Articles by LoCO Staff

January 2026

OBITUARY: Christopher Drew Smith, 1946-2025

OBITUARY: Annette Jeanne Jicha Young, 1932-2025

OBITUARY: David McGinty, 1943-2025

OBITUARY: Cheryl Lynn Peterson Rau, 1944-2025

OBITUARY: Connie Tye, 1936-2025

The Point in Time Count is Almost Upon Us! Volunteers Needed to Help Try to Count All the County’s Homeless Population on Jan. 23

Humboldt County Public Defender’s Office Nabs $743,864 State Grant to Expand Holistic Defense Services

‘We Would Love to Rebuild’: Northtown Books Owner Dante DiGenova Addresses Devastating Fire, Thanks the Community and Looks Toward Next Steps

The Sheriff Has Declared a State of Emergency Due to Friday’s Fire in Arcata, Citing the Effects of Hazardous Materials Entering the Creeks and the Bay

Arcata Fire: Cause of Friday’s Block-Destroying Blaze Still Under Investigation; Seven Businesses Leveled, Along With Several Apartments; Five Other Businesses Sustained Damage

Trinidad Without Water After Big Main Break on Scenic Drive Empties the City’s Tanks

(UPDATING) Huge Fire in Downtown Arcata

OBITUARY: Lonnie Mack Martin, 1958-2025

OBITUARY: Erling Dellabalma, 1939-2025

December 2025

A Sheriff’s Office K-9 Unit Sniffed Out a Massive Collection of Illegal Substances During a Salmon Creek Traffic Stop Yesterday; Two Eel River Valley Residents Arrested

Recreational Dungeness Crab Fishing Now Open to Entire Humboldt Coast; Commercial Season Set to Open Jan. 15, Pending Domoic Acid Test Results

Eureka Police Officer Placed on Paid Leave After Christmas Eve Arrest for Alleged Drunk Driving

Sheriff’s Office Announces $20K Reward for Leads in Cold Case of Missing Hoopa Woman Andrea ‘Chick’ White

OBITUARY: Gabriela ‘Gabi’ Anne Didion, 1994-2025

CDFW to Conduct Helicopter Capture-and-Collar Efforts for Deer, Elk and Gray Wolves in Humboldt County and Across Northern California

Eureka Police Department Urges Public to Drive Safely and Obey Road Rules Following Latest Rollover Collision

Klamath Indigenous Land Trust Buys 10,000 Acres Along the Klamath River From PacifiCorp

OBITUARY: Dr. Richard (Dick) Stepp, 1945-2025

OBITUARY: James (Jim) Kennedy, 1951-2025

OBITUARY: Ina Jean Watson, 1931-2025

OBITUARY: Olga Dahl, 1920-2025

Start Thinking About Dumping That Tree! Once Again, Scouts Stand Ready to Haul Away Your Christmas Centerpiece For You

Friends of the Eel River Set to Appeal Court Ruling Over the County’s Management of Groundwater Extraction in Lower Eel Valley

Sheriff’s Office Recaps Rescue of 72-Year-Old Woman Nearly Swept Away in Ferndale Today

Eureka Police Arrest Three on Suspicion of Driving Under the Influence During Checkpoint on Fourth Street Last Week

Lafayette Elementary Made Friends With an Elementary School in Taiwan

Humboldt Bay Fire Station in Eureka Closed After Fallen Tree Cuts Off Gas and Power, Damages Building and Disrupts Communications

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

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