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Here’s How Hundreds of People Are Working to Fix the Eel River Delta
Stakeholders assemble to discuss the science behind the Salt River Ecosystem Restoration Project. Scientists and government employees generally aren't known as party animals, but there was definitely a festive mood yesterday…
Rollover Accident in Eureka
The Eureka Police Department just tweeted, Rollover injury traffic collision involving three vehicle at Broadway and Hawthorne. #safetweets pic.twitter.com/dQgqaogHY4 — Eureka Police (@Eureka_Police) September 19, 2014 According to Hank…
[FOUND!] Be On the Lookout: Lost or Stolen iPhone May Have Taken Photos of the Person Who Has It Now.
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…
Humboldt Wants an iPhone 6
…in front of Eureka's Verizon Store on Broadway. "This is just the beginning of the line," Sandoval noted an hour before the store opened. Good luck, gadget geeks. Enjoy your…
Fog! (And a Reminder of How Our Cammed Feature Can Help You Plan for the Weather)
Fog on Murray Field captured by one of the sky cams a little before 8 a.m. Dense, damp fog is blanketing parts of Humboldt County today. Drive carefully. Give yourself more…
Fire on Harrison in Eureka Today
Around noon, Humboldt Bay Fire responded to a residential fire in the 1600 block of Harrison in Eureka. Harrison was blocked for a little while. According to Shift Battalion chief Kent Hulbert…
Lightning Causes Fire Near Louse Camp
…The fire is burning in timber near the bottom of the drainage. Due to difficult access into the area and steep terrain, fire managers are utilizing aerial resources—air tankers and helicopters…
Eureka Police Officer-Involved Shooting Victim Named
Yesterday, the Lost Coast Outpost reported on an incident that left one man dead after he was shot by an officer with the Eureka Police Department. Please refer to our previous coverage…
MCSO: Brother Kills Brother in Yesterday’s Shooting
…On 09-17-2014 at 2:57 PM the Mendocino County Sheriff's Office received a telephone report of a shooting incident on a piece of property located in the 78000 block…
Step Up, Eureka: Grant Elementary School Needs Your Help!
By now, Eureka residents may have noticed the infrastructure improvements recently installed on F Street, G Street, and Oak Street near Grant Elementary School. New sidewalks, crosswalks, a pedestrian median, and signage…
Miranda Water Main Breaks/Miranda Schools Closed Tomorrow
Broken water main in Miranda. [Photo from the South Fork High School Facebook page.] According to South Fork High School and Miranda Junior High principal Lisa Gray, all three schools in Miranda…
Shooting in Piercy
According to scanner reports, a man was shot in the Piercy area this afternoon. Initial reports indicated that the shooter was on the loose. However, when reached for comment, Mendocino County Sheriff…
An Ode to the First Rain
September 17, 2014 The first showers cross the King Range and begin to release the first rain of the water year over the Mattole Valley. [Photo by Uti Deva.] A guest post…
Widespread Internet and Cable Outage in Rio Dell, Scotia and Vicinity
…Now, it's probably early to speculate on a cause for the outage, but we gotta say: The timing is intriguing, given yesterday's gauntlet-throw from Assemblymember Wes Chesbro in the…
Tim Got His Car
…Remember? He was informed he won it the same day his Volvo broke down on the way to work? Right. It was the feel good story of the day. Well! Today Tim…
Lumberjack: HSU Athletic Director Accused of Inappropriately Funded Alaskan Fishing Trip
Juicy scoop over at The Lumberjack this morning. According to the student-run newspaper, an former HSU employee has filed a lawsuit alleging that HSU Athletic Director Dan Collen and Director of…
Your Week in Ocean: UnTrashing The Beach
…Coordinated by the Northcoast Environmental Center, the event is part of International Coastal Cleanup Day, the largest volunteer event on the planet! If you're not already part of a team, the…
Showers Predicted This Afternoon
Graphic from the US National Weather Service in Eureka. Follow their Facebook page here. According to the US National Weather Service in Eureka, rain is moving over the area today and tomorrow…
Eureka Police Officer Involved in Fatal Shooting
…Photos from the scene of the investigation taken from Allard Avenue and Ocean View Cemetery. The green house in the last shot carries the address officers called in after the shooting: # # # Original…
[More Photos!] Fire Near Arcata
…Photos from the front-lines of the fire provided by a reader. UPDATE 7:50 p.m.: Voice on the scanner stated, "Fire is controlled. We're in mop-up." UPDATE 7…
Photos From a Raided Marijuana Grow
The ribs of the large greenhouse in today's sunlight. [Photos provided by a reader.] Yesterday, the Humboldt County Sheriff's Office served a warrant in Salmon Creek. Today, a neighbor discovered…
Chesbro Looks to Stick It to the Suddenlink Slasher
Y'all remember the Suddenlink Slasher, right? This was the bastard (or bastards) who got a kick out of cutting fiber optic lines last year — again and again and again — inconveniencing thousands…
LoCO Elections is Getting Hotter! Rollin Richmond, Kim Starr, Many Others Ready to Take Your Elex Questions
…Holding up the Yes on R position on LoCOElections! is Kim "Verbena" Starr, organizer with the initiative sponsoring "Fair Wage Folks." We've enlisted Don Smullin, executive director of the Eureka Chamber…
BOR Releases More Trinity Water in Response to the Appearance of Fish-Killing Parasite
…27) ‘The fear is that all the fish might die in the Lower Klamath like they did in 2002’ (Yesterday) Press release from the Yurok Tribe: Today, following the discovery of a…
Careful With This War Business, Warns Congressman Huffman
Yesterday, our representative to the U.S. Congress, Jared Huffman, issued a cautionary rejoinder to President Barack Obama's Sept. 10 ISIL speech, questioning both the methods and the motives of a…
95% Contained: Tuesday’s Bald Hills Fire Update
…The Hoopa Valley Tribe will take over fire command from the Type 2 Incident Management Team tonight at 6 pm and oversee final mop-up operations. The public needs to be aware…
Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office Near Shelter Cove Today
Folks in the southwestern part of the county are reporting a large law enforcement presence in the Windy Ridge area near Shelter Cove. Lt. Wayne Hanson of the Humboldt County Sheriff's…
Five Giant Greenhouses Containing 3,500 Marijuana Plants Discovered on Salmon Creek Road, One Arrested
…Further investigations into environmental damages on the large grow site were conducted by California Fish and Wildlife, California State Air Quality and the County Building Department. Anyone with information for the Sheriff…
Video Chronicles the Wildfire Destruction of Weed, California
…In addition to the homes, a church was burned to the ground along with an estimated 350 acres. Below is some video posted to the Yreka News Facebook page by Ann Wagner…
‘The fear is that all the fish might die in the Lower Klamath like they did in 2002’
…Robert Franklin, senior hydrologist with Hoopa Tribal Fisheries, said, “The fear is that all the fish might die in the Lower Klamath like they did in 2002.” This year, like in 2002…