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Life + Outdoors

  • Wedding Guide
  • The northern pintail is "considered by many to be the most elegant of all our ducks" (Burton and Anderson).
    Photo By Mark Larson

    Godwit Days Starts Flapping

    Bird identification for beginners

    By Mark Larson | Apr 8, 2021

  • Nick Cutler, of Arcata, landed a nice lingcod Saturday while fishing off the south jetty.
    Photo Courtesy Of Nick Cutler

    Rockfish Are Snapping at the Jetties

    By Kenny Priest | Apr 8, 2021

  • Harbor seals hauled out near wood.
    Photo By Mike Kelly

    Life as a Beach

    By Mike Kelly | Apr 8, 2021

  • Free Will Astrology

    Free Will Astrology

    Week of April 8, 2021

    By Rob Brezsny | Apr 8, 2021

  • Puzzles April 8,2021

    Puzzles April 8,2021

    By David Levinson Wilk | Apr 8, 2021

  • Ava Mark (left), Kitty Truong and their big fishing brother Yeng Thao.
    Courtesy Of Kitty Truong

    Small Fish Finds a Fishing Buddy

    By Kitty Truong | Apr 1, 2021

  • Ana Gonzalez, of Point Reyes Station, landed a nice winter steelhead Saturday on the lower Eel River. Conditions were perfect over the weekend and the lower Eel will continue to be a good option through April.
    Photo Courtesy Of Kenny Priest/fishing The North Coast Guide Service

    Tough Steelhead Season Comes to a Close

    By Kenny Priest | Apr 1, 2021

  • Not only can you mess with the physical constants of our universe, you can also tinker with the number of dimensions of time and space to emphasize, apparently, the unlikelihood of our existence.
    Creative Commons Via Wikipedia

    God, the Multiverse and You

    By Barry Evans | Apr 1, 2021

  • Free Will Astrology

    Free Will Astrology

    Week of April 1, 2021

    By Rob Brezsny | Apr 1, 2021

  • Puzzles April 1,2021

    Puzzles April 1,2021

    By David Levinson Wilk | Apr 1, 2021

  • A greenhouse stocked with starts and seedlings.
    Photo By Mykayla Nessen

    Seed Season

    Mixing and sowing yourself

    By Julia Graham-Whitt | Mar 25, 2021

  • Haley Richards, of Salem, Oregon, holds a steelhead she caught and released March 13 while fishing the Smith River with guide Rye Phillips      of Wild Rivers Fishing.
    Photo Courtesy Of Wild Rivers Fishing

    Late-Season Steelhead Anglers Have Plenty of Weekend Options

    By Kenny Priest | Mar 25, 2021

  • Free Will Astrology

    Free Will Astrology

    Week of March 25, 2021

    By Rob Brezsny | Mar 25, 2021

  • Puzzles March 25,2021

    Puzzles March 25,2021

    By David Levinson Wilk | Mar 25, 2021

  • Eureka High School cross country runner Ian Bennett.
    Courtesy Of Eureka High School Athletics

    High School Sports Revisited

    By Rod Kausen | Mar 18, 2021

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Events

  • SoHum Girls Band - Arcata Playhouse Live Streaming Show

    Sat., April 10, 7 p.m.

    Virtual World - Virtual World

  • Arts! Arcata

    Second Friday-Sunday of every month

    Arcata Plaza - Arcata

  • April Ball Gown Stroll

    Sat., April 10, 12-4 p.m.

    Arcata Plaza - Arcata

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Life + Outdoors

  • Photo Contest 2021 - NCJ

    on February 25, 2021

    8 slides
  • Photo Contest 2021 - Small Critters & Farm Friends

    on February 25, 2021

    20 slides
  • Photo Contest 2021 - Dogs

    on February 24, 2021

    24 slides
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