News

April 2018

Josiah Lawson’s Mother Files $500,000 Claim Against Arcata; City Questions Timing of Ex-FBI Agent’s Departure From Case

Fortuna Police Identify 24-Year-Old Serbian Woman Who Died After Being Found on Riverwalk Drive

Mendo Sheriffs’ Search and Rescue Effort Locates Car Submerged in Eel River; Police Confirm That Missing Family Perished in Crash

Law Enforcement Fails to Corral Murderous Donkey Posing Threat to Highway 101 Motorists, So They Shot It

24-Year-Old Woman Dies at Redwood Memorial Hospital After Being Found Possibly Intoxicated on Riverwalk Drive

K9 Officer ‘Johnny’ Apprehends Suspect Who Led Deputies on Highway 3 ATV Chase Near Hayfork

Two Arrested Near Trinidad on Weapons Charges After Routine Traffic Stop

Arcata Police Chief Tom Chapman Resigns

Three More ‘Known Associates’ of SoHum Murder Suspect Zach Harrsion Arrested Last Night

Senior Chief of Coast Guard Station Noyo River Temporarily Relieved of Post After Commander Loses Confidence in His Ability to Lead, is Reassigned to Humboldt Bay

Wheetley Out as Fortuna City Manager

Body Found in Trinity River Identified

Hunt for SoHum Homicide Suspect Continues; Deputies Arrest One, Pursue Another During Search

One Arrested, 3.6 lbs. of Heroin Discovered During Drug Task Force Raids in Fortuna and Eureka

29-Year-Old Man Killed in Chainsaw Accident Near Trinidad

March 2018

Two Arrested in Redwood Valley on Concealed Firearms Charges

Law Enforcement Searching for At-Large Murder Suspect in SoHum

Road Closed in Fieldbrook While Explosive Ordnance Disposal Team Investigates ‘Suspicious Items’

Body Found Near Highway 101

Body Found at Mouth of Eel River Over the Weekend Belonged to Missing Fortuna Man, Says Sheriff’s Office

Deputies Respond to Report of Woman Over the Railing of Humboldt Hill Overpass, Make Felony Warrant Arrest

(UPDATING) Gunman Holding Hostages After Firing on Law Enforcement at Napa County Veterans Home

Sheriff’s Office Attempting to Identify Body Found in Burned-Down Home Near Somes Bar

Body Found on South Jetty Last Year Identified as 47-Year-Old Man Last Seen in Alderpoint

February 2018

Body Found Near College of the Redwoods in September Identified as Man Who Went Missing in 2015

Humboldt Coroner’s Office Completes Autopsy on Body Found at Centerville Beach

Hiker Finds Body Near Mattole Beach; Autopsy Scheduled Tomorrow

(UPDATE) Woman Still Missing After Sheriff’s Office Arrests Her Boyfriend in Northern Mendocino

Two Arrested After Allegedly Driving Stolen Vehicle, Toting Short-Barreled Shotgun Through Willow Creek

Redway Man Assaulted After Critiquing Alleged Drunk Driver Near Elementary School

Woman Killed in Yesterday’s Officer-Involved Shooting in Willits Identified by Mendocino Coroner’s Division; Three Deputies Placed on Leave

WOMAN KILLED IN OFFICER-INVOLVED SHOOTING: Sheriff’s Office Provides Update on This Morning’s Incident on Highway 101

Body Recovered in Van Duzen River Earlier This Week Identified as Missing Spanish Man

(PHOTOS) Car Knocked Onto Its Side As Accident Closes Two Lanes of I Street in Eureka

PEOPLE! Let’s Not Freak Out Too Much About Humboldt’s State-Highest Rate of Missing Persons Reports, OK?

January 2018

PHONE SCAM ALERT: Someone’s Impersonating Humboldt Superior Court Staff and Demanding Fine Money

Two Del Norte County Deputies Hospitalized After Officer-Involved Shooting Incident

(PHOTOS) LIGHTHOUSE MOVED: Trinidad Memorial Lighthouse Trucked to New, ‘Temporary’ Location

Two Arrested, 156 lbs. of Weed Seized After Fire at Alleged Hash Lab

December 2017

Loleta Man Arrested by SWAT Team This Morning

CORONER: HSU Student Erin Henry Fell to Her Death

Citing Cost, Eureka Calls Off Search for New Corp Yard Location, Possibly Jeopardizing Costco Expansion

HSU Statement on the Loss of Student Erin Henry

Law Enforcement Searching Willow Creek Area for Possibly Armed Man; Residents Advised to Shelter in Place

Nearly a Year Later, EPD Announces They are Investigating 18-Year-Old Jennika Suazo’s Death as a Homicide

(UPDATE) EUREKA HOMICIDE: EPD Investigating Suspicious Transient Death That Occurred Behind Eureka Church of the Nazarene

(UPDATE) Inmate Escapes Work Crew Near Ferndale Fairgrounds

November 2017

Humboldt Native Killed by Police After Opening Fire on Downtown Reno From High-Rise Apartment

Suspect Evades CHP by Bailing Out of Stolen Pickup, Jumping Off Samoa Bridge into Humboldt Bay; Coast Guard Search Called Off

Missing Young French-Canadian Man Found Dead at Arcata Marsh

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