October 2022

Arcata High on ‘Modified Lockdown’ This Afternoon, After Discovery of Threats Posted to Instagram

September 2022

Preparing for ‘The Big One’: Emergency Responders Gather for Cascadia TsunamiCon in Blue Lake

FIRE UPDATE: Ammon Fire Reaches 100 Percent Containment; Hot, Breezy Conditions Increase Activity Within Campbell Fire Control Lines

FIRE UPDATE: Night Shift Firefighting Suspended as Containment Increases and Spread Slows

FIRE UPDATE: Six Rivers Complex Grows to 40,995 Acres, 64 Percent Containment

FIRE UPDATE: It’s Going to Be Very Smoky Around Willow Creek Today

August 2022

FIRE UPDATE: 37,000 Acres Burned So Far; Clear Skies Allow For Air Support, But Also Encourage Fire Activity

FIRE UPDATE: Campbell Fire Jumps Control Line in the Southeast Corner; More That 34,000 Acres Burned, and Containment Dropping

Do You Have What it Takes to Serve in a Time of Crisis? Because the Red Cross Needs to Beef Up its Local Disaster Action Team

FIRE UPDATE: ‘Structure Protection Task Force’ Assigned to Trinity County Towns; Forest Closures Still in Effect, Including River Access at Kimtu; 32,500 Acres Burned, 80 Percent Containment

FIRE UPDATE: Six Rivers Complex Grows to 29,815 Acres with 80 Percent Containment; Humid Conditions Dampen Fire Intensity

FIRE UPDATE: Surprise Weather Again Comes to Firefighters’ Aid; Community Meetings Scheduled in Burnt Ranch, Hoopa

FIRE UPDATE: Fires Top 28,000 Acres; All Eyes On the Northeast Front of the Campbell Fire

FIRE UPDATE: Big Marine Layer Overhead Helps Keep Six Rivers Fires at Bay, With No Significant Growth Yesterday

FIRE UPDATE: 27,408 Acres Burned as of This Morning; Northeast Corner of Campbell Fire Still Troublesome

FIRE UPDATE: Six Rivers Fires Now 81 Percent Contained, With Nearly 26,000 Acres Affected in Total

FIRE UPDATE: Fires Now at 2/3 Containment, with More Than 25,000 Acres Burned; Cleaner Air Expected in the Afternoon

FIRE UPDATE: Lightning Complex at 26,000 Acres Thursday Morning; Containment Jumps to 33 Percent; More Lightning Strikes Possible Today

FIRE UPDATE: Six Rivers Complex Passes 23,000 Acres With 23 Percent Containment; Red Flag Warning in Eastern Humboldt Today

FIRE UPDATE: 21,609 Acres Burned and Growing Containment, But Weather Promises Some Tough Days Ahead

FIRE UPDATE: Six Rivers Complex Merges into Two Fires; Now 19,272 Acres, 17 Percent Contained

FIRE UPDATE: Six Rivers Fires Near 17,000 Acres, With 15 Percent Containment;

FIRE UPDATE: Six Rivers Lightning Complex Now 15,232 Acres, 12 Percent Contained

FIRE UPDATE: 14,000 Acres Burned in Six Rivers Complex as of Today

TOMORROW: Emergency Food Distribution for People Affected by the Six Rivers Lightning Complex

Six Rivers Lightning Complex Threatens More Than 700 Humboldt Homes as It Nears 11,000 Acres, Remains 0 Percent Contained

FIRE UPDATE: Willow Creek Fires Mostly Held Overnight, Incident Commanders Say; Firefighters Will Continue to ‘Aggressively’ Bring Battle to the Blazes

‘This is Going to Be a Long Battle’: At Community Meeting This Afternoon, Fire Commanders Introduce Themselves to Willow Creek, Tell Citizens to be Ready for the Long Fight

FIRE UPDATE: Six Rivers Fires Grow to 6,773 Acres, Still Uncontained; Community Meeting This Afternoon

SIX RIVERS FIRES: Saturday Morning Update From Humboldt OES

Firefighter Hospitalized After Flash Flood Washes Away Bridge in McKinney Fire Zone

July 2022

McKinney Fire That Shut Down Highway 96 in Siskiyou County Grows to 51,468 Acres; Thunderstorms Remain Possible in Trinity County

The Fishing Boat Miss Katie Briefly Threatened to Sink to the Bottom of the Woodley Island Marina, but She Has Risen Again

Buhne and Harrison Fully Blocked Following High-Speed Chase, Reportedly With Shots Fired

Need Some Financial Help to Fire-Safe Your Property? The County Has a Grant Program for That

June 2022

A Plane Made an Emergency Landing in the Arcata Bottoms This Afternoon

(UPDATE) Arcata Police Seek Public’s Help in Locating At-Risk Elderly Man

May 2022

(VIDEO) One Person Dead, One Rescued After Hazardous Surf Sweeps Hikers From Black Sands Beach

April 2022

(UPDATE) Two Fishermen Missing on Humboldt Bay; Coast Guard Conducts Search Overnight

Arcata Sees Fourth Suspected Drug-Related Death in Several Days, Police Warn

February 2022

Narcan-Packing Deputies Save Man Overdosing in Downtown Garberville Early This Morning, Sheriff’s Office Says

Deputies Save Overdosing Man With a Narcan Dose, Sheriff’s Office Says

January 2022

(UPDATE: FOUND SAFE) This Fellow Walked Away From His Care Home Near Henderson Center This Afternoon, and He May Need Help

(UPDATING) Eureka High on Lockdown After Report of Possible Firearm

Humboldt Bay Fire Rescues Boater Stuck in the Mud in Eureka Slough During Low Tide

PG&E Begs for Forgiveness By Giving Away Firewood to Local Customers Affected By Outages; Some Have Been Without Power for More Than A Week

Humboldt Bay Fire Dive Teams Assist Sheriff’s Office as Search for Missing Canoer Continues

December 2021

PG&E Says Progress is Being Made on Willow Creek-Area Outages; Don’t Read Too Much Into Those Mid-January Estimated Restoral Times

Sheriff Declares Local Emergency in Snow-Bound Hills, Asks Residents for Reports of Local Damage

(UPDATES) HOLY MOLY: 6.2 Quake Rocks and Rattles Humboldt