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Do You Love the McKay Tract? Do You Know Useful Things? The County is Looking For Four Good Folks to Advise it On All Matters McKay, and One of Those People Could Be You!
LoCO Staff / Dec. 19, 2022, 3:08 p.m. / Local Government
Serial Burglary Suspect Arrested in Bayside After Being Apprehended by a Citizen, Sheriff’s Office Says
LoCO Staff / Dec. 19, 2022, 11:45 a.m. / Crime
… counts of vehicle theft (VC 10851(a)), vandalism (PC 594(b)(1)), possession of burglary tools (PC 466) and trespassing (PC 602(m)), in addition to warrant charges of burglary (PC 459/461(a)). He is being …
Pandemic Catch Up: What Will It Take for Left-Behind Students to Learn to Read?
Joe Hong / Dec. 19, 2022, 7:49 a.m. / Sacramento
Saving Salmon: Chinook Return to California’s Far North — With a Lot of Human Help
Alastair Bland / Dec. 19, 2022, 7:43 a.m. / Sacramento
… ’s range, it was once their stronghold. Between 1 and 2 million fish, some weighing 50 pounds or more, spawned in the tributaries of the Sacramento and San Joaquin rivers each year before the Gold Rush …
STARK HOUSE SUNDAY SERIAL: She Laughed at the Petty Mobsters and Spit on Their Threats
LoCO Staff / Dec. 18, 2022, 7:05 a.m. / Sunday Serial
… .] CLEAN BREAKbyLionel White CHAPTER THREE 1For a full five minutes after she heard the outside door close, Sherry Peatty sat motionless on the bed. There was a thoughtful, speculative expression …
GROWING OLD UNGRACEFULLY: Moon or Mars?
Barry Evans / Dec. 18, 2022, 7 a.m. / Growing Old Ungracefully
THE ECONEWS REPORT: Port Redevelopment to Support Offshore Wind Construction
LoCO Staff / Dec. 17, 2022, 10 a.m. / Environment , Offshore Wind
THE HUMBOLDT HUSTLE: For a Reasonable Fee, Clyde Dalton Will Bring His Souped-Up Mobile Slaughterhouse to Your Residence and Kill Your Farm Animals For You
Eduardo Ruffcorn-Barragán / Dec. 17, 2022, 7:30 a.m. / The Humboldt Hustle
OBITUARY: Gail Christie Johnson, 1925–2022
LoCO Staff / Dec. 17, 2022, 6:56 a.m. / Obits
Local Child Care Employees and Businesses Eligible for Thousands of Dollars in Bonus Payments
LoCO Staff / Dec. 16, 2022, 1:46 p.m. / Government , Health Care
… in child care or operated a facility between July 1, 2021, and plans to remain in operation until at least June 30, 2023, is eligible for the program. Bonus amounts will be based on the hours you worked …
Yurok and Karuk Tribes Decry Federal Proposal to Cut Klamath River Flows
LoCO Staff / Dec. 16, 2022, 10:17 a.m. / Environment
… insult to injury, the Klamath Drainage District in Klamath Falls, OR is currently diverting nearly 1,000-acre feet of water a day from the Klamath. This diversion is deemed illegal by federal agencies …
One Arrested For Suspected Theft of Gasoline From McKinleyville Company’s Vehicles, Sheriff’s Office Says
LoCO Staff / Dec. 16, 2022, 9:40 a.m. / Crime
… : On Dec. 16, 2022, at about 1 a.m., Humboldt County Sheriff’s deputies were dispatched to a business on the 1600 block of Holly Drive in McKinleyville for the report of a security alarm activation …
‘Return of the Jedi’ Festival, Professional Soundstage are Among Film Commissioner’s Movie Magic Plans for the Region
Ryan Burns / Dec. 15, 2022, 5:19 p.m. / Local Government , MOVIED!
California’s Residential Solar Rules Overhauled
Julie Cart / Dec. 15, 2022, 3:27 p.m. / Sacramento
… needs to lean more heavily on renewable energy to meet state targets to produce zero-carbon electricity by 2045 and end use of fossil fuels. About 1.5 million rooftop solar systems are installed …
(PHOTOS) Estuary Restoration Project on Mad River (Baduwa’t) Opens Acres of Fish Habitat, New Public Trail
LoCO Staff / Dec. 15, 2022, 12:37 p.m. / Environment , Fish
Crescent City Man Convicted in Failed McKinleyville Murder-For-Hire Case Sentenced to 43 Years in Prison, Can Apply For Parole in 20 Years
Rhonda Parker / Dec. 15, 2022, 12:27 p.m. / Courts
One Arrested Following McKinleyville Assault Investigation
LoCO Staff / Dec. 15, 2022, 11:57 a.m. / Crime
… a cohabitant (PC 243(e)(1)).Anyone with information about this case or related criminal activity is encouraged to call the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office at (707) 445-7251 or the Sheriff’s Office Crime Tip …
Warrant Suspect Arrested in McK With Meth and a Mortar, Sheriff’s Office Says
LoCO Staff / Dec. 15, 2022, 11:28 a.m. / Crime
Victim in Eighth Unintentional Shooting Incident of the Year Expected to Survive, Sheriff’s Office Says; Gunhandler, Who is Restricted From Owning Firearms, Arrested
LoCO Staff / Dec. 15, 2022, 10:44 a.m. / Crime
California’s Only HBCU Aims to Solve Black Doctor Shortage
Alyssa Story / Dec. 15, 2022, 7:45 a.m. / Sacramento
OBITUARY: Evelyn Mendes, 1928-2022
LoCO Staff / Dec. 15, 2022, 6:56 a.m. / Obits
OBITUARY: Judith ‘Judy’ Van Zelf, 1940-2022
LoCO Staff / Dec. 15, 2022, 6:56 a.m. / Obits
… luncheon will be held in her honor on Saturday, February 18, 2023, at 1 p.m., at the Humboldt County Peace Officer Hall, 2351 Freshwater, CA. Please bring your favorite stories that you have of Judy …
‘The Lost Lewis Treasure’: Father Plans Epic Community Treasure Hunt on Anniversary of His Son Being Lost at Sea
Stephanie McGeary / Dec. 14, 2022, 2:28 p.m. / News
Dealer From the Largest Seizure in Humboldt Drug Task Force History Pleads Guilty, Could Face 18 Years in County Jail
LoCO Staff / Dec. 14, 2022, 2:17 p.m. / Courts
… found 1.3 ounces of cocaine; and at a storage unit in McKinleyville they located 24 pounds of methamphetamine, 3 pounds of heroin, 1.25 pounds of cocaine and 5.83 pounds of fentanyl.The defendant pled …
Freshwater Woman Arrested for Domestic Violence Physically Assaults Correctional Staff, Sheriff’s Office Says
LoCO Staff / Dec. 14, 2022, 9:21 a.m. / Crime
… , physically assaulting a deputy.Mentink was booked into the Humboldt County Correctional Facility on charges of battery against a cohabitant (PC 243(e)(1)) and resisting/obstructing a peace officer (PC …
‘Catastrophic Staffing Shortage’ Hits California’s Rural Police First, and Hardest
Nigel Duara / Dec. 14, 2022, 7:38 a.m. / Sacramento
… ’re not going to get 1,000 people signing up for the (policing exam).” The issue isn’t just pay, Blonder said, citing research showing that the newest generation of recruits looks for work-life balance ahead …
OBITUARY: Timothy Wayne Hales, 1946-2022
LoCO Staff / Dec. 14, 2022, 6:56 a.m. / Obits
Wiyot Tribe Objects to Planned Cannabis Project on Old SPI Mill Site, Which Sits Atop the Ruins of a Wiyot Village
Ryan Burns / Dec. 13, 2022, 5:13 p.m. / Cannabis , Local Government
… . By all appearances, this effectively kills the planned cannabis facility at the old mill site. The board passed the motion via a 4-1 vote, with Bohn dissenting. In a separate motion, passed …
Traffic Safety, Alternative Housing? Eureka Residents Will Consider Several Community-Improving Project Proposals for Each of the City’s Wards During Upcoming Participatory Budget Meeting
Isabella Vanderheiden / Dec. 13, 2022, 4:46 p.m. / Local Government
CITIZEN SCIENTISTS NEEDED! The National Weather Service Wants YOU to Measure the Rainfall
LoCO Staff / Dec. 13, 2022, 9:53 a.m. / Science
