January 2026

CALLING UNIVERSAL DONORS! Local Blood Bank Issues Urgent Call for Type O Negative Donations

Sheriff’s Office Recaps Rescue of Lost Hiker in the Bald Hills Last Week

(UPDATE: FOUND) Eureka Police Looking for Missing 10-Year-Old

The Sheriff Has Declared a State of Emergency Due to Friday’s Fire in Arcata, Citing the Effects of Hazardous Materials Entering the Creeks and the Bay

Arcata Fire: Cause of Friday’s Block-Destroying Blaze Still Under Investigation; Seven Businesses Leveled, Along With Several Apartments; Five Other Businesses Sustained Damage

Trinidad Without Water After Big Main Break on Scenic Drive Empties the City’s Tanks

December 2025

Sheriff’s Office Recaps Rescue of 72-Year-Old Woman Nearly Swept Away in Ferndale Today

Sheriff’s Office Seeks Public’s Help In Locating Runaway Hoopa High Kid Who Went Missing Earlier This Year

November 2025

Gov. Newsom Has Deployed Emergency Personnel to Humboldt to Help Us Through This Storm

Yurok Tribe Authorizes Emergency Food Assistance to Members Impacted by SNAP Shutdown

Sheriff’s Office Asks for Public’s Help to Locate Missing McKinleyville Man

October 2025

One Killed in Head-On Collision Near Rio Dell Yesterday Afternoon

Local Medical Airlift Services Won’t Be Impacted by REACH Helicopter Crash in Sacramento, Company Says

August 2025

82-Year-Old Man in the Briceland Backwoods Deceased After Apparently Falling Off a Ladder; Southern Humboldt Technical Rescue Called In to Assist

48-Year-Old Santa Rosa Man Identified as Deceased Pilot in Last Weekend’s Shelter Cove Plane Crash

We Got Panicky Alerts and Wacky Flood Maps. So How Do We Improve Humboldt County’s Tsunami Warning System?

July 2025

(UPDATES) TSUNAMI CANCELLED: Advisory Lifted; Exercise Caution on the Beach

(PHOTOS) The Stranding and the Rescue of the Fishing Vessel Miss Jessie, Which Grounded Itself on the South Spit Friday Morning

(UPDATE: ALL CLEAR) Sheriff’s Office Seeking Man Who Fled From Rio Dell Firefighters Who Were Attempting to Help Him Earlier Today

Forks of Salmon is Under Immediate Evacuation Orders as Butler Fire Advances on the Community

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

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

June 2025

(VIDEO) Governor Newsom Demands President Trump Withdraw Troops From California

January 2025

Local Trainer and Her Search and Rescue Dog, Rowdy, Earn Elite Certification for Finding People in Disaster Zones

Eureka’s Third Street Closed Due to Confirmed Gas Leak

Extreme Weather Shelter Opening Tonight in Eureka

December 2024

Eureka Activates Extreme Weather Shelter

(UPDATE: CANCELED) Tsunami Warning in Effect

November 2024

(UPDATE) What Was Up With That Smoke Warning in Eureka Earlier Today?

[UPDATE: Just the Offramp!] Hookton Road Offramp is Closed, Caltrans Reports

Think Twice Before Hiking the Lost Coast! Landslides Near Shelter Cove Have Made Some Stretches Well-Nigh Impassable, BLM Says

October 2024

Another Eureka School Briefly Went on Lockdown in Response to Threats Tuesday Evening

(UPDATING) Eureka High on Lockdown For the Third Time This Month, Following Another Threat

ALL CLEAR: Eureka High School Evacuated Due to Bomb Threat; EPD Determines Report ‘Not Credible’

September 2024

(VIDEO) Sector Humboldt Bay Does it Again! Watch Coasties Pluck an Appendicitis-Stricken 8-Year-Old and His Family Off a Cruise Ship Cruising 20 Miles West of Humboldt Shores

UNIVERSAL DONOR, DONATE! Blood Bank Issues Call for Donations Due to Dire Shortage of the Most Critical Type

August 2024

(VIDEO) Here’s How Badass Coast Guard Heroes Pluck an Ailing Person Off a Ship 28 Miles Out to Sea

July 2024

LOW ON BLOOD! There’s a ‘Critical Shortage’ of O Positive at the Blood Bank, and If You Are of That Persuasion They’d Really Love it If You Could Donate

(VIDEO) Aircraft Crashes Near Kneeland Airport, Sparking Fire

Last Night Was Another Busy Night for Arcata Fire, as Our Heroes Responded to a Car Crash and a Lumber Mill Fire Practically Simultaneously

Stay Cool! Humboldt County to Open Cooling Centers in Garberville and Along the Highway 96 Corridor to Help Residents Beat the Heat Wave

The Hiker Who was Found Injured on the Lost Coast Trail Last Week is Recovering and Thankful for His Rescuers

June 2024

(UPDATE: PHOTOS OF THE CRASH) Airplane Makes Emergency Landing in the Humboldt Bay National Wildlife Refuge Across From CR

Fatal Single-Vehicle Car Crash Into Bayside Grange Early This Morning; Power Out Across Bayside, Sunny Brae

May 2024

(UPDATE: FOUND) Sheriff’s Office Seeks Public’s Help in Locating Missing Trinidad 12-Year-Old

23-Year-Old Missing in the Trinity Following Presumed Drowning Last Night, Sheriff’s Office Says; Search Underway

April 2024

(UPDATING) Deputies Shoot Man Believed to Have Shot Elderly Woman in Cutten This Morning; Fern and Cedar Streets Closed

(UPDATING) Major Pro-Palestine Protests at Cal Poly Humboldt Provoke Massive Police Response; Protesters Occupy Siemens Hall; Reports of Violent Force Between Activists and Law Enforcement

March 2024

Eureka Has Activated its Warming Center for Those Who Need to Get Out of the Weather

January 2024

Eureka Police Department Issues All-Clear For Possible, Maybe, Could-Be Explosive Device Found on 14th Street