Emergencies

May 2017

Teens Stranded on Smith River Airlifted by U.S. Coast Guard After Their Vessel Capsized in Swift Waters

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

After Extensive Search, Family Friends Find Body of SoHum Pilot Who Crashed Into the Eel Nearly Two Weeks Ago

Bomb Squad Blows Up Suspicious Device Near Eureka Mall

Siskiyou County Sheriff’s Divers Recover Body of Missing Happy Camp Man from Klamath River, Case Investigated as Possible Homicide

CHP Rescues 16-Year-Old Kid Who Slid Off the Road in the Deep Boondocks in the Middle of the Night, Discover He is a Missing Person From Montana

April 2017

WARNING! A Big, Fast Blast of Water is Going to be Sent Down the Trinity Tomorrow; High Flows Will Last a Week

Firefighters Wash Five-Block-Long Trail of Blood From Old Town Eureka’s Sidewalk

March 2017

Some Ladies Followed Their GPS’s Directions Out Into the Deep, Deep Boons, So the Sheriff’s Office Had to Mobilize a Rescue

Dam Failure? It Could Happen Here. Northern Humboldt Emergency Agencies Plan for ‘Wall of Water’ They Hope Will Never Come

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

SCANNER TRAFFIC INDICATES: Crazy River Rescue Last Night, as Man Floats Downstream With Disabled Truck

Eureka Police Chief Names the Four Officers Who Opened Fire in Last Week’s Downtown Officer-Involved Shooting

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

Missing Eureka Four-Year-Old Safe and Sound; Apparent Misunderstanding Led Father to Assume Custody of Child, Sheriff’s Office Says

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

Some Folks Decided to Go Out a-Sailing During Weekend Storms, So Sector Humboldt Bay Rescued Their Sorry Asses

(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

Pickup Driver With ‘Medical Emergency’ Ping-Pongs Through McK Sanitation Yard, Crashing Into Vehicles and Structures

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


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