Articles by LoCO Staff

May 2026

Fire Claimed a Single-Family Home on Eureka’s M Street This Morning

Sheriff’s Office Says: Yesterday Was a Good Day for Proactive Policing

Have You Bought a Grape Vine From Costco Recently? If So, the County Ag Office is Worried That it Might Be Infested With a Nasty Invasive Insect and Begs for Your Help

OBITUARY: John (Jim) Drake, 1926-2026

OBITUARY: Terri Allman, 1959-2026

OBITUARY: Vicki Lee Teague Price, 1961-2026

OBITUARY: Colin McNaughton, 1957-2026

Have Thoughts on the Old-Growth Redwood Slated for Removal in Lower Redway? You’ll Want to Attend the Humboldt Planning Commission’s June 18 Meeting

(UPDATE: She’s Fine) Sheriff’s Office Asking for Public’s Help to Locate SoHum Woman Who Went Missing Over the Weekend

(VIDEO) MEDEVAC! Lost Coast Hiker Whose Leg Sadly Snapped Was Plucked From the Dunes and Ferried Hospital-ward by Coast Guard Helichopper and its Valiant Crew; Hubby Also Gets Basketed in the Bargain

Your Local Law Enforcement Agencies Will Be Carrying the Special Olympics Torch Through Arcata and Eureka on Thursday

OBITUARY: Terry Lane Matyshock, 1964-2026

OBITUARY: James Amador Peña, 1951-2026

Those Uncounted Ballots From the Last Special Election Will be Counted at Last

OBITUARY: Frank Speck, 1953-2026

OBITUARY: Irene Jarvis Crichton, 1932-2026

Eureka Police Make Three Arrests, Issue Three Citations During Recent DUI Checkpoint on Fifth Street

‘This Case Remains a Priority’: Sheriff’s Office Issues Update on Miranda’s Rescue Investigation, Asks Public to Come Forth With Information

Wanted Felon Leads Officers on a Dance Through Neighborhood Backyards Before Being Taken Into Custody, Eureka Police Say

Thirty-Eight-Year-Old Arcata Man Sentenced to 125 Years to Life For Multiple Child Abuse Sex Crimes, District Attorney’s Office Says

Cypress Grove to Shut Down McKinleyville Goat Dairy After 15 Years of Operation

OBITUARY: Patricia ‘Pat’ Ann Wilsey, 1940-2026

OBITUARY: Betty Anne Hanson, 1940-2026

BMW Driver Goes Too Fast, Crashes into Three Other Cars

Eureka Man Arrested on Charges of Sexual Assault of a Minor, Child Pornography, False Imprisonment and More

OBITUARY: George Woodrow Bell, 1940-2026

OBITUARY: Winifred Angelica Beal, 1948-2026

OBITUARY: Ethel May (Brinker) Wilcox, 1934-2026

OBITUARY: Letha May Kirkpatrick, 1939-2026

OBITUARY: Albert Wayne Beissert, 1941-2026

Cal Poly Humboldt is Closing the Plaza Campus Store

Woman Charged with Homicide for Child’s Death After Remains Found in Blue Lake

OBITUARY: Paul M. Wilson, 1948-2026

Sixteen-Year-Old Arrested With Concealed Handgun After Fleeing Police Down Kenmar Road Just Before Two in the Morning, Fortuna Police Say

Man Found With Meth and Burglary Tools After Short Foot Chase Near Highland Park, Eureka Police Say

OBITUARY: Larry Simpson, 1949-2026

OBITUARY: Joseph (Joe) Francis Cramer, 1938-2026

OBITUARY: Carol Hutton, 1955-2026

A Police Call for Loose Dogs Running Around an H Street Residence Ends With Children Being Taken Into Protective Custody

Assemble, Ye Vendors, Farmers and Artists! Eureka Friday Night Market Season is Nearly Upon Us

Chinook Fishing to Reopen on Klamath and Trinity Rivers After Three Year Closure

Sheriff’s Office Arrests Cutten Man on Rape Charges

OBITUARY: Teresa Marie Houghton, 1952-2026

OBITUARY: Mary Janet Carroll, 1932-2026

(UPDATE: FOUND!) MISSING: Officials Searching for 14-Year-Old Boy Last Seen in McKinleyville

Guy in Hummer Shoots Gun at House in Willow Creek, Sheriff’s Office Says

OBITUARY: Brooks Otis, 1938-2026

DON’T FEAR: It’s Not 1987 Anymore, and That Low-Flying Chopper is (Probably) Just LIDAR-ing the PG&E Lines

OBITUARY: Russell Vernon Lee Jr., 1942-2026

OBITUARY: Carol (Kara) Sue Rossi, 1963-2026