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Cal Poly Humboldt’s Justin Maxon Wins Guggenheim Fellowship for Photography Project Exploring Opioid Addiction on the Hoopa Valley Reservation
LoCO Staff / April 18, 2025, 12:45 p.m. / Cal Poly Humboldt
CHP Will Ramp Up Patrols in the Coming Months to Improve Motorcycle Safety on Humboldt Highways
LoCO Staff / April 18, 2025, 11:50 a.m. / Traffic
Two Brothers Sentenced to Life in Prison for Rampage Through Eureka Two Years Ago
LoCO Staff / April 17, 2025, 4:37 p.m. / Courts
Inclusionary Zoning Passes and Annie and Mary Trail is Officially a Go from Yesterday’s City Council Meeting
Dezmond Remington / April 17, 2025, 4:10 p.m. / Arcata
Bridge South of Rio Dell Named in Honor of Murdered Caltrans Employee
LoCO Staff / April 17, 2025, 2:39 p.m. / News
… Caltrans District 1 Director Matt Brady. The dedication ceremony was attended by Brooks’ five siblings, Brian, Curtis, Douglas, Evalani, and Ferlin, and two nephews, Jordon and Jeran. Following Brooks’ death …
REPORT: Horse Racing at the Humboldt County Fair is Still Just Barely a Possibility, Following Today’s Meeting of the Racing Board
Hank Sims / April 17, 2025, 1:48 p.m. / News
Rep. Jared Huffman Responds to ‘Unprecedented’ Commercial Salmon Fishery Closure
Isabella Vanderheiden / April 17, 2025, 1 p.m. / Environment , Fish
Trump Policy Targeting Immigrants Shuts California Students Out of Federal Programs
Adam Echelman / April 17, 2025, 8:30 a.m. / Sacramento
… how to interpret the TRIO policy change. “I’ve been in 1,000 meetings talking about every executive order that comes out, and every meeting is like, ‘Well, we don’t know what’s going to happen …
OBITUARY: Judy Maxine Gower, 1943-2025
LoCO Staff / April 17, 2025, 6:56 a.m. / Obits
OBITUARY: Frederick Ernest Ahboltin, 1950-2025
LoCO Staff / April 17, 2025, 6:56 a.m. / Obits
OBITUARY: April Michele (Jarboe) Waterman, 1966-2025
LoCO Staff / April 17, 2025, 6:56 a.m. / Obits
… , and Hospice of Humboldt Ida Emmerson Hospice House, and everyone who supported April and her family with resources, prayers and wishes. The family is having a Celebration of Life on May 30, 2025, 1 p …
OBITUARY: Deborah Flo Freeman, 1951-2025
LoCO Staff / April 17, 2025, 6:56 a.m. / Obits
After Another Tense Meeting, Eureka City Council Decides to Revisit Controversial Homeless Camping Ordinance Next Month
Isabella Vanderheiden / April 16, 2025, 4:26 p.m. / Homelessness , Local Government
… interest of our city and [our] citizens?”Councilmember Kati Moulton defended the council’s decision to table the item, noting that it was 1:30 a.m. and “emotions were running really high” after the lengthy …
(PHOTOS AND VIDEO) PG&E Does Not Want You To Worry About Seeing Drones Near Power Lines, So They Staged a Flight For Us
Dezmond Remington / April 16, 2025, 3:22 p.m. / Flying
GAME ON: New Arcade to Bring Black Light Mini Golf and Laser Tag to Old Town Eureka
Isabella Vanderheiden / April 16, 2025, 7:34 a.m. / Community , Family
… to HealthSPORT By The Bay, into Game On — a family fun center featuring black light laser tag, mini golf and, of course, classic arcade games. Game On will open to the public on May 1 …
How Labor Killed a Bill to Let California Wildfire Victims Sue Big Oil for Climate Change
Ryan Sabalow / April 16, 2025, 7:31 a.m. / Sacramento
… years.” Organizations representing fossil fuel companies that opposed the bill but gave no testimony during last week’s hearing also have donated at least $1.7 million to legislators since 2015 …
More High Schoolers Are Taking College Classes — but No Surprise Which Students Benefit Most
Delilah Brumer / April 16, 2025, 7:17 a.m. / Sacramento
Kernen Construction Mostly Carries Its Case at Today’s Board of Supervisors Meeting; Company May Continue to Operate Without Explicit Hour or Noise Restrictions
Hank Sims / April 15, 2025, 2:46 p.m. / Local Government
… delays from previous meetings over the last few months — the Humboldt County Board of Supervisors voted 4-1 in favor of a stripped-down motion that required the company to remediate some unpermitted berm …
Commercial Salmon Season Is Shut Down — Again. Will California’s Iconic Fish Ever Recover?
Alastair Bland / April 15, 2025, 12:54 p.m. / Sacramento
… , Henery said, could rebuild diminished Central Valley Chinook runs to more than 1.6 million adult fish per year over a 20-year period. He said adversaries — often farmers and environmentalists …
Sheriff William Honsal Pens Open Letter to Express Opposition to Release of Sexually Violent Predator Into Humboldt
LoCO Staff / April 15, 2025, 12:23 p.m. / Community
Eureka DMV to Close Bayshore Mall Office Next Month, Relocate to Former Harley-Davidson Site
Isabella Vanderheiden / April 15, 2025, 10:41 a.m. / Government
OBITUARY: Daniel E. O’Leary, 1951-2025
LoCO Staff / April 15, 2025, 6:56 a.m. / Obits
OBITUARY: Glenn Wayne Keisner, Sr, 1947-2025
LoCO Staff / April 15, 2025, 6:56 a.m. / Obits
OBITUARY: Benjamin Herbert Weed, 1961-2025
LoCO Staff / April 15, 2025, 6:56 a.m. / Obits
OBITUARY: Robert (Bob) Steeves, 1944-2025
LoCO Staff / April 15, 2025, 6:56 a.m. / Obits
With Its Maine Project Dead, Nordic Aquafarms is Seeking New Investors and Facing a Longer Timeline for Its Land-Based Fish Factory on the Samoa Peninsula
Ryan Burns / April 14, 2025, 4:41 p.m. / Business , Government
… and Conservation District, which previously agreed to remove nearly 1,000 derelict, creosote-treated piles and crossbeams from an old dock in Fields Landing to mitigate the impacts of baywater intake …
Humboldt County Drug Task Force Seizes Four Pounds of Meth, 600 Weed Clones En Route From Modesto; One Arrested
LoCO Staff / April 14, 2025, 4:33 p.m. / Crime
… substance (noncontiguous counties)- 11378 HS — Possession of a controlled substance for the purpose of sales- 11370.4(b)(1) HS — Possession of a kilogram or more of a controlled substance …
University Police Make Arrest in Connection With Attempted Vehicle Thefts on Campus
LoCO Staff / April 14, 2025, 2:45 p.m. / Crime
GUEST OPINION: The SAVE Act Undermines Our Humboldt Community and Harms Eligible Voters
Juan Pablo Cervantes / April 14, 2025, 10:56 a.m. / Guest Opinion
License to Kill: A CalMatters Special Investigation
Robert Lewis / April 14, 2025, 7:12 a.m. / Sacramento