Articles by LoCO Staff

April 2021

OBITUARY: Richard ‘Chick’ Nunes, 1936-2021

Karuk Tribe, Cattlemen’s Association and Environmental Group Endorse Potential Legislation That Would Expand Cultural, Prescribed Burns

OBITUARY: John Sylvan Brownfield, 1947-2021

OBITUARY: Marjorie Lois Chaplin, 1923-2021

Humboldt Deputies Will Be Equipped With ‘Less Lethal Shotguns,” Says Sheriff’s Office

Belligerent Man Arrested for Calling 911 Dozens of Times, Harassing Dispatchers, Sheriff’s Office Says

HSU Investigating Possible Hazing in Women’s Softball

Stolen-Vehicle Pursuit Ends With a Spike Strip, But Suspect Escapes on Foot Into the Woods

(UPDATE) Two in Custody in Connection With Home Invasion Robbery Near Garberville

Two Arrested During Sunday Fentanyl Bust in Stafford, Drug Task Force Says

MONDAYS WITH MICHAELE: Get Back On That Donkey

Only One Person Tied to ‘Superspreader Event’ That Closed Seascape Restaurant, Trinidad Rancheria Says

(AUDIO) HUMBOLDT HOLDING UP: Amy Cirincione O’Connor on Launching Scotia Lodge and Papa & Barkley Social

OBITUARY: Jerald Bryant, 1958-2021

Seascape Restaurant Closed due to COVID ‘Superspreader Event’; Recent Guests Asked to Get Tested

ECONEWS REPORT: Sea Level Rise – Is California Doomed?

OBITUARY: Earl Leroy Moranda, 1937-2021

OBITUARY: Shirley Jean Miner, 1934-2021

OBITUARY: Fayrene Joyce Dockins Peters, 1935-2021

One Arrested After Meth, Fentanyl, Firearm Discovered in McK Raid, Drug Task Force Says

Humboldt County Receives Grant to Develop Water Management Plan to Finally Deliver the Trinity River Flow We’re Due

County Declares No Significant Environmental Impact for Proposed Samoa Fish Farm; Will Receive Comments, Critiques Through May 24

Someone Broke Into an Orick Gas Station to Turn on the Pump So They Could Steal Gas … But Who?

OBITUARY: Jean Register Turner, 1928-2021

Driver of Semi-Truck Strikes Pedestrian on Broadway in Eureka, Causing Serious Injuries

CSU Will Likely Require All Students, Staff and Faculty to be Vaccinated Before Using Campus Facilities, Humboldt State Announces

Man Assaulted and Robbed After Falling Asleep in His Vehicle in McKinleyville, Sheriff’s Office Says

Eureka Man Arrested, Suspected of Trafficking Fentanyl Into Humboldt From Bay Area

OBITUARY: Taos Proctor, 1981-2021

King Salmon Stabbing Suspect Booked for Attempted Murder; One Child Airlifted to Out-of-Area Hospital Due to Severity of Injury

Klamath Basin Tribes, Conservationists and Fishermen Ask Biden Administration for $250M in Drought Relief

POP Unit Finds Firearm on Felon Working at Sandwich Shop in the Eureka Mall; Drugs, Stolen Property Found at His Rio Dell Home, Police Say

64-Year-Old Eureka Woman Found Lying in Roadway After Hit-and-Run; EPD Seeking Suspect Vehicle

Sheriff’s Office Investigating Shooting on North Bank Road Last Night; Victim Had Gunshot Wound to the Leg

OBITUARY: Peter Lucas Fennell, 1953-2021

(UPDATE: CONTAINED) Calfire Battling Two April Wildfires in the Bald Hills Area

Arcata Police Name Man Killed in Weekend Stabbing; Two Others Remain Hospitalized in Stable Condition

MONDAYS WITH MICHAELE: Sprung on Spring

Late Night Knife Fight in Downtown Arcata Leaves One Dead, Two Hospitalized, APD Says

(AUDIO) HUMBOLDT HOLDING UP: Local Musician Lyndsey Battle Is Finding the Silver Lining of a Year Without Live Music

United Airlines Will Resume Daily Nonstop Service Between Humboldt and Denver Starting June 3

Citing Drought and Mismanagement, Yurok Tribe Sounds Alarm Over Imperiled Klamath River Salmon

Media Availability Time! Vaccine Task Force Member Gracefully Fields Questions From Local Reporters on the State of Vaccination Efforts

Sheriff’s Office Arrests One After Alleged Late-Night Mail Theft Spree In and Around West End Road

Six Dead of Fentanyl Overdose Last Month Alone, Says Sheriff’s Office in Alert Issued to Humboldt County Citizens

OBITUARY: David Edward Galbraith, 1948-2021

OBITUARY: Teresa L. Dore Lewis, 1956- 2021

Do We Have Enough Non-J&J Vaccine to Keep Going at This Pace? Humboldt County Health Officer on Fears of Variants and Vaccine Side-Effects in Today’s Media Availability

Humboldt Public Health Will Pause Administering Johnson & Johnson Vaccine

Agents Bust Another Fentanyl Importer on Highway 101, Drug Task Force Says