Articles by LoCO Staff

May 2019

Tom Jackson Jr., Longtime Administrator and Education Ph.D., Named New Humboldt State University President

OBITUARY: Sawyer Everett Hawkins, 2003-2019

OBITUARY: Tony Anthony Castro, 1926-2019

OBITUARY: Irma Lee Watts, 1929-2019

OBITUARY: Mary Jeannette Tappan, 1930-2019

The Library is Beefing Up its Holdings on Thailand, China and Other Asian Countries, Thanks to a Private Donor

The LI’L GREEN FIRE ENGINE! Arcata Fire Gets Cool New Offroad Rescue/Firefighting Vehicle, With the Help of Grants

OBITUARY: Luci Jones, 1930-2019

OBITUARY: Lamoine ‘Lee’ Hooven Dyer, 1927-2019

CHP Names Victim in Saturday’s Fatal Hit-and-Run Crash

Some Ne’er-Do-Well Went Joyriding on the Grass at Newburg Park in Fortuna Over the Weekend

After Reports of Man Exposing Himself to Kids Near Eureka High and Zane, Eureka Police Have Stepped Up Patrols and are Seeking Public’s Help

A Guy Tried to Flee From a Traffic Stop in Loleta Friday Afternoon, Sheriff’s Office Says, But He Finally Stopped Anyway

MONDAYS WITH MICHAELE: No Seagulls? No Problem!

OBITUARY: Dylan Ray LaFranchi, 1992-2019

OBITUARY: Inga (Schulz) Passarini, 1947-2019

‘The Village’ Housing Project Will be Back Before the Arcata City Council, Yet Again, on June 5

Caltrout Gets Big State Grant to Return 950 Acres of Cannibal Island to Marshland

OBITUARY: Wade J. DeLashmutt, Sr., 1929-2019

OBITUARY: Joseph Allen Salsbery, 1946-2019

OBITUARY: Vernon John Skoglund, 1947-2019

OBITUARY: Frank Joseph Pelosa, 1947-2019

OBITUARY: Cynthia Helen Ostlund, 1965-2019

MISSING GIRL: Sheriff’s Office Seeks Help Finding Orick Four-Year-Old Believed to Have Been Illegally Taken by Mother

Local Law Enforcement Agencies Take Multi-Day Course on Defusing Critical Incidents

Sheriff’s Office Conducts Midnight Rescue of Four Gold Bluffs Beach Hikers Whose Tent Was Blown Away

OBITUARY: Timothy James Smith, 1970-2019

OBITUARY: Marilyn Ann Moore, 1947-2019

Two Arrested With Stolen Goods, Burglary Tools After Patrol Deputy Spots Probationer Hanging Out on the Side of the Road, Sheriff’s Office Says

Big Weed Bust in Loleta Finds 5,000+ Unpermitted Plants, BHO Lab, Environmental Violations; Two Arrested, Sheriff’s Office Says

Donations Help Betty Chinn Buy New Blue Angel Truck to Feed the Homeless After a Driver Plowed Into the Old One

Suspect Arrested in $1 Million Trinidad Jewelry Burglary; Heroin Also Found, Sheriff’s Office Says

Carbon Monoxide Detector Helped Save Lives at McKinleyville Apartment Complex, Arcata Fire Says

Test Finds No Asbestos in Gist Hall Air; Material Found in Air System Still Unidentified

Shasta-Trinity Forest Service K9 Japser Retires After Sniffing Out Thousands of Pounds of Illegal Drugs During His Career

WELCOME the REDNOUR! Coast Guard State-of-the-Art Cutter Visits the North Coast Just as Everyone Seems to Need Rescuing

OBITUARY: Lois Ellen Strand Reel Willson, 1923-2019

OBITUARY: Jack E. Shaffer, 1928-2019

Suspect in Famous 2015 Pacific Outfitters Handgun Heist Sentenced to Federal Prison

Missing Man Found Dead in McKay Tract, Eureka Police Say

Possible Asbestos Substance Found in Gist Hall Air System Still Being Tested; University Says ‘Staffing Issues’ Delayed Results

OBITUARY: Robert Kenneth Hartman, 1943-2019

Three Men Hold Up Victim in Redway Motel Early Saturday Morning, Sheriff’s Office Says; Suspects Made Away With ‘Several Thousand Dollars in Cash’

Felony Warrant Arrest in Eureka Area Yields Firearms Arsenal, Stolen Property, Meth, Sheriff’s Office Says

MONDAYS WITH MICHAELE: Pound It Out, Humboldt!

HSU Releases Final Exam Relocation Plan After Asbestos Scare in Gist Hall

Four Missouri Men Arrested for Armed Weed Robbery After Yesterday’s ‘Shots Fired’ Incident in Arcata

HSU’s Gist Hall Closed After Possible Disturbed Asbestos Discovered Friday

OBITUARY: Scott Michael Slater, 1970-2019

OBITUARY: Elvin Joseph Leger, 1925-2019