November 2024

With Only About 8,000 Humboldt County Votes Left to Tally, The Results are All the Same as They Were On Election Night — and are Now All But Certain (Except in Blue Lake)

VOTE COUNT UPDATE! We Are Past the Halfway Mark; Manual Canvass Tally Underway

[UPDATED] Highly Contentious Blue Lake City Council Race is a Nail-Biter, With Many Votes Yet to Be Counted

ELECTION UPDATE: More Than Half of the Humboldt County Ballots Are Still Uncounted, Elections Office Says

The ‘Housing For All’ Coalition, Which Backed Eureka’s Measure F, Issues Statement the Morning After Its Evident Failure

Final Election Night Report! With Perhaps Half the Vote Counted, the Status Quo Looks Like a Lock in Eureka

The Election So Far! Humboldt’s Early Voting is a Bit Slower Than Four Years Ago, But There’s Still Plenty of Time and Ways to Cast Your Ballot

(UPDATE: FULL TROLL MODE) Misleading ‘Yes on F’ Mailer Uses Out-of-Context Quotes From Eureka Business Owners to Bolster Support

October 2024

Would Measure F Actually Preserve Eureka’s Downtown Parking? Nope, State Law Would Override It, Staff Says

Several Dozen ‘Housing For All’ Signs Illegally Placed On Telephone Poles Around Town Over the Weekend

[UPDATED] Eureka Campaign Finance Roundup: Kenny Carswell Leads All Candidates; Security National Surpasses $1.6 Million Spent

Humboldt County is VOTING! Elections Office Sees Huge 95% Increase In Early Mail-In Ballots

Humboldt County League of Women Voters Urges People to Vote ‘No’ on Measure F

Eureka City Council Ward 4 Candidate Thavisak ‘Lucky’ Syphathong is Also Vying for a Position on the Eureka City Schools Board of Trustees

Security National Gave Eureka City Council Candidate Kenny Carswell a Bridge Loan to Buy His House in the Second Ward

Meet Jack and Wil, Candidates for the Humboldt Bay Harbor District Board of Commissioners Division 5 Seat

LoCO INTERVIEW: Second Ward Eureka City Council Candidate Kenny Carswell Talks About His Job at Security National, Measure F and Boosting the Local Economy

The Arcata Fire District’s Measure M Won’t Raise Taxes, But the Fire Department Needs it to Pass In Order to Spend the Money it Already Raises

WATCH PARTY! The Eureka City Council Candidates Forum on KEET Starts at 7 p.m., and You Can Catch it Right Here

Humboldt’s HOPE Coalition Has Again Assembled Its Handy-Dandy ‘Who’s Voting How on the Propositions’ Table

LoCO Interview: Kati Moulton, Eureka’s Second Ward City Council Rep, on Her Reelection Campaign, the False Promises of Measure F, the Importance of Police Transparency, and More!

State Housing Official Weighs in on Measure F; Security National Dumps Another $363K Into Campaign

Eureka City Council Candidates Will Meet in Televised League of Women Voters Forum on Oct. 14

September 2024

Eureka Campaign Finance Roundup: Security National Passes $1.2M Spent on ‘Yes on F’; Carswell Leads in Fundraising Among Eureka Council Candidates

‘WE HAVE TO TAKE A STAND’: Law Enforcement, Businessfolk, Government Officials Push for Tougher-on-Crime Proposition 36 at Noontime Rally

LoCO INTERVIEW: Scott Bauer, Eureka’s Fourth Ward City Council Representative, on His Re-Election Campaign and the Importance of Community Resilience

Measure F Proponents Say: If the Choice Were Between Arts and Culture in Old Town On the One Hand or New Housing There On the Other, a Majority of Eurekans in Our Survey Would Prefer Arts and Culture

REMINDER! LoCO Elections is Back, and the Floor is Open for Your Questions for the Candidates

It’s Not All About Measure F! There are a Dozen Other Local Measures on the Nov. 5 Ballot, and They All Look to Raise Tax Revenue for Cash-Strapped Humboldt County Governmental Agencies

LoCO INTERVIEW: Eureka City Council Candidate Thavisak ‘Lucky’ Syphanthong Talks About His Journey From Laos to America, Tells Us Why He Decided to Run, and Takes a Stand on Measure F

Former Auditor-Controller Karen Paz Dominguez Facing Up To $61K in Fines for Failure to File Campaign Finance Forms on Time

With $1.15M From Security National, Measure F is Now the Most Expensive Ballot Initiative in Eureka History

August 2024

Humboldt Progressive Democrats Endorse Candidates in Arcata, Eureka City Council Races, Urge ‘No’ Vote on Measure F

Eureka Will Have to Wait Two More Years Before it Gets Ranked-Choice Voting

Seven People Have Qualified for Arcata’s City Council Election

How Will the Collapse of the Jacobs Campus Deal Impact Measure F? It Won’t, Backers Insist.

EUREKA CITY COUNCIL RACE: Four Candidates Have Officially Qualified for the November Ballot

Security National Just Dropped Another $286K Into Measure F, Bringing Its Total Spending to Nearly $1M

Security National Has Spent $710,645 and Counting on Measure F, the ‘Housing for All’ Initiative

New Eureka Council Candidate Just Bought a House in Ward 2 and Changed His Political Party Last Week

July 2024

Humboldt County Supervisors Vote to Put a One Percent Sales Tax Measure on November Ballots

Want to Run For City Council in the Fall? Now’s the Time to Get On It!

June 2024

Is There a New and Mysterious Contender for Eureka City Council’s Ward Two Seat? In Facebook Post, Local Realtor Calls for Help Finding a House to Buy Specifically in that Area ‘ASAP’

March 2024

ELECTION TALLY UPDATE: Almost All the Votes Are Counted Now, and the People Who You Thought Were Winning Did In Fact Win

ELECTION TALLY UPDATE: About 6,800 More Votes Counted; Nothing Has Changed Except There Are Even More Ballots Left to Count Than Had Been Previously Supposed

ELECTION TALLY UPDATE: Assembly Hopeful Chris Rogers is Big in Sonoma. Will That be Enough?

IT’S ELECTION NIGHT! We’ll be Updating Here With Results and Pictures From Candidates’ Victory Parties, if We Can Find Any

YOU VOTE YET? If Not, Here Are Your Options for Doing Your Civic Duty Today and Tomorrow

February 2024

Gomez Campaign for County Supervisor Files Overdue Financial Disclosure Forms

CAMPAIGN $$$ ROUNDUP: Incumbent Supervisors Raise and Spend More Than Challengers; Gomez Campaign Refuses to Answer Finance Questions