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… 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 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



… : 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 …



… 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





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 …





… .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 …



… . 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 …









… . 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 …



… 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 …



… , 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 …





… 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 …





… the former Iron Gate Dam, and 1,245 of those fish returned to Fall Creek Hatcheries — about 10%.” James | Screenshot Yurok Tribal Chairman Joe James described dam removal as a “big part …









California Democrats Defy Newsom, Back Billionaire Tax

Maya C. Miller and Jeanne Kuang / Aug. 5, 2026, 7 a.m. / Sacramento

… as inequality worsens. The top 1% of Americans held 22% of the nation’s household wealth in 1989; now they hold nearly a third. The bottom half’s share has declined from 3.5% to 2.5%. Prop. 40 is being watched …



… more students, said Melanee Cottrill, executive director of Head Start California, a nonprofit that advocates for California’s 1,813 Head Start centers. In the same announcement, the agency said …