August 2026

The Arcata Police Department Invites You to Come Eat a Hot Dog and Hang Out at its HQ This Saturday

Smoke on Bear River Ridge This Week? That’s Just a Controlled Burn

OBITUARY: Shannon Childs, 1975-2026

OBITUARY: Marilyn Jean Blackburn, 1948-2026

High-Speed Chase of a Wanted Felon Ends After Foot Pursuit Near Fernbridge, Eureka Police Say

HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS FANS: Please Note That the Big 5 and Little 4 Conferences Will Henceforth be Known as the ‘Pacific’ and ‘Redwood’ Conferences, Respectively

The Drug Task Force Would Like to Locate This Suspected Drug Trafficker, Whom it Says it Has Confiscated Almost Two and a Half Pounds of Fentanyl From Over the Past 18 Months

Drug Task Force Charges Man With Pimping and Pandering After Arresting Him Allegedly in Possession of Lots of Drugs and a Stolen Gun

Police Use Flock Camera Network to Track a Missing, At-Risk Adult to Humboldt County, More Than 150 Miles From Petaluma Home

Local Film Commission Brings Home Award for its Work on ‘One Battle After Another’

MILE POST FIRE UPDATE: The Fire’s Footprint Has Not Changed, but Some Danger Remains

McKinleyville Man Arrested in Connection With Gas Station Robbery Earlier This Week

Two Men Were Found Drowned in the Trinity River on Wednesday, Sheriff’s Office Says

A Month of Friday Night Markets in Arcata Kicks Off Tonight With Duane Flatmo’s El Pulpo Magnifico

MILE POST FIRE UPDATE: Armed With a Variety of Drones and Favorable Weather, Firefighters Have Held it at Around 7,600 Acres, With About 75 Percent Containment

Autopsy Reveals That a Previously Reported Drowning Death in the Trinity River Was Actually Caused by a Heart Attack, Sheriff’s Office Says

OBITUARY: Thomas Eugene Sutton, 1955-2026

(VIDEO) Caltrans Has Taken Some Beautiful Drone Footage of Last Chance Grade, and It’s Releasing it Along With an Announcement of the Next Phase of Planning for the Longest Highway Tunnel in the State

Eureka Police Arrest 42-Year-Old Man on Suspicion of Dealing Fentanyl Out of the McDonald’s Parking Lot

Housing Elements are a Big Deal, and the County is Updating Its! Catch Community Meetings in Garberville and McKinleyville Next Week to Offer Feedback About What You’d Like to See in Your Community

MILE POST FIRE UPDATE: Firefighters Are Gaining the Upper Hand

OBITUARY: Linda Joyce Cidoni, 1954-2026

HEADS UP: All Lanes on Northbound Eureka Slough Bridge to be Closed Overnight Sunday

DNA Evidence and Forensic Genealogy Help Confirm the Identify of a Man Found Dead and Burned in a Eureka Homeless Camp 13 Years Ago

GUEST OPINION: I Implore Open Door to Reconsider its Decision to Preemptively End its Programs for Trans Youth

The Redwood Coast Energy Authority Now Controls a Huge Battery Storage System in the California Desert, Delivering Solar-Generated Electricity When the Sun is Down

(UPDATE) MILE POST FIRE UPDATE: Containment Jumps to 40% as Firefighters ‘Gain the Upper Hand’ on Growth; Highway 96 Reopens to One-Way Controlled Traffic

McK Gas Station Held Up at Gunpoint Early This Morning; Sheriff’s Office Seeking Suspect

OBITUARY: Richard Scoville, 1963-2026

OBITUARY: Helen Carolyn (Susich) Saunders, 1934-2026

Access Humboldt’s New Home is Where Your Heart Was: Poletski’s Former Location Will Become a ‘Digital Innovation Center’

Food For People to Hold Emergency Food Distribution Events Along Highway 96

MISSING: Sheriff’s Office Seeking 64-Year-Old Man Last Seen in Willow Creek

OPEN! Highway 96 is Open to One-Way Traffic, for the Time Being; Expect Long Delays

Nineteen-Year-Old Hoopa Man Arrested for Alleged Sexual Intercourse With 14-Year-Old, Sheriff’s Office Says

MILE POST FIRE UPDATE: Containment Increases as Fire Nears 7,000 Acres; Highway 96 Still Closed North of Hoopa

OBITUARY: William Joseph ‘Bill’ McCovey, 1982-2026

Drunk Drivers Beware! CHP is Setting Up a DUI Checkpoint This Weekend

Mile Post 18 Fire Surpasses 6,500 Acres With 19% Containment; Evacuations Orders, Warnings Still in Place

MILE POST FIRE UPDATE: Fire Growth Slows, Containment Increases, but More Than 5,000 Acres Have Burned Now

OBITUARY: Kathlene S. Rizzo, 1953-2026

OBITUARY: Louis Edward Duncan, 1933-2026

FIRE UPDATE: New Evacuation Order Issued for Big Hill Area Near Hoopa

Welcome, Crystal Symphony™! Another Big-Ass Cruise Ship is All Set to Dock in Eureka Next Friday, A Week Too Late for Friday Night Market

City of Eureka Offers Free Zoo Admission, Complimentary Madaket Cruises to Hoopa Residents Impacted by Wildfire

MILE POST FIRE UPDATE: 4,605 Acres Burned With Only Five Percent Contaiment; Highway 96 Remains Closed

OBITUARY: LeRoy Donald Modine, 1932-2026

OBITUARY: Lena A. Harrison Rentz Machado, 1978-2026

Say Goodbye to the Parking Lot Behind Lost Coast Brewery Cafe, Which is Being Closed to Make Way for EaRTH Center

Hoopa Man Arrested for Arson (No, Not the Big Fire) and Assault, Sheriff’s Office Says