UPDATE: All clear. KIEM’s Facebook page is reporting that the device was detonated by the bomb squad.

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Sgt. Ernie Steward of the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office confirms that the Eureka Police Department has called his office’s bomb squad in to investigate a possible pipe bomb that was found on I Street not too far from the high school this morning.

Traffic on I Street is closed, Stewart said.

More to follow…