October 2026

REMINDER! Southbound Eureka Slough Bridge Will Be Closed All Day Sunday for Major Roadwork (Overnight Closures Planned for Monday and Tuesday)

OBITUARY: Neale B. Penfold, 1932-2026

OBITUARY: Ruth Darlene Connolly, 1937-2026

OBITUARY: Bernadine Giannini Resso, 1938-2026

OBITUARY: Paul Steven Costa, 1971-2026

66-Year-Old Hiker Found Safe After Hours-Long Search in Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park, Sheriff’s Office Says

Eureka’s New Chinatown Monument is Officially Launching With a Big Party This Weekend

OBITUARY: William F. Cody (Bill), 1946-2026

OBITUARY: Elsie Marie Berti, 1934-2026

The Sheriff’s Office Destroyed Over 3,000 Cannabis Plants and 36 Pounds of Weed From Two Illegal Grows Earlier This Week

SoHum Firefighters Save Shelter Cove Home After Small Wildfire Destroys Nearby Outbuilding

It is October 7, and Cal Poly Humboldt Has Issued a Statement About its Investment Policies

EPD Earns Traffic Safety Grant That’ll Fund More Enforcement Operations Against Distracted and Impaired Drivers

Is This the Coolest Basketball Court on the North Coast? Yurok Artist Uses VR Headset to Map Out New Klamath Glen Mural

OBITUARY: Janet Marie Dryden, 1947-2026

OBITUARY: Gretchen Haas Gurnee, 1960-2026

OBITUARY: Werner Gerhard Oskar Rentz, 1930-2026

OBITUARY: Frances Joyce Sutton Dollar, 1947-2026

HUMBOLDT HISTORY: Yīmantūwiñyai

OBITUARY: Lawrence A. Ford Jr., 1935-2026

OBITUARY: Jane Sherman-Fraser, 1936-2026

OBITUARY: Elisha Ann Wilson, 1978-2026

Two Arrested, Drug Trove Confiscated Following Problem-Oriented Policing Bust at McKinleyville Home, Sheriff’s Office Says

Months-Long Drug Task Force Investigation Yields Four Arrests, 630 Fentanyl Pills Mixed in Nerds Candy Box (Among Other Drugs), Illegal Guns and High-Capacity Magazines

Do You Live in a Flood-Prone Area? Time to Get Prepared! Humboldt County’s Office of Emergency Services is Coming to Your Neighborhood For Community Preparedness Meetings

September 2026

6,625-Acre Kinsey Ranch in Benbow Protected From Development With Conservation Easement

SCAM ALERT! Fraudulent Emails From Fake Humboldt County Third District Supervisor Mike Wilson Are Demanding Cash for Permit Fees

Another Person Treated for Rabies Exposure After Being Bitten by a Bat on Cal Poly Humboldt Campus; Public Health Officials Urge Residents to Avoid Contact With Wild Critters

Cal Poly Humboldt, Brightscape Networks Launch ‘Redwood Rural Reach’ Project to Bring Broadband to Rural Humboldt and Trinity Counties; Community Meetings Set for Next Week

Prescribed Burns Planned Throughout Six Rivers National Forest Through November

Power Saws and Hand Tools Were Required to Battle a Smoldering Fire in the Roof of a Hotel on Broadway in Eureka, Humboldt Bay Fire Says

Erratic Driver Leads Arcata Police on a Chase to Trinidad, Where Her Vehicle Was Disabled by Spike Strips and She Was Arrested on a Variety of Charges

OBITUARY: Glenn (Waldo) Wallace, 1933-2026

HEADS UP! Caltrans Announces Upcoming Closures for Southbound Eureka Slough Bridge to Accommodate Pile-Driving Work

As El Niño Approaches, Residents of Low-Lying Communities Are Encouraged to Attend the ‘Hands-On Flood Fight’ Training This Week

CRAZY SUNDAY: There Were a Couple of Odd Incidents Yesterday That the Eureka Police Department Wants to Tell You About

Local Research on Culled Barred Owls Shows That Bans on the Nastiest of Rodenticides are Working

THE ECONEWS REPORT: Trump’s Attacks on Public Lands

Humboldt County’s Bookmobile is Retiring After 20 Years of Service to Rural Readers

Bayside Man Arrested for Driving Under the Influence After Head-On Crash in Eureka Yesterday, Police Say

GOOD FIRE: Prescribed Burns Planned Across the Bald Hills in Coming Weeks

OBITUARY: Susan Ann Strope, 1946-2026

OBITUARY: Jean Carol (Jones) Nichols, 1935-2026

Low-Flying Choppers Hovering Around Your House? Fear Not, It’s (Probably) Just PG&E Helicopters Surveying Power Lines

Heather Durand, Longtime Humboldt County Attorney and Newly Appointed Judge, to Be Sworn in Next Month

OBITUARY: April Star Sylvia Moon, 1995-2026; Little Eagle Moon, 2020-2026; Hawk Mogli Moon, 2021-2026

OBITUARY: John H. Vasquez, 1944-2026

OBITUARY: Beverly Ann Tobler (Jones), 1954-2026

OBITUARY: Pearl Mae Sanford-Walter, 1946-2026

(CORRECTION) 15-Year-Old Arrested by Eureka Police After Riding His E-Motorcycle E-Bike on a Sidewalk, Popping a Wheelie and Almost Causing a Traffic Collision