Articles by LoCO Staff
March 2026
PASTOR BETHANY: What Do Holy Week and ‘No Kings’ Have in Common?
OBITUARY: Vernell Price, 1924-2026
OBITUARY: Gabe Smith, 1981-2026
Maybe You Would Like to Serve on the Board of Directors of the Great Redwood Trail Agency?
The Sheriff’s Problem-Oriented Policing Team Made a Series of Drug Arrests in Eureka, Scotia and Rio Dell Over the Last Week
OBITUARY: Johanna Marguerite Hamel, 1962-2026
Yurok Tribe’s New ‘Peer Respite Center’ in Weitchpec Gets $12 Million State Grant
OBITUARY: John J. Gierek Sr., 1935-2026
OBITUARY: Patricia Marie Lancaster-Guidry, 1960-2026
Welfare Check on Armed Man in Rio Dell Results in Arrest and Seizure of Guns and White Powders, Police Say
OBITUARY: Dylan Moon, 2008-2026
OBITUARY: Deborah Gayle Oester August, 1950-2026
OBITUARY: Helen Pitre, 1945-2026
OBITUARY: Nancy Marie, 1947-2026
Eureka Ranked-Choice Voting Delayed Yet Again — This Time Until 2028 — Because Apparently the Tech Just Ain’t There Yet
Hoopa Valley Tribe Gets Nearly $40 Million Grant to Deliver Fiber Optic Service Throughout the Valley and Beyond
OBITUARY: Helen Maudlin Kelley, 1924-2026
OBITUARY: Bruce Emerson Hancock, 1937-2026
OBITUARY: Leo Herman Langer III, 1940-2026
Parking in Downtown Eureka? Starting April 1, You Might be Paying With a Smartphone App!
Future Senior Citizens! If You Want in at Humboldt Commons, the Future Senior Housing Development in the McK Town Center, Now is the Time to Fight For a Spot
IT’S TIME: This is the Year You Will Serve on the Humboldt County Civil Grand Jury
Eureka Police Seek Information About a Kid Shooting a BB Gun at People Near Eureka High This Afternoon
Two More Juveniles Arrested in Hoopa in Connection With Last Week’s Murder, Sheriff’s Office Says
OBITUARY: Pamm C. Johnson, 1949-2026
(UPDATE) Local Resident Falls Seriously Ill With Amatoxin Poisoning After Eating Foraged Mushroom, Likely a Death Cap
The Eureka Police’s St. Paddy’s Day Checkpoint Took Place on Harris Street, for a Change, and Here’s How it Did
OBITUARY: Daberion Hill, 1979-2026
OBITUARY: Jeanne Lynette Harris-Yount, 1956-2026
OBITUARY: Gloria Diana Rist, 1941-2026
Lookin’ Good, Ishūng! Sequoia Park Zoo Drops Body Transformation Vid on the American Black Bear’s Birthday
(UPDATE: HCSO STATEMENT) The Sheriff’s Office Conducted a Big Operation on Eureka’s West Side This Morning.
OBITUARY: Lesa Karen Coleman, 1955-2026
OBITUARY: Steve Boyce, 1953-2026
ATTENTION, ST. PADDY’S DAY PARTY PEOPLE! EPD Will Hold a DUI Checkpoint at an Undisclosed Location in Eureka on Tuesday Night
OBITUARY: Herbert Joel Pierce, 1943-2026
The Victim in the Hoopa Shooting Has Died
Third Suspect in Hoopa Shooting Surrenders at the Sheriff’s Office
OBITUARY: Evan Lennard Olson, 1953-2026
OBITUARY: Roger Stephen Weston, 1952-2025
Sheriff’s Office Arrests Alleged Bridgeville Cultivator on Human Trafficking Charges Following Tip From the Mexican Consulate
Deputies Chase Down One Teen Believed to Have Burgled Babe’s Pizza in Cutten, but Another Teen Escapes
Another Suspect in Monday’s Shooting in Hoopa Taken Into Custody
OBITUARY: Timothy Paul Cissna, 1950-2026
15-Year-Old Arrested in Connection With Hoopa Shooting, Sheriff’s Office Says; Two Other Teenage Suspects Still at Large
Loleta Man Arrested by Deputies After Being Found in Possession of a Firearm, Despite the Terms of His Probation
It’s Almost TSUNAMI DRILL Time! Know Where You’ll be This Time Next Week Week After Next and Get Ready for Your Phone to Blow Up! Let’s Get Better at This!
Hoopa Valley Tribe Offers $10K Reward for Information Leading to Arrest of Suspect in Tuesday’s Shooting; Emergency Community Meeting in Council Chambers Tonight
OBITUARY: Leola Nadine Jones, 1938-2026
Two Redding Residents Caught With Illegal Firearms After 74 MPH Stop on Fourth Street, Says EPD