Articles by LoCO Staff
April 2023
HUMBOLDT TEA TIME: Food For People’s Carly Robbins Tells Us All About What’s Going on With Humboldt County’s Food Bank — Including Its Brand-New Building
State Officials Close Recreational Razor Clam Fishery in Humboldt County Due to ‘Significant Threat’ of Domoic Acid Exposure
OBITUARY: Steven Olan Sexton Jr., 1982-2023
HUMBOLDT TODAY with John Kennedy O’Connor | April 21, 2023
Huge Drug Task Force Sweep in Hoopa and Willow Creek Yesterday Results in Five Arrests
Two McKinleyville Women Dead After Head-On Collision on State Route 299
‘IT’S OK TO VOTE’: Grand Jury Issues Its First Report of This Cycle, Focused on Humboldt County Election Integrity
CONVERSATIONS: Find a Pretty Painted Rock in a Weird Place? Christy Snyder of Northcoast Children’s Services Tells Us What You Found and What to Do With It
OBITUARY: Audrey Miller, 1932-2023
OBITUARY: Michael Lindy Pedro, 1956-2023
HUMBOLDT TODAY with John Kennedy O’Connor | April 20, 2023
Sheriff’s Office Lieutenant Arrested, Charged With Brandishing Weapon at His Estranged Wife and Her Boyfriend
Missing Fortuna Man Found Dead in Solo Vehicle Crash Off Blue Slide Road
OBITUARY: Mary Ann Flanagan, 1930-2023
HUMBOLDT TODAY with John Kennedy O’Connor | April 19, 2023
Sheriff’s Office Issues Statement on Harris Street Incident, With Clear Photos of the Suspects and Weapons Recovered
California Attorney General Bonta to Host Event Promoting Awareness of Missing and Murdered Indigenous People in Blue Lake on Saturday
Freshwater School Eighth-Grader Brings Home Big Award for Her Redwood Science Research
CONVERSATIONS: Old Town Restaurateur Charity Desbrow on Moving Into the Old, Historic Oberon Location (And Acquiring a Full Bar)
OBITUARY: Elzie ‘Dave’ Holbrooks, 1964-2023
HUMBOLDT TODAY with John Kennedy O’Connor | April 18, 2023
Victim’s Dog Allegedly Foils Home Invasion Robbery in McK Last Night; Two Suspects Wanted, Sheriff’s Office Says
House Fire Near Arcata Elementary Renders Residence Uninhabitable
OBITUARY: William Joseph McCarthy II, 1951-2023
OBITUARY: Billie Sue Hillegeist, 1934-2023
HUMBOLDT TODAY with John Kennedy O’Connor | April 17, 2023
Sheriff’s Office Seeks Two Suspects in Late-Night Armed Robbery on the Samoa Peninsula
Sweep of Local People on the Sex Offender List Finds About 10 Percent Out of Compliance, Sheriff’s Office Says
Sheriff’s Office By the Numbers: County’s Law Enforcement Arm Releases its 2022 Annual Report, With Scads of Charts and Graphs About Every Aspect of its Operations
HUMBOLDT TEA TIME: Supervisor Steve Madrone on His Life, His Politics and the Future Humboldt County He’s Working Toward
THE ECONEWS REPORT: Suing the Feds for Klamath Water
OBITUARY: Lorene W. Edmondson, 1930-2023
HUMBOLDT TODAY with John Kennedy O’Connor | April 14, 2023
Convicted Felon Arrested With Meth and Loaded Gun Following Late-Night Highway 36 Traffic Stop, Sheriff’s Office Says
OBITUARY: Jeffrey Kevin Brockman, 1965-2023
HUMBOLDT TODAY with John Kennedy O’Connor | April 13, 2023
Drug Tasks Force Arrests One, Uncovers Three Ounces of Fentanyl During Search of Eureka Residence
Old, Live Military Grade Shell Found on Centerville Beach by People Who Gone Out a’ Metal-Detecting; Bomb Squad Renders Device Safe
Eureka Traffic Stop Yields Quantities of Fentanyl; Two Arrested
Hoopa Traffic Stop Yields Quantities of Meth; One Arrested
CONVERSATIONS: Airport Director Cody Roggatz Talks About What the County is Trying to Do to Make ACV Less Painful
OBITUARY: Harvey Baird, 1929-2023
HUMBOLDT TODAY with John Kennedy O’Connor | April 12, 2023
On the Sixth Anniversary of the Death of David Josiah Lawson, Arcata Police Once Again Ask Witnesses at the Party to Come Forward
McGuire Legislation to Speed Up Offshore Wind Development Clears Natural Resources Committee, Senator’s Office Announces
OBITUARY: Ted Trichilo, 1921-2023
OBITUARY: Russel ‘Bud’ Markussen, 1962-2023
HUMBOLDT TODAY with John Kennedy O’Connor | April 11, 2023
With Spring Snow Survey Complete, Klamath National Forest Says That the Current Snow Pack is Nearly Double That of an Average Year
CONVERSATIONS: Let’s Check in With Cheryl Dillingham, Humboldt County’s Auditor-Controller