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Multi Car Accident Partially Blocks 101 Between Garberville and Dean Creek
…Caltrans posted the following information on their Facebook page. North bound lanes on Highway101 at Dean Creek in Humboldt are closed due to a head on collision. No Estimate as to when…
Did You Have Your Mail Stolen, Arcata Resident? ‘Cuz APD Caught a Guy
…Officers checked the area and located Robert Edwin Butcher III, age 29, who was reported to be the subject seen leaving the house. Officers had previously been looking for Butcher on two…
Eureka Police Department Promotions Doled Out at Wharfinger Building Ceremony; Small Protest Outside
…do right, do the best you can and treat others the way you want to be treated; and I’ll do the same.” Newly minted Eureka Police Captain Stephen Watson addressed the…
Humboldt County’s Voter Turnout: Lousy
…We at the Outpost considered reaching out to a talking head of the political science persuasion in the hopes that he or she would learnedly theorize on the reasons for this mass…
Coroner Dave Parris Resigns; Look for Quick Consolidation of Coroner’s and Sheriff’s Office
…Although the coroner has brought the need for additional employees to the attention of the board of supervisors, the allocated budget is not sufficient to meet the need. Over the last several…
Coastal Currents: The Marine Chemist Who Found Fukushima Radiation 100 Miles West Of Eureka
Ken Buesseler, a senior scientist at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) specializing in the study of natural and man-made radionuclides, recently landed on the front page of Reddit as well…
Case Brought by Two Humboldt County Men Draws Attention to Civil Forfeiture Laws
Cash seized from Humboldt County men during a traffic stop in Iowa last year. [Photo provided by the Humboldt County Sheriff's Office.] A case involving two Humboldt County men is receiving…
Fatal Accident on Mattole Road Yesterday
…LoCO has learned that the accident resulted in a fatality. Roughly the area where the accident occurred. [From GPS coordinates provided by the CHP.] Michael Wayne Kuhnel, age 64, a resident of…
Motorcycle v. Car on H Street Sends One to the Hospital; Sign Post Pretty Banged Up
…at a high rate of speed when the car pulled out from a stop sign, failing to see the rider. The collision sent the bike careening into a sign post. The driver…
Eureka Woman Wakes Up With Alleged Burglar in Her Bedroom
…The victim responded and identified King as the male inside her home. It was also discovered that the cell phone was stolen from the victim’s home. King was taken to the…
23-Year-Old Woman Stabbed Near Adorni Center Early This Morning
…At around 3:10 a.m., a caller reported finding the woman unconscious and bleeding in the parking lot of the Adorni Center, the EPD's Brittany Powell told the Outpost. The…
Everyone Wants To Know Why There are Giant Helicopters in Humboldt’s Sky
…What does it mean?) Here at LoCO, it never ceases to amaze us why helicopters seem to alarm the populace so. Again, today, we've received multiple inquiries as to why on…
CHP Captures Man Wanted on Felony Warrant
CHP officers search a vehicle yesterday after discovering the driver was wanted on a felony warrant. [Photo by Shanda Centeno.] Sunday afternoon, a California Highway Patrol officer stopped a white GMC pickup…
Samoa Drag Strip Damaged by Thieves, Estimated Cost of Repair Will Decimate the Non-Profit’s Reserve Funds
Pipes dangle at the Samoa Drag Strip after wires were removed by thieves. [Photos by Kathy Wright] UPDATE 11/11: According to Danny Wright who says the organization has been contacted by…
Yesterday’s Fatal Accident Victim on 101 Identified
…Kaczor was wearing her seatbelt at the time of the collision. The California Highway Patrol (CHP) Humboldt Area is investigating this traffic collision with the assistance of the Humboldt County Coroner’s…
Husband Dies After Being Shot, Trinity County Woman Arrested
…When medical arrived on scene at the residence they advised the Trinity County Sheriff’s Office Dispatcher that the subject whom needed medical attention, later identified as Allen Stone, DOB: 03-24…
(UPDATE) McKinleyville Man Sustains Life-Threatening Injuries in ATV Crash; Two Others Injured
…The California Highway Patrol has provided an update on the condition of the ATV driver in Sunday's accident. Sadly, Ricky Lee Stockwell succumbed to his injuries early yesterday afternoon. The collision…
Fukushima Radioactivity Detected Off West Coast
No cesium-134 has yet been detected along the coast, but low levels have been detected offshore. By Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, a private, independent organization on…
Arcata Traffic Stop Leads to Discovery of Heroin, MDMA, .44 Ruger Handgun
…On 11/09/2014 at about 10:19pm, an officer from the Arcata Police Department conducted a vehicle investigation in front of CVS at 600 F Street. During the investigation, Eureka resident…
Two Serious Accidents Today, One Fatal
…The CHP dispatch reported that the driver received major injuries while a passenger received minor injuries. The male driver was flown to Mercy Hospital in Redding. To see more of the CHP…
South Fork Cubs Beat Ferndale Wildcats to Make Playoffs
Three Cubs, Danny Savioe, Cole Moody and Troy Langely, after the game Friday. [Photographer Ella Scott] After the South Fork Cubs win Saturday over the Ferndale Wildcats, Southern Humboldt was ecstatic. "It…
Man Dies of Gunshot Wound on Mad River Road
…Repeated efforts to get information from the Trinity County Sheriff's Office were unsuccessful over the weekend. We will follow up on Monday.
DEAD RECKONING: The Lessons are There to be Learned
In the early winter of 1976, there was a meeting of the minds. On the first floor of a hospital in Modesto, Calif., a young baby boy had been born into a…
New Fortuna Fire Hydrant Fountain Activated
…Public works is on scene and the water is expected to be off soon. In the meantime, drive carefully in the area.
Ziggy Marley’s in Humboldt
The rasta colors once again are flying near the smoke from a Humboldt fire. This afternoon the well-known musician was smiling at the Wildflower Cafe in Arcata next to Annie Starwasz…
A Memorial for Dylan
…Around 300 people packed the Arcata Community Center Saturday to celebrate the life of Dylan Ruiz, comet of energy and positivity, who died last month in a car accident at the age…
Today’s KID INK Show at Redwood Acres Has Been Canceled
The much-beleaguered Humboldt County Kid Ink/E-40 show has been officially canceled, as of half an hour ago — the day of the show. Originally scheduled for the Humboldt County Fairgrounds…
[PHOTO] Transient Tenants Let Weeds Overrun NoHum Nest
They've really let the place go. This screenshot indicates that the once-bustling Humboldt Bay Eagles nest is now a planterbox. Worse still, frogs, squirrels and chickadees have also been squatting…
‘Tis The End of the Season: Scissor Drifters or Trimigrants Move On
The signs people sport on the corners no longer have hand drawn pictures of scissors to confuse the tourists passing through. The wildly painted buses are disappearing. Foreign accents, while still found…
Kid Arrests Cancer With Pink Handcuffs, Do You Think You Can You Help Her?
…Meanwhile, police officers in the town where Ashlyne's dad lives helped the fifth grader forget a bit of the pain and fear when they took her for a day of crime…