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OBITUARY: Benjamin Jacob Hungness, 1981-2026
LoCO Staff / Aug. 11, 2026, 6:56 a.m. / Obits
All Simulated Hell Will Break Out on the Cal Poly Humboldt Campus This Wednesday
LoCO Staff / Aug. 10, 2026, 4:43 p.m. / Non-Emergencies
Advocates Urge Open Door to Reinstate Youth Gender-Affirming Care After Health Center Cuts Key Treatment
Sage Alexander / Aug. 10, 2026, 1:42 p.m. / Health Care
FISH ON! After Three Years of No Salmon at the Klamath Salmon Festival, A Limited Number of Plates Will Once Again be Graced With Chinook This Weekend
LoCO Staff / Aug. 10, 2026, 1:39 p.m. / Our Culture
(UPDATE) Highway 96 Still Closed By Milepost 18 Fire, Which Has Ballooned Up to 1,500 Acres
Hank Sims / Aug. 10, 2026, 7:39 a.m. / Fire
… (UPDATE) Highway 96 Still Closed By Milepost 18 Fire, Which Has Ballooned Up to 1,500 Acres Fire map as of this morning. The red squares are the most recent hot spots as detected by satellite …
Would You Trust Your Boss With Data About Your Brain? California Moves to Regulate Neurotech
Khari Johnson / Aug. 10, 2026, 7:23 a.m. / Sacramento
An Oil Field Became California’s First Carbon Vault. Who’s Responsible if Something Goes Wrong?
Alejandro Lazo / Aug. 10, 2026, 7:16 a.m. / Sacramento
… years after injection ends. The company has also posted a $9.1 million letter of credit to plug wells and care for the site afterward, and bought a separate $24.6 million insurance policy to cover …
OBITUARY: Lana Maria Crutchfield, 1947-2026
LoCO Staff / Aug. 10, 2026, 6:59 a.m. / Obits
OBITUARY: Reva Nell Grant, 1945-2026
LoCO Staff / Aug. 10, 2026, 6:54 a.m. / Obits
[UPDATE: Evacuation Warnings Issued] Fire North of Hoopa Reaches 380 Acres; Highway 96 Closed; Power Out in the Area
Hank Sims / Aug. 8, 2026, 10:28 a.m. / Fire
… [UPDATE: Evacuation Warnings Issued] Fire North of Hoopa Reaches 380 Acres; Highway 96 Closed; Power Out in the Area UPDATE, 1:48 p.m.:The fire has grown to 380 acres, and evacuation warnings have …
HUMBOLDT HISTORY: Some Firsts in Humboldt County Aviation
Evelyn McCormick / Aug. 8, 2026, 7:30 a.m. / History
Here Are Your Eureka City Council and Mayor Candidates; Will Another Challenger Emerge to Challenge Jeff Leonard in the Fifth Ward?
Ryan Burns / Aug. 7, 2026, 4:58 p.m. / Elections
… : Ward 1 candidates Jason McCutcheon, Victor Garcia and Audra Sisson. MIDDLE ROW: Ward 3 incumbent G. Mario Fernandez and challenger Janelle Jackson, plus Ward 5 candidate Jeff Leonard; BOTTOM ROW: Mayor …
PADDLER’S PARADISE: Construction Underway on Massive Eel River Estuary Restoration Project That Will Open Up Miles of Public Access at the River’s Mouth
Sage Alexander / Aug. 7, 2026, 4:39 p.m. / Nature
… entered its first year of construction. It’s at the roughly 1,500-acre Eel River Estuary Preserve, a narrow stretch of beach and marshland between Centerville Beach County Park and the mouth of the Eel …
Downtown Arcata Fire Cleanup is About 75% Complete
Isabella Vanderheiden / Aug. 7, 2026, 2:08 p.m. / Fire
Still Thinking About Running for Arcata City Council? The City Just Extended Its Filing Deadline to Aug. 12
LoCO Staff / Aug. 7, 2026, 1:31 p.m. / Elections , Local Government
GUEST OPINION: Rumble Against the Redwoods
LoCO Staff / Aug. 7, 2026, 10:50 a.m. / Guest Opinion
… , but this event originated from a good ol’ boys kind of influence over policy makers that is hard to counter.What's wrong with it (from our perspective, and living 1.5 miles due east of the airport)? We don …
Heads Up! Portions of the McKinleyville Community Forest Will be Closed in the Coming Weeks for Hazard Fuels Reduction
LoCO Staff / Aug. 7, 2026, 10:41 a.m. / PSA
(PHOTOS) Romano Gabriel’s Sculpture Garden is Being Moved Out Old Town Eureka for a Couple Months as Part of a Major Restoration Project
Isabella Vanderheiden / Aug. 7, 2026, 7:53 a.m. / Art , Our Culture
… .Those interested in lending a hand can come to the volunteer workdays on Wednesday, Aug. 19 and Thursday, Aug. 20. The group meets in front of the sculpture garden at 315 Second Street in Old Town Eureka at 1 p …
California Craft Liquor Delivery Is About Go Away Thanks to Big Money Lobbying
Ryan Sabalow / Aug. 7, 2026, 7:14 a.m. / Sacramento
… . The groups blocking Hoover’s proposal have spent more than $1 million lobbying the Legislature and state government this year. They have donated at least 11 times that much to California politicians …
OBITUARY: Jean M. Caldwell, 1939-2026
LoCO Staff / Aug. 7, 2026, 6:56 a.m. / Obits
… parents, Lenard and Harriet Dobbert. A celebration of life will be held at The Meadows apartment complex in Eureka, from 1 to 3 p.m. on Saturday, August 15.###The obituary above was submitted on behalf …
Myers Flat Man Gets 8-Year Sentence for Threatening Neighbor, DA’s Office Says
LoCO Staff / Aug. 6, 2026, 5:10 p.m. / Courts
‘It’s Unacceptable’: North Coast Water Board Forwards Little River Pollution Case to Attorney General’s Office for Review
Isabella Vanderheiden / Aug. 6, 2026, 3:48 p.m. / Environment , Government
Super El Niño Could Bring Heavy Rainfall and Record High Tides This Winter, Plus Summer Lightning in Fire-Prone Regions Across the North Coast, Climate Scientists Warn
Ryan Burns / Aug. 6, 2026, 1:48 p.m. / Government , How ‘Bout That Weather
Elected Officials Outraged After Developer Vacates Humboldt Offshore Wind Lease
Sage Alexander / Aug. 6, 2026, 12:59 p.m. / Offshore Wind
… . The Trump administration will pay German energy company RWE $1.22 billion to vacate three leases, off the coasts of Eureka, New York and Louisiana, in a settlement with the U.S. Department of the Interior …
German Offshore Wind Developer Sells its Humboldt County Lease Back to the Trump Administration, Promises to Develop Natural Gas in the United States Instead
LoCO Staff / Aug. 6, 2026, 10:11 a.m. / Energy
… and affordable energy. RWE U.S. Offshore secured these leases from the U.S. government with a long-term commitment to develop offshore wind capacity in American waters and invested more than $1 billion toward …
As AI ‘Therapists’ Dish Out Advice, California Lawmakers Try to Set Some Limits
Ana B. Ibarra / Aug. 6, 2026, 7:11 a.m. / Sacramento
… , even though people increasingly share such thoughts with chatbots. OpenAI, the maker of ChatGPT, revealed in a report last fall that about 1.2 million users a week share thoughts of suicide …
Why Truckers Always Seem to Be on the Phone While They Drive on the Highway
Gagandeep Singh / Aug. 6, 2026, 7:09 a.m. / Sacramento
Funding for Arcata’s Evening Bus Service is in Limbo
Sage Alexander / Aug. 5, 2026, 4:35 p.m. / Transportation
… used by students. In the first quarter of 2026, a total of 1,028 riders used evening routes, 72% of whom used their Cal Poly student ID, according to HTA’s staff report. Another route, the 2023-era Green …
Hoopa Valley Tribe Celebrates the Opening of its New Data Center, the Hub of Broadband Expansion in the Valley and Beyond
LoCO Staff / Aug. 5, 2026, 4:19 p.m. / Infrastructure
