to support staff’s recommendation that the commission should object to the BIA’s determination that the project was consistent with the Coastal Act was seconded, Padilla again lamented that the commission couldn’t postpone a vote on the issue until August. “Why isn’t someone from BIA who is in fact in power to make this decision here today?” he asked.

North Coast Night Lights: Night Lights in the Fog

by David Wilson on June 12, 2019 at 2:17PM

We didn’t find our landscape and Milky Way but if we had we wouldn’t have had this frenzy of collaborative creativity. Landscape photography is no less creative but it is an entirely different process in which one finds a composition and allows the light to come to the camera.

Another Record-Breaker on the Books Today

by Kimberly Wear on June 12, 2019 at 10:40AM