Articles by LoCO Staff

January 2021

The County’s Community Emergency Response Teams Want YOU!

OBITUARY: David D. Noel, 1935-2020

TODAY in SUPES: Auditor-Controller Gets Staff She Requested; Bohn Abandons Controversial COVID Resolution

Eureka Police Arrest Man on Charges of Manufacturing Explosives, Say Federal Charges Possible

‘Largest Seizure of Fentanyl’ in Humboldt History, Says Drug Task Force Following Arrests Relating to Trafficking Investigation

OBITUARY: Timothy A. Willits, 1956-2020

OBITUARY: Harold (Hal) Eldon Harden, 1937-2020

Should Humboldt be Allowed to Manage the Pandemic on Its Own? Public Health Officer Takes Media Questions

Eureka Man Arrested for Suspected Heroin Sales After Officers Observe Him Making Multiple Trips to Drop Vehicle

Humboldt Bay Fire Paramedics Step Up to Assist Public Health in Local Vaccination Efforts

Van Stolen From Fieldbrook School Found in McKinleyville a Week and a Half Later, Sheriff’s Office Says; One Suspect Still Outstanding

Pacifica Man Arrested With Weed, Assault Weapon After Being Observed Speeding on Highway 96, Deputies Say

High-Speed Chase With Couple in Conflict Ends With Deployment of a Spike Strip, HCSO Says

Body Discovered Inside Burning Travel Trailer in Manila

Rock-Wielding Man Arrested for Vandalizing Willow Creek Business, Physically Assaulting a Man, Sheriff’s Office Says

MONDAYS WITH MICHAELE: Running is a Thing

Sleepy Eureka Man Arrested After Being Found in Possession of Stolen Trailer

What Happens If Our Vaccine Freezers Fail? Humboldt County Health Officer Answers Media Questions

Orleans Man Charged With Strangling Fellow Inmate to Death in Siskiyou County Jail, Sheriff’s Office Says

Coalition of Local Tribes Announce Support of State AG’s Move to Require More Oversight of County Child Welfare Services

Myrtletown Couple Arrested After Agents Find Over a Pound of Meth in Woman’s Pants Following Traffic Stop, Drug Task Force Says

OBITUARY: Marian Jennett Whitten, 1950-2020

Elective Surgeries Canceled in Most of California, Inter-County Hospital Transfers Now Possible Under New State Public Health Order, Joint Information Center Says

HCSO Seeking Attempted Murder Suspect Believed to Be Armed and Dangerous

OBITUARY: Donald Carl Podratz, 1934-2020

OBITUARY: David Lowell Reece Sr., 1943-2020

OBITUARY: Claudette Helen Bushman, 1940-2020

OBITUARY: Larry Sample and Wanda Sample, 1944-2020 and 1945-2020

TODAY in SUPES: Board Agrees to Appoint Outside Attorney for Auditor-Controller, But Not the One She Picked

VACCINE UPDATE: County Public Health to Start Vaccinating Independent Medical Professionals This Week

(PHOTO) A Tree Burns in SoHum

Redway Man Killed in Single-Vehicle Crash on Highway 101, CHP Says

Juvenile In Custody After Armed Robbery, Carjacking in McKinleyville Last Night, Sheriff’s Office Says

OBITUARY: Derek Louis Radcliffe, 1980-2020

OBITUARY: Natalia Azevedo Oliveira, 1938-2020

OBITUARY: Susan Ingle Snell, 1946-2020

OBITUARY: Judy Rae Murdock, 1945-2020

OBITUARY: Dorothy Doggett, 1929-2020

Broadway Motel Search Results in Two Arrests for Suspected Meth Sales

Want a COVID Vaccine and Live in Southern Humboldt? SoHum Health Collecting Info In Preparation for Wider Inoculation Rollout.

Man Arrested in Connection With Local School Burglary; Second Suspect, Stolen Van Still Outstanding

Eurekan Arrested for Making Over 100 Non-Emergency 911 Calls

Man Arrested for Robbery in Willow Creek After Allegedly Threatening Group With Hatchet, Stealing Backpack

Sheriff’s Office Asks for Public’s Help Finding Missing Woman Last Seen on Monument Road

OBITUARY: Albert Vaughn Carpenter, Jr., 1958-2020

December 2020

Skilled Nursing Facility Staff to Start Getting Vaccine This Weekend, Joint Information Center Says

County ‘Looking Into Testing’ for New, More Contagious Coronavirus Variant, Dr. Hoffman Says

Looking to Report Non-COVID-Compliant Businesses? Starting Tomorrow, Use These Phone Numbers

OBITUARY: Cynthia Gail Petersen, 1947-2020

‘The Numbers Have Not Been Going Down, Locally’: Dr. Hoffman Takes Media Questions on the State’s ‘Surprise’ Downgrade of Humboldt County to a Less Restrictive COVID Tier