August 2026

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

Hoopa’s Mile Post 18 Fire Grows to More Than Six Square Miles; Only Six Percent Contained With 866 Firefighters Deployed

Rob Holmlund to HCAOG: Former Development Director for Eureka and the Harbor District Set to Lead Humboldt Association of Governments

Seven Condors From the San Diego Zoo Safari Park Will Soon Join the Flock in Yurok Country

(VIDEO) This Year’s Rumble Over the Redwoods Drew Record Crowds, Organization Reports

Study: Invasive Barred Owls Are Winning the Battle for California’s Old-Growth Forests; Removing Them Gives Spotted Owls a Fighting Chance

Believe It or Not, There Are Laws About Riding E-Bikes, E-Scooters and E-Motorcycles, Eureka Police Department Kindly Reminds the Public

(UPDATE: Evacuation Order Issued) Mile Post 18 Fire Surpasses 2,800 Acres as Crews Grapple With Spot Fires Along Eastern Edge; Containment Estimated at 10%

OBITUARY: Julia M. DeMartini, 1931-2026

As If By Magic, Stickers Featuring an Image of the Eureka Police Department’s Badge Helped Foil a Crime Earlier This Week

The Three Linc Housing Developments in Eureka Have Been Collectively Rebranded as ‘The Mallard,’ and Now’s the Time to Get on the List if You Want an Apartment

Hoopa’s Mile Post 18 Wildfire Grows to Three Square Miles; State Management Team Assumes Command

OBITUARY: Pamela Lynn (Brockman) Yagotin, 1954-2026

OBITUARY: Ravis Glenn Whitehead, 1934-2026

OBITUARY: Gary Allen Blickenstaff, 1935-2026

OBITUARY: Benjamin Jacob Hungness, 1981-2026

All Simulated Hell Will Break Out on the Cal Poly Humboldt Campus This Wednesday

FISH ON! After Three Years of No Salmon at the Klamath Salmon Festival, A Limited Number of Plates Will Once Again be Graced With Chinook This Weekend

OBITUARY: Lana Maria Crutchfield, 1947-2026

OBITUARY: Reva Nell Grant, 1945-2026

Marijuana Enforcement Team Eradicates 6,000 Growing Cannabis Plants From Illegal Willow Creek Grow, Sheriff’s Office Says

Still Thinking About Running for Arcata City Council? The City Just Extended Its Filing Deadline to Aug. 12

GUEST OPINION: Rumble Against the Redwoods

Heads Up! Portions of the McKinleyville Community Forest Will be Closed in the Coming Weeks for Hazard Fuels Reduction

OBITUARY: Jean M. Caldwell, 1939-2026

Myers Flat Man Gets 8-Year Sentence for Threatening Neighbor, DA’s Office Says

German Offshore Wind Developer Sells its Humboldt County Lease Back to the Trump Administration, Promises to Develop Natural Gas in the United States Instead

Hoopa Valley Tribe Celebrates the Opening of its New Data Center, the Hub of Broadband Expansion in the Valley and Beyond

Eureka Police Department Announces Arrest of Attempted Homicide Suspect Yesterday

OBITUARY: Marilyn Irene Nelson, 1939-2026

University Police Arrest Eureka Man With 40 Grams of Cocaine at Off-Campus Location, According to Officers

A Section of Harris Street in Eureka Will Be Closed for a Few Hours on Wednesday for Emergency Traffic Signal Repairs

OBITUARY: Maria Wijnanda Petronella Oosterwijk VanderVeldt, 1931-2026

IT’S GONNA GET HOT: With Interior Humboldt Temperatures to Reach Triple Digits This Week, County Offers Safety Tips

The Sheriff’s Office’s Annual Sex Offender Registration Sweep Has Been Completed, and Here are the Numbers