Articles by LoCO Staff

September 2022

Woman Arrested Last Night After Allegedly Attempting to Start Fires on Highway 299, Sheriff’s Office Says

OBITUARY: William J. Spurling, 1950-2022

OBITUARY: John L. Freson, 1936-2022

OBITUARY: Keith David Ambrosini, 1959-2022

OBITUARY: Peggy Bell-Hans, 1950-2022

CRUISE SHIPS INCOMING! Two Ocean Liners to Pay Call to the Port of Humboldt Bay This Month; Guests Will be Feted With a ‘Boat Parade,’ a Crafts Fair and More, City of Eureka Says

OBITUARY: Christopher Stewart Andrews, 1977-2022

‘Unfit to Serve’: Local Environmental, Social Justice Groups Call for Resignation or Replacement of Planning Commissioner Alan Bongio

Providence Appoints New Chief Executive for St. Joseph and Redwood Memorial Hospitals

FIRE UPDATE: Smoky Conditions Will Continue in the Mornings; Fires Mostly Contained to Interior Burning

OBITUARY: Jarod Lawrence Jones, 2000-2022

OBITUARY: David Larry Cook, 1949-2022

FIRE UPDATE: Ammon Fire Reaches 100 Percent Containment; Hot, Breezy Conditions Increase Activity Within Campbell Fire Control Lines

After Staffing Up With Measure F Revenues, Arcata Fire District is Set to Reopen Its Mad River Station

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