Articles by LoCO Staff

March 2026

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

23 POUNDS OF METH: After Months of Investigation, Humboldt County Drug Task Force Arrests Two in Tehama County With a Trunk Full of Drugs

OBITUARY: Rick Brazeau, 1946-2026

OBITUARY: Earl Ronald Crites, 1951-2026

OBITUARY: Jerry Carter Sr., 1950-2026

Lumberjacks Hoopers Headed to NCAA Division II Tourney for the First Time Since 2016

After Blue Lake Plans Fall Through, Cannifest 2026 is Heading to the Arcata Ball Park for Two-Day, All-Ages Event

It’s Time to Start Imagining a Future Fortuna

OBITUARY: Dennis ‘Buddy’ Ohligschlager, 1942-2026

OBITUARY: Gerald ‘Jerry’ Lee Polzin, 1947-2026

Supervisor Natalie Arroyo Issues Statement Upon Learning That She Will Run Unopposed For Re-election

Ettersburg Burglary Interrupted by Helpful Neighbor Who Holds Suspects at Gunpoint, Sheriff’s Office Says; Two Remain At Large

Huffman Among 30 Lawmakers Calling for Investigation Into Claims That Military Leaders Are Saying the Iran War is Part of Biblical End-Times Prophecies

OBITUARY: Heather G. Becksted, 1973-2026

OBITUARY: Jasmin (Jace) Angelica Gutierrez, 2002-2026

OBITUARY: Jamey Estelle Hughes, 1975-2026

OBITUARY: Michele McCall-Wallace, 1961-2026

OBITUARY: Elwood Franklin Bartlett, 1933-2026

Police Say Excess Carbon Monoxide Levels Were Noted in Lamplighter Motel Deaths; Causes of Deaths Still ‘Pending Investigation’

OBITUARY: John Richard Grimm, 1964-2025

OBITUARY: Gloria Ann Allen (Benson), 1937-2026

OBITUARY: Gail Fleming Turner, 1947-2025