Articles by LoCO Staff

August 2020

OBITUARY: Donna Ilene Meng, 1935-2020

Humboldt State: No New Cases Among Dorm Residents Today; Five Positive Cases Isolated in Special Living Quarters

(VIDEO) Arcata Barn Fire Fueled By 187 Tons of Hay Causes ‘Massive Fireball’; Inextinguishable Blaze to Continue Burning for at Least a Week, Arcata Fire District Says

OBITUARY: Dennis Arlen Brandt, 1935-2020

MONDAYS WITH MICHAELE: Trinidad Bods

(AUDIO) HUMBOLDT HOLDING UP: Fudge Pops and Barn Tunes with Dick Taylor Chocolate/Huck Flint’s Adam Dick

MOUTH OF BROTMAN: Unfortunately Your Salad Needs Something Leafy and Green. We’ll Get Through This.

Another HSU Student Tests Positive for COVID-19, University Says

Red Salmon Fire Complex Now Over 18,500 Acres, 39 Percent Contained

Joint Information Center Says There are Zero Known COVID Cases Among Kids Attending Fortuna Schools in Person, Despite What You May Have Inferred From T-S Article

Another HSU Student Tests Positive for COVID-19; All Four Thus Far Were Asymptomatic, HSU Says

Student in CR Dorms Diagnosed With COVID

Kids and People In Their 20s Have Highest Percentage of New COVID-19 Cases in Humboldt, JIC Reports

OBITUARY: Gerald James Beacom, 1967-2020

Wrong-Way Driver Stopped and Ticketed, Then Arrested for Immediately Driving Back Onto the Wrong Side of Rohnerville Road and Evading Officers, Fortuna Police Say

Unidentified Human Remains Recovered in Northeast Humboldt

Humboldt High Schoolers Remove Thousands of Nails Left Behind by Pallet Fires on Local Beaches

Got COVID? Been Exposed to Someone With COVID? Now Humboldt Has Precise Instructions Laid Down for What You Should Do Next

MANY MORE PHONE SCAMS! The Sheriff’s Office Runs Down the Most Common Phone Scams Circulating at the Moment, and Gives You Tips on How to Spot New Ones Yourself

Frankovich Addresses HSU President’s ‘Insinuations of Racism,’ and ‘Allegations of Incompetence,’ Calling Them ‘Unfortunate’

OBITUARY: Douglas Scott Coleman, 1930-2020

OBITUARY: Nancy Smith, 1958-2020

Two More HSU Students Who Recently Moved Into the Dorms Test Positive for COVID, University Says

Red Salmon Complex Nearly 15,500 Acres, 38 Percent Contained

OBITUARY: Joel Chase, 1979-2020

OBITUARY: Diane L. Davy (Bechaver), 1952-2020

OBITUARY: Christine Henson, 1923-2020

OBITUARY: Bertha Ruth Van Norman Tedsen, 1927-2020

OBITUARY: Eric Andrew Olson, 1946-2020

OBITUARY: Tiny Bell Yates Hershberger 1932-2020

Humboldt State Announces That a Staff Member Has Tested Positive for COVID; Diagnosis Unrelated to Recent Move-In Day, University Says

(VIDEO) UFC President Dana White Hypes Humboldt’s Louis Cosce on Social Media in Anticipation of Tonight’s ‘Contender Series’ Matchups

Nordic Aquafarms Submits Discharge Permit Application for Land-Based Fish Farm on Samoa Peninsula

(UPDATE) HOW TO VOTE: Here’s How the Election is Going to Work in Humboldt County This Time Around

OBITUARY: Debra Ann Wilson, 1952-2020

HSU Student in Isolation After Testing Positive for COVID-19

Drug Task Force K9 Helps Law Enforcement Find 3.75 Pounds of Meth at Alleged Fieldbrook Stash House

Man Found Shot Dead in Southern Humboldt After Deputies Receive Tip from Out-of-Town Attorney, Sheriff’s Office Says

PG&E Urges All Customers to Conserve Electricity For the Next Few Days, Due to the Hellish Heat Wave Affecting Most of the State

Shot Fired During Late Night Disturbance on Humboldt Hill, Sheriff’s Office Says; One Arrested

Red Salmon Complex Nearly 13,000 Acres, Still 35 Percent Contained

Missing Person Last Seen by Family in 2017 Possibly in Eureka Area, Says Sheriff’s Office

MONDAYS WITH MICHAELE: Creamery District Craziness Continues

Hundreds of Students Descend Upon HSU for Fall Semester; Dorm Residents Expected to Self-Quarantine for 14 days, Receive Multiple COVID-19 Tests, HSU Says

Red Salmon Complex Grows to 12,100 Acres, Remains 35 Percent Contained

(AUDIO) HUMBOLDT HOLDING UP: Fortuna High School Teachers Discuss What the First Week of In-Person Classes Has Looked Like

Lots of Meth and Hash and Evidence of Trafficking Found in Rio Dell Residence, Drug Task Force Says

Dr. Frankovich Discusses Her Concerns About Humboldt State’s Reopening Plans

(PHOTOS) The Winner’s of This Year’s Socially Distanced Sand Sculpture Festival Have Been Announced!

Over 30,000 Unpermitted Cannabis Plants Destroyed in Three-Day Raid in the Blake Mountain Area, Sheriff’s Office Says