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THE ECONEWS REPORT: New Crosswalk, Who Dis?
The EcoNews Report / Aug. 30, 2025, 10 a.m. / Environment
HUMBOLDT HISTORY: The Cement Men of Olden Times, and The Backs They Broke to Build a Concrete Eureka
Glen Nash / Aug. 30, 2025, 7:30 a.m. / History
… or sidewalk, the base would be poured first; this would be kept about 1/2-inch low when it was screeded off. Then a mixture of sand and cement was poured on top. This was then finished to a nice smooth surface …
OBITUARY: Harold George ‘Joe’ Thompson, 1941-2025
LoCO Staff / Aug. 30, 2025, 6:56 a.m. / Obits
OBITUARY: Marvin Mullen, 1949-2025
LoCO Staff / Aug. 30, 2025, 6:56 a.m. / Obits
Judge Holds Providence St. Joseph to Prior Agreement as Emergency Abortion Care Lawsuit Proceeds
Ryan Burns / Aug. 29, 2025, 4:46 p.m. / Courts , Health Care
150,000 Acres of Six Rivers National Forest Wilderness Could Lose Protection if Trump Administration Rescinds Roadless Rule
Isabella Vanderheiden / Aug. 29, 2025, 3:38 p.m. / Environment , Government
Harbor District Responds to Trump Administration’s Pulling of Grants, Vows to Continue to Work Toward Offshore Wind Terminal
LoCO Staff / Aug. 29, 2025, 3:07 p.m. / Energy
Gov. Newsom Launches New Task Force to Clear California Homeless Encampments
Marisa Kendall / Aug. 29, 2025, 1:07 p.m. / Sacramento
(UPDATE) Trump Administration Pulls Funding for ‘Fantasy Wind Projects,’ Including $426 Million Grant for Humboldt Bay Offshore Wind Terminal
LoCO Staff / Aug. 29, 2025, 11:05 a.m. / Offshore Wind
… ,672,986) Salem Wind Port Project (PIDP; $33,835,953) Lake Erie Renewable Energy Resilience Project (PIDP; $11,051,586) Radio Island Rail Improvements in Support of Offshore Wind (PIDP; $1,679,604) PMT Offshore …
Dillon Fire Exceeds 4,000 Acres With 0% Containment; Highway 96 Open to One-Way Controlled Traffic
LoCO Staff / Aug. 29, 2025, 10:07 a.m. / Fire
… Fire Information: 707-502-4837Email: 2025.Dillon@firenet.gov Personnel: 284 Online Fire Information: www.linktr.ee/srffirepio Operational Updates: California Complex Incident Management Team 1 assumed command …
Inside Juan Pablo Cervantes’s Rush to Organize a Special Election in Less Than Half the Usual Time
Ryan Burns / Aug. 29, 2025, 7:15 a.m. / Elections , Government
… ;nbsp; Trinidad: Murphy's Market, 1 Main St McKinleyville: Ace Hardware, 2725 Centra/l Ave; Murphy’s Market, 1451 Glendale Dr Arcata: Murphy's Market, 785 Bayside Rd; Murphy’s Market …
OBITUARY: Forrest ‘Ben’ Hurd, 1932-2025
LoCO Staff / Aug. 29, 2025, 6:56 a.m. / Obits
… customers.Ben requested that we have a celebration to remember him and a life well lived. We well gather on September 13, 2025, 1 p.m. at the Christmas Tree Farm to remember, smile, share stories, and have …
Providence Releases Its Own Statement Ahead of Friday’s Hearing on Emergency Abortion Care
LoCO Staff / Aug. 28, 2025, 8:55 p.m. / Health Care
‘Providence is In the Wrong,’ Attorney General Rob Bonta Says Ahead of Tomorrow’s Court Hearing on Emergency Abortion Care
LoCO Staff / Aug. 28, 2025, 11:41 a.m. / Courts , Health Care
Newsom Deploys ‘Crime Suppression’ Teams Statewide While Mocking Trump’s Threats
Alexei Koseff / Aug. 28, 2025, 10:36 a.m. / Sacramento
Motorcyclist Uses Hammond Trail Bridge to Escape Pursuit Early This Morning; Deputies Eventually Make Arrest at The Heights Casino
LoCO Staff / Aug. 28, 2025, 10:23 a.m. / Crime
DILLON FIRE UPDATE: Highway 96 Still Open to Controlled Traffic as Fire Tops 2,000 3,100 Acres; Management Team En Route to Assume Command
LoCO Staff / Aug. 28, 2025, 10:19 a.m. / Fire
… : California Complex Incident Management Team 1 (CA-CIMT 1) will assume command of the Dillon Fire at 7:30 a.m. on Friday, August 29. Incident Command Post (ICP) will be established at 7:00 a.m. in Happy Camp, CA …
Arcata Mailman Hanging Up His Bag After 41 Years on the Job
LoCO Staff / Aug. 28, 2025, 7:53 a.m. / Labor
OBITUARY: Noman Kent Perkins, 1942-2025
LoCO Staff / Aug. 28, 2025, 6:56 a.m. / Obits
California Fish and Game Commission Revokes Fortuna Man’s Commercial Fishing License for Crab Trap Violations
LoCO Staff / Aug. 27, 2025, 12:50 p.m. / Government
Eureka City Council Approves Letter Urging CalPERS to Divest From Companies Invested in the ‘Genocide of Palestinian People’
Isabella Vanderheiden / Aug. 27, 2025, 12:01 p.m. / Local Government
Who Dumped a Bunch of Trash From a Roofing Project in Jed Smith Park?
LoCO Staff / Aug. 27, 2025, 10:48 a.m. / Crime
Sheriff’s Office Arrests Two in Connection With Early Morning Burglary on Harrison Avenue
LoCO Staff / Aug. 27, 2025, 10:20 a.m. / Crime
… and video surveillance footage both Bessant and Kenyon were placed under arrest. Bessant was arrested on the following charges:P.C. 460(B) Second degree burglaryP.C. 182(A)(1) Conspiracy to commit …
Arcata is Making More Sales Tax Money than Ever Before
Dezmond Remington / Aug. 27, 2025, 9:58 a.m. / Government
… $100,000 more than the year before that, boosted at least a tad by the 0.75% increase to the tax that voters approved last year that went into effect on April 1, and a massive $700,000 more than the 2018 …
EPD Releases More Info About the Man Who Allegedly Torched His Own Car on the Courthouse Lawn
LoCO Staff / Aug. 27, 2025, 9:49 a.m. / Crime
A Mini Cascadia Quake? What the 6.5-Magnitude Earthquake of 1954 Reveals About the ‘Big One’
Isabella Vanderheiden / Aug. 27, 2025, 7:36 a.m. / Earthquake , Science
OBITUARY: Robert ‘Mickey’ Dale Huber, 1940-2025
LoCO Staff / Aug. 27, 2025, 6:56 a.m. / Obits
… Michael Bennett (2008); and his granddaughter Jessica Clark-Cameron (2005). A casual potluck in Mickey’s honor will be held on Sunday, August 31, 2025, at 1 p.m. at the family home, 1474 Terrace Way, Eureka …
OBITUARY: Barbara Schuler Hight, 1937-2025
LoCO Staff / Aug. 27, 2025, 6:56 a.m. / Obits
DILLON FIRE UPDATE: Evacuation Orders in Siskiyou County; Highway 96 Could Close, Forest Managers Warn
LoCO Staff / Aug. 26, 2025, 4:19 p.m. / Fire
… DILLON FIRE UPDATE: Evacuation Orders in Siskiyou County; Highway 96 Could Close, Forest Managers Warn Press release on the Dillon Fire, from Six Rivers National Forest:Estimated size: 1,233 acres …
We’ll Have to Wait Until October to Finish the Prelim Hearing for Man Charged With Threatening Schools, Businesses
Ryan Burns / Aug. 26, 2025, 3:04 p.m. / Courts
… .When everyone filed back into the courtroom shortly after 1:30 p.m., O'Connell revealed that Rees had just this morning turned over 23 previously undisclosed supplemental reports from the Arcata Police …
