Articles by LoCO Staff

August 2026

Major Injury Traffic Collision in Eureka; Police Say Cyclist Blew Seventh Street Stop Sign Before Crash With Vehicle

WARNING! Trinity River Flows Will Run High Through Mid-September as Lewiston Dam Releases Begin

Three Condors Take First Free Flights from the Northern California Condor Restoration Program

Eureka Police Arrest Warrant Suspect at Fourth Street Hotel, and Say They Found Evidence of Ongoing Fentanyl Sales in His Car

OBITUARY: Judith Jean DeGraff, 1946-2026

MARK YOUR CALENDAR: PG&E Will Be Sounding a Variety of Alarms in King Salmon at 12:05 P.M. Every Friday Until Further Notice

Local Public Speaker, Eureka City Schools Board Member Joins Ronald Reagan, Colin Powell and Norman Vincent Peale in the Public Speaking Hall of Fame

Homicide in Hoopa Last Night; Sheriff’s Office Says it Has No Suspect at This Time

OBITUARY: Stephanie Leanne Nichols (Sells), 1987-2026

OBITUARY: Christopher ‘Monk’ Eric Nicholas, 1982-2026

OBITUARY: Jean Charlotte Arruda, 1939-2026

OBITUARY: Edith Dorene Hiscox, 1931-2026

Humboldt County Issues Statement Explaining Its Reasons for Settling Cannabis Code Enforcement Lawsuit

GUEST OPINION: What Humboldt Kids Can Get From Getting Out of Humboldt Once in a While

The Arcata Police Department Invites You to Come Eat a Hot Dog and Hang Out at its HQ This Saturday

Smoke on Bear River Ridge This Week? That’s Just a Controlled Burn

OBITUARY: Shannon Childs, 1975-2026

OBITUARY: Marilyn Jean Blackburn, 1948-2026

High-Speed Chase of a Wanted Felon Ends After Foot Pursuit Near Fernbridge, Eureka Police Say

HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS FANS: Please Note That the Big 5 and Little 4 Conferences Will Henceforth be Known as the ‘Pacific’ and ‘Redwood’ Conferences, Respectively

The Drug Task Force Would Like to Locate This Suspected Drug Trafficker, Whom it Says it Has Confiscated Almost Two and a Half Pounds of Fentanyl From Over the Past 18 Months

Drug Task Force Charges Man With Pimping and Pandering After Arresting Him Allegedly in Possession of Lots of Drugs and a Stolen Gun

Police Use Flock Camera Network to Track a Missing, At-Risk Adult to Humboldt County, More Than 150 Miles From Petaluma Home

Local Film Commission Brings Home Award for its Work on ‘One Battle After Another’

MILE POST FIRE UPDATE: The Fire’s Footprint Has Not Changed, but Some Danger Remains

McKinleyville Man Arrested in Connection With Gas Station Robbery Earlier This Week

Two Men Were Found Drowned in the Trinity River on Wednesday, Sheriff’s Office Says

A Month of Friday Night Markets in Arcata Kicks Off Tonight With Duane Flatmo’s El Pulpo Magnifico

MILE POST FIRE UPDATE: Armed With a Variety of Drones and Favorable Weather, Firefighters Have Held it at Around 7,600 Acres, With About 75 Percent Containment

Autopsy Reveals That a Previously Reported Drowning Death in the Trinity River Was Actually Caused by a Heart Attack, Sheriff’s Office Says

OBITUARY: Thomas Eugene Sutton, 1955-2026

(VIDEO) Caltrans Has Taken Some Beautiful Drone Footage of Last Chance Grade, and It’s Releasing it Along With an Announcement of the Next Phase of Planning for the Longest Highway Tunnel in the State

Eureka Police Arrest 42-Year-Old Man on Suspicion of Dealing Fentanyl Out of the McDonald’s Parking Lot

Housing Elements are a Big Deal, and the County is Updating Its! Catch Community Meetings in Garberville and McKinleyville Next Week to Offer Feedback About What You’d Like to See in Your Community

MILE POST FIRE UPDATE: Firefighters Are Gaining the Upper Hand

OBITUARY: Linda Joyce Cidoni, 1954-2026

HEADS UP: All Lanes on Northbound Eureka Slough Bridge to be Closed Overnight Sunday

DNA Evidence and Forensic Genealogy Help Confirm the Identify of a Man Found Dead and Burned in a Eureka Homeless Camp 13 Years Ago

GUEST OPINION: I Implore Open Door to Reconsider its Decision to Preemptively End its Programs for Trans Youth

The Redwood Coast Energy Authority Now Controls a Huge Battery Storage System in the California Desert, Delivering Solar-Generated Electricity When the Sun is Down

(UPDATE) MILE POST FIRE UPDATE: Containment Jumps to 40% as Firefighters ‘Gain the Upper Hand’ on Growth; Highway 96 Reopens to One-Way Controlled Traffic

McK Gas Station Held Up at Gunpoint Early This Morning; Sheriff’s Office Seeking Suspect

OBITUARY: Richard Scoville, 1963-2026

OBITUARY: Helen Carolyn (Susich) Saunders, 1934-2026

Access Humboldt’s New Home is Where Your Heart Was: Poletski’s Former Location Will Become a ‘Digital Innovation Center’

Food For People to Hold Emergency Food Distribution Events Along Highway 96

MISSING: Sheriff’s Office Seeking 64-Year-Old Man Last Seen in Willow Creek

OPEN! Highway 96 is Open to One-Way Traffic, for the Time Being; Expect Long Delays

Nineteen-Year-Old Hoopa Man Arrested for Alleged Sexual Intercourse With 14-Year-Old, Sheriff’s Office Says

MILE POST FIRE UPDATE: Containment Increases as Fire Nears 7,000 Acres; Highway 96 Still Closed North of Hoopa