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Search of Suspicious Vehicle in Samoa Dunes Leads to a Pair of Drug Arrests
Photo via HCSO.###Press release from the Humboldt County Sheriff's Office:On May 26, 2025, at approximately 7:30 a.m., a Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office (HCSO) deputy conducting routine…
Former Head of St. Joseph Hospital’s Open Heart Program Doesn’t Appreciate Being Blamed for Reduction in Services
PREVIOUSLYProvidence Plans to Drastically Reduce the Availability of Open Heart Surgery in Humboldt County Next Year, According to Employees at St. Joseph HospitalProvidence Issues Statement on the Future of St. Joe’s…
California Lawmakers Reject Hundreds of Bills in Rapid-Fire Hearings
…The suspense files are where the appropriations committees send bills that would cost the state at least $50,000 in the Senate and $150,000 in the Assembly. The process was originally…
SPRINTING ACROSS AMERICA: Houston to Miami (With an Interlude at a Louisiana Crawfish Boil) – Week Four of Our Major League Baseball Tour Across the Continent
We passed the one-third mark with two more baseball parks visited this week, our 10th and 11th of the trip: Tampa and Miami. Steinbrenner Field. By Senior Airman Sterling Sutton - This…
(LOTS AND LOTS OF PHOTOS) For the Glory! Kinetic Sculpture Race Kicks Off in Grand Style
Photos by Dezmond Remington.Hundreds thronged the Arcata Plaza this morning to watch high-speed human-powered horses, teeth, spaceships, asteroids, and other assorted animals and vehicles of all kinds kick off…
KSLG INTERVIEWS: Neroli Devaney Talks About Humboldt Hot Air, a Low-Power FM Station in Arcata That Puts the ‘Community’ in Community Radio
…an ever-truer "voice of the community."People in the Humboldt Bay area can find Humboldt Hot Air at 94.7 on the FM dial, and the station streams online at humboldthotair…
HUMBOLDT HISTORY: An Inside Look at County Bureaucracy in the Early 1950s, From the Beautiful Old Courthouse and the Viewpoint of the Dog Licensing Desk
…Janice Lansing taught the primary grades the first year I was there, Winnie Hill the next, and Glenna Davis the following two years. Although there was a workmen's ferry from the…
OBITUARY: Kimberly Lynn Satterlee-Hackett, 1964-2025
Born December 27, 1964, to Norman and Jean Satterlee of Fort Seward, Kim entered the world during the historic 1964 Humboldt County flood. From the beginning, she made her presence known — and…
OBITUARY: Jeffery William Davis, 1951-2025
…You could always find him at the Eureka Municipal Golf course with his white German Shepard, Duchess. As Jeff golfed, Duchess would scour the bushes and retrieve the hooked and shanked balls…
POLL! So, Who You Guys Got for 2025 Rutabaga Queen?
It is that time of the year again! There's some other stuff that usually happens in Humboldt County on Memorial Day Weekend. Something about a tour of local sculptures? Something like…
Arcata Man Sentenced to 50 Years for Sexual Abuse of Three Children
PREVIOUSLY:Arcata Man Arrested on Suspicion of Sexually Assaulting Two Children, Sheriff’s Office Says###Press release from the District Attorney's Office:Today, Humboldt County Superior Court Judge John T. Feeney…
‘A Piece of Art We’re Proud of’: Nation’s Finest Veterans Services Honors Local Vets With a Memorial Day Mural
…We’ve worked with the veterans to get the colors and the correct order of establishment right, while still keeping a bright flavor.” Goulart spray-paints stenciled stars.The Eureka branch of…
Rejoice, Arcata Seniors! The Much-Loved PACE Program Has Opened an Office on the Mad River Hospital Campus
…Redwood Coast PACE (Program of All-inclusive Care for the Elderly), a program of the Humboldt Resource Center, has opened its new location in Arcata at 3798 Janes Road, on the Mad…
67-Year-Old Fentanyl Trafficker Sentenced to 16 Years in State Prison, District Attorney’s Office Says
Contraband collected during the Humboldt County Drug Task Force's 2024 investigation. File photo.PREVIOUSLY:Drug Task Force Seizes Over Three Pounds of Fentanyl After Tracking Eureka Man From Oakland, Agency Says…
U.S. Dept. of Education Opens Investigation Into Antisemitism Complaint Against Cal Poly Humboldt
File photo via Cal Poly Humboldt.###PREVIOUSLYFederal Antisemitism Complaint Filed Against Cal Poly Humboldt###Cal Poly Humboldt Interim President Michael Spagna issued the following message today:Dear Lumberjack Community,Cal Poly Humboldt…
Registered Sex Offender Arrested After Exposing Himself at Bear River Pump and Play, Sheriff’s Office Says
Press release from the Humboldt County Sheriff's Office:On May 22, 2025, at approximately 11:30 p.m., deputies from the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office (HCSO) Patrol Division responded to…
5 Creative Ways California Colleges Are Feeding Students Beyond Food Pantries
Teddy Thollaug eats at the Contra Costa College dining hall in front of the refrigerated food lockers in San Pablo on May 8, 2025. Thollaug works as a student worker at the…
OBITUARY: Kyle David Avelar, 1987-2025
…Born on October 31, 1987, in Eureka, Kyle brought light and laughter into the world from the very beginning — fittingly arriving on Halloween, his favorite holiday.A proud graduate of Arcata High…
Bayside Residents Show Up En Masse At Last Night’s Arcata City Council Meeting to Protest the Roger’s Garage Low-Income Housing Project
A rendering of the proposed Roger's Garage project. From the City of Arcata.Seemingly the entire community of Bayside came out to the Arcata city council meeting last night to protest…
Attention, Local Government Watchdogs! The Humboldt County Civil Grand Jury is in Desperate Need of More Jurors for Its Upcoming Term!
…Andrew Goff###Press release from the Humboldt County Civil Grand Jury: The Superior Court of California, County of Humboldt is requesting that the public submit more applications for the 2025/2026 Humboldt…
Eureka High’s Future Farmers Continue Their Insane Post-Season Run, With the Forestry Team and the Milk Quality and Dairy Foods Team Bringing Home High Accolades From Statewide Competition
…FFA (Future Farmers of America), is a High School organization that focuses on teaching students about agriculture, as well as preparing them for the workforce. For the last four months, members at…
Fraud Pushes California’s Community Colleges to Consider an Application Fee. Is It Worth It?
A student works in the library at San Bernardino Valley College in San Bernardino on May 30, 2023. Photo by Lauren Justice for CalMatters###This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign…
US Senate Blocks California’s Electric Car Mandate in Historic Vote
…The decision to revoke a waiver that the Biden administration granted to California could upend the state’s decades-long efforts and authority to clean up its air pollution — the worst in…
‘This is a Bad Ordinance. It Needs to Be Rewritten’: Eureka City Council Scraps Controversial Homeless Encampment Ordinance
…The modified ordinance was brought back sooner than expected at the urging of Bauer, who, at the council’s April 15 meeting, expressed concern that the council would continue to “kick the…
POLL! Do You Own a TV Antenna? Do You Have a Subscription to a Cable/Satellite/Other Television Service?
…Gather 'round, children, because we're going to talk about the way things were in the olden days.Or maybe they still are that way? That's what we're aiming to…
Cal Poly Humboldt’s VP of Advancement (and Former Tom Jackson Chief of Staff) To Leave the University Next Month, Interim President Announces
…Since then, Mark has elevated the University’s efforts in fundraising, alumni relations, and community engagement. He helped manage the transition of presidential leadership and stewarded the University’s two foundations—the…
Arcata City Council to Consider Banning Sales of Nitrous Oxide at Meeting Tonight
…Arcata is also concerned about the young age of many users. The staff report that accompanies the ordinance cites a 2023 study from the California Healthy Kids Survey that says 11% of…
New Study Shows Coho-Killing Toxin Pools in Humboldt County Parking Lots Before Draining Into the Bay
…Such features are already a standard part of any new parking lot built in the county.Kalt said she's hopeful that awareness of the problem and the relative simplicity of the…
Ospreys Built a Nest Atop Electrical Equipment at PG&E’s Humboldt Generating Station. The Utility Wants to Move It Without Harming the Birds
…McFarland said PG&E is still working to determine the best timing for the relocation. She offered to keep us updated as the move progresses. PG&E's Humboldt Bay Generating Station…
Her Miscarriage Showed the Limits of California’s Abortion Protections. Where You Live Matters
…Supreme Court…is the religious rights have the same significance as the secular,” Rochman said during the hearing. Catholic hospitals nationwide must adhere to the “Ethical and Religious Directives for Catholic Health…