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BUST OF THE DAY: A Tri-Agency, Bi-County, Car-Chasing Weed Jamboree
From the Humboldt County Drug Task Force: On 08-20-2012 at about 1200 hours the Humboldt County Drug Task Force received a telephone call from a California State Bureau of Narcotic…
Missing Person Chris Banfill Found Deceased
…His vehicle was found at the Sherwood Forest Motel in Garberville on the 18th of July. It was reported as abandoned. When sheriff deputies arrived, they learned the vehicle had been parked…
Images from the Lake County Wye Fire
…I saw a huge bull Elk dead on the side of the road. I wonder what the loss to Elk, deer and cattle were…. Horrible thinking of them running down to the…
Accident Yesterday Near Willits Puts Several in Hospital
…All parties had their seatbelts on at the time of the traffic collision. US-101 northbound and southbound were shut down for approximately one hour while the collision was being investigated. The…
Maverick’s Two Days in the Wilderness: A Paws Cause Testimonial
…Another success story! ### The story started out grimmish, from the standpoint of the Humboldt Paws Cause team. "[F]ound on a logging road on Monument in Rio Dell," wrote the man who…
Pass Fire Near Covelo Explodes
Pass Fire in Covelo as seen from Airplane on the Afternoon of August 19th UPDATE 8/20 12:05 P.M: The fire is in heavy timber with limited access and is…
Letter from Istanbul: One Afternoon in Beyöglu
[James Tressler, a writer and teacher in Istanbul, was a political writer for the Times-Standard. His work has also appeared in The Prague Post. His stories from Eastern Europe and Turkey…
Fatality in Burning Car South of Garberville
…As the vehicle entered a left curve in the roadway, the vehicle traveled off the west roadway edge and down a cliff, where it came to rest on its wheels approximately 150…
Avenue of the Giants Four Bridges Project
…that a meeting to update the public on the status of the Avenue of the Giants Four Bridges project will be held on Thursday, August 23, 2012 from 4:30 p.m…
Overnight Search and Rescue for Missing Trinity River Rafters Ends Happily
From the Humboldt County Sheriff's Office: On 08-16-2012, approximately 10:00 p.m., the Humboldt County Sheriffs Office received a call from the owner of Six Rivers Rafting Company…
Marijuana Has Its Own Language
Do you think you know what an elbow or a stack refers to? Try reading the conversation below. Local blogger and documentary maker, Mikal Jakubal, takes you on a mini tour of…
Route 169 Night Closures to Begin Aug. 23
ROUTE 169 NIGHT CLOSURES TO BEGIN AUGUST 23 Eureka – Caltrans announced today that an emergency slide repair project on Route 169 in Humboldt County ten miles downriver from the Martins Ferry Bridge…
Eureka Television Group Apparently Sold to National Conglomerate
Few things are more cryptic than the weird, shadowy world of the broadcast business, but this much we think we can say: Eureka Television Group — owner of the local Fox, Univision, MyTV…
Utah Troopers Pull Half a Million Cash Out of Island Mountain Man’s Gas Tank
…The K-9 indicated there were narcotics possibly in an after market fuel tank located in the bed of the pickup truck. The officers looked in the fuel tank and located a…
Medical Marijuana Dispensaries are Drug Traffickers Says Court And, By the Way, Pay More Taxes
Photo above by Kim Sallaway shows this protestor's take on Courts and Cannabis In a decision illustrating the plight of dispensaries and other cannabis businesses, the US Tax Court issued a…
K-9 Catches Wanted Man
…During the incident, officers observed illegal items in the residence. Once Conley was removed, the residence was secured until a search warrant was obtained. At about 11:30 am, officers served the…
SPAWN OF HIPPIE! A Horrifying Peek Behind the Scenes at a Typical Backwoods Childhood
SPAWN OF HIPPIE! A Horrifying Peek Behind the Scenes at a Typical Backwoods Childhood
Bus VS Bicyclist—
The CHP are reporting that a bus has struck a juvenile on a bicycle on Hwy 101 near the Main Street offramp in Fortuna.
Is Pot King of Cash, Or Have People Puffed Up the Profit?
…They say, “Analyses purporting to support the claim [that marijuana is the nation’s leading cash crop] must contort the numbers, citing the retail price of marijuana but the farm-gate price…
Missing Mendocino 10-Year-Old Girl
…Danielle then went to the neighboring family residence and learned that Cecillia had not arrived at that location. Danielle and other family members started searching the Yokoyo Rancheria area in the hopes…
HumCo Nabs $750k Federal Grant to Boost County Air Service
…The grant — which the county applied for only last month — represents a big shot in the arm for the county's aviation division, which in past years has lost routes to Los…
North/South Jetty Confusion Delays Investigation of Knife-Wielding Stickup Man
From the Humboldt County Sheriff's Office: On 08-13-2012, approximately 12:30 p.m. the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office received a call from citizen who told the dispatcher he…
Three Warrants, Three Arrests, Two Children Placed with a Relative, and Lots of Pot
…The search warrants were the results of a three month long investigation.The first search warrant was served at a residence located in the 1300 block of Bel Nor Road, McKinleyville. Officers…
Accident Sunday Night North of Mendocino Line on 101
…While negotiating a left curve in the roadway, Shawaf lost control of his vehicle and the vehicle ran off the east roadway edge. Shawaf overcorrected causing the vehicle to reenter the traffic…
Fire North of Dean Creek Slide Monday Afternoon
…They show the swarm of emergency vehicles responding to the Dean Creek fire. A fire just north of the Dean Creek slide on Hwy 101 Monday afternoon was started by motorcycle accident…
Fire Closes Hwy 20 and Engulfs 5000 Acres
…The Wye fire destroyed one structure and is threatening the town of Spring Valley forcing mandatory evacuations for the area. The Lake COunty Record Bee Facebook page has the harrowing account of…
Bobcat Goldthwait Discusses ‘God Bless America.’
John Matthews' Guest of the Week: Bobcat Goldthwait talks about his film “God Bless America” and a recent trip to Humboldt. Audio
Volunteers Watching for Toxic Blue Green Algae
…The ERRP operates under the umbrella of the Trees Foundation and the 2012 monitoring program is sponsored by a Rose Foundation grant as well as a private donation. The project also includes…
Showers Pass Rd Pot Raid—Eight Greenhouses
…While enroute to serve the warrant deputies saw one of the suspects driving on Showers Pass road, near the search warrant location. Deputies stopped the driver, identified as David Collenberg, 30 years…
Fire in Salmon Creek (Now Under Control)
A fire just past the junction of Salmon Creek and Thomas Roads across the Eel River from Miranda brought local Salmon Creek VFD and Calfire hurrying. Every minute counts when grass and…