Articles by LoCO Staff

September 2020

Public Safety Power Shutoff Expected to Hit Humboldt County at Midnight, Office of Emergency Services Says

Red Salmon Complex Nears 40,000 Acres; Containment Held at 19 Percent

MONDAYS WITH MICHAELE: New Branch Manager

‘Unhealthy’ Air Quality Forecast for Weitchpec, Orleans

Humboldt Bay Fire Handles Three ‘Significant’ Fires in One Day

(AUDIO) HUMBOLDT HOLDING UP: Writer Jada Calypso Brotman Talks Arcata, Food and Mommin’

Red Salmon Fire Sees ‘Substantial Growth’ Friday, Now Over 37,000 Acres

OBITUARY: Marion Dunham Miller, 1952-2020

OBITUARY: Sara Guy Kavich, 1934-2020

OBITUARY: Frank Scolari, 1931-2020

OBITUARY: Christopher Adam Lamica, 1967-2020

Eureka Police Release Additional Video, Audio of Fatal July Shooting

In Today’s Media Availability, Dr. Frankovich Talks About the New Testing Infrastructure Announced Today, Smoking and COVID, Restaurants Reopening and the Coming Labor Day Weekend

Fortuna Man Arrested in Undercover Meth Sting by Humboldt County Drug Task Force

Kneeland Man Faces 27 Years After First Humboldt Jury to Serve Under Pandemic Conditions Finds Him Guilty of Felony Assault, Firearms Charges

Local COVID-19 Capacity Will Soon be Ramped Way Up Thanks to Regional Partnership, County Says

HOT AS HECK: This Labor Day Weekend is Going to Be a Crazy Scorcher Up in the Hills

OBITUARY: Everett Henkle, 1939-2020

HSU is Seeing ‘Quite a Few More Students Than Expected’ This Semester

RCEA Encourages Locals to Snatch Up Statewide Rebates for Installing Energy Storage Batteries

TOO MANY CANS! Waste Management Authority Suspends CRV Buyback Program Again Due to Overwhelming Demand

Red-Salmon Complex Edges Up on 30,000 Acres; More That 700 People Still Working the Fire, With Only 35 Percent Containment

(VIDEO) Frankovich Reads Resignation Letter, Laments Intrusion of Politics Into Science During COVID-19 Pandemic

Sheriff Honsal on Dr. Frankovich Resignation: A ‘Great Loss to Our County’

County Health Officer Dr. Teresa Frankovich Resigns

Multi-Agency Weed Busts on Island Mountain Yield Nearly 5k Pounds of Cannabis, 28K Plants and $100,000 Cash

Blue Lake Rancheria, State Parks Launch ‘Cultural Mentorship’ Program to Serve Native Youth

OBITUARY: Charles ‘Tiny’ Hubler, 1936-2020

OBITUARY: William Lee Lambert, 1938-2020

OBITUARY: Everette Wesley Ellingwood, 1934-2020

OBITUARY: Juanita Karen (Parker) Miner, 1955-2020

Sheriff’s Office Identifies Human Remains Found Near Orleans Last Week; Will Investigate Case as a Homicide

Sheriff’s Office Recovers, Identifies Woman Found Dead Down Embankment Beneath Kneeland Road

CASH FOR CANS! The Humboldt County Waste Management Announces That it Will Once Again Pay You For Your Cans and Bottles, Effective Immediately

OBITUARY: Jayson Arthur Mohatt, 1957-2020

OBITUARY: Thomas Howard Early, 1945-2020

August 2020

Arcata Police Arrest Suspect in Bicycle Road Rage Incident

In Today’s Media Availability, Dr. Frankovich Discusses the Governor’s New Four-Stage Framework and What it Means For Humboldt

Humboldt Announces Immediate Implementation of California’s Business Reopening Plan

CHP Releases More Details on Ferndale Major Injury Crash

(VIDEO) Police Ask for Public’s Help Identifying This Arcata Rock Thrower

(UPDATE) Garage Fire Erupts in Eureka Alley

MONDAYS WITH MICHAELE: Would You Like a Cupcake?

OBITUARY: John Nicholas DeBoice, 1943-2020

Hoopa Woman, Blue Lake Man Arrested In Connection to the Transportation of ‘Large Quantities of Meth’ From the Bay Area to Humboldt County for a Drug Trafficking Organization, DTF Says

Hoopa Man Arrested for Attempted Murder Following Reported Robbery, Shooting in Arcata; Two Additional Suspects Booked on Robbery Charges, APD Says

(AUDIO) HUMBOLDT HOLDING UP: Body Piercer Jackie Silva is Prepared to Provide Pandemic-Era Pokes

OBITUARY: Richard Adkins Ferguson, 1955-2020

OBITUARY: Bette Jeanne (Neilson) Schuessler, 1927-2020

With New State Reopening Framework, Changes Will be Coming to Humboldt County’s COVID Regulations Early Next Week