August 2022

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

KNOW YOUR ZONE! The Office of Emergency Services Has Divided Up the County Into Many, Many Zones for Purposes of Emergency Planning, and It Would Behoove You to Know the Name of the Zone That is Yours

GPS Leads Southern California Man Up Bald Hills Road During Snowstorm; Sheriff Office Deputies Effect Rescue

Sector Humboldt Bay Rescues Lost Coast Hiker With Broken Leg

November 2021

(UPDATE: FOUND) Eureka Police Ask Public’s Help in Locating 71-Year-Old Local Man Known to Use Two Walking Sticks

(UPDATE: BLOWN UP) Eureka Police, Sheriff’s Office Bomb Squad Looking at Suspicious Device in Downtown Eureka

Humboldt Bay Fire Rescue Swimmer Michael Tyson Gets Red Cross Laurels For Pulling Unconscious Man Out of Elk River Slough

September 2021

(UPDATING) Fire at Eureka’s Waste Management Transfer Station

(UPDATE) Officer-Involved Shooting in the Arcata Bottoms: Sheriff’s Office, Other First Responders Investigating

(UPDATE: FOUND): Elderly Man Missing From Assisted Living Facility on Myrtle Avenue

Get Your Questions on the Knob Fire in to the Office of Emergency Services, and They’ll be Answered Shortly

August 2021

(UPDATE) New Evacuation Orders Issued for the Knob Fire Burning South of Willow Creek

Local Woman Hospitalized Following Dog Attack in Fortuna

SMOKE ALERT: Unhealthy Conditions on the Highway 96 Corridor Today, but Relief Should be Coming Tonight

Unresponsive Man Floating in the Elk River Slough Saved By Rescue Swimmer, Humboldt Bay Fire Says

Burn Victims Medevaced Near Shelter Cove Yesterday After ATV Failure

Highways 299 and 36 Closed as Trinity County Wildfires Continue to Grow