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