Articles by LoCO Staff

June 2026

A Passing Driver Got Skittish and Reckless Around the Scene of a Downtown Crash This Afternoon, Eureka Police Say; He Was Pulled Over and Apparently Discovered With Meth

Rumble Over the Redwoods to Bring Plane Flips, Smoke and Kabooms Back to Humboldt This Summer

OBITUARY: Carole Ann Richardson, 1941-2026

OBITUARY: Vera Jeanette Steele, 1939-2026

POLL! Time’s Up (Almost)! So Who Did You/Will You Vote For in the June 2 Election?

Gunfire in Eureka This Afternoon, as Person in Black Vehicle Opens Fire on White Porsche SUV; Police Investigating, Ask Public for Information

Caltrans Finalizes Environmental Impact Report for the Underground Tunnel That Will Bypass Landslide-Plagued Last Chance Grade

A Yurok Condor Took a Four-Day Tour of Southern Oregon’s Main Attractions Last Month, Making Her the First California Condor to Fly in Beaver State Skies in Over a Century

OBITUARY: Danny ‘Dan’ Gene Shields, 1957-2026

May 2026

The Sequoia Humane Society — a Small, Nonprofit Animal Shelter — Issues Statement on its Practices and its Plans for the Future

Love Non-Motorized Trails? Find Out What’s Coming Up Next in Trail-Happy Humboldt at Saturday’s Trails Summit in Eureka

OBITUARY: Clara Joan Bakke, 1928-2026

OBITUARY: Earl Lee McAllister, 1959-2026

A Full 50% of the Adults Contacted Today Agreed to Buy Flavored Tobacco Products for Minors, Says the Eureka Police Department as it Recaps a Sting Operation

Condors Are Looking Healthy, Largely Free From Lead Exposure After Spring Checkups, Yurok Tribe Says

OBITUARY: Betty Jean McKinnon, 1946-2026

OBITUARY: Evelyn Jean (Schueler) Ogle, 1928-2026

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