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
One Month, Two Disasters: Supervisors Ratify Emergency Proclamation for Winter Storms as Official Tally Earthquake Damages
Hundreds, Perhaps Thousands of Humboldt County Residents Won’t Have Their Power Restored for Another Two Weeks, According to an Estimate From PG&E
A Major Sewage Spill is Happening in Rio Dell as Stormwater Flows Into Quake-Damaged Collection Pipes
Low-Interest Federal Loans Available for Earthquake Damage Repair; U.S. Small Business Administration Sets Up Shop in Fortuna
Boil-Water Notice Lifted for Mitchell Road Area, Says Humboldt CSD