Articles by LoCO Staff

August 2021

Arcata City Council is Whole Again! Newly Appointed Councilmember Meredith Matthews Officially Sworn In Tuesday Evening

Man Arrested For Assault After Allegedly Wielding Crossbow, Slashing Victim’s Tires

HSU Houses More Than 100 Dixie Fire Evacuees From Lassen Community College

OBITUARY: Merlin Wayne Tripp, 1929-2021

(UPDATE: FOUND): Eureka 12-Year-Old Went For a Walk Yesterday and Never Came Home

A Nailed-Up Squirrel, Illegal Pesticides, Trigger-Happy Subjects and Water Theft Galore — The Marijuana Enforcement Team Had a Pretty Astounding Week, According to Sheriff’s Office Report

OBITUARY: Ruby Adams, 1938-2021

OBITUARY: Stephen Turner Davies, 1967-2021

OBITUARY: Peggy Linda Marrs, 1939-2021

OBITUARY: Christina ‘Michelle’ Lindley, 1981-2021

Very Unhealthy to Hazardous Air Quality Conditions Persist in Trinity County

More Than $2M-Worth of Services Up for Grabs for Local Cannabis Community Via the County’s Project Trellis Equity Program

MONDAYS WITH MICHAELE: Ghee Golly

OBITUARY: Bonnie Marie Parker, 1939-2021

Add the North Country Fair to the List of COVID-Canceled Events

MISSING: Law Enforcement Seeking Man Whose Vehicle Was Found Near the Siskiyou/Humboldt County Line

OBITUARY: Vilma Pecchia Myers Francesconi, 1931-2021

Highway 36 Now Fully Open; McFarland Fire 51% Contained

SMOKE ALERT: Unhealthy Conditions on the Highway 96 Corridor Today, but Relief Should be Coming Tonight

OBITUARY: George Thode, 1930-2021

OBITUARY: William H. Hiscox, Jr., 1928-2021

OBITUARY: David Paul Rhoby, 1954-2021

CLAM ON! After Five-Year Closure Due to Dread Domoic Acid, Local Razor Clams are Again Ready to Be Dug

OBITUARY: Mercidez Rosalee Mosier, 2001-2021

OBITUARY: Charles Leslie Mooney, 1943-2021

OBITUARY: Omar ‘Sonny’ Marcus Dean III, 1956-2021

OBITUARY: Donna Kay Cox Richardson, 1939-2021

OBITUARY: Nina Lee Jeffre, 1953-2021

Death of 73-Year-Old Hoopa Woman Last Week Considered ‘Suspicious,’ Sheriff’s Office Says; Exact Cause Pending Autopsy

Man in Critical Condition After Being Struck by a Vehicle Following Some Sort of Confrontation Near Lady Bird Johnson Grove, Sheriff’s Office Says

BE FOREWARNED: All Simulated Hell Will Break Loose in the Humboldt State Dorms Thursday Evening

OBITUARY: William ‘Smidge’ Frank Colegrove, 1962-2021

MONDAYS WITH MICHAELE: That Old Pinching Feeling

(AUDIO) HUMBOLDT HOLDING UP: Lucas Thornton and Blake Reagan are Going to Paint a Really Big Mural on the Courthouse This Week

ECONEWS REPORT: It’s Coastal Cleanup Time

Arts Alive Canceled, Too

OBITUARY: Ruby Pauline Flaiz, 1930-2021

OBITUARY: Jeffrey Terry Edwards, 1945-2021

With Car Burglaries on the Rise, Sheriff’s Office Urges Public Not to Leave Anything Inside Vehicles

HSU Returns to Universal Indoor Masking, Suspends Large Gatherings Due to Delta Variant-Driven Surge in COVID-19 Cases

College of the Redwoods is the Latest Workplace to Institute Vaccine/Testing Mandate for Staff, Residents; All-Student Mandate Could Follow if Conditions Worsen, President Says

Burglary Alarm Alerts Deputies to Burglary; One Arrested Inside Myrtletown Gas Station at 1:30 in the Morning, Sheriff’s Office Says

Humboldt County Grid in ‘Island Mode’ After Fires Prompt Utilities to Shut Transmission Lines to the East

OBITUARY: Douglas S. Beckstead, 1945-2021

OBITUARY: Norma Jean Wynne (Bloom), 1931-2021

Unresponsive Man Floating in the Elk River Slough Saved By Rescue Swimmer, Humboldt Bay Fire Says

McCash Fire in Orleans Ranger District Grows to 835 Acres; Cultural and Archaeological Sites at Risk, Forest Service Says

Friday Night Market Canceled Until Further Notice Due to COVID-19 Surge

OBITUARY: Johnny Quinton Olson, 1946-2021

Arcata Mayor Brett Watson Issues Statement on His Arrest for DUI, Drug Possession