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‘I HAD MADE MY PEACE WITH GOD’: Ferndale Man Survives 1,000-foot Fall, Three Days in Forest While Hiking in Hawaii
Andrew Goff / Dec. 13, 2023, 3 p.m. / News
… 'I HAD MADE MY PEACE WITH GOD': Ferndale Man Survives 1,000-foot Fall, Three Days in Forest While Hiking in Hawaii A Humboldt resident has defied the odds and lived to tell the harrowing …
Humboldt Supervisors OK Controversial Cannabis Farm in Ettersburg, Overturning Previous Planning Commission Decision
Isabella Vanderheiden / Dec. 13, 2023, 1:08 p.m. / Local Government
… tank on the property.Madrone noted that the hydrologist’s original report, a lengthy 1,500-page document dated June 30, 2022, was inaccurate because the study was conducted on the wrong well.“In July …
The Spring Ballot is Set Which Means it’s Time for the Glorious Return of LoCO Elections, Your Q&A-With-the-Candidates Site
Hank Sims / Dec. 13, 2023, 11:35 a.m. / Elections
New Bill Would Rename the Main Trail in Headwaters Forest Reserve After Late Senator Diane Feinstein
Ryan Burns / Dec. 13, 2023, 11:15 a.m. / Sacramento , Trails
Eureka Drivers Should Brace Themselves for Tomorrow’s I-Pocalypse as Paving Work Shuts Down a Key Intersection
LoCO Staff / Dec. 13, 2023, 10:58 a.m. / Traffic
California’s Food Insecurity Rises as Pandemic Aid Ends
Jeanne Kuang / Dec. 13, 2023, 7:29 a.m. / Sacramento
… in April. By October, more than 1 in 5 California families — more than 3.1 million households, including 1.1 million with children — were steadily reporting uncertain access to food, according …
Dolly Parton Has Teamed Up With the Bridgeville Community Center to Bring Free Books to a Thousand Local Toddlers
LoCO Staff / Dec. 12, 2023, 4:59 p.m. / :)
… Community Center: The Bridgeville Community Center is pleased to announce that we now have 1,000 young readers who are signed up for the Dolly Parton Imagination Library in Humboldt County. It is a program …
HUMBOLDT GRINCH PINCHED? EPD Makes Arrest in Connection With Toys For Tots Caper
Andrew Goff / Dec. 12, 2023, 10:19 a.m. / Crime
BREAKING: Supervisor Mike Wilson Has Vowed to Curb His Usage of the Phrase ‘With Relationship To’
Hank Sims / Dec. 12, 2023, 10:12 a.m. / Local Government
OBITUARY: Barbara Deanna Wayland, 1954-2023
LoCO Staff / Dec. 12, 2023, 6:56 a.m. / Obits
Remote Controlled Car Battery Believed to Be Cause of McKinleyville Trailer Blaze, Says AFD
LoCO Staff / Dec. 11, 2023, 4:29 p.m. / Fire
Stage Set for County’s March Primary Election: Five Challengers Face Three Incumbent Supervisors
Ryan Burns / Dec. 11, 2023, 3:41 p.m. / Elections
… are invited to reply.One quick logistical note: With three candidates in both the 1st and 2nd District races, there's a distinct possibility of November runoffs. If none of the three contenders earn 50 …
In Open Letter to the City, Eureka Police Department Rank-and-File Ask For Public’s Understanding and Help in Face of Severe Understaffing
Hank Sims / Dec. 11, 2023, 2:25 p.m. / Local Government
Judge Gregory Kreis Announces Re-Election Campaign, Will Hold Rally at the Gazebo Wednesday
LoCO Staff / Dec. 11, 2023, 11 a.m. / Elections
Getting Car Insurance Gets Harder: California Drivers Face Delays, Higher Rates
Levi Sumagaysay / Dec. 11, 2023, 7:41 a.m. / Sacramento
… encountered a technical issue on the website and was directed to call an agent. That agent asked him to try again, and the second time around, he received a quote of about $1,000 for six months — which still …
These Californians Live in Affordable Housing. Why Did Their Rent Skyrocket?
Jeanne Kuang / Dec. 11, 2023, 7:35 a.m. / Sacramento
… -old mechanic got a shock when he opened a letter from his landlord this spring that said rent would go up from $1,828 to $2,138 — an increase of 17%. The two-bedroom apartment in San Jose where he lives …
Real-Life Grinch Breaks Into Toys for Tots Warehouse, Drives Off With Truck-Load Full of Christmas Gifts
Ryan Burns / Dec. 10, 2023, 1:05 p.m. / News
PASTOR BETHANY: Anger is a Gift, But Only If…
Bethany Cseh / Dec. 10, 2023, 7 a.m. / Faith-y
GROWING OLD UNGRACEFULLY: Memories: Imaginative Reconstructions
Barry Evans / Dec. 10, 2023, 7 a.m. / Growing Old Ungracefully
Sheriff’s Office Actively Searching for Missing Man Near Piercy
LoCO Staff / Dec. 9, 2023, 3:47 p.m. / News
Fieldbrook Market & Eatery to Close ‘For the Forseeable Future’
Isabella Vanderheiden / Dec. 9, 2023, 1:34 p.m. /
ECONEWS REPORT: The Bird Buzz with Ken Burton
The EcoNews Report / Dec. 9, 2023, 10 a.m. / Environment
HUMBOLDT HISTORY: How a Survivor of the Disastrous and Possibly Cannibalistic Greely Expedition Blackmailed His Way Into a Job as a Eureka Weatherman
Mary Dawn Cunningham / Dec. 9, 2023, 7:30 a.m. / History
OBITUARY: Eric Matilton, 1985-2023
LoCO Staff / Dec. 9, 2023, 6:56 a.m. / Obits
… . Services will be held on Friday, December 8th at 1pm at Tish Tang Campground with a reception following at the Hoopa Fire Hall. In lieu of flowers, please donate to a local animal shelter or rescue mission …
OBITUARY: Dorothy Joyce Lyman Mather, 1930-2023
LoCO Staff / Dec. 9, 2023, 6:56 a.m. / Obits
The LITTLE CAESAR’S That COULD! After Causing a Stir Online, the Pizza Chain’s Fortuna Location is Really Opening … On a Tuesday
Stephanie McGeary / Dec. 8, 2023, 3:49 p.m. / Food , Our Culture
McK High Parents Express Frustration and Fear in Face of Lockdowns; Sheriff’s Office Says it Believes That It’s Close to Identifying a Suspect
Hank Sims / Dec. 8, 2023, 3 p.m. / Crime
Humboldt Holiday Food Drive ‘Smashes All Records’
LoCO Staff / Dec. 8, 2023, 1:18 p.m. / Food
Eureka Police Department Release the Names of Officers Involved in Old Town Shooting Death
Andrew Goff / Dec. 8, 2023, 11:32 a.m. / News
