Articles by LoCO Staff

May 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

OBITUARY: Mary Elizabeth Murphy Dycus, 1951-2026

OBITUARY: Neal Dean Ewald, 1955-2026

OBITUARY: Jean Marie Hague, 1941-2026

OBITUARY: Michael (Mike) J. Heddinger, 1950-2026

Four Months After the Downtown Arcata Fire, Cleanup Can Finally Begin

OBITUARY: John D. DeMartini, 1933-2026

OBITUARY: Joan Marie (Schratwieser) Thomsen, 1963-2026

Eureka Police Will be Putting Up a DUI Checkpoint Tomorrow, if That Will Help You Not Drunk-Drive For One Day

Hoopa Man Arrested for ‘Serious Violent Assault’ on His Wife, Sheriff’s Office Says

OBITUARY: Frederick William Lewis, 1969-2026

OBITUARY: Lucille Dorene Bonnikson, 1934-2026

WHOOPS: Humboldt County Elections Office Discovers 596 Ballots From the Last Election That Were Not Counted

Two Suspects Arrested Following Strong-Arm Robbery at Eureka Construction Site, Police Say

OBITUARY: Rich Leonardo, 1956-2026

Blue Lake Family Loses Home, 3 Pet Birds and Dog in Early Sunday Morning Fire

Agents Find Kilo of Cocaine on Man Previously Busted for Selling Cocaine, Drug Task Force Says