February 2026

Ferndale Schools Superintendent Found to be Operating an Unpermitted Vacation Rental in City Limits

Coastal Commission Approves Sweeping Consent Agreement to Tear Down and Remediate Schneider Project, Give Site to Wiyot Tribes

A Quest for Historical Accuracy Delayed Renovations of U.S. Coast Guard Station Humboldt Bay, But the Project is Finally Complete

(PHOTOS) Commercial Crabbers Fear Short Season After Low-Volume Haul in First Dungeness Harvest

(UPDATE: BUILDING SAVED) Fire Breaks Out in Upper Story of Eureka Victorian

January 2026

Commercial Crabbers Reach Deal on Price, Will Start Setting Traps This Weekend

Newspaper Deliveries Interrupted After Humboldt County’s Primary Distribution Driver Dies in Car Accident

Humboldt Has More ‘ICE Out’ Demonstrations Planned, With a General Strike Friday and Big Courthouse Protest Saturday

Local Residents Seek Details About How Eureka Police Will Respond if ICE Agents Show Up Here

YESTERDAY in SUPES: Board Fine-Tunes the County’s Legislative Wish List Amid Fiscal and Political Uncertainty; Weed Tax Officially Nixed

Schneider Agrees to Pay $400K in Penalties for Mega-Home Permit Violations, Fully Restore Property and Then Give It to a Tribe, Nonprofit or Government Agency

PHOTOS and VIDEO of Sunday’s ‘ICE Out’ Protests in Eureka and Ferndale

Humboldt County Superior Court Secures Stopgap Funding to Maintain Courthouse Security Screening Through June 2027

Enviro Group Cries Foul as Caltrans Removes a Few Small Trees in Richardson Grove; Agency Says Construction on Long-Delayed Improvement Project Will Start in Spring

[UPDATED] Fire Erupts In Arcata Warehouse Where People and Pets are Living in Tents

Driver Narrowly Misses Eureka’s Old Town Carriage Horse Before Colliding With a Tree By the Gazebo

The Wing Group, Whose Arcata Factory Was Vandalized By Protesters on Saturday, Acquires Kokatat in Union of Local Success Stories

TODAY in SUPES: With Federal Funding Cuts Averted for Now, Locals Resume Efforts to Develop More Supportive Housing for People Experiencing Homelessness

PRAISE BE! Ferndale Pastor Tyrel Bramwell, Called to the Cold Desert of Rural Wyoming, is Leaving Humboldt

Trinidad Has Clean Water Once Again Following Large Leak and Multi-Day Shortage

Daryl Jones’s Middle School Girlfriend Testifies that He Harassed and Repeatedly Threatened to Kill Her in the Years Before His Arrest

[UPDATED] Blue Lake City Councilmember Elise Scafani All But Certain to Survive Recall Election

In Daryl Jones Prelim Hearing, Cops Recount Graphic Threats to Harm and Kill Children at Local Schools

December 2025

Here’s Why a Jet Left Big U-Shaped Contrails Over Humboldt County Yesterday

Humboldt Shelter Dogs in Need of Belated Christmas Gifts, Especially Some Thick Blankets for the Cement Floors

Local Nonprofits Offer Hot Meals, Warming Centers and More to Those in Need This Christmas

UP NEXT: WIND! Gusts up to 70 mph are Likely to Cause Power Outages, Topple Trees and Create Dangerous Driving Conditions, Agencies Warn

[UPDATE: SAVED!] Attempted Rescue Underway Near Ferndale as 72-Year-Old Woman in Vehicle is Submerged to Her Neck in Flooded Field, According to Scanner Traffic

(UPDATE) Flood Watch to Remain in Effect Through Friday; Hwy. 101 Reopened in Both Directions

[UPDATE: 101 NORTHBOUND CLOSED] WATERWORLD: Widespread Flooding is Closing Area Roads and Prompting Emergency Rescues for Trapped Residents

Trump is About to Reclassify Cannabis, Easing Restrictions on Banking, Taxes and Research, According to Multiple News Outlets

Humboldt County Supervisors Adopt Long-Awaited Climate Action Plan, Set Greenhouse Gas Emissions Threshold

Meet Your Next Humboldt County Planning Commissioner: Former Sheriff’s Investigator Todd Fulton Set to Replace Thomas Mulder as Supervisor Bushnell’s Second District Appointee

Humboldt County Elections Office Sends Blue Lake Voters Slightly Belated Ballot Info on Upcoming Recall Election

In Leaked Excerpt of Guilty Plea, Former Fortuna Councilmember Kris Mobley Details $586K Embezzlement Scheme

(VIDEO) Power Line Erupts in Flashes, Bangs and Smoke Near Eureka High, Causing a Small Outage

Why Did a Local Government Association Delete References to ‘Climate Crisis’ in a Planning Document Draft? Enviro Groups Say It’s Part of a Trend

In the State’s Emergency Abortion Care Lawsuit Against St. Joseph Hospital, Attorneys Recount Graphic Details and Dispute the Facts

Humboldt County Faces Challenges in Developing the Workforce and Supply Chain Necessary for Offshore Wind Energy, Consultant Says

TODAY in SUPES: Board Approves Four-Year Payment Plan for Past-Due Measure S Taxes, Moves to Revoke Permits of Growers Who Are Totally MIA

Humboldt County Has the Nation’s Second-Riskiest Housing Market, Industry Report Finds

Walmart Has Agreed to Buy the Old Eureka Kmart Property on Broadway, Emails Reveal

(PHOTOS, VIDEO) Hundreds Turn Out to Old Town Eureka for Christmas Tree Lighting at Dick Taylor Craft Chocolates

The CBS TV Show ‘Sheriff Country’ Features Some Fleeting Yet Beautiful Shots of Ferndale

Bohn Says Misconduct Complaint Against Him Was Filed by Fellow Supervisor Steve Madrone; Bohn is Not Participating in the Investigation

Notorious Arcata Cattle Rancher Ray Christie Sues Humboldt County, Sheriff Honsal and Others, Alleging Civil Rights Violations

The Crumbling Ruin of Scotia’s Lumber Mill is in Escrow With an Unidentified Buyer

November 2025

Crisp Lounge and Cannabis Dispensary in Eureka is Closing; Owner Says the City Has ‘Too Many’ Weed Stores

State and Local Reps React to Trump Plan to Open More than 1 Billion Acres to New Offshore Oil and Gas Drilling

Shotz Coffee to Take Over the Distinctive Gold Rush/Green Rush Drive-Thru in Eureka