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Need Help Affording Child Care? There’s a Little-Known Local Grant Program That Can Cover Some Costs
LoCO Staff / Oct. 2, 2025, 2:47 p.m. / Parenting
… additional support through the Humboldt Child Care Stabilization Fund Parent Subsidy.The program provides one-time payments of $600 for part-time care and $1,200 for full-time care for parents with children …
Man Arrested for Storming Arcata City Council Dais Arrested Again This Morning After Early Morning Standoff on University Property
LoCO Staff / Oct. 2, 2025, 2:18 p.m. / Crime
… —Vandalism (malicious destruction or defacement of property)PC 69—Resisting an Executive Officer (using force or intimidation to prevent an officer from carrying out duties)PC 148—Resisting ArrestPC 12022.1 …
Arcata City Council OKs $300,000 Contract to Start Work on the Reconnecting Arcata Project (AKA the ‘Arcata Cap’)
Dezmond Remington / Oct. 2, 2025, 2:07 p.m. / Infrastructure
… on the Reconnecting Arcata project still passed 4-1. The project, a complex, ambitious plan to facilitate pedestrian and cycling travel over Arcata’s freeways, has been in limbo since it was announced last year. Though …
Shelter Cove Man Arrested for Criminal Threats After Short Standoff Yesterday
LoCO Staff / Oct. 2, 2025, 8:24 a.m. / Crime
… Shelter Cove Man Arrested for Criminal Threats After Short Standoff Yesterday Press release from the Humboldt County Sheriff\'s Office: On October 1, 2025, at approximately 1:15 p …
WEEK WITHOUT DRIVING: Let Me Tell You How a Carless Person Navigates Humboldt Full-Time
Oona Smith / Oct. 2, 2025, 8:17 a.m. / Transportation
Charlie Kirk Fallout Hits California Schools, Where 20 Teachers Face Discipline Over Posts
Carolyn Jones / Oct. 2, 2025, 7:47 a.m. / Sacramento
OBITUARY: Robert Walter Applewhite, 1956-2025
LoCO Staff / Oct. 2, 2025, 6:56 a.m. / Obits
EPD Arrests 19-Year-Old on Weapons, Narcotics Charges
LoCO Staff / Oct. 1, 2025, 4:29 p.m. / Crime
… EPD Arrests 19-Year-Old on Weapons, Narcotics Charges Eureka Police Department release:On October 1, 2025, at approximately 9:23 a.m., a Eureka Police Department Patrol Officer conducted a traffic …
County Health and Human Services Lists Programs for Youth, Elderly That Are Unfunded as of Today as a Result of the ‘Big, Beautiful Bill’
LoCO Staff / Oct. 1, 2025, 4:11 p.m. / Health
… the Humboldt County Department of Health and Human Services: Effective Oct. 1, $250,000 of federal funds will be eliminated from Humboldt County Public Health’s CalFresh Healthy Living budget which funds …
THE CHANGING OF THE MEREDITHS: Six Rivers Brewery Owner Meredith Maier Named Arcata Chamber of Commerce Executive Director
LoCO Staff / Oct. 1, 2025, 10:27 a.m. / Business
BIG WAVES! The First of the Big Winter Swells is Landing Upon Our Shores as We Speak, So Pay Heed to the Ocean
LoCO Staff / Oct. 1, 2025, 10:26 a.m. / How ‘Bout That Weather
Fortuna Trespassing Complaint Leads to Two Arrests, Recovery of Numerous Stolen Firearms
LoCO Staff / Oct. 1, 2025, 9:46 a.m. / Crime
… – BurglaryP.C. 182(a)(1) – Conspiracy to commit a crimeJohnson was booked on the following charges:P.C. 459 – BurglaryP.C. 182(a)(1) – Conspiracy to commit a crimeP.C. 29800 – Felon in possession of firearms …
VOTER GUIDE: Everything You Need to Know About Proposition 50 and the November 4 Special Election
CalMatters staff / Oct. 1, 2025, 7:41 a.m. / Sacramento
WEEK WITHOUT DRIVING: I Can Do This For a Week, Probably, But Longer Than That is Highly Unlikely
Meredith Matthews / Oct. 1, 2025, 7:30 a.m. / Transportation
OBITUARY: Terence Hugh Liles, 1936-2025
LoCO Staff / Oct. 1, 2025, 6:56 a.m. / Obits
Six Months Since Nordic Aquafarms’ Last Public Update, Deep Uncertainty Surrounds Peninsula Fish Factory Project
Ryan Burns / Sept. 30, 2025, 3 p.m. / Business
Fortuna Mobile Home Rent Moratorium Passes
Dezmond Remington / Sept. 30, 2025, 2:47 p.m. / Activism
RAIN YEAR RECAP: Humboldt County Was Very Wet Once Again
Hank Sims / Sept. 30, 2025, 12:34 p.m. / How ‘Bout That Weather
WEEK WITHOUT DRIVING: Look at My Hectic Schedule, De-Carred as Much as Possible. It Ain’t Easy, and That’s the Point!
Maggie Kraft / Sept. 30, 2025, 7:30 a.m. / Transportation
… would ride my bike, sometimes with my dog Nevada in tow, when I worked at the Humboldt Senior Resource Center. I walked from Myrtletown to the Area 1 Agency on Aging office (formerly) on 7th Street …
Sheriff’s Office Announces New Program to Help Wean Inmates Off Opioid Addiction
LoCO Staff / Sept. 30, 2025, 7:28 a.m. / Crime
OBITUARY: Mary Ellen Laffranchi, 1925-2025
LoCO Staff / Sept. 30, 2025, 6:56 a.m. / Obits
OBITUARY: Tammy Lynne (Bellach) Lewis, 1969-2025
LoCO Staff / Sept. 30, 2025, 6:56 a.m. / Obits
… at the snack bar for McKinleyville Little League, she would give the ball players a hard time, jokingly.Celebration of Life is at Pierson Park under the Pavillion from 1-3 p.m. on October 4, 2025, rain or shine …
OBITUARY: Dennis George Black, 1941-2025
LoCO Staff / Sept. 30, 2025, 6:56 a.m. / Obits
NEW LAW ALERT: Newsom Signs Bill to Protect Salmon Populations in the Klamath River Watershed
LoCO Staff / Sept. 29, 2025, 11:33 a.m. / Sacramento
A Look at the Redwood Coast Music Festival in Advance of its Return This Weekend
Paul DeMark / Sept. 29, 2025, 11 a.m. / Music
… .m. to 12:30 p.m. Robillard is featured from 1to 2:15 p.m. For information, go to humboldtfolklife.com. Jansen ticked off the various musical styles and some of the headliners: The Louisiana Cajun …
GUEST OPINION: Local Medical Providers Reject Providence Attorneys’ Stance on Emergency Abortion Access
LoCO Staff / Sept. 29, 2025, 10:08 a.m. / Guest Opinion
Sheriff’s Office Seeks Public’s Help in Locating a Vintage Gas Pump Stolen During a Recent Burglary in Arcata
LoCO Staff / Sept. 29, 2025, 9:35 a.m. / Crime
WEEK WITHOUT DRIVING: Life’s No Picnic For Rural People Who Rely on Public Transportation to Get Around
Carol Moné / Sept. 29, 2025, 8:05 a.m. / Transportation
What a Government Shutdown Will Mean for Californians, From Social Security to National Parks
CalMatters staff / Sept. 29, 2025, 7:38 a.m. / Sacramento
… at parks across California. The trash — and the feces — piled up. In the days after the shutdown ended, park staff found at least 1,665 clumps of toilet paper littering Death Valley alone, where …
WEEK WITHOUT DRIVING: In His Continuing Efforts to Make Humboldt Life More Amazing For Everyone, the Editor of the Lost Coast Outpost — That’s Me — Urges You to Try Bicycling to Work, If You Can
Hank Sims / Sept. 28, 2025, 7 a.m. / Transportation
