Articles by LoCO Staff

October 2020

McKinleyville! You Will Soon Receive a Glorious, Hammond Trail-Protectin’ Speed Hump!

33-Year-Old Eureka Man Taken to Hospital With Major Injuries Following Yesterday’s Highway 101 Semi Truck Rollover

Woman Removes Heroin Hidden in Her ‘Body Cavities’ After Traffic Stop in SoHum, Drug Task Force Says

Most of Humboldt County Can Now Text 9-1-1 for Their Emergencies; Service Coming to Other Communities Soon

Eureka Woman Arrested for DUI After Major Injury Crash Near Orick Tuesday, CHP Says

OBITUARY: Wayne Edward Graham, 1950-2020

HOMEWORK TIME: Let Us Celebrate This Pallet of Chromebooks Now Being Distributed to Humboldt’s Cooped Up Elementary School Students

State Issues Guidance, Suggests Safer Alternatives for Halloween and Día de los Muertos Celebrations

Sheriff’s Office Opens Homicide Investigation After Burned Human Remains Found on River Bar Near Garberville

OBITUARY: Alaris Ann Bidache Cardoza, 1936-2020

OBITUARY: James E. Blount, 1955-2020

San Jose State Football Team Heads Home Tomorrow, Could Return If County’s COVID-19 Risk Level Changes, HSU Says

Humboldt Deputy Health Officer Takes Questions on Flu Season, Halloween and Why Young People are Contracting COVID More Often

The Blood Bank is Critically Low on Supply Right Now — Especially Type O — and Really Needs Your Donations ASAP

LET’S GET YOU MARRIED: State Releases New Guidelines for Weddings in the Age of COVID

OBITUARY: Carol Ann DeGroot, 1944-2020

OBITUARY: Olivia G. Lozano, 1939-2020

Eureka Police Arrest Two After Alleged Armed Robbery Near Alice Birney Campus

Joint Information Center Releases More Detail on New State Guidelines for Inter-Family Gatherings

Washington Murder Suspects Arrested After One Runs Out of Gas, the Other Attempts Carjacking, HCSO Says

MONDAYS WITH MICHAELE: Blown Away

FIRE UPDATE: Rain Allows Firefighters to Make ‘Good Progress’; Relief Will Be Short-Lived, Calfire Says

(AUDIO) HUMBOLDT HOLDING UP: Marble Maker Topher Reynolds on Living the Humboldt Artist Dream

OBITUARY: Bill Pierre Ward, 1952-2020

OBITUARY: Thelma Louise Hooven, 1937-2020

OBITUARY: Timothy ‘Tim’ James McTague Sr., 1959-2020

Man Tased, Pepper-Sprayed, Tackled and Eventually Arrested After Attempted Carjacking at Courthouse Market Last Night, Eureka Police Say

Shots Fired Between Security Guards, Intruders at Commercial Cannabis Farm on Bald Hills Road; Sheriff’s Office Investigating

HSU President Tom Jackson Temporarily Relinquishing Duties After Death of Son

OBITUARY: John (Jack) Richard Macdonald, 1932-2020

In Today’s Media Availability, Dr. Josh Ennis Talks About Humboldt’s Successes in Keeping the Virus at Bay, and the Dangers of What Might Come if it Lets Down Its Guard

OBITUARY: Mickey Lee Vogt, 1951-2020

Humboldt’s Health Officer Answers Media Questions About Our New, More Permissive State COVID Designation

Jury Convicts 58-Year-Old Humboldt Hill Man of Multiple Sexual Offenses Against Minor Children

Yurok Tribe to Distribute Tablets and Printers to All Tribal Youth

What Changes Now That We’re In the County’s Lowest COVID Tier? The County’s Joint Information Center Has Issued a List

Fortuna Tow Truck Driver Suffers Major Injuries in Highway 36 Crash, CHP Says

OBITUARY: Lewis Dallas Egger, 1951-2020

OBITUARY: Norman Scott Leverett, 1945-2020

Community Donations Allow St. Joe’s to Purchase 12 New Ventilators, Hospital Says

(PHOTOS) Vehicle Flipped After Collision in Downtown Eureka

Firefighters Continue to Make Progress Against Million-Acre August Complex; More Than 250 Firefighting Marines and Sailors Arrive Tomorrow

Seven Pounds of Meth Confiscated From Local Drug Trafficking Organization Over Several Weeks, Task Force Says

OBITUARY: Roberta ‘Bobbie’ Thode, 1929-2020

Slow-Speed Pursuit Down Central Avenue Ends with McKinleyville Woman’s Arrest

23 Humboldt County Sex Offenders Deemed to Be Out of Compliance with State Law

COVID Testing at Redwood Acres Site Canceled This Morning With Staff Trapped at Medford Airport; County ‘Hopeful’ Testing Can Begin Again This Afternoon

MONDAYS WITH MICHAELE: Mendenhall Monster Mash!

HSU’s New Men’s Basketball Coach Arrested for DUI; University Says He Will ‘Take Some Time Away From His Coaching Duties’

FIRE UPDATE: Firefighters Still Working to Protect Structures From Red Salmon, August Complexes