June 2020

Demonstrators Gather on Arcata Plaza, Prepare to March on HSU, to Demand Humboldt State Take More Action on Institutional Racism

At Its Meeting Tonight, the Eureka City Council is Set to Put Ranked Choice Voting on the November Ballot

EPD Issues Public Debriefing on Weekend Protests; Says Acts of Aggression Against Demonstraters Are Being Investigated

COVID and Protests: In Today’s Media Availability, Humboldt County’s Public Health Officer Takes Questions on the Potential Impact of Recent Demonstrations on the Spread of the Virus

May 2020

Sheriff Honsal on Casinos, Sports Leagues, Social Distancing, the Necessity of Mask-Wearing and More

Ready to Reopen? Let Humboldt County’s Economic Development Director Walk You Through the Process of Submitting Your Business Reopening Plan

Humboldt County’s Public Heath Officer Takes Lots Questions on the Current State of COVID-19 Testing in Humboldt County

We’re Moving Fast, But We Can’t Move Too Fast: In Today’s Round of Questions, Sheriff William Honsal Addresses Reopening

Spate of Racist Graffiti Appears Around Eureka; Police ‘Aggressively Investigating,’ Says Chief

VIDEO: In Discussion of Newsom’s Announcement Today, Sheriff and Public Health Officer Say Humboldt Should be Ready to Partially Reopen Friday

April 2020

Testing, Modeling and Staffing Up For the Crisis: Deputy Public Health Officer Dr. Josh Ennis Answers Media Questions on COVID-19

ELECTION MAPS! See Which Neighborhoods Voted for Who For Supervisor and President, and Also How They Voted on a Couple of Tax Measures

Coalition of Local People Working for Equity Denounces Tradesman Wearing Racist T-Shirt in Viral Facebook Post, Offers Tips for What to do When You Witness Hate

(VIDEO) Sheriff Honsal Talks About (Slowly) Reopening the Economy in His Latest Round of Responses to Reporters’ Questions

All But Five of Humboldt’s 52 Confirmed COVID-19 Cases Have Recovered, Says County’s Joint Information Center

In Today’s ‘COVID Minute,’ the Manager of the County’s Public Health Lab Takes Us on a Short Tour of Its Operations

(VIDEO) Hundreds of People Descend on Bayshore Mall to Seek Help at Food For People’s Emergency Distribution Event This Afternoon

Humboldt County’s Census Efforts Undermined by Pandemic; With Stakes High, Locals Urged to Proactively Get Themselves Counted

March 2020

North Coast Businesses Owners! Here is Your One-Stop Site With Advice and Resources to Help You Through the Crisis

Looking to Be Helpful? Do the Easiest Thing You Can Do – Give Blood

(VIDEO) Humboldt County’s Public Health Officer Takes Media Questions on COVID-19

Beachgoers, Beware: National Weather Service Warns of High Potential for Sneaker Waves This Weekend

Still Confused About Humboldt County’s Shelter-in-Place Order? Here’s an Overview, in Broad Strokes

‘We’re Trying to be the Center of Calm’: A Q&A With Nurse Randee Litten, Who is on the Front Lines of Humboldt’s COVID-19 Response

FOOD HERO ROUNDUP: Here is an Updating List of Humboldt County Dining Institutions That are Getting Creative

Board of Supervisors to Consider New Sick Leave, Temporary Telecommuting Policies for County Employees at Special Meeting This Afternoon

(UPDATING) Eureka City Schools Reconsider, Decide to Shutter; Now All Major Humboldt County School Districts Have Canceled Classes

BREAKING: Northern Humboldt Union High School District Closes Schools Next Week ‘Out of Preponderance of Caution’

United to Cut One of its Two Flights Between ACV and Los Angeles Next Month, Reportedly Due to COVID-19 Pandemic

(VIDEOS) Eureka Resident Among Those on the Quarantined Grand Princess Cruise Ship Now Docking in Oakland

ELECTION DAY TIPS! How to Vote, and How to Understand Those Election Night Reports as They Come In

February 2020

INTRODUCING: The Lost Coast Outpost CLASSYFieds! Classified Advertising For the Humboldt County Masses!

CORONAVIRUS UPDATE: Community ‘Not at Risk,’ Says County Public Health Officer in Interview With the Outpost

(UPDATE) Home Where Last Night’s Eureka Homicide Occurred is On Fire This Morning

One Person Arrested After Disturbance at Democratic Headquarters in Eureka This Afternoon

(PHOTOS) Yesterday’s Crashed Plane Has Been Successfully Lifted out of the Mud of the Bay: A Capt. Zippo Photo Essay

SO PROUD! The Outpost’s Freddy Brewster Has Been Honored With the Society of Professional Journalists’ James Madison Freedom of Information Award

(UPDATE: PHOTOS) A Cessna Crashed Into Arcata Bay This Morning; Pilot Extricated Himself, Called 911, Has Been Rescued

Caltrans Proceeding to Cut Down Some Eucalyptus Trees in the Eureka-Arcata Safety Corridor

January 2020

After Coastal Commission Objects, Caltrans Agrees to Short Moratorium on Eucalyptus Removal in the Safety Corridor

Once Again, Kneeland is Not Your Winter Wonderland; School Superintendent Passes on ‘Gentle Reminder’ That Trespassing is Illegal

(UPDATES) Thursday Weather: Chains Required on Highways 36, 299; Big Power Outages in Southern, Eastern Humboldt

Weather Closes 199 Between Crescent City and Gasquet

PREPARE for HAIL! National Weather Service Warns of Strong, Wet, Cold System Incoming

Fire Breaks Out in Duplex Near the Humboldt County Library

Last-Minute ‘No War With Iran’ Rally at the Courthouse This Evening

Eureka’s Union Street Closed After Driver Plows Into Power Pole, Flees on Foot

December 2019

TIPSY TOW: You Shouldn’t Drink Without a Safe and Sober Ride Home Tonight, But if You Blow it There are Options

NON-EMERGENCY: That Unholy Caterwauling of Sirens and Mass Police Presence That’ll Hit Eureka Any Minute Now is Naught but ‘SHOP WITH A COP’

WEATHER ALERT: Get Ready for Big Wind (Soon) and Big Rain (Tomorrow)!