Articles by LoCO Staff

May 2025

67-Year-Old Fentanyl Trafficker Sentenced to 16 Years in State Prison, District Attorney’s Office Says

U.S. Dept. of Education Opens Investigation Into Antisemitism Complaint Against Cal Poly Humboldt

Registered Sex Offender Arrested After Exposing Himself at Bear River Pump and Play, Sheriff’s Office Says

OBITUARY: Kyle David Avelar, 1987-2025

Attention, Local Government Watchdogs! The Humboldt County Civil Grand Jury is in Desperate Need of More Jurors for Its Upcoming Term!

Eureka High’s Future Farmers Continue Their Insane Post-Season Run, With the Forestry Team and the Milk Quality and Dairy Foods Team Bringing Home High Accolades From Statewide Competition

Cal Poly Humboldt’s VP of Advancement (and Former Tom Jackson Chief of Staff) To Leave the University Next Month, Interim President Announces

Introducing Humboldt County’s Next Director of Aviation, Ryan Cooley, Who Is Set to Be Appointed By the Supes on Tuesday

‘Empty Bowls,’ a Major Free Meal Fundraiser, Coming Up Again Next Month, With a Tribute to the Local Man Who Made it Happen Here

OBITUARY: Bob Robertson, 1954-2025

OBITUARY: Gloria Hartman, 1956-2025

OBITUARY: Ralph Leonard Lindstrom, Jr., 1932-2025

OBITUARY: Cheryl Lynn Land, 1948-2025

The Hoopa Valley is About to Get Wired Up With Fast Fiber-Optic Lines. Downside? Travel on 96 is Gonna Be Impacted for Quite a While

Eureka Police Commander Leonard La France Named ‘Crisis Intervention Team Law Enforcement Executive of the Year’

Pelican Bay Prison Artists Collaborate With Cal Poly Humboldt Students on ‘Project Rebound’ Mural

Four Adults Arrested, Two Children Placed Into Protective Custody After Search Warrant Served on Alleged McK Drug House Yesterday, Sheriff’s Office Says

Deputies Track Loleta Burglary, Car Theft Case to Man Let Out of Prison Eight Days Earlier, Sheriff’s Office Says

OBITUARY: Peggy Kathryn Young Buchanan, 1943-2025

OBITUARY: Sylvia Jean Mays-Townsend, 1940-2025

OBITUARY: Catherine Gail Blake (Sanderson), 1948-2025

OBITUARY: Patricia Ann Thornburgh, 1937-2025

City of Eureka Sez: Only Three Hours of Public Testimony on the Homeless Ordinance Will Be Allowed at Next Week’s City Council Meeting

This Summer, Let’s All Do Our Part to Keep These New, Nasty, Invasive, Infrastructure-Destroying Mussels Out of Ruth Lake

OBITUARY: Patricia Marie McNamara, 1938-2025

OBITUARY: Cynthia Acre Ziegler, 1931-2025

County Government Wins $45.3 Million Grant to Build a New Sempervirens in Downtown Eureka

OBITUARY: Sally Linda Goetz, 1948-2025

OBITUARY: Susan Bornstein, 1946-2025

OBITUARY: Rosa Juana Hernandez, 1953-2025

Yurok Tribe Awarded $26.4M to Build a Health and Wellness Center Near Martin’s Ferry Bridge

Suspect in Major Copper Wire Theft Tracked Down to Warren Creek Road Address, Sheriff’s Office Says

Arcata Police Arrest Convicted Felon Allegedly Brandishing Shotgun in Valley West This Morning

Humboldt Cop Doggos Secure Funding

OBITUARY: Eric ‘Gunner’ Cunningham, 1980-2025

OBITUARY: Grace Fridley, 1954-2025

OBITUARY: Don Bullard, 1942-2025

Two Arrested, Over Five Thousand Growing Cannabis Plants Eradicated During Old Fashioned Weed Bust at Redway Home

Fatal House Fire in Rio Dell This Morning Probably Caused by Unattended Candle, City Says

OBITUARY: Imogene Fay DeWarns, 1937-2025

OBITUARY: Rayetta Warlick, 1937-2025

EPD Provides Additional Details on Yesterday’s Fatal Vehicle vs. Bicycle Collision on Harris

DNA Testing Closes Another Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office Cold Case, This One from 1987

OBITUARY: Cynthia Lynn Silva, 1974-2025

EPD on Scene of Fatal Collision on Harris Street

OBITUARY: Jim (James) Dale, 1961-2025

OBITUARY: Charlie Thorp, 1939-2025

OBITUARY: Jeff Angelo, 1964-2025

OBITUARY: Signe Ann (Gooch) Savage, 1956-2025

OBITUARY: Tammy Rochelle Reid, 1959-2025