Articles by LoCO Staff

December 2023

OBITUARY: Rolf Rheinschmidt, 1937-2023

(VIDEO) Humboldt Bay Fire Thanks Community for Donating to ‘Share the Magic of Christmas’ Toy Drive

SPORTS NEWS! The Humboldt Crabs Have Joined Forces With the Prune Packers, the Mudcats and More to Form a Whole New, Mighty Baseball League

New Report from Schatz Energy Research Center Examines Electrical Transmission Challenges for Regional Offshore Wind Development

GREAT NEWS! Rio Dell Businesses Do Not Sell Alcohol to Minors

OBITUARY: LaVera Susich, 1930-2023

OBITUARY: Kathleen (Kat) Alice Roberts, 1953-2023

More Stolen Toys Recovered From Nefarious Toys for Tots Heist; Stolen Handgun, Ammo, Body Armor and Digital Scales Also Seized

EPD Announces Retirement of Longtime Employee Suzie Owsley

OBITUARY: Lonnie Lee Wilson, 1977-2023

OBITUARY: Solon Bernard Holstein, 1939-2023

OBITUARY: Keith Blaine Baldy, 1949-2023

OBITUARY: Roy Redner, 1950-2023

Eureka Drivers Should Brace Themselves for Tomorrow’s I-Pocalypse as Paving Work Shuts Down a Key Intersection

Dolly Parton Has Teamed Up With the Bridgeville Community Center to Bring Free Books to a Thousand Local Toddlers

OBITUARY: Barbara Deanna Wayland, 1954-2023

Remote Controlled Car Battery Believed to Be Cause of McKinleyville Trailer Blaze, Says AFD

Judge Gregory Kreis Announces Re-Election Campaign, Will Hold Rally at the Gazebo Wednesday

Sheriff’s Office Actively Searching for Missing Man Near Piercy

OBITUARY: Eric Matilton, 1985-2023

OBITUARY: Dorothy Joyce Lyman Mather, 1930-2023

Humboldt Holiday Food Drive ‘Smashes All Records’

CDFW to Lift Recreational Dungeness Crab Restrictions for North Coast on Dec. 16; Commercial Fishery Remains Closed

OBITUARY: Norma Lee Nored, 1934-2023

PG&E Choppers Will Be Cruisin’ Transmission Lines in Southern Humboldt Thru Next Week to Conduct Maintenance Work

[UPDATE: All Clear; Rex Mad] McKinleyville High is Now on Lockdown For the Sixth Time in Two Weeks

OBITUARY: Diane Lehman, 1937-2023

OBITUARY: Bill Barton, 1934-2023

Sheriff’s Office Provides Details on What Led to McKinleyville High School’s Five Lockdowns in Eight Days

Brian Stephens Will Be Eureka’s Next Police Chief; Todd Jarvis to Retire Early Next Month

OBITUARY: Joseph Kurtz, 1942-2023

OBITUARY: Mildred V. Culver, 1928-2023

ARSON: Humboldt Bay Fire Suspects Foul Play in Early Morning Eureka Parking Garage Vehicle Fire

HELP FEED HUMBOLDT: Food For People and Senator Mike McGuire Are Holding Their Big Annual Food Drive in Eureka on Thursday

(UPDATE: SENDING STUDENTS HOME EARLY) Mack High on Lockdown This Morning for the Third Time in the Last Two Weeks

OBITUARY: Gail Ruth Samuels, 1947-2023

OBITUARY: Charles Anthony Didier, 1956-2023

OBITUARY: Susan K. Lerner, 1952-2023

OBITUARY: Lorraine Margrette Keisner, 1945-2023

Eureka City Council Pulls Discussion on Israel-Palestine Cease-Fire Off Tomorrow Night’s Council Agenda

Despite Disappointing Merch Sales, Humboldt Last Week Manages to Round Up $500 to Donate to Food For People

OBITUARY: Mary Dawn Cunningham, 1927-2023

Hoopa Valley Tribe Announces (Another) Big Legal Win Over Westlands Water District

OBITUARY: Hans Spek, 1934-2023

OBITUARY: Katherine Faye Fulton, 1941-2023

November 2023

Sheriff’s Office Puts McKinleyville Safeway on Lockdown, Shoots Man Wielding Large, Fixed-Blade Knife With Beanbag Rounds and Taser, HCSO Says

Yurok Tribe Vice Chairman Frankie Myers Declares Candidacy for State Assembly District 2 Seat

OBITUARY: Marjorie Evans, 1937-2023

Fire Takes Out Trailer in Ridgewood Road Residential Area

(UPDATE: MORE SMOKE!) Seeing a Lot of Smoke in the North County? That’s a Controlled Burn