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December 2016

(UPDATE) Tree Takes Out Power Lines, Closes Highway 101 Near Trees of Mystery

Highway 299 is Going to Be Closed For a Long, Long Time

Highway 299 is Closed Again!

(UPDATING) Highway 101 Closed at Piercy (But You Can Still Get Through)

(2nd UPDATE: OPEN) (UPDATE: 299 CLOSED) Snow on Berry Summit Causes Multiple Wrecks on Highway 299; Chains Required

Woman Trapped in Car After Collision in Eureka

November 2016

Highway 299 Will Be Fully Closed For an Hour Today While Caltrans Explodes a Boulder

(UPDATE) McKinleyville Man Suffers ‘Major Injuries’ After Colliding with Trees on Highway 299

Vehicle vs. Inn in Garberville, Says CHP

State Route 299 Re-opens With One-Way Controlled Traffic

(PHOTOS) Corvette Collides With Toyota Tacoma, Crashes Into Hotel Fence in Eureka

Expect Delays on Eureka’s Harris Street For the Next Two Nights

(UPDATE: CLOSED AGAIN!) Highway 299 Closed in Trinity County After Rock Slide

BREAKING NEWS (CAR): News Channel 3 Rig Involved in Two-Vehicle Crash Near the Elections Office

(PHOTOS) Willits Bypass Ceremoniously Opened Today With Huge, Dignitary-Filled Party on a Freeway Viaduct

October 2016

A Car Put a Great Big Hole Through One of Humboldt State’s Mission-Style Entrance Signs Last Night

Head-on Two-Car Crash Completely Shuts Down Samoa Bridge

24/7 One-Way Traffic Control on Highway 101 North of Willits For Next Two Weeks Due to Crumbling Culvert

Elderly Woman Drives 200 Feet Off City Streets Into Sequoia Park, Prompting Large Emergency Response

INFRASTRUCTURE PARTY! Opening Day for the Willits Bypass Announced

CALTRANS: Highway 101 Opened to One-Way Controlled Traffic; Full Cleanup May Take Weeks

Cute Little Dog Gets Police Escort to Sitter After Human Companion Clipped by Passing Car

Pedestrian Struck, Killed After Walking into Traffic on Airport Road

Milk Truck Flips on Highway 101 in Mendocino County

Two Injured As Motorcyclist, Car Crash In Front of Winco

Eureka Woman Dies in Highway 199 Crash

September 2016

Multi-Vehicular Crash Crash Crash Crash on Northbound Broadway Closes One Lane of Traffic

SURVEY SAYS! Humboldt County Has One of the Best Commutes in the State, and We Walk to Work in Impressive Numbers

26-Year-Old Eurekan Killed in Elk River Road Traffic Collision

Tanker Truck Carrying 7,000 Gallons of Gasoline Rolls on Highway 101 in SoHum; Traffic Reduced to One Lane

August 2016

Woman Killed in Solo Vehicle Crash Near Leggett Last Night

Wildfire Again Shuts Down Highway 199 in Oregon

Motorists Experiencing Painful Slowdowns Coming Into Eureka From the North

(PHOTOS) Police Chase of Stolen Vehicle Through Eureka Ends With Crash, Foot Chase

Car Careens Into Orthodonist Office After Crash at Seventh and I

Overturned Big Rig Spills Logs All Over Highway 199, Halts Traffic at California-Oregon Border for Hours

Fire Shuts Down Highway 199 in Oregon, Before Grants Pass

McKinleyville Youth Suffers Major Injuries After Running Red Light and Hitting Tree on Central Avenue

Man Airlifted After Hitting a Pole and Flipping His Car in Eureka Neighborhood This Morning

Highway 299 at Buckhorn Summit is a Lumber-Strewn Mess

Drugs a Factor in Sunday’s Major-Injury Car Crash Near Blue Lake, CHP Says

CHP Attempting to ID Driver Who Fled After Fatal Highway 101 Honda vs. Bull Collision

The Willits Bypass Will Open in Three Months

July 2016

(PHOTO) Truck vs. Arcata Dollar Tree

(VIDEO) Caltrans Blew Up Some Rocks

Rescue Efforts Underway at Simultaneous Bad Car Crashes On Highway 36, Old Briceland Road

Deer, Drinking Factors in Major Injury Motorcycle Crash in Shelter Cove

Car Plows Through Building at the Fourth Street/Broadway Turn

Fatal Tuesday Morning Highway 101 Crash Delaying Traffic in Mendocino

CHP: Out-of-Control U-Haul Caused Yesterday’s Major-Injury Crash on Highway 101 North of Leggett


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