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Fortuna Resident Arrested For Possession, Transportation of Fentanyl and Meth After Trip to Sacramento, Drug Task Force Says
LoCO Staff / Aug. 23, 2023, 10:10 a.m. / Crime
… and his K9 partner Blitz conducted an open-air sniff on the vehicle. K9 Blitz alerted to the vehicle indicating drugs were present. Inside the vehicle Agents located FOURNIER, 1.5 pounds …
California Boards Want to Keep Pandemic Rules for Public Meetings. Critics Call It Bad for Democracy
Sameea Kamal / Aug. 23, 2023, 7 a.m. / Sacramento
… -pandemic world: While COVID-19 public health rules have relaxed around in-person gatherings, remote work continues, even in state government. And as of July 1, some of the in-person requirements suspended during …
OBITUARY: Donald Eugene Brenard, 1956-2023
LoCO Staff / Aug. 23, 2023, 6:56 a.m. / Obits
OBITUARY: Albert R. Giddis, 1931-2023
LoCO Staff / Aug. 23, 2023, 6:56 a.m. / Comedy
OBITUARY: Gary Duane Nelson, 1937-2023
LoCO Staff / Aug. 23, 2023, 6:56 a.m. / Obits
(UPDATED) Board of Supervisors Chair Steve Madrone Cut Off a Public Commenter for Using ‘Hate Speech.’ Is That Legal?
Ryan Burns / Aug. 22, 2023, 5:45 p.m. / Local Government
… Officer Elishia Hayes issued an all-staff email addressing this morning's incident. ”At the Board of Supervisor's [sic] meeting today a public commenter was evoking [sic] their 1st …
TODAY in SUPES: Board Approves Modifications to ‘Project Trellis’ to Address Issues Over Cannabis Equity Eligibility Criteria, Directs Staff to Work with State on Exceptions for Rural Communities
Isabella Vanderheiden / Aug. 22, 2023, 5:18 p.m. / Local Government
… ownership interest from 20 percent to 51 percent.Staff presented the Board of Supervisors with three recommendations: modify the existing program, execute the $1.2 million grant award from 2022 and apply …
MORE FIRE UPDATES: Your Tuesday Rundown on Wildfires Burning Near Hoopa, Orick and Orleans
Andrew Goff / Aug. 22, 2023, 11:32 a.m. / Fire
… Resource Company are collaborating with suppression efforts on the Lost Fire. Devil 12 acres contained and in patrol status. Glenn .1 acre contained and in patrol status …
SOUTH FORK FIRES: Crews Keeping an Eye on Possible 3-9 Fire Move Toward Hyampom; Community Meeting Tonight in Hayfork
LoCO Staff / Aug. 22, 2023, 10:36 a.m. / Fire
… Near Hoopa, Orick and OrleansPress release from the South Fork Complex Incident Management Team: Current Situation: People and Equipment: 3-9 Fire: 1,430 acres with 0% containment 522 personnel, crews …
(PHOTO) This New Sequoia Park Zoo Bear is Taking the Art of the Photo Bomb to New Heights
Andrew Goff / Aug. 22, 2023, 9 a.m. / Cute
OBITUARY: Theodore ‘Tad’ Robinson, 1957-2023
LoCO Staff / Aug. 22, 2023, 6:56 a.m. / Obits
OBITUARY: Jack Mason, 1934-2023
LoCO Staff / Aug. 22, 2023, 6:56 a.m. / Obits
… and CJ Fish, Brayden Della, Bella, Mekenzie, Oriana and Mason Mora, Jane Mason and Jack, Blake, George and Cruz Valadao. On September 16, 2023 at 1 pm in the afternoon there will be a Celebration of Jack …
Former Humboldt State President Alistair McCrone Has Died at 91, Cal Poly Announces
LoCO Staff / Aug. 21, 2023, 1:31 p.m. / Education
Some Guy Tried to Snatch People’s Mail From Them, Used a Road Sign and PVC Pipe as Weapons, Then Barricaded Himself in a Fortuna Home, Sheriff’s Office Says
LoCO Staff / Aug. 21, 2023, 12:44 p.m. / Crime
… County Sheriff's Office: Jed Arthur Stoll Booking PhotoOn Aug. 20, 2023, at about 1:33 p.m., Humboldt County Sheriff’s deputies were dispatched to the 5500 block of Rohnerville Road, in the county …
SIX RIVERS FIRES: Lone Pine Fire Across from Tish Tang Grows to 1,600 Acres; Parts of Orleans, Somes Bar Under Evacuation Warning From Pearch Fire
LoCO Staff / Aug. 21, 2023, 12:37 p.m. / Fire
… SIX RIVERS FIRES: Lone Pine Fire Across from Tish Tang Grows to 1,600 Acres; Parts of Orleans, Somes Bar Under Evacuation Warning From Pearch Fire Press release from Six Rivers National Forest …
OBITUARY: William Elijah Price, 2007-2023
LoCO Staff / Aug. 21, 2023, 7 a.m. / Obits
OBITUARY: Frederick Arthur Rowen, 1942-2023
LoCO Staff / Aug. 21, 2023, 6:56 a.m. / Obits
OBITUARY: Duane Harry Kempf, 1961-2023
LoCO Staff / Aug. 21, 2023, 6:56 a.m. / Obits
GROWING OLD UNGRACEFULLY: We Can Be Heroes, Just For One Day
Barry Evans / Aug. 20, 2023, 7 a.m. / Growing Old Ungracefully
(UPDATE) FIRE ROUNDUP: Lone Pine Fire Grows to 1,200 Acres; Red Flag Warning in Effect for Humboldt, Trinity Counties
LoCO Staff / Aug. 19, 2023, 12:46 p.m. / Fire
… (UPDATE) FIRE ROUNDUP: Lone Pine Fire Grows to 1,200 Acres; Red Flag Warning in Effect for Humboldt, Trinity Counties PEARCH FIRE UPDATE: The Humboldt County Office of Emergency Services issued …
THE ECONEWS REPORT: Kids Beat Montana to Uphold Right to a Healthy Environment
LoCO Staff / Aug. 19, 2023, 10 a.m. / Environment
HUMBOLDT HISTORY: The Humboldt County Fashion Options in the 1850s Were Truly Dismal, According to These Dandy Young Men From Pennsylvania
Ann Roberts / Aug. 19, 2023, 7:30 a.m. / History
… here on Humboldt Bay.1 The brothers write home about the daily particulars of food, clothing, and shelter on the frontier, and some of their liveliest writing is on the subject of clothing. The two …
SEC Accuses Timothy Overturf, Owner and CEO of Local Investment Firm Sisu Capital, of Defrauding Clients With Help From His Dad
Ryan Burns / Aug. 18, 2023, 3:49 p.m. / Courts
… In.###On Aug. 1, the Securities and Exchange Commission filed a complaint in federal court alleging that serious financial crimes were perpetrated by the now-defunct investment firm Sisu Capital, LLC, and by its …
FIRE UPDATE: ‘Hazardous’ Air Quality Reported Throughout the Hoopa Valley; Lone Pine Fire Grows to 500 Acres with Five Percent Containment
Isabella Vanderheiden / Aug. 18, 2023, 11:20 a.m. / Fire
… are being monitored and assessed. The 3-1 to 3-6 Fires (referred to by some sources as the Pilot Fire) consists of six separate fires named 3-1; 3-2; 3-3; 3-4; 3-5; 3-6. These fires …
As Another Housing Project Stalls, California Lawmakers Call For Sweeping Changes to CEQA
LoCO Staff / Aug. 18, 2023, 8:37 a.m. / Sacramento
… housing development for some 1,100 UC Berkeley students, partly on the grounds that the state’s marquee environmental protection law requires the university to study and mitigate the potential “noise …
OBITUARY: Norman Joseph Lewis Jr., 1977-2023
LoCO Staff / Aug. 18, 2023, 6:56 a.m. / Obits
… coaching and/or cheering as loud as he can. He was a dedicated coach and the No. 1 fan for his kids in everything they do. At times, Karen and Tyler would have to give him the side eye because he would get …
OBITUARY: Marie Giampaolo, 1928-2023
LoCO Staff / Aug. 18, 2023, 6:56 a.m. / Obits
OBITUARY: Kenneth Eugene Chapman, 1960-2023
LoCO Staff / Aug. 18, 2023, 6:56 a.m. / Obits
Estranged Family Member Allegedly Forces Entry Into Eureka-Area Home, Steals Valuables and Vandalizes the House, Sheriff’s Office Says
LoCO Staff / Aug. 17, 2023, 1:10 p.m. / Crime
… into the Humboldt County Correctional Facility on charges of first-degree burglary (PC 459/461(a)), possession of stolen property (PC 496(a)), vandalism (PC 594(b)(1)) and annoying a child after illegally entering …
Woman Wanted on a Felony Warrant Arrested in Blue Lake While Sitting in a Car With Drug Paraphernalia in Plain Sight, Sheriff’s Office Says
LoCO Staff / Aug. 17, 2023, 12:48 p.m. / Crime