Articles by LoCO Staff

June 2020

County Approves Purchase of 197-Acre McKay Community Expansion; New Public Trail Access Planned

Yurok Tribe Appoints Public Health Officer to Oversee COVID-19 Response

HEALTH OFFICER: Almost All Businesses Can Reopen Now (So Long as They Get Certified); Movies, Gyms and Even Bars Cleared for Takeoff

OBITUARY: Joyce Ann (Johnson) Martins, 1942-2020

OBITUARY: Mary Jean Waldkirch, 1927-2020

Stolen Rifle, $6,000 and 196 Grams of Heroin Found During McK Traffic Stop Yesterday Morning, Sheriff’s Office Says

MURALS STILL ON: The 2020 Eureka Street Art Festival is Moving Across Town This Year

U.S. Supreme Court Refuses to Hear 18-Year-Old Klamath Water Rights Case, Upholding Tribal Primacy

MONDAYS WITH MICHAELE: Our Balancing Act

Firefighters Douse Small Wildfire Near Fickle Hill

(AUDIO) HUMBOLDT HOLDING UP: What’s Restaurant Dining in Humboldt Like Now? Six Rivers Brewery’s Meredith Maier Tells Us About the Changes They’ve Made to Help Thirsty Folks Stay Healthy

OBITUARY: Frank Cheek, 1937-2020

Motorcyclist Killed in Eureka Crash Yesterday

Humboldt Deputies Rescue Trapped Dumpster Diver

OBITUARY: Gay Miller, 1944-2020

Marijuana Enforcement Team Destroys More Than 6,000 Plants, Seizes More than 400 Pounds of Processed Weed While Serving Search Warrants in Blocksburg

Beachgoer Finds Body in ‘Advanced State of Decomposition’ at Ma-lel Dunes

POP Team Serves Search Warrant at Alleged Drug House and Find Meth, Scales and Cash, EPD Says

State Health Department Makes Masks Mandatory; All Californians Will Now Be Required to Wear Facial Coverings in the Situations Where Humboldters are Supposed To

HSU Reaffirms Support for Dreamers Following Today’s Supreme Court Ruling

College of the Redwoods, Humboldt Area Foundation Team Up to Get Money to DACA Students, Who Were Left Out of the Coronavirus Stimulus Package

CHP Investigating Last Week’s Traffic Incident Involving a Driver That Nearly Hit Several Protesters and a Horse in McKinleyville

Slattery Named Interim Eureka City Manager; Community Services Director Will Serve as City’s Top Staffer Until February 2021

(PHOTOS) Were Your Tusk Carvings and/or Spawn Action Figures Stolen Recently? The Humboldt Drug Task Force Has Good News for You

OBITUARY: Jeffrey W. Schoettgen, 1955-2020

OBITUARY: Gianpaolo Venturi, 1940-2020

ABC Denies McKinleyville Dollar General’s Application to Sell Beer and Wine

Low-Level Offenders Will Soon be Able, Once Again, to Work Off Their Sentences by Doing Deeds for the Community Through the Work Alternative Program

OBITUARY: Allen Clarence McCovey, 1941-2020

OBITUARY: Ida Adelia Newell, 1922-2020

OBITUARY: Hollis H. McCoy, 1940-2020

Next Reopening Phase Starts Friday: Certified Hotels, Motels, Nail Salons, Massage Studios and More Can Start Reopening Friday

Two Jail Staff Members Assaulted Over the Weekend, Says Sheriff’s Office; Overall Inmate Attacks on Jail Personnel Way Up This Year

Sheriff’s Office Investigating Knifepoint Robbery at Blue Lake Gas Station

(PHOTOS) Barn Fire Startles Blue Lake

MONDAYS WITH MICHAELE: Smooth Sailin’ with Sonny

Body of Missing Kayaker Found Near Camel Rock, Sheriff’s Office Says

Electrical Fire Causes $125,000 in Damages to Cutten Apartment Building, HBF Says

Middle-Aged Man Found Dead in ‘Camp Crusty’ Area of Hoopa Valley, Police Say

(AUDIO) HUMBOLDT HOLDING UP: Multicultural Skincare Therapist Levia Love on the Necessity of ‘Black Humboldt’, Local Juneteenth Plans, and Self Care in Tense Times

OBITUARY: Nancy R. Trine, 1945-2020

US Coast Guard and Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office Suspend Search For Missing Kayaker

UPDATE: Coast Guard Searching For Missing 19-Year-Old Kayaker Last Seen In the Trinidad Bay

OBITUARY: Andrew (Andy) Rocco Araneo, 1943-2020

OBITUARY: Ella Jane Benedict, 1934-2020

Direct Flights To/From LAX to Resume July 6, Even Though Local Ridership Has Absolutely Cratered During COVID Crisis, County Says

HSU to Offer In-Person Classes For Select Courses, Majority Will Still be Held Online

Sooooo, You’re Going to Travel Somewhere? Here are the Humboldt County’s New COVID Travel Guidelines

PG&E Announces That the King Salmon Power Station is Ready to Provide ‘Island’ Power to Humboldt, Which Should Mostly Save Us From Future Public Safety Power Shutoffs

EPD Chief Steve Watson Explains Department’s Use-of-Force Policies: ‘Most’ Align With ‘8 Can’t Wait’ Demands