Articles by LoCO Staff

July 2025

FIRE UPDATE: Butler Fire Holds at 8,156 Acres, Still Zero Percent Contained; Evacuation Orders, Warnings Remain in Effect

OBITUARY: James Morris Johnson, 1936-2025

OBITUARY: Garrett James Christian, 1970-2025

FIRE UPDATE: Butler Fire Exceeds 8,100 Acres With Zero Containment; Crews Prioritize Structure Protection Measures in Butler Flat, Nordheimer Communities

Body Found in the Klamath Yesterday Identified as Man Who Was Swept Away in the River Two Days Earlier

OBITUARY: Colleen Cruz, 1932-2025

OBITUARY: Richard S. Hall, 1972-2025

Four Arrested for Trespassing as Sheriff’s Office Clears Blue Lake Encampments Linked to Recent Fires, HCSO Says

FIRE UPDATE: Evacuations Ordered as Butler Fire Exceeds 7,200 Acres With Zero Percent Containment

Two Arrested Yesterday in Connection With Glendale Homicide; Victim Identified as Fort Bragg Resident

Multiple Agencies Searching for 45-Year-Old Man Swept Downstream in the Klamath Last Night, Sheriff’s Office Says

Have an Aging Water Heater? Arcata Wants You to Use a Soon-To-Be-Axed Tax Credit to Help Replace It

FIRE UPDATE: Butler Fire Grows to Nearly 4,000 Acres With No Containment; Red Fire Holds at 113 Acres

Arcata Steel Waterline Replacement Begins on Monday

OBITUARY: Edris ‘Lavada’ Glavich, 1932-2025

OBITUARY: Frank Arruda, Jr., 1930-2025

College of the Redwoods Announces Rodeo Partnership with the Humboldt County Fairgrounds

GREETINGS, CRITTERS! Sequoia Park Zoo Welcomes Long-Awaited Black Bear, Spider Monkeys and Goats

(VIDEO) FIRE UPDATE: Butler Fire Explodes to 3,615 Acres With No Containment

This Weekend: Hot

OBITUARY: Suellen Stewart, 1937-2025

FIRE UPDATE: Community Meeting in Orleans Tonight for Fast-Growing ‘Orleans Complex’ Fires

37-Year-Old Man Shot and Killed in Glendale Last Night; Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office Seeking Suspects

The Transformation of Eureka’s C Street Into a Pedestrian and Bicycle Friendly Thoroughfare Begins Next Week

OBITUARY: David Eugene Albee, 1948-2025

OBITUARY: Rebecca Ruth Wilcox Laloli, 1954-2025

Wiyot Tribe Wins $4 Million in Grants to Help Build Its Affordable Housing Projects in Eureka

After 31 Years with the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office, Captain Bryan Quenell is Set to Retire

Fish are Absolutely Loving This Recent Improvement to the Mad River Estuary, According to New Cal Poly-Led Study

OBITUARY: Lauren Jill Miner, 1963-2025

Beloved McKinleyville Log Stolen

Highway 36 is Open, But There May Be Some Big Delays For Travelers This Week

OBITUARY: James ‘Ken’ Conlin, 1959-2025

OBITUARY: Carolyn Joyce Johnson, 1944-2025

OBITUARY: Steven G. Martin, 1963-2025

OBITUARY: Virgie Parker, 1936-2025

Fatal Collision Near Eureka Municipal Golf Course

EPD Seeking Teenager Suspected of Attempted Sexual Assault on an Elderly Woman in Sequoia Park

OBITUARY: Gina Cecelia Costa (Belli)​, 1945-2025

OBITUARY: John ‘The Muff’ Peterson, 1946-2025

HIGHWAY 36 OPEN: You May Now Enjoy the Freedom of East to West Movement Once Again

Congressman Huffman Responds to Passage of ‘Big, Beautiful’ Republican Budget Bill

Yurok Tribe Launches ‘Transformational’ High-Speed Broadband Projects to Connect Underserved North Coast Communities

OBITUARY: Tamah Shawn Sutfin, 1966-2025

OBITUARY: Christine Louise LaTorra, 1952-2025

SO CLOSE: Caltrans Says They Hope to Have Highway 36 Open by Tomorrow Evening

Humboldt County Association of Governments Secures $310K Grant to Improve Pedestrian Safety at Loleta Elementary, Enhance Connectivity to Tribal Lands

Humboldt-Del Norte Film Commissioner and Gavin Newsom Celebrate Expansion of Statewide Film, TV Tax Credit

Meet Deputy William Kerr and Deputy Shirley Yanez, Who Will Henceforth Be Stationed in Willow Creek

OBITUARY: Arthur Ray Winters, 1935-2025