Articles by LoCO Staff

August 2025

OBITUARY: Shirley ‘Jean’ Browning, 1935-2025

MISSING: Eureka Police Department Seeking 37-Year-Old Woman Last Seen in April in Arcata

OBITUARY: Noel Francis Halker, 1977-2025

Sheriff’s Office Arrests Alleged Repeat Offenders in Theft-From-Vehicles Case

Sheriff’s Deputies Clear Illegal Homeless Encampment North of Redway Following ‘Human-Caused’ Brush Fire; One Woman Arrested for Trespassing

OBITUARY: Levi Parker Rice, 1982-2025

OBITUARY: Donald Lincoln Ziegenfuss, 1930-2025

Indianola Cutoff Traffic Stop End With Two Arrested on Suspicion of Dealing Meth and Fentanyl

July 2025

OBITUARY: Martha Janelle Cringle Buss, 1938-2025

OBITUARY: Donald M Brown, 1931-2025

(UPDATES) TSUNAMI CANCELLED: Advisory Lifted; Exercise Caution on the Beach

Arcata Man Pulled Over, Arrested With 400 Pounds of Psilocybin Mushrooms and $370k in Cash, Says Law Enforcement

BUTLER FIRE UPDATE: Resources Shifted to Southern Perimeter as Containment Nears 50 Percent; Evacuation Orders, Warnings Remain in Place

OBITUARY: Natalie R. Turner, 1964-2025

OBITUARY: Paul McEwen III, 1962-2025

Sheriff’s Office Identifies Man Shot by Deputies in Glendale Saturday

FIRE UPDATE: Butler Fire Hits 21,000 Acres; 38 Percent Contained

OBITUARY: Donald Eugene Schmitter, 1944-2025

OBITUARY: Patricia Ann Fales, 1969-2025

Wanted Felon Shot Dead Near Blue Lake in Standoff With Humboldt County Sheriff’s Deputies, Agency Reports

PG&E Files Its Application to Surrender its Hydropower License, Paving the Way for the Removal of the Potter Valley Dams on the Eel River

BUTLER FIRE UPDATE: Rain Last Night Helped Firefighters Gain Ground, But There is Still a Red Flag Warning in Effect; Virtual Community Meeting Tonight

OBITUARY: Ruby Huck, 1934-2025

OBITUARY: Melvin (Sam) Roy McCornack, 1940-2025

OBITUARY: Mary V. Rocha, 1933-2025

FIRE UPDATE: Butler Fire Closes in 19,000 Acres as Red Flag Warning Goes Into Effect

Extra Deputies Patrolling Trinidad Following Burglary Investigation

OBITUARY: Annette E. Stainbrook, 1966-2025

OBITUARY: ‘Yogi’ Eugene Arthur Saxon Jr., 1963-2025

OBITUARY: Shirley Ann Meyer, 1933-2025

OBITUARY: Elvina Newjahr Wood, 1928-2025

OBITUARY: Glenda K. Cooper, 1947-2025

FIRE UPDATE: Crews Strengthen Containment Lines Along Salmon River Road as Butler Fire Reaches 18,474 Acres

Interested in Eel River Dam Removal? Mark Your Calendars, Because PG&E is Holding an Online Town Hall Meeting Next Month

OBITUARY: Cole Christopher Foos, 1984-2025

OBITUARY: Carolyn Sue Lucas (Gibbs), 1943-2025

OBITUARY: Rose Ann Burger Hurst, 1927-2025

OBITUARY: Robert ‘Rick’ Parsells, 1951-2025

OBITUARY: Germaine Marie (Rivet) Mix, 1937-2025

(UPDATE: ALL CLEAR) Sheriff’s Office Seeking Man Who Fled From Rio Dell Firefighters Who Were Attempting to Help Him Earlier Today

Two Head-On Car Collisions on Highway 101 in Northern Mendo Yesterday; Both Were DUI-Related and One Innocent Driver Was Killed, CHP Says

FIRE UPDATE: Containment Lines Hold Steady as Butler Fire Nears 18,000 Acres; Red Flag Warning Issued

OBITUARY: Raymond Truttman, 1934-2025

Head-On Crash That Seriously Injured Two People on 299 Last Week Caused by Caltrans Employee Veering Into Incoming Traffic, CHP Says

FIRE UPDATE: Evacuation Orders Expanded as Butler Fire Exceeds 17,000 Acres With 6 Percent Containment

OBITUARY: Alice Flocchini, 1923-2025

OBITUARY: Andrew Louis Sicard, 1963-2025

Blue Lake Man Arrested on Suspicion of Fentanyl and Meth Sales

OBITUARY: Diana Lee Harralson, 1949-2025

OBITUARY: Lavern ‘Gary’ Juchtzer, 1948-2025