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University Police Arrest Eureka Man With 40 Grams of Cocaine at Off-Campus Location, According to Officers
LoCO Staff / Aug. 4, 2026, 11:28 a.m. / Crime
… , 2026, at approximately 1:00 a.m., an officer with the Cal Poly Humboldt University Police Department (UPD) was conducting a property check on university-owned land when they observed a vehicle parked …
Jerold Phelps Now Offering Outpatient MRIs in Garberville
Sage Alexander / Aug. 4, 2026, 10:47 a.m. / Health
… , and is waiting for a building permit while navigating funding challenges around healthcare cuts in 2025's H.R. 1.Brown noted that folks from elsewhere can have their referrals sent to Garberville, too …
Hoopa Firefighters Responding to 2.5-Acre Fire Near Bald Hill
Isabella Vanderheiden / Aug. 4, 2026, 10:40 a.m. / Fire
A Section of Harris Street in Eureka Will Be Closed for a Few Hours on Wednesday for Emergency Traffic Signal Repairs
LoCO Staff / Aug. 4, 2026, 10:30 a.m. / Infrastructure , Traffic
The Privately Owned Flock Camera in Westhaven Is Here to Stay — And the Owner Doesn’t Really Care if You Don’t Like it
Dezmond Remington / Aug. 4, 2026, 7:54 a.m. / News
It’s Hazy! Smoke From the Huge Oregon and Washington Fires is Making Its Way Into Humboldt
Hank Sims / Aug. 4, 2026, 7:28 a.m. / How ‘Bout That Weather
California Nearly Achieved Universal Healthcare. Now, Millions Are Losing Coverage
Kristen Hwang / Aug. 4, 2026, 7:04 a.m. / Sacramento
… Pourat, associate director at the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research. An additional 1.7 million middle-income Californians bought insurance through the commercial Affordable Care Act marketplace …
OBITUARY: Maria Wijnanda Petronella Oosterwijk VanderVeldt, 1931-2026
LoCO Staff / Aug. 4, 2026, 6:56 a.m. / Obits
… Shannon Miranda and Husband Jim Oxborrow Have Put Their Las Vegas Home on the Market for $1.1M Aerial view of the Las Vegas home co-owned by Shannon Miranda and James Oxborrow …
Two Tiny Dogs Were Badly Injured While Protecting a Kneeland Animal Rescue Operator From Bears
Ryan Burns / Aug. 3, 2026, 4:07 p.m. / Animals
State Sen. Mike McGuire to Host Annual Fisheries Forum AND ‘Super’ El Niño Town Hall on Tuesday
Isabella Vanderheiden / Aug. 3, 2026, 3:18 p.m. / How ‘Bout That Weather , Ocean
… Guire will host the Zeke Grader Fisheries Forum, also known as the California State of Fisheries hearing, at the State Capitol at 1 p.m. to discuss obstacles facing both the salmon and Dungeness crab fisheries …
IT’S GONNA GET HOT: With Interior Humboldt Temperatures to Reach Triple Digits This Week, County Offers Safety Tips
LoCO Staff / Aug. 3, 2026, 1:31 p.m. / Safety
The Sheriff’s Office’s Annual Sex Offender Registration Sweep Has Been Completed, and Here are the Numbers
LoCO Staff / Aug. 3, 2026, 10:58 a.m. / Crime
… registrants were suspected of being out of compliance, 12 were unable to be contacted, 5 offenders were currently incarcerated and 1 was discovered to have moved out of the area. Additionally, 6 arrests were …
(UPDATE: Fixed! Open for Business!) El Cora Mexican Food in Garberville Shuttered After Inspection Finds Live Cockroaches
Sage Alexander / Aug. 3, 2026, 10:23 a.m. / Health
Sheriff’s Office Recaps Successful Search-and-Rescue Mission in the Mattole Valley
LoCO Staff / Aug. 3, 2026, 8:10 a.m. / Crime
‘Don’t Flock Me’: California, U.S. Lawmakers Debate License Plate Reader Technology
Ryan Sabalow / Aug. 3, 2026, 7 a.m. / Sacramento
Keep an Eye on These 5 Deals as California Lawmakers Close Out the Legislative Session
Yue Stella Yu and Maya C. Miller / Aug. 3, 2026, 6:56 a.m. / Sacramento
… of the fund for Newsom-backed electric vehicle incentives and another $1.25 billion to backfill the state fire department’s budget. But still at stake is funding for the controversial high-speed rail project …
OBITUARY: Stanley Eugene Johnson, 1949-2026
LoCO Staff / Aug. 3, 2026, 6:48 a.m. / Obits
OBITUARY: Mary Hester Sanger, 1949-2026
LoCO Staff / Aug. 3, 2026, 6:44 a.m. / Obits
… OBITUARY: Mary Hester Sanger, 1949-2026 Mary Hester Sanger December 1, 1949 – June 4, 2026Mary Hester Sanger passed away on June 4 …
MUSICAL MEMOIR: Playing the Monterey Jazz Festival With Little Willie Littlefield and Albert Collins
Paul DeMark / Aug. 2, 2026, 7 a.m. / Music
LIT BIT: An Excerpt from Wake Turbulence, a Mystery Novel From Local Author Stilson Snow
Stilson Snow / Aug. 2, 2026, 7 a.m. / Fiction
GUEST OPINION: Reckoning With My Occhiolism
Steven Pence / Aug. 2, 2026, 7 a.m. / Guest Opinion
THE ECONEWS REPORT: Trump’s Plans to Disrupt Dam Removal Get FERC’d
The EcoNews Report / Aug. 1, 2026, 10 a.m. / Environment
HUMBOLDT HISTORY: Eureka’s Biggest Contribution to the War Effort Was a Massive Bayfront Shipyard That Built Floating Dry Docks
Glen Nash / Aug. 1, 2026, 7:30 a.m. / History
… sections in order to concentrate all available manpower on completion of YFD-20. There were, at this time, 1,200 employees, including nine women who had passed the Navy test for welders (they were good …
OBITUARY: Ronald George Webster, 1941-2026
LoCO Staff / Aug. 1, 2026, 6:56 a.m. / Obits
… on the boats will be limited to family members, but anyone with a boat who would like to travel with the family is warmly welcome to do so. Afterward, please join the family for a potluck reception at 1 p …
There’s No More Asbestos at the Arcata Fire Site, Cleanup Crew Says
LoCO Staff / July 31, 2026, 12:29 p.m. / Fire
BURNIN’ UP THE RUNWAY! There Will be a Prescribed Burn at the Airport Soon, and That’s Because They Want to Prevent Any Accidental Burning During the Rumble Over the Redwoods Air Show Next Weekend
LoCO Staff / July 31, 2026, 11 a.m. / Airport
… will occur during optimal weather conditions and is anticipated to take place sometime between Saturday, Aug. 1 and Tuesday, Aug. 4. What to Expect During the prescribed burn, airport visitors and those …
Two Men Arrested on Burglary, Assault Charges After Allegedly Forcing Entry into an Arcata Bottoms Home on Thursday Afternoon, APD Says
LoCO Staff / July 31, 2026, 10:49 a.m. / Crime
