North Coast Journal

01/08/2026

Losses from the Jan. 2 fire are now estimated at $20 million or more.

Losses now estimated at $20 million or more The Arcata City Council will hear an update Friday on the Jan. 2 fire that leveled a city block and consider ratifying City Manager Merritt Perry’s declaration of a local emergency to open up access to state and federal assistance. The 8 a.m. special mee...

01/08/2026

On stands and online now.

01/03/2026

"Without the mutual aid support of our partner agencies, this fire could have spread across several city blocks and resulted in significant injuries and loss of life.”

The devastating fire that tore through a block of downtown Arcata on Friday afternoon destroyed at least seven businesses, including “associated apartments,” and damaged five more, with an early estimate of $18 million in losses, according to the Arcata Fire District. The cause remains under inv...

01/02/2026

On stands and online now. Happy New Year!

12/26/2025

A farewell to Hurd's.

Humboldt’s community bids farewell to Ben Hurd’s Christmas Tree Farm Dan Woods was in charge of stoking the fireplace at Ben Hurd’s Christmas Tree Farm this year, which everyone huddled around on the house’s back porch while keeping out of the rain last weekend. Some guests tried to keep the...

12/18/2025

On stands and online today.

11/13/2025

Food distribution from Food for People Thursday, 11 a.m.-1 p.m., rain or shine.

Food for People is holding two emergency drive-thru distributions Thursday amid continuing reverberations of the government shutdown: from uncertainty around the benefits that thousands of North Coast residents rely on to buy groceries to local federal workers going without paychecks. Carly Robbins,...