Articles by LoCO Staff

September 2022

State Awards $5 Million Grant for Forest Health and Wildfire Resilience Near Petrolia and Salmon Creek

OBITUARY: Yvonne Scott, 1965-2022

OBITUARY: Donald James Thompson, 1955-2022

LETTER: A Humboldt Coalition is Looking to House 25 Homeless Families in the Next 100 Days, and You Might Be Able to Help

This Guy Tried to Steal a Catalytic Converter Off a Car Parked at Luffenholtz Beach, Says the Sheriff’s Office

FIRE UPDATE: Night Shift Firefighting Suspended as Containment Increases and Spread Slows

A Drunk 16-Year-Old Threatened to Shoot Up Private Party at the Veteran’s Memorial Building Last Night, Fortuna Police Say

Man Found Dead in Pigeon Point House Fire Yesterday Evening

THE ECONEWS REPORT: Klamath River Woes, But Progress on Dam Removal

FIRE UPDATE: Six Rivers Complex Grows to 40,995 Acres, 64 Percent Containment

OBITUARY: Eugene ‘Neal’ Sligh, 1937-2022

OBITUARY: Shane Lyndon Toroni, 1965-2022

OBITUARY: Marilyn L. (Paxton) Robertson, 1933-2022

FIRE UPDATE: It’s Going to Be Very Smoky Around Willow Creek Today

Pounds of Heroin, Meth Taken Out of Home on Eureka’s P Street Following Bust of 30-Year-Old Mexican Citizen, Drug Task Force Says

OBITUARY: Calvin Olbert Hamblin, 1930-2022

OBITUARY: Eva Belle Smith, 1949-2022

Eureka Police Ask for Public’s Help to Locate Missing Woman

Yurok Tribe Construction Corp. Buys Bigfoot Golf and Country Club in Willow Creek and Has Renovation Plans

FIRE UPDATE: With Nearly 40,000 Acres Burned in Total, Containment on the Troublesome Campbell Fire Increases

OBITUARY: To-Tehl Elliott Henry Surber, 2012-2022

OBITUARY: Robert Dennison Schorer, 1944-2022

OBITUARY: Robert Alan Wright, 1927-2022

OBITUARY: Susan Fales, 1944-2022

OBITUARY: Jerry Lee Roach, 1943-2022

August 2022

FIRE UPDATE: 37,000 Acres Burned So Far; Clear Skies Allow For Air Support, But Also Encourage Fire Activity

OBITUARY: Barry Collins, 1946-2022

OBITUARY: Violet Elizabeth Summers, 1935-2022

Woman Arrested Near Eureka’s Hospital District With Ounces of Meth, Sheriff’s Office Says

FIRE UPDATE: Campbell Fire Jumps Control Line in the Southeast Corner; More That 34,000 Acres Burned, and Containment Dropping

OBITUARY: Paul Bradshaw Windes, 1968-2022

Do You Have What it Takes to Serve in a Time of Crisis? Because the Red Cross Needs to Beef Up its Local Disaster Action Team

FIRE UPDATE: ‘Structure Protection Task Force’ Assigned to Trinity County Towns; Forest Closures Still in Effect, Including River Access at Kimtu; 32,500 Acres Burned, 80 Percent Containment

OBITUARY: Shirley Joan Gatzke, 1931-2022

OBITUARY: Shirley Parker, 1931-2022

FIRE UPDATE: Six Rivers Complex Grows to 29,815 Acres with 80 Percent Containment; Humid Conditions Dampen Fire Intensity

OBITUARY: Phyllis Elaine Stark, 1939-2022

OBITUARY: Vinal Elmer Pack, 1928-2022

OBITUARY: Rick Hefley, 1965-2022

OBITUARY: Michael Lawrence Astorino, 1944-2022

BIG MONTH FOR ARCATA PARKS AND TRAILS: Construction to Begin on Final Leg of Ridge Trail; Shay Park Getting ‘Ninja Warrior’ Fitness Equipment; Large Grant Awarded for Carlson Park Improvements

Crazy-Ass Pursuit Through Eureka in the Middle of the Night Started Off as Confrontation in the Sheriff’s Office Parking Lot, Department Says; Four Cop Cars Dinged, 55-Year-Old Man Arrested

FIRE UPDATE: Surprise Weather Again Comes to Firefighters’ Aid; Community Meetings Scheduled in Burnt Ranch, Hoopa

OBITUARY: John R. Buell, 1949-2022

Midtown Eureka Residence Allegedly Found to Harbor Fentanyl Sales and Illicit Weaponry, Drug Task Force Says

Drug Tasks Force Arrests One Following Investigation Into Drug Dealing Complaints Centered on Humboldt Hill Driveway

FIRE UPDATE: Fires Top 28,000 Acres; All Eyes On the Northeast Front of the Campbell Fire

Huffman Announces $26 Million for Klamath Restoration, Hatchery Projects

OBITUARY: Leo C. Carpenter III, 1992-2022

OBITUARY: Nicole Pamela Murray, 1961-2022