Articles by LoCO Staff

August 2019

Yurok Tribe Says it Will Stand For Denial of Commercial Cannabis Permit Near Ceremonial Land at Next Humboldt County Board of Supervisors Meeting

A Block of Eureka’s 14th Street is Closed as Crews Work to Restore Busted Water Main

26-Year-Old Man Shot and Killed on Monument Road in Rio Dell Last Night; Suspect Still at Large

OBITUARY: Tresslar Guy Way, Jr., 1942-2019

Suspected Humboldt County Drug Trafficker Rodrigo ‘Shorty’ Rios Apprehended in Kern County, Drug Task Force Says

MAXIMUM ENFORCEMENT! The CHP Will Be on the Lookout for Drunk and Stoned Drivers This Labor Day Weekend

Yes, You Forgot to Turn Off the Stove: Humboldt Bay Fire Clears Smoke From Myrtletown Apartment After Finding Burning Pot With No One Home

Cal State University System to Provide Immigration Legal Services to Students and Employees; HSU Says Plan Will Meet ‘Major Need’ for Its Estimated 100 Undocumented Students

OBITUARY: Bonnie Lee Botkin, 1928-2019

OBITUARY: Robert Taulbee Warren, 1926-2018, and Nancy Meader Warren, 1932-2019

OBITUARY: Robert Gerald (‘Bob’) Mastel, 1945-2019

(PHOTOS/MAP) Those Big Ugly Concrete Vaults on the Peninsula Have Been Beautified By Art, and a Party For This Has Been Scheduled

HOUSEKEEPING: Bill Prescott, Local Mover/Shaker, is the New General Manager of Lost Coast Communications

SURVEY! Eureka’s New Brand Managers Would Like to Know What Locals Think Makes the City Unique

MONDAYS WITH MICHAELE: Birds of a Feather (Boa, That Is)!

OBITUARY: Arnold Joseph Souza, 1932-2019

OBITUARY: Keith McCloghrie, 1948-2019

Armed Eureka Woman With Mysterious Gunshot Wound, Large Amount of Cash Tasered After Brief Tussle with Deputies

(IMAGES) NEW TRAIL COMING! Arcata is Getting Serious About Extending Town Trails North to Giuntoli and Beyond, and Eventually (Someday) to Blue Lake

Eureka Police K9 Sniffs Out Meth and Heroin During Traffic Stop

OBITUARY: Elizabeth Lauren Boase, 1996-2019

Bayshore Inn Guests Evacuated Due to Sauna Fire

Humboldt County’s Rate of Overdose Death Fell Dramatically Last Year, According to New State Health Department Stats

One of Sequoia Park Zoo’s Gibbons Has Died

Officers and Civilians Pulled 1,500 Pounds of Garbage Out of ‘Abandoned Encampments’ in Cooper Gulch Tuesday, Eureka Police Say

OBITUARY: Dena Michelle O’Rourke, 1979-2019

OBITUARY: Peggy Louise Rock, 1941-2019

Two Suspicious Vegetation Fires Likely Sparked By Same Person Last Night, Arcata Fire District Says

These Local Health Professionals are Urging Pregnant and Breastfeeding Moms to Lay Off the Cannabis

(PHOTOS) EUREKA GRAND THEFT INVESTIGATION: Do You Recognize These Blurry Folks?

Lithium Battery Ignites, Starting Garage Fire in McKinleyville

OBITUARY: Jason David Hubbard, 1974-2019

Eureka Teen Arrested After Threatening to Stab Employee of Business He’d Just Shoplifted From, Says EPD

EMERGENCY LIFTED: The Entrance to Humboldt Bay is Once Again Deep Enough to Cross Safely, Says Harbor District

MISSING: Sheriff’s Office Seeking Dow’s Prairie Man Last Seen by Roommates in 2018

HSU Receives $8.6M to Rebuild Trinity Annex; Building Will House University’s Children’s Center

OBITUARY: Francis ‘Toads’ Stebbins, 1931-2019

OBITUARY: Barbara Patricia Hill, 1928-2019

MONDAYS WITH MICHAELE: Fishing is Difficult!

Local Man Daniel Komins Found Dead in Trinity Alps; Preliminary Investigation Reveals the Missing Hiker May Have Fallen in Steep, Rocky Terrain

California National Guard, Governor’s Office of Emergency Services Join Effort to Find Missing Trinity Alps Hiker From Blue Lake

Arcata Police Investigating Reported Redwood Park Sexual Assault

Nearly Two Tons of Garbage Removed From Wetlands Encampments West of Broadway in Eureka

(UPDATE) Eureka Woman Arrested for Felony Assault Following 3-Hour Standoff With Police on Harris Street

Karuk Tribe Releases Climate Adaptation Plan Calling for More Prescribed Fires

(VIDEO) Earth First! Issues Statement on Yesterday’s Action in Scotia; ‘Hazardous Material’ Was Latex Paint, Activist Group Says

OBITUARY: Robert J. ‘Bob’ Beland, 1954-2019

OBITUARY: Lester Brown Kooyman, 1953-2019

(UPDATE) Sheriff’s Office Provides More Information on Blue Lake Hiker Missing in Trinity Alps

One Activist Arrested at Scotia Mill Demonstration Today; Sheriff’s Office Alleges Protester ‘Dumped Hazardous Material’ Into Roadway