Articles by LoCO Staff

December 2023

Judge Gregory Kreis Announces Re-Election Campaign, Will Hold Rally at the Gazebo Wednesday

Sheriff’s Office Actively Searching for Missing Man Near Piercy

OBITUARY: Eric Matilton, 1985-2023

OBITUARY: Dorothy Joyce Lyman Mather, 1930-2023

Humboldt Holiday Food Drive ‘Smashes All Records’

CDFW to Lift Recreational Dungeness Crab Restrictions for North Coast on Dec. 16; Commercial Fishery Remains Closed

OBITUARY: Norma Lee Nored, 1934-2023

PG&E Choppers Will Be Cruisin’ Transmission Lines in Southern Humboldt Thru Next Week to Conduct Maintenance Work

[UPDATE: All Clear; Rex Mad] McKinleyville High is Now on Lockdown For the Sixth Time in Two Weeks

OBITUARY: Diane Lehman, 1937-2023

OBITUARY: Bill Barton, 1934-2023

Sheriff’s Office Provides Details on What Led to McKinleyville High School’s Five Lockdowns in Eight Days

Brian Stephens Will Be Eureka’s Next Police Chief; Todd Jarvis to Retire Early Next Month

OBITUARY: Joseph Kurtz, 1942-2023

OBITUARY: Mildred V. Culver, 1928-2023

ARSON: Humboldt Bay Fire Suspects Foul Play in Early Morning Eureka Parking Garage Vehicle Fire

HELP FEED HUMBOLDT: Food For People and Senator Mike McGuire Are Holding Their Big Annual Food Drive in Eureka on Thursday

(UPDATE: SENDING STUDENTS HOME EARLY) Mack High on Lockdown This Morning for the Third Time in the Last Two Weeks

OBITUARY: Gail Ruth Samuels, 1947-2023

OBITUARY: Charles Anthony Didier, 1956-2023

OBITUARY: Susan K. Lerner, 1952-2023

OBITUARY: Lorraine Margrette Keisner, 1945-2023

Eureka City Council Pulls Discussion on Israel-Palestine Cease-Fire Off Tomorrow Night’s Council Agenda

Despite Disappointing Merch Sales, Humboldt Last Week Manages to Round Up $500 to Donate to Food For People

OBITUARY: Mary Dawn Cunningham, 1927-2023

Hoopa Valley Tribe Announces (Another) Big Legal Win Over Westlands Water District

OBITUARY: Hans Spek, 1934-2023

OBITUARY: Katherine Faye Fulton, 1941-2023

November 2023

Sheriff’s Office Puts McKinleyville Safeway on Lockdown, Shoots Man Wielding Large, Fixed-Blade Knife With Beanbag Rounds and Taser, HCSO Says

Yurok Tribe Vice Chairman Frankie Myers Declares Candidacy for State Assembly District 2 Seat

OBITUARY: Marjorie Evans, 1937-2023

Fire Takes Out Trailer in Ridgewood Road Residential Area

(UPDATE: MORE SMOKE!) Seeing a Lot of Smoke in the North County? That’s a Controlled Burn

GUEST OPINION: McKinleyville High School Students Deserve Better

INTRODUCING the Community Health Dashboard, an Interactive Tool That ‘Tells the Story of the Health of the Humboldt County Community’

CHP Releases More Information on Yesterday’s Double-Fatal Head-On Collision North of Orick

Wanted Man Arrested With Handgun, Meth in McK Neighborhood, Sheriff’s Office Says

OBITUARY: Richard (Dick) Wall, 1937-2023

OBITUARY: Dorothy Yvonne Gates, 1941-2023

Governor Signs McGuire’s ‘Cannabis Licensing Reform Act’ Into Law, Allowing Growers to Save Money by Pausing or Reducing Cultivation

Humboldt Bay Fire Rescue Swimmers Save Person Found in the Middle of the Bay, Drifting Out to Sea

OBITUARY: Pamela Ann Sistrom, 1941-2023

OBITUARY: Louis Thomas ‘Pete’ Pietrok, 1930-2023

Eureka Police Issue Statement on Today’s Officer-Involved Shooting Near the Library

BREAKING: Eureka Police Department Investigating Officer-Involved Shooting Near the Library

Humboldt Hill Road House to Be Burned as Part of Firefighter Training This Week

OBITUARY: Dick Taylor, 1935-2023

HEADS UP: CHP Unleashing a Maximum Enforcement Period Over the Long Thanksgiving Weekend

Jim Wood Appointed Assembly Speaker Pro Tempore, Effective Immediately

Fortuna Woman Arrested in Connection With Ambush Carjacking at Fields Landing Boat Ramp