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OBITUARY: Corey ‘Bubba’ Tyler Shannon-Johnson, 1992-2025
LoCO Staff / Dec. 2, 2025, 6:56 a.m. / Obits
… on January 17, 2026 at Azalea Hall in McKinleyville from 1 to 4 p.m. Corey had a love for sneakers and long, bright, colorful socks. Please feel free to wear bright colors to honor Corey.Please come join us …
OBITUARY: Jayme Elan Seehafer, 1975-2025
LoCO Staff / Dec. 2, 2025, 6:56 a.m. / Obits
OBITUARY: Adrian Hass, 1968-2025
LoCO Staff / Dec. 2, 2025, 6:56 a.m. / Obits
OBITUARY: Paul Martin Perrault, 1954-2025
LoCO Staff / Dec. 2, 2025, 6:56 a.m. / Obits
The Crumbling Ruin of Scotia’s Lumber Mill is in Escrow With an Unidentified Buyer
Ryan Burns / Dec. 1, 2025, 4:43 p.m. / Business
With Almost All the Prop. 50 Votes Counted, We See That Humboldt Was Happy to Assimilate Shasta County and Environs Into the Second Congressional District
Hank Sims / Dec. 1, 2025, 3:19 p.m. / Elections
It’s Sad That the Fieldbrook Market Has Closed Again
Hank Sims / Dec. 1, 2025, 1:06 p.m. / Business
KING TIDES INCOMING! Coastal Humboldt Will See Some of the Highest Waves of the Year This Week, and You Can Help Science By Taking Cool Photos
Isabella Vanderheiden / Dec. 1, 2025, 10:35 a.m. / How ‘Bout That Weather , Ocean
… of the year. Estimates from the California King Tides Project indicate that this year’s king tides will exceed 9.85 feet in some areas — about 1.5 feet higher than average high tide — and bring flooding to low …
Fewer International Students Are Coming to the U.S. What This Means for California
Aliza Imran and Kahani Malhotra / Dec. 1, 2025, 7:35 a.m. / Sacramento
… . A recent report by the Institute of International Education shows that the number of international college students in the U.S. is mostly stable for now, with just a 1% decrease in enrollment this fall …
OBITUARY: Sonya Lynne Stringer, 1941-2025
LoCO Staff / Dec. 1, 2025, 7:15 a.m. / Obits
… OBITUARY: Sonya Lynne Stringer, 1941-2025 Sonya Lynne Stringer (Englis) passed away peacefully the morning of November 1, 2025. Born November 15, 1941 …
HUMBOLDT HISTORY: Eureka Was My University — Or, a Cub Reporter Learns His Trade From the Masters at the Humboldt Times
Mel Lavine / Nov. 29, 2025, 7:30 a.m. / History
… awaited her response — breathlessly. She replied in a telegram a day or two later. “1 appreciate the humor in your story,” she said, “but I couldn't go along with the Horace Heidt …
OBITUARY: Ruben DeLeon Marquez, 1981-2025
LoCO Staff / Nov. 29, 2025, 6:56 a.m. / Obits
OBITUARY: Christopherjack Sovereign, 1991-2025
LoCO Staff / Nov. 29, 2025, 6:56 a.m. / Obits
Young California Democrats Are Challenging Veteran House Members in Safe Blue Seats
Maya C. Miller / Nov. 28, 2025, 11:39 a.m. / Sacramento
(VIDEO) HUMBOLDT OUTDOORS: Ray Olson Uncovers the Ancient History of the ‘Weird, Rare’ Forests of the Ma-le’l Dunes
Isabella Vanderheiden / Nov. 28, 2025, 7 a.m. / Humboldt Outdoors
OBITUARY: Denise Renee Griffith Simons, 1966-2025
LoCO Staff / Nov. 27, 2025, 6:56 a.m. / Obits
Vehicle vs. Pedestrian Collision Impacts Traffic on Eureka’s Fourth Street
Andrew Goff / Nov. 26, 2025, 2:25 p.m. / Traffic
Eureka Police Department Awarded $170K in State Funds to Crack Down on Illegal Tobacco Sales to Minors
LoCO Staff / Nov. 26, 2025, 1:35 p.m. / Crime , Local Government
Misinformation Spreads as Trump Moves to Cut Aid for Some California Students
CalMatters staff / Nov. 26, 2025, 7:58 a.m. / Sacramento
… targets universities and continues to dismantle the U.S. Department of Education, those fears have persisted. In California, Trump seeks to impose a $1 billion penalty on UCLA for alleged civil rights …
Beware of Scam Emails Pretending to Be From Eureka’s Planning and Development Services Department
LoCO Staff / Nov. 25, 2025, 4:30 p.m. /
… . Eventually, he was operating three farms off of Forest Service Route 1 in Southern Humboldt. ”We had a good run for a while,” he said. “We created a lot of jobs and paid a lot of taxes …
At St. Vincent de Paul’s Eureka Dining Facility, Local Students Take Up the Slack as Longtime Volunteers Retire
Isabella Vanderheiden / Nov. 25, 2025, 2:38 p.m. / Community , Food , Homelessness
(WARNING: GRAPHIC) HCSO Releases Video of Deadly July Encounter With 35-Year-Old Eureka Man
LoCO Staff / Nov. 25, 2025, 12:26 p.m. / News
Two Loleta Residents Unleash Racial Slurs and Comments on Immigration Status in Scuffle With Security Officers at County Social Services Office
LoCO Staff / Nov. 25, 2025, 11:38 a.m. / Crime
California Is About to Cut Power Company Profits to Historic Lows. Your Bill Will Barely Drop
Malena Carollo / Nov. 25, 2025, 7:58 a.m. / Sacramento
… customers and projects, increasing the amount that shareholders can receive. PG&E, for example, had a 10% shareholder return in 2023, a possible return of about $125 million. Had it been 1% lower …
OBITUARY: Jean Pauline Rusk-Hiler Dumas, 1937-2025
LoCO Staff / Nov. 25, 2025, 6:56 a.m. / Obits
The Remains Recovered From Last Week’s Structure Fire in Bridgeville Were Likely Human, Investigation Reveals
LoCO Staff / Nov. 24, 2025, 2:56 p.m. / News
GUEST OPINION: Local Environmental Groups Urge Community to ‘Fight Like Hell’ Against Trump’s Plan to Expand Offshore Oil Drilling to West Coast
LoCO Staff / Nov. 24, 2025, 2:19 p.m. / Environment , Guest Opinion
… in the Atlantic Ocean. | Photo: Jan-Rune Smenes Reite via PexelsPREVIOUSLY: State and Local Reps React to Trump Plan to Open More than 1 Billion Acres to New Offshore Oil and Gas Drilling###The Trump Administration …
St. Joseph Hospital Now Has a Robot That Performs Lung Biopsies
LoCO Staff / Nov. 24, 2025, 10:52 a.m. / Health Care
Tips on How to Ensure Your Thanksgiving Dinner Doesn’t End Up a Biological Weapon, Courtesy DHHS
LoCO Staff / Nov. 24, 2025, 10:31 a.m. / Health
… food safety, call the Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition’s Safe Food Information Line at 1-888-723-3366& …