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OBITUARY: Beverly ‘Betty’ Jean Shamberger, 1945-2025
LoCO Staff / Aug. 16, 2025, 7 a.m. / Obits
BEWARE, BIG LAGOON-GOERS! The Cyanobacteria is Back With a Fury, and It’s Been Spotted On the South Fork of the Eel Too
LoCO Staff / Aug. 15, 2025, 4:36 p.m. / Health
LOL! The Maps Have Been Leaked, So Check Out What Our New Congressional District Will Be if Texas Republicans and California Democrats Get Their Way
Hank Sims / Aug. 15, 2025, 4 p.m. / Elections
Long-Delayed Habit Burger Is, In Fact, Still Coming to Eureka, as Is a LOCAL Smashburger Joint
Ryan Burns / Aug. 15, 2025, 3:19 p.m. / Food
… it forsaken us?!Fear not: The home of the Double Char — recently rechristened as USA Today's No. 1 best fast food burger — is still headed our way. A Eureka location recently …
Longtime Painter, Aspiring Muralist Aimée Woods Brings New Life to Long-Barren Retaining Wall in Eureka’s Pine Hill Neighborhood
Isabella Vanderheiden / Aug. 15, 2025, 2:47 p.m. / Art , Community
StartUp Humboldt Launches Investment Competition with $200,000 Prize
Dezmond Remington / Aug. 15, 2025, 8:01 a.m. / Business
Covered California Health Insurance Will Cost More in 2026. Here’s What’s Behind the Double-Digit Increase
Kristen Hwang / Aug. 15, 2025, 8 a.m. / Sacramento
… about $2.1 billion in enhanced tax credits for consumers. Double whammy for consumers Ariana Brill, a certified health insurance agent who helps people enroll in Covered California, said …
OBITUARY: Ivy Olive ‘Johnnie’ Olsen, 1918-2025
LoCO Staff / Aug. 15, 2025, 6:56 a.m. / Obits
OBITUARY: Garth Jewett Casacca, 1938-2025
LoCO Staff / Aug. 15, 2025, 6:56 a.m. / Obits
OBITUARY: Bruce J. Amado, 1939-2025
LoCO Staff / Aug. 15, 2025, 6:56 a.m. / Obits
What’s Going on at the Homeless Encampment on Arcata’s O Street?
Dezmond Remington / Aug. 14, 2025, 12:53 p.m. / Homelessness
(VIDEO) Rumble Over the Redwoods’ 100-Year-Old WWII Pilot Profiled by David Muir on ‘World News Tonight’
Andrew Goff / Aug. 14, 2025, 12:47 p.m. / :)
Cooley Out: Humboldt County’s Latest Director of Aviation Lasted Barely Two Months
Ryan Burns / Aug. 14, 2025, 11:45 a.m. / Airport , Local Government
… requested a copy of Cooley's resignation letter. We'll update this post when we hear back from the county.###UPDATE, 1:24 p.m.:Well, there's not much to this letter of resignation …
Step Aside, Ponies! Kinetic Sculptures Are Taking Over the Ferndale Racetrack at This Year’s Humboldt County Fair
Isabella Vanderheiden / Aug. 14, 2025, 10:29 a.m. / Community , Kinetic
… Fairgrounds at 1:30 p.m. with the Kinetic Racers’ Pageantry Parade, followed by the Rutabaga Royalty Hobby Kinetic Creature Race, a “delightfully absurd” stick creature competition. (Think hobby horse racing …
California’s Newest Invaders Are Beautiful Swans. Should Hunters Kill Them?
Ryan Sabalow / Aug. 14, 2025, 7:17 a.m. / Sacramento
… estimated there were 1,150 of them. This spring, they estimated more than 12,000, nearly double the year before. Most of the mute swans are in the Suisun Marsh, a sprawling complex of public wetlands …
OBITUARY: Mervin Frank ‘Mickey’ Foster, 1932-2025
LoCO Staff / Aug. 14, 2025, 6:56 a.m. / Obits
‘It’s Going to Be a Spectacular Experience’: State Sen. McGuire Talks Community Benefits, Public Safety and Wildfire Mitigation on the Great Redwood Trail at Annual Town Hall
Isabella Vanderheiden / Aug. 13, 2025, 1:06 p.m. / Trails
Now You Can Learn Some Soulatluk While Strolling the Wigi Waterfront Trail!
LoCO Staff / Aug. 13, 2025, 12:07 p.m. / Our Culture
Caltrans Announces New Opening Schedule for Highway 36
LoCO Staff / Aug. 13, 2025, 11:43 a.m. / Traffic
… Caltrans Announces New Opening Schedule for Highway 36 Photo: Caltrans District 1###UPDATE: Crews will implement shorter delays between 10 a.m. and noon on Saturday, Aug. 16 …
This Republican Lawmaker Has Served California for Decades. Newsom’s Plan Could End His Dominance.
Deborah Brennan / Aug. 13, 2025, 7:52 a.m. / Sacramento
California Grocery Prices Could Rise if This Self-Checkout Bill Passes, Grocers Argue
Maya C. Miller / Aug. 13, 2025, 7:44 a.m. / Sacramento
… to add new self-service checkout stations must notify employees and their unions in writing at least 60 days in advance or face a $1,000 penalty per violation per day. Democrats have largely voiced …
OBITUARY: Karen Anne Fredrickson, 1946-2025
LoCO Staff / Aug. 13, 2025, 6:56 a.m. / Obits
… County, serving the community with Redwood Community Action Agency and later the Area 1 Agency on Aging.Continuing her path of community service Karen was a key member of the Humboldt County Probation …
OBITUARY: Joan Ellen Hirschfeld, 1955-2025
LoCO Staff / Aug. 13, 2025, 6:56 a.m. / Obits
(VIDEO) Locals Have VERY Close Encounter With Mountain Lion in Arcata Community Forest
Ryan Burns / Aug. 12, 2025, 4:17 p.m. / Wildlife
At Virtual Public Meeting Last Night, PG&E Officials Outline Next Steps for Eel River Dam Removal
Isabella Vanderheiden / Aug. 12, 2025, 2:56 p.m. / Energy , Environment , Infrastructure
LISTEN UP, MCKINLEYVILLAN: If You are Interested in the McK ‘Town Center’ Plan, Then You Will Want to Put This Date Into Your Calendar App and Set a Notification, Because it Will Be Important
LoCO Staff / Aug. 12, 2025, 2:45 p.m. / Local Government
… CommunityAssemblymember Wood Nabs Over $1.4M to Help Build Senior Community in McKinleyvillePlanning Commission Approves Contentious McKinleyville Housing Development Despite Neighborhood Concerns …
Fun For the Whole Family at This Weekend’s Klamath Festival! (But No Salmon, Again)
LoCO Staff / Aug. 12, 2025, 10:32 a.m. / Our Culture
… feature film, “Undamming Klamath”, artist Lucy Raven’s “Murderers Bar”, and Our Changing Planet’s episode titled “River Restoration.” Showtimes are 11 a.m. and 1:00 p.m. Anderson and Raven …
Northern California Republican Heckled at Packed Town Hall Over Trump and Medi-Cal
Maya C. Miller / Aug. 12, 2025, 7:45 a.m. / Sacramento
… ’s budget bill, which cuts more than $1.1 trillion in federal spending for Medicaid, Medicare and plans under the Affordable Care Act over the next decade. The crowd excoriated LaMalfa for supporting …
Hidden in Trump’s Spending Package: A Surprise Boost to California’s Affordable Housing
Ben Christopher and Marisa Kendall / Aug. 12, 2025, 7:40 a.m. / Sacramento
… direct assistance that are viewed as handouts. Just how much could these new tax credits help? That depends on who you ask. The changes in policy could fund the construction of an extra 1.22 million …
OBITUARY: David Nils Lindberg, 1954-2025
LoCO Staff / Aug. 12, 2025, 7:36 a.m. / Obits