Articles by LoCO Staff

April 2021

Piercy Man Arrested While Importing 44 Grams of Fentanyl, Drug Task Force Says

MONDAYS WITH MICHAELE: Humboldt Schools Are In Session!

Three Suspected Storage Unit Burglars Busted; Two Stolen Firearms From Separate Burglary Recovered, APD Says

(AUDIO) HUMBOLDT HOLDING UP: 10 Years of LoCO! Hank Sims Discusses a Decade at the Helm of Humboldt’s News-ish Website

Arcata Police Searching for Two Suspects Following Motel Shooting in Valley West Last Night; One Man Hospitalized in Serious Condition

OBITUARY: Sylvester Lewis Myers, 1952-2021

OBITUARY: Rosalie Marie Gartzke, 1939-2021

(VIDEO) Ink People Administrative Director Monica Topping Discusses Humboldt Art in City of Eureka’s New ‘Community Conversations’ Series

Humboldt County Health Officials Urge Residents to Continue Getting Tested for COVID

First River Rescue of the Swimming Season, and Not the Last; Deputies, Bystanders Retrieve Three Trapped in the Trinity at Big Rock

18-Year-Old Arrested For Attempted Murder After Allegedly Shooting at Indianola Man, Sheriff’s Office Says

What’s Up With That Low-Flying Helicopter? PG&E Patrolling Gas Transmission Lines Through Next Week

Can a Business Owner Require Her Employees to be Vaccinated? Plus: More Questions for Vaccine Task Force Member Lindsey Mendez

EPD Arrests Rio Dell Man on Child Sexual Assault Charges Following Months-Long Investigation

POP UNIT: Eureka Man Arrested With Large Quantities of Narcotics for the Second Time This Month

Search and Rescue Team Locates Overdue Lost Coast Campers

Another Unpermitted Grow Op in Dinsmore Taken Down, Says Sheriff’s Office; $99,000 in Cash Seized, 6,600 Plants Eradicated

OBITUARY: Carol Davis, 1944-2021

OBITUARY: Jacquelynn Helberg Schenck, 1933-2021

OBITUARY: Ronald John Kolesnik, 1952-2021

March 2021

North Coast Journal Announces New Owner/Publisher

OBITUARY: Floyd Lucas Sharp, 1942-2021

Eureka Woman Arrested For Illegal Cannabis Sales, Manufacturing After Search of Henderson Center Residence

(UPDATE) Drug Task Force Busts Suspected Eureka/Hoopa Fentanyl Ring, Which They Believe Led to Several Overdoses — Including That of a 13-Year-Old — in the Valley

OBITUARY: Jeffrey Mark Jacobsen, 1949-2021

OBITUARY: Andrew Cairns, 1931-2021

HSU Announces It Will Hold Spectator-Free Graduation Ceremonies This Year

Public Health Wants YOU! Volunteers — Especially Those With Medical Licenses — Needed for Mass Vaccination Ramp-Up

Deputies Destroy 43 Pounds of Packaged Bud, 956 Plants, Seize 16 Guns and $37K at Grow Near Salmon Creek

Sheriff’s Office Looking for Suspects in Storage Facility Burglary

Couple Arrested After Being Found Unconscious in a Vehicle at Dollar General, Drugs Plainly Visible in Man’s Lap, Sheriff’s Office Says

MONDAYS WITH MICHAELE: ‘Tis Golf Weather

(AUDIO) HUMBOLDT HOLDING UP: Let’s Talk Local Fashion! Owner of Humboldt Republic Jason Brandi on Designing Clothes for a Community

ECONEWS REPORT: Cars, Trains and Automobiles — Transportation Planning in Humboldt County

OBITUARY: Kathrine Alice O’Neill Hernandez, 1951-2021

Alleged Car Prowler Arrested in McKinleyville in Possession of Burglary Tools

OBITUARY: Frank Sanderson, 1954-2021

OBITUARY: Donald Adolph Straw, 1929-2021

At Dinsmore Weed Bust, Deputies Find Two Slaughtered Deer Fawns, Sheriff’s Office Says

Community Complaints Lead to Multi-Agency Wipe-out of Two Polluting, Un-permitted Weed Grows in SoHum

Vaccination Q&A With Nurse Practitioner Lindsey Mendez

Felon Arrested With Loaded Handgun and Suspected Meth, But Home Searches Come Up Empty, EPD Says

California Announces Big Vaccination Expansion; Starting April 1, All Residents 50 and Up to Be Allowed Shots, With Everyone Eligible on April 15

(VIDEO) Humboldt Businesses! This 17-Minute Video Will Help You With the County’s Reopening Certification Process

Fortuna Police Arrest Man For Sexual Assault on a Minor

OBITUARY: William Vail Allen, 1935-2021

OBITUARY: Fern Elizabeth Cartwright, 1930-2021

OBITUARY: May E. Basler, 1944-2021

Big Changes Coming to Sequoia Park, Says City of Eureka

Skeletal Remains Found in Fields Landing Mudflats