Articles by LoCO Staff

June 2020

Eight Thousand Plants Taken Down in the Honeydew Area Today; Once Again, Many Serious Water Violations Were Noted, Marijuana Enforcement Team Says

Mendo Sheriff Investigating Possibility That Minor Located at Raided Covelo Grow is a Victim of Sex, Labor Trafficking

Local Beverage Container Buyback Centers to Remain Closed to Protect Employees From COVID-19

Ten Thousand Plants Eradicated, Illegal Water Diversion/Pollution Violations Cited in Disnmore Raid Yesterday, Sheriff’s Office Says

(PHOTOS/VIDEO) Arcata Fire Tackles Late-Night Fire at Single-Family Home in McKinleyville

(VIDEO) Local Latino Community Has Disproportionate Share of COVID-19 Cases, County Health Officer Says

Sheriff’s Office Identifies Body Found at Ma-lel Dunes Last Week as Victorville Man Who Fell Into the Sea Near Trinidad a Month Ago

Eureka Police Arrest 70-Year-Old Man in Connection to Yesterday’s Bank Robbery

OBITUARY: Kathleen Lehto Cataldi, 1919-2020

Old Man Hides Behind COVID Mask in Downtown Bank Robbery Today; Eureka Police Seeking Suspect Who Scrammed With Cash

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