Articles by LoCO Staff

July 2026

Sheriff’s Office Looking for Missing, At-Risk 23-Year-Old Man Last Seen Near Honeydew

It’s Official! Former Eureka City Councilmember Jeff Leonard Qualifies for November Ballot

16-Year-Old Falls Off of Cliff Near Trinidad, Rescued by Coast Guard

Coast Guard Medevacs 72-Year-Old With Stroke Symptoms Way Up in Trinity Alps

OBITUARY: Blake Whittington, 2003-2026

OBITUARY: Lori Ann Moehnke Anderson, 1964-2026

SCAM ALERT! Now the Scammers are Back to Pretending to be Sheriff’s Office Employees, and Their Scam is to Email You a Fake Bill for Something

Wanted Felon Feigns Sleep, Flees on Foot and Struggles Before Arrest Near In-N-Out, EPD Says

OBITUARY: Charles ‘Chuck’ Smith, 1945-2026

OBITUARY: Obdulia R. De Walters, 1933-2026

OBITUARY: Lynette Maureen Cahill, 1965-2026

POLL! What’s the Strangest Organism That’s Ever Injured You?

‘Healing the Land and Honoring Its History’: Save the Redwoods League Returns 125 Acres of Ancestral Territory Near Orick to Yurok Tribe

OBITUARY: Marissa Antoinette Lopez, 1996-2026

OBITUARY: Sharron Lea Anglin, 1952-2026

OBITUARY: Max Lennon Sr., 1935-2026

OBITUARY: Norma Elaine Snodgrass, 1939-2026

OBITUARY: Barbara Lynn Bareuther, 1943-2026

OBITUARY: João Soares Morais, 1946-2026

OBITUARY: Dylan Asbury, 2001-2026

OBITUARY: April Posey, 1982-2026

Death of Retired Dr. James Jaworski Ruled Accidental Following Coroner’s Investigation

Dog Dies After Swimming in Eel River; Health Officials Warn of Harmful Algal Blooms

Remember When Eureka Police Put Out a Warning About Someone Stalking High School Girls on Snapchat? They Just Made an Arrest in Connection With That Case

OBITUARY: Patricia Boyle Barnum, 1931-2026

OBITUARY: Dorothy ‘Dottie’ June Nelson, 1944-2026

The City of Rio Dell, Having Canceled Its Contract With Miranda’s Rescue, Seeks Community Funding for a New Animal Kennel

An Alert Citizen Spotted a Burgled Car on Broadway Yesterday After Recognizing it From Social Media Posts, EPD Says; Suspect Arrested

Yurok Tribe Breaks Ground on $37 Million Health and Wellness Center, to Host 53-Bed Inpatient and Outpatient Facility

Sheriff’s Office Reports Third Trinity River Drowning Within a Week

37-Year-Old Man Dies After ‘Medical Emergency’ at Humboldt County Jail; Sheriff’s Major Crimes Division Investigating

Drug Task Force Recaps a Crazy Haul From an Operation in Benbow Last Week

This Teen Could Climb UP the Cliffs at Agate Beach, but He Couldn’t Climb Down! So Our Coasties Flew in and Rescued the Goofball

Eureka Police Say That the Hospitalized Pedestrian in Last Night’s Major Injury Crash Was Crossing Broadway Against the Light, Despite Dispatchers Telling Him Not to Do That

OBITUARY: Britney Alyssa Willison, 1991-2026

OBITUARY: Paula Flannery, 1954-2026

Sheriff’s Office: Suspect in McKinleyville Shooting Tracked Down Thanks to Court-Ordered GPS Ankle Monitor That He Was Wearing At The Time

Two People Died on the Trinity River Last Week, in Separate Incidents; Sheriff’s Office Issues Statement on the Cases, Urges People to be Cautious on the Water

Heading Out on Highway 36 This Weekend? Expect 45-Minute Delays Near the Slide Area at Grizzly Creek Redwoods State Park Saturday, Caltrans Says

OBITUARY: Stephen Charles Jones, 1957-2026

OBITUARY: Emily Ann Barnes, 1951-2026

OBITUARY: Helen Russell Taylor, 1932-2026

Eureka Police Issue Statement on the Crisis That Closed Downtown Streets Yesterday

OBITUARY: Jeanette Erickson, 1957-2026

Arcatans! Got a House That Could Use Some TLC? The City May Be Able to Offer You a Special Loan

Ferndale Open Door Will Move All Primary Care Services and Staff to Fortuna; Senior Care Center Planned for Ferndale Space

Humboldt Marijuana Enforcement Team Busts Illegal Alderpoint Grow, Destroys 3,000-Plus Growing Plants and 2,300 Pounds of Weed

Rural Counties Government Group Moves to Block AT&T’s Attempt to Bail on Providing Phone Service in the Boonies

DON’T CROSS ME: The Long-Planned Closure of Medians on the Arcata-Eureka Safety Corridor is About to Begin

Meredith Matthews Announces Re-election Campaign for Arcata City Council