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

Sheriff’s Deputies Deploy Zodiac Raft to Rescue Infant, Adults and Cat From Flooding

Sheriff Declares Local Emergency Due to Weekend Floods, Asks Public to Submit Damage Reports

December 2023

[UPDATE: All Clear; Rex Mad] McKinleyville High is Now on Lockdown For the Sixth Time in Two Weeks

(UPDATE: SENDING STUDENTS HOME EARLY) Mack High on Lockdown This Morning for the Third Time in the Last Two Weeks

November 2023

McKinleyville High School Briefly Placed on Lockdown Again Following Report of Armed Person on Campus

(UPDATING) McKinleyville High School on Lockdown

Eureka’s Police and Fire Department Plead With Local Drivers to Please Be Better, and They Offer Some Helpful Tips on How to Do That

October 2023

City of Eureka Seeking ‘On-Call’ Volunteers for Emergency Overnight Warming Center

Coasties Rescue Sailboat Captain Way, Way Off the Eureka Coast; His Boat Remains Adrift at Sea

September 2023

Sheriff’s Office Seeks Public Help Locating Two People Missing From Property Near Willow Creek

August 2023

Gov. Newsom Declares State of Emergency in Del Norte and Siskiyou Counties Due to Fires

Those Great Big Booms Last Night Were the Sheriff’s Office Exploding a Shell Someone Found in Their Yard

Today is Your Last Chance to Apply for a Pass to Access Your Crops and/or Livestock During a Wildfire

July 2023

Sheriff’s Office Releases Statement on Saturday’s Plane Crash in Shelter Cove

June 2023

Hey Rural-ish Arcatans and McKinleyvillains! Can the Arcata Fire District Interest You in a FREE Address Placard to Help Them Find You In Case of Emergency?

May 2023

(UPDATE) Sheriff’s Office Seeks Public’s Help Locating Missing Loleta Woman

BRACE and BOLT: State Grant Funds Available to Help You Get Your House Prepped for the Next Quake

NEW TSUNAMI MAPS! Revised Maps of Potential Danger Show Less of Humboldt Being Swept Away Than Previously Feared

April 2023

Reported Crash on the Samoa Bridge Early This Morning, Which Supposedly Involved a Bicyclist Being Tossed Into the Bay, is Believed Not to Have Actually Happened

March 2023

Eureka Announces New Warming Shelter for Homeless Citizens, to be Based at Lifehouse Church in Myrtletown

Major Water Main Break in Trinidad Likely to Affect Customers for Several Days, Staff Says

February 2023

Man Found Dead at Old Town Bus Stop Early This Morning

BLOOD NEEDED! It’s So Cold Out That People are Forgetting to Donate and There’s a Really Critical Shortage, Blood Bank Says

NEED SHELTER? Many Extreme Weather Shelters Have Opened in Humboldt to Offer Refuge from the Storm

Search and Rescue Operation Underway for 74-Year-Old Washington Woman Who Went Missing While Picking Mushrooms Near Gasquet

January 2023

A Little-Known Grant Program Can Help Earthquake-Proof Your Home, But It Desperately Needs to Find More Humboldt County Contractors to Do the Work