Maxwell Soeth News Today

The First Amendment Coalition has announced its Free Speech and Open Government Award winners for 2023, honoring the work of the Journal's own News Editor...

The city of Fortuna has settled in a federal wrongful death lawsuit filed against two city police officers relating to the 2012 fatal shooting of 26-year-old Jacob Newmaker. The city has agreed to pay $900,000 to Newmaker’s parents, Jerry Newmaker and Susan Olesen, in exchange for the wrongful death and excessive force charges being dismissed, […]

Public Defender: 'Who knows what else he's been lying about?'

This week, we've got a story years in the making, tracing how a Humboldt County Sheriff's deputy is back on patrol after settling a wrongful...

Local officer's record includes two shootings, $1.1 million in settlements, mistruths and little accountability