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Colbert Schools Huffman (VIDEO)
“[California’s second congressional district] is home to the largest marijuana farming region in the United States. The so-called Emerald Triangle earns a billion dollars every year, although most of the…
Vegetation Fire in Eureka’s Prestigious Rosewood Neighborhood
KHUM DJ Mike Dronkers sends in the accompanying images of where small fire that broke out in a field off Davis Court in Eureka. The fire was apparently smoldering for around an…
(UPDATED) 14-Year-Old Eureka Girl Missing Since Last Week
…From the Eureka Police Department: Thank you to everyone who shared the post for missing juvenile, Emily Copeland. She returned to her home last night around 8:00 p.m. She is…
Again, Please Don’t Aim Your Laser Pointers at Coast Guard Helicopters, Mmmkay?
…The MH-65D Dolphin crew was returning from an operation in southern California when the incident occurred. The laser shined directly in the eyes of both pilots and appeared to come from…
Willits Bypass Pushed Back to 2017; Caltrans Blames Environmental Groups for Delays, Cost Increases
The California Department of Transportation will officially announce tomorrow that the opening date of the beleaguered Willits Bypass Project is being pushed back another full year — to the summer of 2017 — the…
Sheriff’s Office Stand Off; Man Refusing to Exit Cutten Residence (UPDATING/AUDIO)
…Steve Knight, on the scene, told Ryan Burns that the department has a history with the subject in this case, who is believed to have a history of mental instability. Audio follows…
Humboldt Co. Sheriff’s Office Serving Search Warrants in Redwood Valley Today
…Dave Morey of the Humboldt County Sheriff's Department has confirmed that officers from his department are serving warrants in the Redwood Valley area today. Yesterday, officers were in the Dobbyn Creek…
Vehicle VS Bicyclist North of Richardson Grove
Cones are being set out around the accident. [Photo by Shanda Centeno.] According to CHP dispatch, a bicyclist has been injured in a collision with a vehicle near Richardson Grove, north of…
We Live in Heaven: A Time-lapse Video
With a click of the arrow above. much of the beauty of Humboldt—compressed and collapsed into less than five minutes—flows across the screen. (The starry skies in the last half…
Humboldt Polar Bear Arrested During New York City Flood Wall Street Protests
Save the #Arctic, save the #polarbear. #FloodWallStreet pic.twitter.com/FsaOBLqEJG — Center for Bio Div (@CenterForBioDiv) September 22, 2014 One day after the People’s Climate March grabbed headlines by filling the…
Victims in Yesterday’s Two Separate Fatal Car Accidents Identified
…Today the California Highway Patrol have released the names of those who lost their lives. 18-year-old Millie Blake of Hoopa died after her vehicle crossed the median and flipped on…
Flatmo’d: New Vision
…Our man has been somewhat busy earning People Magazine write-ups for El Pulpo Mecanico's Burning Man exploits and melting snow in the Great White North. But after his steampunk heroism…
Sheriff and DTF in Blocksburg Today
…Steve Knight of the Humboldt County Sheriff's Office has confirmed that Sheriff's deputies and members of the Humboldt County Drug Task Force were serving search warrants out in the Dobbyn…
Rio Dell Resident Dead After Accident Near Hwy 36 This Morning
…During the collision, the passenger [a 24-year-old Rio Dell resident] was ejected from the vehicle and succumbed to his injuries as a result of the ejection. The driver remained in…
HSU Responds to Alaskan Fishing Tripgate
Last week, the Lost Coast Outpost highlighted a story that first appeared in The Lumberjack detailing allegations that a pair of Humboldt State employees improperly used funds intended for students for, among…
[UPDATE From CHP] One Dead After Vehicle Overturns on Highway 101 in Arcata
…The vehicle’s unrestrained female driver was ejected during the course of the collision while the other restrained occupants remained in the vehicle. Shortly following the collision, the female driver, whose name…
Wiedel: ‘Fragile’
Your Lost Coast Outpost has been enjoying the paintings of Jesse Wiedel for some years now, most frequently when they miraculously and conveniently pop up in our Facebook feed. His pieces often…
Teen Shot in the Neck by Dow’s Prairie BB Gun Sniper
…He realized he had been shot in the neck. The victim told the deputy he was shot around midnight. The victim walked home after being shot and examined himself. He felt the…
Sprinkler Douses Mini-Blaze at Bayshore Mall
…The damage in the office and store was minimal because of the activation of the sprinkler system and early notification of the fire department. The cause of the fire is under investigation…
Rain’s Coming: Are You Prepared?
…rubber boots for the kids? Umbrellas? Rain coats? All good? Sit back and enjoy fat drops of life giving water splashing down on a thirsty earth. *Thanks, to the US National Weather…
Internet Trolls Are Sadists, Scientists Say
Science has now confirmed what is obvious to anyone who has explored the dark depths of the LoCO comment sections—internet trolls are sadists. According to two studies just examined in the…
HITCHED, Sept. 21, 2014
…First, note that you went to high school with exactly 12% of the lovebirds below. Then, stay tuned; At the end of each HITCHED LoCO picks out the official wedding song for…
Humboldt County Beaches, Now With Less Trash
…All that garbage harms our wildlife and costs the county a significant amount to clean up during the year. The Northcoast Environmental Center thanks all the volunteers, site captains and sponsors for…
Pastor Bethany: Being Anyone is Hard
It started over desperately desiring a flashlight hidden under blankets, staving away sleepy eyes and drowsy yawns with hopes of play into the dark night. I said no. I said it wasn…
Tomatoes and Cannabis: Or, Backwoods Agriculture is Kinda Mysterious
…The intensity of the beaming orange greenhouse light rivals the intensity of the lights of the refineries off the 405 freeway in Torrance and Carson. Regardless of whether or not you think…
Letter from Istanbul: Living in the New Turkey
…The older garcon shakes his head, looks at the American suspiciously. One of the other men gets up from the bar, approaches the American with a hostile look. “Siz kimsiz?” The man…
[ONE FOUND] Be On the Lookout: Two Vehicles Stolen
Here’s the latest post in LoCO's “Be On the Lookout” series, where we highlight stolen items (in this case the item may have been lost and later found) and ask…
Felled Billboards Removed for Coastal Cleanup Day
Today, as you may have heard, is Coastal Cleanup Day, and a group of volunteers organized by the Northcoast Environmental Center (NEC) arranged to remove those two billboards that have been lying…
The Death of Tommy McClain: What Happened in Wednesday’s Officer-Involved Shooting
…He walked out into the grass… . [The officers] were telling him to come." In an interview also on Thursday, Corinna Ward, Mottern's mother, said she was on the porch by the…
A Gathering For Tommy (PHOTOS/VIDEO)
…The event was organized and promoted via the "Justice for Tommy McClain" Facebook page by McClain’s cousin Nikki Mottern and her husband Josh — who lived in the house with Tommy where…