News

December 2023

Toys for Tots Seeking Last-Minute Donations to Replace Stolen Toys

City of Arcata Announces New Police Chief; Lt. Bart Silvers to Be Sworn in Next Week

Mystery Item on Tonight’s Eureka City School Agenda Suggests Imminent Action on Jacobs Campus, but the School District Won’t Share Details

‘I HAD MADE MY PEACE WITH GOD’: Ferndale Man Survives 1,000-foot Fall, Three Days in Forest While Hiking in Hawaii

Real-Life Grinch Breaks Into Toys for Tots Warehouse, Drives Off With Truck-Load Full of Christmas Gifts

Sheriff’s Office Actively Searching for Missing Man Near Piercy

Eureka Police Department Release the Names of Officers Involved in Old Town Shooting Death

‘His Life Saved Three Others’: Organs Successfully Transplanted From Man In Police Custody; Parents Remain Angry About Delayed Approval From Sheriff Honsal

Eureka Police Department Identifies Man Shot and Killed by Officers in Old Town on Sunday, Releases Details on Altercation That Preceded Deadly Response

November 2023

Sheriff Honsal is Refusing to Allow a Dying Man’s Organs to Be Donated. Parents and a Donor Organization Say He Won’t Explain Why.

Sequoia Park Zoo Foundation Welcomes New Executive Director Alegria Sita

CHARBURGER INCOMING! Habit Burger to Set Up Shop at the Old Sizzler Location in Eureka

Would Your Youth-Serving Organization Like Some of the Money Seized From Suspected Drug Traffickers? If You Apply By the End of the Year, the County’s Top Law Enforcement Officials May Give You Some

Where to Dump the Stuff We Dredge From the Bay? Federal Agencies are Going to Try Dumping it Nearer to the Shore, and Community Members are Invited to a Town Hall Discussion Thursday

October 2023

‘This Fundraiser is the Bridge to Our Future’: Community Members Rally to Save Dell’Arte Amid Financial Woes

Donald Forrest, Humboldt County Actor and Storyteller, Passes Away

Fortuna Student Arrested After Threatening to ‘Blow Up the School’ in Written Message on Campus Wall

Mendocino Law Enforcement Share Grisly Details of Discovery of Missing Eureka Woman’s Body; Son of Deceased in Custody

Dell’Arte Faces Closure, Lays Off Staff Due to ‘Critical Cash Flow Issues’

Yurok Tribal Chair Joe James, Assm. James Ramos Issue Statement on Governor’s Veto of Bill That Would Have Sped Up the Location of Missing Foster Children

Notice of Correction of a Previous Story

Newsom Signs ‘Milestone’ Legislation Ending Exemptions for Coastal Oil and Gas Development

September 2023

Arcata Main Street is Being Dissolved and Chamber of Commerce is Taking Over, City of Arcata Announces

Missing Humboldt Hiker Found After Becoming Separated From Boyfriend During Trip to an Entirely Different Ruth Lake

APD: Threat Made on Arcata High School Not Credible

Cal Poly Humboldt Police Department Seeking Subject Believed to Have Been Involved in ‘Inappropriate’ On-Campus Incident

JACKPOT! The $15M Winning Ticket From Last Night’s SuperLotto Plus Drawing Was Sold at Fortuna’s Riverwalk Shell Station

Harbor District Responds to Crowley Controversy, Commits to the ‘Highest Ethical Standards’

August 2023

Notice of Correction

Following Owner’s DUI Arrest, Former Singing Trees Employees Report Unethical Behavior to the State

LoCo Fish Co. Owner Jayme Knight Apologizes for ‘Hurtful’ Language, Says He’s Stepping Away for Rehab

Power Restored, Mad River Hospital Thanks First Responders and Utility Workers for Crash Response

Car Smashes Into Power Box in Arcata, Knocking Out Electricity to Mad River Hospital

Ferndale’s Foggy Bottoms Boys Say Local Business Owner Lobbed Anti-Gay Slurs at Their Employees, Destroyed Property During Chili Cook-Off at Humboldt County Fair

SAFE AGAIN! Emergency Improvements to the Grandstands at the Humboldt County Fairgrounds are Complete and the Public May Sit There to Watch the Races

Offshore Wind Development Will ‘Redefine Life on the North Coast,’ Politico Story Posits

McLean Foundation Donates $500K to Fortuna Senior Center for New Building Construction

Two Dead, Including a 16-Year-Old, After Vehicle With 15-Year-Old Driver Hits Embankment Near Willow Creek

19-Year-Old Dies After Vehicle Collides With a Tree Near College of the Redwoods Campus South of Eureka

Eureka Police Respond to Reported Altercation, Discover Man Dead From Gunshot Wound

After Suffering Water Damage Caused by the Earthquake, Fortuna Theatre is Still Closed and it Looks Like it Won’t Be Reopening Any Time Soon

July 2023

Person Found Dead at Downtown Eureka Bus Stop

Eureka Mayor Requests City Flags Be Flown at Half-Staff for Late Business Owner Leon Warmuth

No Salmon at Klamath Salmon Festival: Yurok Tribe Takes Salmon Off the Menu Once Again Due to Bad Fish Forecast

After a False Start in Arcata, Life Plan Humboldt Secures McKinleyville Property for a Large Senior Residential Community

The CHP Would Like to Build New Headquarters on the Property Championed by People Opposing Downtown Housing Development, and There Was a Meeting About it Yesterday

87-Year-Old Woman Injured and Transported to ER After Being Hit by ‘The Choo Choo Train’ at Redwood Acres Fair on Opening Weekend

Man Found Dead in Trinity River on the Fourth of July; Sheriff’s Office Seeks Public’s Help in Identifying Him

Local Naturalist Blasts Humboldt Redwoods State Park’s ‘Out of Control’ Policy Prohibiting Guided Tours After Years of Permitting Woes and Roadblocks

Two Hayfork Residents Killed in Solo-Vehicle Crash on State Route 3, CHP Reports

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