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