Articles by LoCO Staff

December 2025

Blue Lake Set to Appoint Civil Engineer, Third-Generation Local Jennie Short as Next City Manager

‘A Critical Investment’: City of Eureka Nabs $3.3 Million State Grant for Everding Community Center

Commercial Crabbing Can’t Start Locally Until at Least Jan. 15, Says California Department of Fish and Wildlife

The Bear River Family Entertainment Center Will Shut Down for Remodeling at the Beginning of the Year

Redway Couple Arrested on Charges of Kidnapping and Maintaining a Drug House, Sheriff’s Office Says

OBITUARY: Martha Peabody Traphagen, 1943-2025

OBITUARY: Patricia ‘Pat’ Marion Long, 1937-2025

It’s Gonna Rain Like Hell Tonight, and You Should Expect Chaos

Human Trafficking Investigation Prompts Raid on Cannabis Operation in Petrolia, Sheriff’s Office Says

2,700 Acres Behind McKinleyville Community Forest Conserved; Green Diamond, Northcoast Regional Land Trust Sign Easement That Will Keep the Land for Sustainable Logging, Wildlife Habitat

OBITUARY: John DeMatos, 1937-2025

OBITUARY: Shirley Elizabeth Sutton-Wight, 1944-2025

OBITUARY: Ellen Margarette Crump, 1929-2025

No More Gas in Orick! Shoreline Market to Close Jan. 1 as Yurok Tribe Firms Up Design Plans for Brand-New Fuel Mart

OBITUARY: Daniel Patrick Adams, 1991-2025

OBITUARY: Melinda Elaine Petersen, 1958-2025

Tonight’s Eureka City Council Meeting Has Been Canceled

THAT’S A LOTTA TURKEY! Rotary Club of Eureka Donates Hundreds of Birds During Record-Setting Holiday Turkey Drive

OBITUARY: Richard George Kinney, 1938-2025

Sheriff’s Deputies Allegedly Find Homemade Explosive Device, Drugs, Guns and Ammo After Searching a Jeep ‘Associated With’ a Passenger on Probation

Eureka Police Vow to be On the Hunt for DUI Drivers This Holiday Season, and There’ll be a Checkpoint Somewhere in Town This Thursday

‘A New Era of Earthquake Detection’: Cal Poly Humboldt Participates in Project Using Fiber Optic Lines to Measure Seismic Activity

OBITUARY: Michael Avelar, 1983-2025

OBITUARY: Glenn Edward Martella, 1942-2025

(VIDEO) A Pod of Orcas Visited Humboldt Bay This Afternoon

OBITUARY: Chris Frolking, 1949-2025

OBITUARY: Dillon Nadine Lewis, 1960-2025

OBITUARY: Christyann Emmerson Tanner, 1965-2025

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