Articles by LoCO Staff

October 2025

THE CHANGING OF THE MEREDITHS: Six Rivers Brewery Owner Meredith Maier Named Arcata Chamber of Commerce Executive Director

BIG WAVES! The First of the Big Winter Swells is Landing Upon Our Shores as We Speak, So Pay Heed to the Ocean

Fortuna Trespassing Complaint Leads to Two Arrests, Recovery of Numerous Stolen Firearms

OBITUARY: Terence Hugh Liles, 1936-2025

September 2025

Sheriff’s Office Announces New Program to Help Wean Inmates Off Opioid Addiction

OBITUARY: Mary Ellen Laffranchi, 1925-2025

OBITUARY: Tammy Lynne (Bellach) Lewis, 1969-2025

OBITUARY: Dennis George Black, 1941-2025

NEW LAW ALERT: Newsom Signs Bill to Protect Salmon Populations in the Klamath River Watershed

GUEST OPINION: Local Medical Providers Reject Providence Attorneys’ Stance on Emergency Abortion Access

Sheriff’s Office Seeks Public’s Help in Locating a Vintage Gas Pump Stolen During a Recent Burglary in Arcata

OBITUARY: Henry Moore, 1938-2025

Yesterday’s Police Standoff on Hawthorne Ends After SWAT Team, K-9 Unit Storm House; Suspect Taken Into Custody

Sheriff’s Deputy Searches Man on Probation for Drug Crimes, Finds More Drugs, HCSO Says

Humboldt Marijuana Enforcement Team Part of Multi-Agency Raid on Grow in Northern Mendocino County

(UPDATE: IN CUSTODY) Big Police Presence on Eureka’s Hawthorne Street

OBITUARY: Justin Seth Talkington, 1998-2025

Driver for Local Transit Company Arrested For Alleged Sexual Assault of Woman He Picked Up on the Side of the Road, Sheriff’s Office Says

Next Week is The Week Without Driving, In Which You Are Invited to Imagine Living Without a Car for Seven Days

Smoke in Loleta? That’s Probably Just CalFire Torching Invasive European Beach Grass Near Table Bluff

Multiple Collisions on Eureka Slough Bridge Back Up Traffic on Southbound Hwy. 101 Safety Corridor.

OBITUARY: Gary Lee Gower, 1946-2025

Eureka Man Arrested on Attempted Murder, Street Gang Charges in Connection With March Drive-By Shooting

Local Racial Justice Group Sees ‘Racial Intimidation’ in Recent Hanging-Man Graffiti

Two Humboldt Deputies, Patrol Vehicle Struck by Fleeing Driver During High Speed Chase That Ranged From Shelter Cove to Willits

OBITUARY: Mary Ann Wehmeyer (Dalton), 1947-2025

OBITUARY: Walter Sam Del Biaggio, 1933-2025

OBITUARY: Nicholas Edward Davidson, 1989-2025

Sheriff’s Office Releases Security and Body Camera Footage From June’s Fatal Shooting at Bear River Casino

Michigan Man Arrested for Kidnapping, Reckless Driving and Possession of a Stolen Vehicle After Hitting Speeds Above 100 mph on the Safety Corridor, EPD Says

A New Interactive Map of Humboldt Bay’s Water Trails Just Dropped

Construction is All Set to Begin on the First Phase of the Annie and Mary Trail

Eureka Welcomes You to Da’ Yas Park, the New Crown Jewel of its Neighborhood Playgrounds

OBITUARY: Tennie Helena Brooks, 1939-2025

Avelo Bails Early: Airline’s Last Flight to Burbank Will Be Next Month, Not December 2 as Previously Planned

Striking Northcoast Environmental Center Staff Issue Statement

OBITUARY: John Charles Macinata, 1956-2025

OBITUARY: Ella Craig, 1929-2025

Loleta Woman Taken Into Custody After Blue Lake Traffic Stop, and Later Booked on Suspicion of Attempting to Smuggle Drugs Into Jail, Sheriff’s Office Says

Redwood National Park Would Like a Word With the People Who Have Been Stealing Its Beautiful Metal Things All Year Long

OBITUARY: Andrea Jeanette Rose Marshall Kelsey, 1941-2025

OBITUARY: Dennis Domijan, 1964-2025

Eureka Registered Sex Offender Sentenced to State Prison After Failing Compliance Check

Don’t Be Too Alarmed By the Upcoming Fires on Bald Hills: They’re Prescribed!

NO MORE PBS KIDS: KEET-TV Whittles Itself Down to One Single Broadcast Channel in Effort to Stay Alive

Eureka’s C Street Will Be Further Transformed Into a Bicycle Boulevard Starting Tuesday

OBITUARY: Jeffrey ‘Jeff’ Lovett Bobbitt, 1942-2025

OBITUARY: Hartmut R. ‘Hardy’ Ziesak, 1939-2025

OBITUARY: Ellis Eugene Cleaver, 1942-2025

OBITUARY: Judy Ann Cole, 1947-2025