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Arcata Eye, McKinleyville Press Merging Into Mad River Union Newspaper

By kevpod

In a sense, the Mad River Union will restore the tradition of the beloved Arcata Union, which closed after 109 years in 1995. Hoover and Durham both worked at the Union, which covered Arcata, McKinleyville and beyond. »

Jack Durham & Kevin L. Hoover: The Decline And Fall Of The Humboldt Beacon – December 12, 2011

By kevpod

Jack Durham & Kevin L. Hoover McKinleyville Press/Arcata Eye For 110 years, the Humboldt Beacon has served the people of Fortuna and the Eel River Valley, persevering through two world wars, The Great Depression, the Humboldt flood of ’64 and an untold number of other trials and tribulations. Last Thursday, the Beacon put out its... »

Jack Durham: Newspaper Life Goes From $@&#*ed To A Realistic Relaunch – August 28, 2011

By kevpod

There’s nothing wrong with being a small newspaper, I thought to myself. Print the paper that you can afford to print. »

Jack Durham: The Press Endures The Worst, Falters But Resists Seedy Suitors – August 23, 2011

By kevpod

I used to joke that if a nuclear bomb goes off in Humboldt County, it’s not a story that will appear in the McKinleyville Press unless the reporter finds a McKinleyville angle. »

Jack Durham: The McKinleyville Press Sets Up, Settles In For The Long Haul – August 5, 2011

By kevpod

In some ways, life back then for me resembled the movie Groundhog Day, in which a weatherman is doomed to relive the same day over and over again. Except in my case, instead of a day, it was a weekly cycle. »

The Untold Story Of The McKinleyville Press – July 27, 2011

By kevpod

In the fall of 1995, I came home late one evening from a camping trip, turned on the evening news and learned that the Arcata Union was going out of business. Although I didn’t know it at the time, that was a pivotal moment in the birth of the McKinleyville Press. »