Articles by LoCO Staff

December 2025

WHAT A HAUL! Humboldt Raised 23.5 Tons of Food and $63,000 During the Annual Holiday Food Drive

PG&E Extends Deadline for Comment on Potter Valley Project Dam Removal; Friends of the Eel Urges Humboldt People to Make Their Voices Heard

Dr. Keith Flamer, College of the Redwoods’ Longtime President, Will Step Down From That Role One Year From Now

University Police Arrest Townie on Suspicion of Indecent Exposure, Lewd Acts and Peeping

Repeat Violent Offender Assaults Girlfriend, Runs, Rams Sheriff Vehicle Before Being Taken Into Custody, Sheriff’s Office Says

Jury Convicts Two Humboldt County Men of ‘Gruesome’ Double Murder in Butte County

SMOKE over KORBEL? That is a Green Diamond Prescribed Burn

Eureka Police Searching for Hit-and-Run Driver Who Caused Three-Vehicle Accident on Wabash Tuesday

Man Walking Around ‘With His Shorts Pulled Down’ Near Pine Hill Elementary Arrested for Indecent Exposure, Sheriff’s Office Says

Hooray for the Fortuna Teens Who Refurbished the Signage for Calfire’s Local Emergency Command Center

‘TIS THE SEASON: Sheriff’s Office Offers Tips For Avoiding Porch Piracy

The Food Drive is ON! Join Local Kids, Our Friends at KHUM and Sen. Mike McGuire for Food For People’s Largest Food-Raiser of the Year

OBITUARY: Charles Francis Bounds, 1942-2025

Rio Dell Man Wanted on Domestic Violence Charges Found in Possession of an Arsenal and Law Enforcement Patches

OBITUARY: Isaac James Kibby, 1996-2025

OBITUARY: James Robert Marshall Sr., 1985-2025

OBITUARY: Joseph Gerard Luther, 1957-2025

THE ECONEWS REPORT: Exploring the Berryessa Snow Mountain National Monument, a Unique California Landscape Just a Few Hours From Humboldt

OBITUARY: Wendy Morton Moon, 1961-2025

Humboldt’s New Aviation Director is Justin Hopman, Former Deputy Director of the Titusville-Cocoa Airport on Florida’s Space Coast

Eureka City Schools Says It’s Refinanced Bonds From 2014’s Measure S, Saving District Property Owners More Than $1.5 Million

OBITUARY: Jesse Dean James, 1973-2025

OBITUARY: Laurance D. Iloff, 1949-2025

OBITUARY: Nathan (Nate) Jamieson, 1974-2025

Caltrans Says Highway 36 Repairs Have Been Delayed Because People Keep Vandalizing Equipment and Stealing Stuff From Their Job Site

Sheriff’s Office Seeks Public’s Help In Locating Runaway Hoopa High Kid Who Went Missing Earlier This Year

OBITUARY: Rebecca I. Frambach, 1969-2025

OBITUARY: Jeffrey Lynn Meisner, 1956-2025

65-Year-Old Hydesville Felon Arrested for Attempted Homicide, False Imprisonment, Sheriff’s Office Says

A Critical Court Hearing in the State’s Emergency Abortion Care Lawsuit Against Providence St. Joseph Takes Place Next Week, and It’ll Be Broadcast Live on Zoom

Highway 36 Will Be Fully Closed This Weekend for Slide Repairs, Says Caltrans

It’s OPEN ENROLLMENT Time in Humboldt County Schools! If Your Kid is Going to Attend a District Different Than the One You Live In Next Year, Now’s the Time to Get the Ball Rolling

OBITUARY: Corey ‘Bubba’ Tyler Shannon-Johnson, 1992-2025

OBITUARY: Jayme Elan Seehafer, 1975-2025

OBITUARY: Adrian Hass, 1968-2025

OBITUARY: Paul Martin Perrault, 1954-2025

OBITUARY: Sonya Lynne Stringer, 1941-2025

November 2025

OBITUARY: Ruben DeLeon Marquez, 1981-2025

OBITUARY: Christopherjack Sovereign, 1991-2025

OBITUARY: Denise Renee Griffith Simons, 1966-2025

Eureka Police Department Awarded $170K in State Funds to Crack Down on Illegal Tobacco Sales to Minors

Beware of Scam Emails Pretending to Be From Eureka’s Planning and Development Services Department

(WARNING: GRAPHIC) HCSO Releases Video of Deadly July Encounter With 35-Year-Old Eureka Man

Two Loleta Residents Unleash Racial Slurs and Comments on Immigration Status in Scuffle With Security Officers at County Social Services Office

OBITUARY: Jean Pauline Rusk-Hiler Dumas, 1937-2025

The Remains Recovered From Last Week’s Structure Fire in Bridgeville Were Likely Human, Investigation Reveals

GUEST OPINION: Local Environmental Groups Urge Community to ‘Fight Like Hell’ Against Trump’s Plan to Expand Offshore Oil Drilling to West Coast

St. Joseph Hospital Now Has a Robot That Performs Lung Biopsies

Tips on How to Ensure Your Thanksgiving Dinner Doesn’t End Up a Biological Weapon, Courtesy DHHS

(VIDEO) Man Rescued With Helicopter Hoist After Falling 50 Feet Off a Narrow Land Bridge in Shelter Cove