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[UPDATED] Hate-Filled Blog Comment Prompts Official County Response, Even Though It Was Evidently From a Troll
Ryan Burns / April 28, 2023, 6:54 p.m. / I Don’t Believe You
HUMBOLDT TODAY with John Kennedy O’Connor | April 28, 2023
LoCO Staff / April 28, 2023, 5:08 p.m. / Humboldt Today
Humboldt Transit Authority Awarded $17.5 Million to Beef Up Service, Add More Electric Buses and Build Area’s First Long-Distance Hydrogen-Powered Coach
Stephanie McGeary / April 28, 2023, 4:18 p.m. / Transportation
… center in Crescent City, which is proposed for a publicly owned, 1.75-acre lot located at K and Front Streets. According to the agencies’ grant proposal, the site is ideal for several reasons, including …
OPINION: Let’s Do Better at Funding Our Public Transit System
Colin Fiske / April 28, 2023, 8:12 a.m. / Opinion
… . It improves the economy, with every $1 invested in transit yielding $4 in economic benefits. It provides precious free time for reading, daydreaming, or watching the scenery - but also a social space where …
CONVERSATIONS: Rodney Oien on the North Coast’s Toddler Services Infrastructure
LoCO Staff / April 28, 2023, 7:15 a.m. / People of Humboldt
OBITUARY: Donell McCanless, 1926-2023
LoCO Staff / April 28, 2023, 6:56 a.m. / Obits
… later, once all her sons were in school, she continued her education at Humboldt State and got her teaching credential. Her first teaching job was at Price Creek Elementary (Grades 1 through 8). Donell …
OBITUARY: Arthur Ramsey, 1947-2023
LoCO Staff / April 28, 2023, 6:56 a.m. / Obits
OBITUARY: Wendell Lee Bott III, 1951-2023
LoCO Staff / April 28, 2023, 6:56 a.m. / Obits
HUMBOLDT TODAY with John Kennedy O’Connor | April 27, 2023
LoCO Staff / April 27, 2023, 5 p.m. / Humboldt Today
[PHOTOS, VIDEO] The Carcass of Juvenile Gray Whale Washed Ashore and Is Now Rotting on the North Spit
Ryan Burns / April 27, 2023, 3:52 p.m. / Nature
… a rough few years. Since the start of 2019 they've experienced an elevated number of deaths and strandings, a trend that NOAA Fisheries has designated an Unusual Mortality Event. Between January 1, 2019 …
The Humboldt Navigational Center Will Begin Providing Services to Humboldt’s Homeless in the Next Two Years; County Staff Says, ‘I Wish It Was Tomorrow’
Isabella Vanderheiden / April 27, 2023, 3:42 p.m. / Homelessness
Long COVID in California: ‘A Pandemic of Loneliness and Social Isolation and Rejection’
Kristen Hwang / April 27, 2023, 7:33 a.m. / Sacramento
… Californians. Recent CDC surveys suggest 5.5% of California adults — roughly 1.5 million people — currently experience the ill-defined, mysterious and often debilitating collection of symptoms that make up …
HUMBOLDT TODAY with John Kennedy O’Connor | April 26, 2023
LoCO Staff / April 26, 2023, 5:02 p.m. / Humboldt Today
Costs Up, Revenues Down: Measure Z Revenues Are Tanking After a Year of Economic Downturn
Isabella Vanderheiden / April 26, 2023, 3:07 p.m. / Local Government
… to bring in $12.67 million in Measure Z revenue for fiscal year 2023/24, $1.8 million less than staff’s estimate for the current fiscal year, according to Deputy CAO Sean Quincey. Current expenditures …
Eureka High Athletics Boosters are Gonna Send Out The Glorious Old Jay Willard Gym in Style Before it is Torn Down
Stephanie McGeary / April 26, 2023, 1:37 p.m. / Education , Event
CONVERSATIONS: Raelina Krikston Still Thinks the Rent is Too Damn High, and That’s Just the Start of the Problem
LoCO Staff / April 26, 2023, 7:41 a.m. / People of Humboldt
California Poised to Ban New Diesel Trucks
Nadia Lopez / April 26, 2023, 7:25 a.m. / Sacramento
… : only 1,943 in California — and nearly all of them are buses. Unveiled last September, the air board’s proposal would set aggressive timelines for the purchase and manufacture of zero …
OBITUARY: Garrett James Sturdivànt, 1980-2023
LoCO Staff / April 26, 2023, 6:56 a.m. / Obits
OBITUARY: Carolyn Oletia Lee, 1975-2023
LoCO Staff / April 26, 2023, 6:56 a.m. / Obits
HUMBOLDT TODAY with John Kennedy O’Connor | April 25, 2023
LoCO Staff / April 25, 2023, 5:04 p.m. / Humboldt Today
Stolen Gun, Illegal Drugs and Burglary Tool Found During McK Traffic Stop, Sheriff’s Office Says
LoCO Staff / April 25, 2023, 11:31 a.m. / Crime
… an unsecured loaded, stolen firearm, approximately 1.2 grams of methamphetamine and drug paraphernalia.Based upon deputies’ investigation, the firearm was determined to have been in Goodwin’s possession. During …
Motorcycle Chase Near Hoopa Results in Meth Arrest and Also the Discovery That the Motorcycle Was Stolen, Sheriff’s Office Says
LoCO Staff / April 25, 2023, 10:53 a.m. / Crime
… . The motorcycle failed to yield, and a pursuit ensued. Houston.Deputies pursued the motorcycle for approximately 1.5 miles. The driver, 51-year-old Clifford Dale Houston, yielded to deputies …
Body Cam Footage Shows Sheriff’s Detective Saving an Infant’s Life by Administering CPR
LoCO Staff / April 25, 2023, 9:56 a.m. / News
Several Days of Sunshine and Warmth are Forecast for Humboldt County, and We’ve Sure as Hell Earned Them
Hank Sims / April 25, 2023, 8:22 a.m. / How ‘Bout That Weather
California’s Lowest Paid Health Workers Want a Pay Boost. Why Industry Leaders Are Pushing Back
Ana B. Ibarra / April 25, 2023, 7:25 a.m. / Sacramento
… potential problems for the larger effort. Inglewood’s ordinance went into effect Jan.1, raising the minimum wage for those workers to $25 an hour. Then in March, Centinela Hospital Medical Center, a 362 …
OBITUARY: Brandon Lee Taylor, 1972-2023
LoCO Staff / April 25, 2023, 6:56 a.m. / Obits
OBITUARY: Billie Rose Lichti, 1937-2023
LoCO Staff / April 25, 2023, 6:56 a.m. / Obits
… service to celebrate Billie’s life will be held on Monday, May 1st, 2023 at 3 p.m. at Hydesville Community Church. In lieu of flowers, the family kindly requests donations be made to Shriners Children …
OBITUARY: Rebecca Bair Kurwitz, 1941-2023
LoCO Staff / April 25, 2023, 6:56 a.m. / Obits
OBITUARY: Daniel Esmond Forbes, 1937-2023
LoCO Staff / April 25, 2023, 6:56 a.m. / Obits
