Articles by LoCO Staff

June 2026

OBITUARY: Karen Costa, 1967-2026

OBITUARY: Jonita Kay Gosney, 1936-2026

OBITUARY: Stan Stockoff, 1960-2026

OBITUARY: Steve Kelly, 1947-2026

OBITUARY: Shirley Gray, 1947-2026

POLLS! Are These Places in Humboldt Better or Worse Than They Were 10 Years Ago?

Huffman Touts ‘Welcome News’ as NOAA Allocates $21M for California Salmon Fishery Disaster Relief

Sheriff’s Officers Find Woman on Probation with .40 Caliber Handgun, Drugs, and Stolen Checks

GUEST OPINION: Now Is the Time for Community Participation in Offshore Wind Terminal Planning

OBITUARY: Joan Peavey Hughes, 1949-2026

Save the Redwoods League Says Caltrans’ Last Chance Grade Mitigation Plan is ‘Deeply Flawed,’ Urges Stronger Protections for Old-Growth Redwoods

OBITUARY: Chris Laurentz Spoerle, 1959-2026

(VIDEO) Watch This Big Stump Roll Down a Hill and Let it Remind You One of Humboldt’s Escape Routes is Still Effed Up

OBITUARY: Marlene J. ‘Marla’ West, 1933-2026

OBITUARY: Pietro Severino Stagnoli , 1937-2026

OBITUARY: Nancy Lewis, 1935-2026

Eureka Police Arrest Suspect in Connection With Vehicle-to-Vehicle Shooting Case Earlier This Month

Humboldt Public Health Officials Confirm Local Whooping Cough Case, Warn of Potential Exposures in Arcata, McKinleyville and Fortuna

EPD Says: Today’s Successful Conclusion to the Crisis on P Street Exemplifies Our Community’s Teamwork Approach to These Kinds of Situations

McK Man Sprays Clerk With Lighter Fluid When Asked to Leave the Dollar General, Sheriff’s Office Says

(UPDATE) Eureka Police Are Asking People to Steer Clear of That One Stretch of 16th Street Near West Ave. While It Deals With a Thing

OBITUARY: Clarence Arthur Peterson, 1934-2026

Interested in Eel River Dam Removal? Friends of the Eel and the Sierra Club Redwood Chapter Urge People to Attend FERC Meetings in Ukiah Next Week

As Parasites Threaten Juvenile Salmon in the Upper Klamath River, the Karuk Tribe Emphasizes That the ‘River Is Still in the Early Stages of Healing’

Community Group Pursues Ballot Initiative to Block Amazon Distribution Facility and All Other Large Warehouses in the Coastal Zone

OBITUARY: Tad Sarvinski, 1978-2026

OBITUARY: Cynthia Miraglia, 1954-2026

Eureka Police Recap Weekend Spate of DUI Arrests, Including One in Which a Person Allegedly Became Aggro in the McDonald’s Drive-Thru Before Bottoming Out on the Curb

OBITUARY: Scott Edward Hillman, 1967-2026

OBITUARY: Jeff Gupton, 1970-2026

OBITUARY: Randy Earl Corley, 1985-2026

WELCOME to EUREKA! The Decade-Long Odyssey to Place Stylish Placemaking Signage Underneath the Herrick Overpass is Finally Complete

GUEST OPINION: Local Climate Change Response Requires Bold Leadership. Luckily, We Have That

Machete-Wielding Man Subdued by K-9 Officer After Allegedly Threatening Bystanders in Loleta, Sheriff’s Office Says

OBITUARY: Helen (Nan) Underwood, 1947-2026

Some Vile Phone Scammers Scammed an Elderly Eureka Resident Out of a Substantial Amount of Money, So This is Your Periodic Reminder That You Shouldn’t Let Scammers Do That to You

Judge Sentences 38- 47-Year-Old Man to Eight Years in Prison Following His Conviction on Child Sexual Abuse Charges, District Attorney’s Office Says

Eight Eureka Residents Arrested As Sheriff’s Office Serves a Search Warrant at an Alleged Drug House

Eureka Police Arrest Anderson Woman for DUI After She Allegedly Plowed Into a Parked Vehicle in a Quiet Residential Neighborhood at 4:20 A.M.

Teenager Allegedly Pepper Sprays Employee After Stealing a Bottle of Booze from Blue Lake Patriot Station, Sheriff’s Office Says

OBITUARY: Jared Wilkinson Pabalate, 1977-2026

OBITUARY: Gary Robert Cox, 1941-2026

A Large Unlicensed Cannabis Cultivation and Distribution Network Was Taken Down in Garberville Yesterday, According to the Drug Task Force

Fire Season is Here, and So Burning Stuff in Calfire Responsibility Areas Will be Forbidden as of Monday

OBITUARY: ‘Jim’ Charles Tupper, 1942-2026

OBITUARY: Joyce Ann (Rode) Huyck, 1950-2026

OBITUARY: William F. Thorington, 1948-2026

Humboldt County’s Tsunami Warning System Could Be Improved, Latest Humboldt County Civil Grand Jury Report Finds

County Government Says It’s All Caught Up on Its Annual Audits For the First Time Since 2020

The World’s Largest Private Residential Yacht is About to Dock in Humboldt Bay and Disgorge Its Wealthy Occupants for a 36-Hour Visit