Emergencies
May 2017
Be Safe This Memorial Day Weekend: Humboldt Rivers are Swift and Cold
Body Reportedly Found in Eel River, Sheriff’s Office Actively Investigating
(VIDEO) Sector Humboldt Bay Rescues Distressed Hiker on the Lost Coast Trail
Sheriff’s Office Says Missing Person Liz Smith Has Been Found Safe in Del Norte County
Bomb Squad Blows Up Suspicious Device Near Eureka Mall
April 2017
Firefighters Wash Five-Block-Long Trail of Blood From Old Town Eureka’s Sidewalk
March 2017
February 2017
What Would Happen if the Dam at Ruth Lake Failed?
January 2017
Did Your Stuff Get Ruined In the Latest Flood? There May Be Some Money for You, County Says
Police Stationed Near the Old Bracut KOA Campground, Attempting to Deal With Suicidal Subject
Many Customers in Hoopa/Willow Creek/Orleans Should Be Getting Their Power Back Today, Says PG&E
December 2016
WATCH: Sector Humboldt Bay Airlifts a Guy Who Fell Off a Trinidad Bluff Today
Man Goes Missing in the Alderpoint Area; Sheriff’s Office Seeks Help Finding Him
November 2016
SNOW RESCUE! Sheriff’s Office, Highway Patrol, PG&E Spend Two Days Getting to Stranded Woman
Helicopter Circling Ridgewood Drive/McKay Tract Area With Searchlight
October 2016
(UPDATE) Law Enforcement Massed in Hoopa for Barricaded Subject; Highway 96 May Be Closed
MALL LIVES MATTER: Walmart Evacuated After Poison Freon Gas Spewed From Broken Freezer Pipe
Sheriff’s Office Responds in Force to Walnut Avenue After Several Silent 911 Calls
(UPDATED) MISSING WOMAN: Fortuna Police Searching for Missing 81-Year-Old
(VIDEO) BAYSIDE HORSE RESCUE! Arcata Fire District, Sheriff’s Office Team Up to Free Trapped Horsey
Humboldt Bay Fire Rescue Swimmers Scramble to Save Woman Who Jumped Into the Bay
September 2016
Sector Humboldt Bay Plucks Ailing Old Man Off Cruise Ship, Flies Him to St. Joe’s
August 2016
Yurok Tribe Declares State of Emergency Due to Tully Fire, Asks for Public Help in Catching Arsonist
McKinleyville Standoff Comes to Violent End; Subject Dead After Opening Fire on Officers
(UPDATING) ‘Hoping for a Peaceful Resolution’: Sheriff Mike Downey on the McKinleyville Standoff
Narcan-Packing Arcata Police Officers Save Man Who Had OD’d on Heroin This Afternoon
One Dead After Boat Capsizes and Sinks Near South Jetty This Afternoon
Sheriff’s Office Bomb Squad Sent to Deactivate Explosive Device in Eureka Neighborhood Today
Cal-Ore Life Flight Names, Honors Crew Members Killed in Last Week’s Plane Crash
July 2016
(UPDATES, PHOTOS) Cal-Ore Life Flight Plane Crashes Northeast of McKinleyville
(UPDATE) 19-Year-Old Fortuna Man on Life Support After Centerville Beach Sand Hole Collapse
63-Year-Old Man Missing After Two Boats Sink on the Klamath
June 2016
Tish Tang Swimmers Stuck on Rock Rescued by Hoopa Police Boat
33-Year-Old Fortuna Man Drowns in Eel River Sunday
May 2016
Huge Emergency Response on 101 Through Arcata for Man Threatening to Jump From Overpass
(UPDATE) EPD Searching for At-Risk Man Near St. Joe’s
April 2016
(UPDATES) California Street Closed After Possible Explosive Device Discovered on the Sidewalk
Police, Ambulance Respond to Reported Heroin Overdose at Palco Marsh
Redway Woman Found Unconscious with Rope Around Her Neck; Deputy, Daughter Revive Her