Articles by LoCO Staff

March 2025

FRESH DROP: How Shopping at Farmers’ Markets Boosts Resiliency in Humboldt County’s Local Food System

OBITUARY: Valene June Farlow, 1935-2025

OBITUARY: Marian West Ziemer, 1950-2025

ALLEGED ASSHOLE IN CUFFS! 31-Year-Old Oklahoma Resident Arrested on Multiple Felony Counts for Making ‘Terrorist Threats’ to Local Schools

OBITUARY: Brad Thorton, 1949-2025

WEED IS STILL LEGAL: California Supreme Court Tosses Out Appellate Court Decision Citing Federal Illegality

OBITUARY: Cynthia Ross, 1938-2025

OBITUARY: Vernon Lee ‘Bungee’ Broyles, 1952-2025

LOCKDOWNS UPDATE: Out-of-State Man Identified as Suspect Believed to Have Made Threatening Calls to Multiple Humboldt Schools and Businesses

Four-Month Undercover Investigation Yields Two Arrests, 258 Pounds of Weed, 2 Pounds of Cocaine, 8 Firearms and a Lot of Cash, Drug Task Force Says

More and More Humboldt County Students Will Get Guaranteed Admission to Cal Poly Humboldt, Following New Partnership With Fortuna, Ferndale and Northern Humboldt High Schools

OBITUARY: Rodney ‘Hot Rod’ Allen Donahue, 1958-2025

OBITUARY: Vicki Lovae Grant-Hanif, 1958-2025

OBITUARY: Diana Harris Cooper, 1955-2024

(UPDATE) Eureka High School on Lockdown, Cites ‘Security Concern’

Humboldt Inmate Tries to Flee Work Crew by Taking a Dip in Humboldt Bay

OBITUARY: Dwane E Bronson, 1937-2025

OBITUARY: Lori Lynn Crook, 1962-2025

The Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office is Looking for Descendants of a Wiyot Woman Born in 1843 to Help Solve a Mystery

Three Busted for Various Booze Crimes in Eureka’s ‘Shoulder Tap’ Operation Saturday

GUEST OPINION: Arcata School Board President on the District’s Recent Layoff Notices

OBITUARY: Joshua Nathan Rapp, 1974-2025

OBITUARY: Charles Minton, 1947-2025

OBITUARY: William Leslie ‘Burgie Bill’ Hebard, 1950-2025

Deputy Finds Wanted Woman in ‘Suspicious’ Parked Car on Herrick Avenue, Sheriff’s Office Says

NO BURROS for YOU! Snowy Weather Ruins Humboldt’s Dream of Adopting Feral Donkeys and Horses This Weekend

One Arrested in Loleta After Warrant Served on Suspected Drug House

OBITUARY: Cindee Ann Grace, 1954-2025

OBITUARY: Stella Reyes, 1928-2025

(AUDIO) Get Your Dead On With Humboldt County’s Own ‘Dead On’

Yurok Tribe Mourns the Loss of Young California Condor Found Dead in Redwood National Park; Cause of Death Determined to be Lead Poisoning

OBITUARY: Elsa I. Cline, 1941-2025

You Will Soon Have a Chance to Own One of Eight Horses and Burros That Once Roamed Free Across America’s Public Lands, Making Nuisances of Themselves

Fortuna Man Arrested on Possession of Child Pornography Charge

Do You Have Thoughts About Humboldt County’s Economy? For a Limited Time, You May Express Those Thoughts Through an Official County Economic Development Survey

OBITUARY: María De Jesús Munguía, 1938-2024

OBITUARY: Evelyn Arverna Fletcher Smith, 1935-2025

OBITUARY: Katherine Sue Montagne, 1948-2025

OBITUARY: Joan Ledgerwood Ruprecht, 1934-2025

Blue Lake Rancheria Acquires 240-Acre Cattle Ranch Near Tribal Lands, Vows to Keep Property in Agricultural Production and Available for Research

OBITUARY: Raven Dushay, 1960-2025

Hundreds Show Out to Protest at the County Courthouse

THE ECONEWS REPORT: Trump Has Gutted NEPA. What Does That Mean?

OBITUARY: Andrew ‘Andy’ James Conner, 1944-2025

OBITUARY: Linda Conner, 1949-2025

OBITUARY: Marilyn Patricia Bilderback, 1938-2025

OBITUARY: James (Jimmy) Bernard Friel, 1955-2025

OBITUARY: Alexander ‘Sandy’ Maitland Farrell, 1946-2024

Two People on Probation Arrested in McKinleyville on Drugs and Illegal Dumping Charges

BAY to ZOO UPDATE! Eureka Public Works Shares an Update on the City’s Coming North-South, Non-Motorized Transportation System