Articles by LoCO Staff

July 2025

Head-On Crash That Seriously Injured Two People on 299 Last Week Caused by Caltrans Employee Veering Into Incoming Traffic, CHP Says

FIRE UPDATE: Evacuation Orders Expanded as Butler Fire Exceeds 17,000 Acres With 6 Percent Containment

OBITUARY: Alice Flocchini, 1923-2025

OBITUARY: Andrew Louis Sicard, 1963-2025

Blue Lake Man Arrested on Suspicion of Fentanyl and Meth Sales

OBITUARY: Diana Lee Harralson, 1949-2025

OBITUARY: Lavern ‘Gary’ Juchtzer, 1948-2025

Eureka Man Arrested for Stealing Cash From His Place of Employment in Arcata, APD Says

Gun-Toting Garberville Man Arrested After Stealing a Vehicle and Trying to Cash a Fraudulent Check at the Local Credit Union, Sheriff’s Office Says

FIRE UPDATE: Butler Fire Jumps the Salmon River, Advances to Within Two Miles of Forks of Salmon

OBITUARY: John Curtis Perkins, 1961-2025

OBITUARY: Imogene Hendricks, 1932-2025

OBITUARY: Ila Mae Hardaway, 1941-2025

Forks of Salmon is Under Immediate Evacuation Orders as Butler Fire Advances on the Community

Arcata City Hall Will Start Closing Early on Fridays to Improve ‘Employee Wellness’

FISHERFOLK! It is Time Once Again to Go Kill All the Eel River Pikeminnow You Can Find, and Maybe Win a Prize

FIRE UPDATE: Butler Fire Tops 10,000 Acres With Two Percent Containment; Community Meeting Set for Tonight in Forks of Salmon CANCELLED

WELCOME, BREEZE! Utah-Based Budget Airline Steps in to Take Over Avelo’s Old Humboldt-to-Burbank Routes, and Offers Easyish Flights to Salt Lake City/Provo in the Bargain

OBITUARY: Mark Allen Williams, 1946-2025

Humboldt Deputies Destroy Over 2,000 Growing Marijuana Plants on SoHum Property

Two Arrested in Arcata in Possession of Massive Amounts of Cash, Coke, Ketamine, Shrooms and More, Says DTF

FIRE UPDATE: More Evacuations Ordered as Butler Fire Exceeds 9,100 Acres With No Containment; Red Fire Nears 100 Percent Containment

FIRE UPDATE: Butler Fire Holds at 8,156 Acres, Still Zero Percent Contained; Evacuation Orders, Warnings Remain in Effect

OBITUARY: James Morris Johnson, 1936-2025

OBITUARY: Garrett James Christian, 1970-2025

FIRE UPDATE: Butler Fire Exceeds 8,100 Acres With Zero Containment; Crews Prioritize Structure Protection Measures in Butler Flat, Nordheimer Communities

Body Found in the Klamath Yesterday Identified as Man Who Was Swept Away in the River Two Days Earlier

OBITUARY: Colleen Cruz, 1932-2025

OBITUARY: Richard S. Hall, 1972-2025

Four Arrested for Trespassing as Sheriff’s Office Clears Blue Lake Encampments Linked to Recent Fires, HCSO Says

FIRE UPDATE: Evacuations Ordered as Butler Fire Exceeds 7,200 Acres With Zero Percent Containment

Two Arrested Yesterday in Connection With Glendale Homicide; Victim Identified as Fort Bragg Resident

Multiple Agencies Searching for 45-Year-Old Man Swept Downstream in the Klamath Last Night, Sheriff’s Office Says

Have an Aging Water Heater? Arcata Wants You to Use a Soon-To-Be-Axed Tax Credit to Help Replace It

FIRE UPDATE: Butler Fire Grows to Nearly 4,000 Acres With No Containment; Red Fire Holds at 113 Acres

Arcata Steel Waterline Replacement Begins on Monday

OBITUARY: Edris ‘Lavada’ Glavich, 1932-2025

OBITUARY: Frank Arruda, Jr., 1930-2025

College of the Redwoods Announces Rodeo Partnership with the Humboldt County Fairgrounds

GREETINGS, CRITTERS! Sequoia Park Zoo Welcomes Long-Awaited Black Bear, Spider Monkeys and Goats

(VIDEO) FIRE UPDATE: Butler Fire Explodes to 3,615 Acres With No Containment

This Weekend: Hot

OBITUARY: Suellen Stewart, 1937-2025

FIRE UPDATE: Community Meeting in Orleans Tonight for Fast-Growing ‘Orleans Complex’ Fires

37-Year-Old Man Shot and Killed in Glendale Last Night; Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office Seeking Suspects

The Transformation of Eureka’s C Street Into a Pedestrian and Bicycle Friendly Thoroughfare Begins Next Week

OBITUARY: David Eugene Albee, 1948-2025

OBITUARY: Rebecca Ruth Wilcox Laloli, 1954-2025

Wiyot Tribe Wins $4 Million in Grants to Help Build Its Affordable Housing Projects in Eureka

After 31 Years with the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office, Captain Bryan Quenell is Set to Retire