Articles by LoCO Staff

August 2020

Time to DE-TRASH Your HOME! The Waste Management Authority is Opening Up its Hazardous Waste and Recycling Facilities Next Week, and Here are the New Rules for Visiting Them

Can’t Pay Your Rent or Mortgage? There’s a County Fund That Might Be Able to Cover You

Red-Salmon Fires Now at 4,284 Acres and Seven Percent Containment

OBITUARY: June Elizabeth Patton, 1920-2020

OBITUARY: Dorothea B. Guynup, 1923-2020

Kidnapping Suspect Apprehended in Oregon; Victim Unharmed

CHP: Both Victims in This Morning’s Samoa Bridge Crash Have Died

(VIDEO) Now They Don’t Have to Go Up Your Nose So Far When You’re Getting Your Redwood Acres COVID Test. Watch!

Anderson Man Arrested After Twice Fleeing From Cops, Ramming Patrol Car in McK Area, Sheriff’s Office Says

Red-Salmon Fires Near 4,000 Acres, Still Zero Percent Contained

(UPDATE: VICTIMS NAMED) Two Unresponsive People Pulled From Car That Went Off Samoa Bridge and Into the Bay Early This Morning, Humboldt Bay Fire Says

OBITUARY: Arleen Smith, 1927-2020

OBITUARY: Alice Adams, 1925-2020

(UPDATE) Fieldbrook Woman Believed Kidnapped; Law Enforcement Searching for Suspect Who May Be Armed and Dangerous

Hoopa Shuts Down Non-Emergency Operations With Announcement of Six Active COVID-19 Cases

Court Sides With EPIC, Says Post-Fire Mendocino Forests Can’t Be Logged as Part of ‘Road Maintenance’

Officers Eradicate 8,194 Marijuana Plants, Note Numerous Environmental Violations at Unpermitted Grow Sites in Del Norte County

OBITUARY: John Sieger, 1968-2020

OBITUARY: Steve Wallace, 1952-2020

OBITUARY: David Bibler, 1972-2020

OBITUARY: Sonja Kenny, 1935-2020

OBITUARY: Virginia Angelini, 1939-2020

(VIDEO) Eureka Police Release Video and Other Media Related to Recent Fatal Officer-Involved Shooting

Kneeland Elementary School Will Reopen for In-Person Instruction This Fall

Eureka Man Slams Stolen Truck Into 26 Other Vehicles During Highway 101 Demolition Spree, Say Police

34-Year-Old Man Killed After Vehicle Rolls Down Oceanview Drive Embankment in Smith River

One Injured in Shooting Near Bridgeville; Suspect Vehicle Description Released

MONDAYS WITH MICHAELE: Still We Relay!

(AUDIO) HUMBOLDT HOLDING UP: How is the Pandemic Affecting Eureka? Interim City Manager Miles Slattery Weighs In

OBITUARY: Donna Louise (Thissell) Cluver, 1946-2020

July 2020

The Eureka Police Department Has Once Again Creamed All Comers at the Blood Bank’s Annual BATTLE OF THE BADGES, Announces the Eureka Police Department

OBITUARY: Gretchen K. Scheffler, 1976-2020

OBITUARY: Mark Elwood Hancock, 1945-2020

Humboldt SWAT Team Responding to Hydesville on Report of Barricaded Armed Subject

Two Arrested, Five Pounds of Heroin Taken in Arcata-Area Bust, Drug Task Force Says

HSU Police Arrest Two Murder Suspects Out of Virginia Who Were Found Sleeping at a University Facility

OBITUARY: Paxton Ulyanna Marleigh Austrus, 2016-2020

OBITUARY: Bonnie Palmire, 1950-2020

In Today’s Media Availability, Humboldt County’s Health Officer Breaks Down the Risk of Non-Essential Travel

Local Tribes Receive Additional $10 Million to Fund More Than 100 Miles of Fiber-Optic Line

Local Enviro Group EPIC Joins Lawsuit Challenging Trump Administration’s ‘Attack’ on Federal Environmental Laws

Green Diamond Asks Locals to Stay off the Strawberry Rock Trail For a While Due to Logging Operations in the Surrounding Area

Got a Humboldt Business? Today is the Day to Snag a Bag Full of Free Masks and Sanitizer

GOHUMCO! The County is Forming Two New Economic Development Working Groups, and They Would Like Your Expertise

OBITUARY: Joyce Marie Tracy, 1933-2020

Public Health Lab Will Triple its COVID Testing Capacity With Acquisition of Boss New Gear, County Says

NEW PHONE SCAM: There’s a New, Technologically Sophisticated Scam in Which the Scammer Impersonates a Particular Sheriff’s Office Investigator

Yesterday’s Vegetation Fire in Fairhaven Threatened 20 Homes, Arcata Fire Says

OBITUARY: Lawrence Neil Obie, 1965-2020

OBITUARY: GlenDora ‘Dodie’ Hamilton-Brandon, 1920-2020