Articles by LoCO Staff

January 2021

OBITUARY: Donald Carl Podratz, 1934-2020

OBITUARY: David Lowell Reece Sr., 1943-2020

OBITUARY: Claudette Helen Bushman, 1940-2020

OBITUARY: Larry Sample and Wanda Sample, 1944-2020 and 1945-2020

TODAY in SUPES: Board Agrees to Appoint Outside Attorney for Auditor-Controller, But Not the One She Picked

VACCINE UPDATE: County Public Health to Start Vaccinating Independent Medical Professionals This Week

(PHOTO) A Tree Burns in SoHum

Redway Man Killed in Single-Vehicle Crash on Highway 101, CHP Says

Juvenile In Custody After Armed Robbery, Carjacking in McKinleyville Last Night, Sheriff’s Office Says

OBITUARY: Derek Louis Radcliffe, 1980-2020

OBITUARY: Natalia Azevedo Oliveira, 1938-2020

OBITUARY: Susan Ingle Snell, 1946-2020

OBITUARY: Judy Rae Murdock, 1945-2020

OBITUARY: Dorothy Doggett, 1929-2020

Broadway Motel Search Results in Two Arrests for Suspected Meth Sales

Want a COVID Vaccine and Live in Southern Humboldt? SoHum Health Collecting Info In Preparation for Wider Inoculation Rollout.

Man Arrested in Connection With Local School Burglary; Second Suspect, Stolen Van Still Outstanding

Eurekan Arrested for Making Over 100 Non-Emergency 911 Calls

Man Arrested for Robbery in Willow Creek After Allegedly Threatening Group With Hatchet, Stealing Backpack

Sheriff’s Office Asks for Public’s Help Finding Missing Woman Last Seen on Monument Road

OBITUARY: Albert Vaughn Carpenter, Jr., 1958-2020

December 2020

Skilled Nursing Facility Staff to Start Getting Vaccine This Weekend, Joint Information Center Says

County ‘Looking Into Testing’ for New, More Contagious Coronavirus Variant, Dr. Hoffman Says

Looking to Report Non-COVID-Compliant Businesses? Starting Tomorrow, Use These Phone Numbers

OBITUARY: Cynthia Gail Petersen, 1947-2020

‘The Numbers Have Not Been Going Down, Locally’: Dr. Hoffman Takes Media Questions on the State’s ‘Surprise’ Downgrade of Humboldt County to a Less Restrictive COVID Tier

At Night the Community Forest Belongs to the Animals and Not to Mountain Bikers, the City of Arcata Reminds You

OBITUARY: Judith Rose Rex, 1943-2020

OBITUARY: William (Bill) Delbert Wheeler, 1935-2020

OBITUARY: Nancy Darlene Kautz, 1961-2020

Humboldt Health Officer Expresses ‘Strong Disagreement’ With County’s New Downgrade to the Red Tier, But Relaxed Restrictions Will Take Effect at Midnight

When Will We Move Into the Next Vaccination Phase? Humboldt’s Health Officer Takes Media Questions

OBITUARY: Bonnie Jean (Medley) Lindgren, 1928-2020

OBITUARY: Michael Allen Walstrom, 1946-2020

OBITUARY: Patrick David Hurley, 1959-2020

Stop for ‘Minor Traffic Violation’ Leads to Arrest for Possession of Meth for Sale, EPD Says

Supervisor-Elect Michelle Bushnell Set to be Sworn in Alongside Re-elected Supes Bohn, Wilson

MONDAYS WITH MICHAELE: Ciao, 2020!

OBITUARY: David E. Weber, 1938-2020

OBITUARY: Wiley Eugene Gage, 1941-2020

Ready to Get Rid of Your Christmas Tree? Here’s a List of Places Where You Can Drop it Off, And Some That Will Pick It Up

OBITUARY: Mary Jane Holly, 1930-2020

DHHS Calls Attorney General’s Pursuit of More Child Welfare Services Oversight a ‘Waste of Taxpayer Money’

72-Year-Old Eureka Man Named as Victim of Sunday’s Fatal Highway 36 Crash

State Attorney General Pursuing a Court Order to Compel County’s Compliance With 2018 Child Welfare Judgment

Why Have the Contact-Tracing Statistics on the County Dashboard Been Frozen for the Last Few Weeks? Health Officer Answers Media Questions

Humboldt’s First Allotment of COVID Vaccine Doses Nearly All Administered; More Being Distributed

Fortuna Man, 40, Killed While Walking Across Hwy. 101 Near Loleta Drive, CHP Says

CR Police Academy to Implement Bias Testing, Examine Institutional Racism, Among Other Changes

Swains Flat Man Arrested With 63 Guns, Meth, Hash Oil Lab, Drug Task Force Says