Articles by Sage Alexander

October 2026

COURTS: Woman Charged for Fatally Striking Pedestrian Allegedly Tested Positive For Two Drugs, Admitted to Police She Shouldn’t Have Been Driving

Humboldt County Public Servants Join Statewide Strike

Prosecutors to File New Charges Against Eureka Driver Accused of Striking Pedestrian While Intoxicated

Pedestrian From Last Week’s Broadway Collision is ‘Brain Dead’ Says Family; Driver Pleads Not Guilty

TODAY IN COURT: Autopsy Results Will Determine if Man Accused of Attacking 75-Year-Old in Arcata Forest Will Face Murder Charge

Eureka Pedestrian Seriously Injured As Suspected Intoxicated Driver Crashes Into Them on Broadway

A ‘Third Place’ for Eureka Artists Opens Saturday: Ink People Hopes Newly Renovated Building Will be a Cultural Hub Downtown

‘Pretty Standard’ Vegetation Fire Rips Up Hillside of Broadway Sunday Night

Judge Agrees to Dismiss Criminal Charges Against Cal Poly Humboldt Activist in Six Months; Toledo Seeks Legal Vengeance

Humboldt’s New Hydrogen-Powered Buses Have Been Without Fuel for Months, but Transit Agency Says a Reprieve is Coming

Bill Spenceley, Victim of January Arcata Community Forest Attack, Has Died

New Donation-Based Clinic For Trans Care to Open in Eureka as a ‘Community Solution’ to Treatment Cuts

‘Such an Incredible Vehicle’: Humboldt County’s Bookmobile Celebrated After Two Decades of Service

Eureka Police Chief Responds After Former Officer’s DUI Case Was Dismissed

Humboldt County Flu Season Could Start Early; Public Health Says Now is the Time to Get Vaxxed

September 2026

Woman Accused of Striking Road Worker Withdraws Request to Be Released While Awaiting Trial

(UPDATE, APPROVED) Anil Dwivedi Would Pay $100,000 and Be Barred From Illegally Jacking Up Rents in a Proposed Settlement Agreement That Awaits Approval by Judge

Two Injured in Reported Bear Attack in Burnt Ranch; Dog Dies After Protecting Owner

[UPDATE] Woman Accused of Striking Road Worker Initially Tested With Over Double the Legal Limit of Blood Alcohol Content, Will be Charged with Murder

Jake Combs Sentenced to 50 Years to Life for the 2022 Murder of Trevor Earley Again, Plus 10 Years for His Crimes in Jail

Who’s Running for Ferndale City Council? Meet Your Candidates

Arcata Man Pleads Not Guilty to Stalking Charges After Being Found Inside Victim’s Home With a Knife

COURT ROUNDUP: Suspected Drunk Driver, Accused of Seriously Injuring Road Worker Wednesday, Was on DUI Probation

Some of Humboldt Bay’s Navigational Aids Are Getting Replaced

Will a Bishop Testify in One of the Emergency Abortion Lawsuits Against St. Joe’s? Judge to Decide

Law Enforcement and School Officials Address Concerns of Humboldt County Immigrants in Community Meeting

Dam Removal Activists to Rally Ahead of Eureka Public Input Sessions Next Week

COURT ROUNDUP: Plea Deal Proposed for Eureka Man Accused of Heinous Crimes Against Five Minors

Rio Dell City Council Candidates Seeking Infrastructure Improvements, Election Uncontested With Two Newcomers to Join

Meet Your Trinidad City Council Candidates in Upcoming, Uncontested Election

Eureka’s Gazebo Fountain Just Got A Massive Overhaul, Which Will Hopefully Stop it From Constantly Breaking

A Plan is Underway to Shore Up Centerville Road, but the California Coastal Commission Wants People to Stop Driving on the Beach

19-Year-Old Hoopa Murder Suspect Pleads Not Guilty

One Dies in Rollover Crash Monday Evening on State Route 36

August 2026

JUDGE: Seized Devices From Cal Poly Humboldt Activist Must be Returned, Digital Evidence Can’t Be Used

PHOTOS: Cruz’n Eureka Returns!

Construction Underway on Elk River Estuary Restoration Project, Kickstarting a Big Wetlands Fix

EaRTH Center Breaks Ground; Development Will Bring Affordable Housing and a Transit Hub to Downtown Eureka

Depression-Treating Magnetic Coils Have Arrived to Humboldt County

Do-Over Hearing Scheduled for Possible Mental Health Diversion of School Threats Suspect

COURT ROUNDUP: Humboldt County District Attorney Won’t File Charges Against Suspect for Alleged Willow Creek Stabbing in January

Who’s Running for Blue Lake City Council? Four Candidates Will Jostle For Two Seats

Meet Fortuna’s 2026 Council Candidates, All Essentially Guaranteed a Spot on the Friendly City’s Governing Body

Judge to Decide on Mental Health Health Diversion of Man Who Threatened Many Humboldt County Schools

Advocates Urge Open Door to Reinstate Youth Gender-Affirming Care After Health Center Cuts Key Treatment

PADDLER’S PARADISE: Construction Underway on Massive Eel River Estuary Restoration Project That Will Open Up Miles of Public Access at the River’s Mouth

Elected Officials Outraged After Developer Vacates Humboldt Offshore Wind Lease

Funding for Arcata’s Evening Bus Service is in Limbo

Jerold Phelps Now Offering Outpatient MRIs in Garberville

(UPDATE: Fixed! Open for Business!) El Cora Mexican Food in Garberville Shuttered After Inspection Finds Live Cockroaches


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