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Sheriff’s Office Seeks Two Suspects in Late-Night Armed Robbery on the Samoa Peninsula
LoCO Staff / April 17, 2023, 3:53 p.m. / Crime
New PBS Digital Series Releases Gorgeous Episode on the History, Ecology and Future of the Redwoods
Hank Sims / April 17, 2023, 3:25 p.m. / Nature
Sweep of Local People on the Sex Offender List Finds About 10 Percent Out of Compliance, Sheriff’s Office Says
LoCO Staff / April 17, 2023, 2:27 p.m. / Crime
Sheriff’s Office By the Numbers: County’s Law Enforcement Arm Releases its 2022 Annual Report, With Scads of Charts and Graphs About Every Aspect of its Operations
LoCO Staff / April 17, 2023, 11:13 a.m. / Crime
California Lawmakers Want to Know Why Billions in Spending Isn’t Reducing Homelessness
Marisa Kendall / April 17, 2023, 7:19 a.m. / Sacramento
… began requiring that cities and counties submit “homeless action plans” before receiving state funding, and he briefly held $1 billion hostage after determining the plans they drafted weren’t ambitious …
GROWING OLD UNGRACEFULLY: Live Free and Die
Barry Evans / April 16, 2023, 7 a.m. / Growing Old Ungracefully
… , bounced back everywhere except in the US. According to the CDC, while U.S. life expectancy at birth dropped nearly three years from 2019 to 2021 (78.8 to 76.1), comparable countries barely registered Covid …
HUMBOLDT TEA TIME: Supervisor Steve Madrone on His Life, His Politics and the Future Humboldt County He’s Working Toward
LoCO Staff / April 15, 2023, 3 p.m. / People of Humboldt
THE ECONEWS REPORT: Suing the Feds for Klamath Water
LoCO Staff / April 15, 2023, 10 a.m. / Environment
THE HUMBOLDT HUSTLE: A Swimwear Business? In Humboldt County? This Brazilian Expat is Making a Go of It With Fashion-Forward Designs and a Social Conscience
Eduardo Ruffcorn-Barragán / April 15, 2023, 7:45 a.m. / The Humboldt Hustle
HUMBOLDT HISTORY: In the Midst of the Great Depression, Young People Would Gather at Fifth and Broadway and Walk in Circles Until They Dropped
Glen Nash / April 15, 2023, 7:15 a.m. / History
… sprint was staged as long as someone was still standing. Finally, there was only one couple left, and they won the prize money of $1,000. There are still some of the contestants around this county …
STUDENT SCIENCE: An Introduction to California’s New Wolf Packs, and Some Thoughts About Whether Future Packs Might Find Their Way to Humboldt
Evan Vieira / April 15, 2023, 7 a.m. / Student Science!
OBITUARY: Lorene W. Edmondson, 1930-2023
LoCO Staff / April 15, 2023, 6:56 a.m. / Obits
… and surprise was captured perfectly on Mary's face. To add to the greatness of the painting, our grandmother (mom's mother) wrote a poem using the scripture that described the event in Luke 1:26-38.The …
HUMBOLDT TODAY with John Kennedy O’Connor | April 14, 2023
LoCO Staff / April 14, 2023, 4:20 p.m. / Humboldt Today
Fairhaven’s Fast and Cheap Internet Service Could Go Away Soon, After State Contest Decides Not to Award Any Money to Anyone
Stephanie McGeary / April 14, 2023, 4:04 p.m. / Broadband
… a winning prize of $1 million to a company that could find a way to provide accessible internet throughout the state. The service was installed by Bay Area company Dalet Access Labs, which worked …
Convicted Felon Arrested With Meth and Loaded Gun Following Late-Night Highway 36 Traffic Stop, Sheriff’s Office Says
LoCO Staff / April 14, 2023, 9:49 a.m. / Crime
… , 2023, at about 1:03 a.m., Humboldt County Sheriff’s deputies on patrol in the Carlotta area conducted a traffic stop for a vehicle code violation near the 5400 block of Highway 36 …
Cal State Undergraduate Workers Seek Union Representation
Rocky Walker / April 14, 2023, 7:19 a.m. / Sacramento
OBITUARY: Jeffrey Kevin Brockman, 1965-2023
LoCO Staff / April 14, 2023, 6:56 a.m. / Obits
HUMBOLDT TODAY with John Kennedy O’Connor | April 13, 2023
LoCO Staff / April 13, 2023, 5:05 p.m. / Humboldt Today
Coastal Commission OKs Permit Application for Sorrel Leaf Healing Center, the First Youth-Focused Mental Health Crisis Facility on the North Coast
Isabella Vanderheiden / April 13, 2023, 4:39 p.m. / Health Care
Drug Tasks Force Arrests One, Uncovers Three Ounces of Fentanyl During Search of Eureka Residence
LoCO Staff / April 13, 2023, 3:18 p.m. / Crime
SPLASH! Local Retired Teacher Funds Swimming Lessons for Group of Alice Birney Elementary Students
Stephanie McGeary / April 13, 2023, 2:58 p.m. / Community , Education , Feel Good
… , especially in rural Humboldt, where the Arcata Community Pool is the only public pool that doesn’t require a membership, which is why she decided to donate about $1,000 to provide swim lessons for kids who …
Old, Live Military Grade Shell Found on Centerville Beach by People Who Gone Out a’ Metal-Detecting; Bomb Squad Renders Device Safe
LoCO Staff / April 13, 2023, 11 a.m. / Crime
Eureka Traffic Stop Yields Quantities of Fentanyl; Two Arrested
LoCO Staff / April 13, 2023, 10:24 a.m. / Crime
… , 2023, at about 1:04 a.m., a Humboldt County Sheriff’s deputy on patrol in the county’s jurisdiction of Eureka conducted a traffic stop for a vehicle code violation in the area of McCullen Avenue and Iowa …
Hoopa Traffic Stop Yields Quantities of Meth; One Arrested
LoCO Staff / April 13, 2023, 9:56 a.m. / Crime
CONVERSATIONS: Airport Director Cody Roggatz Talks About What the County is Trying to Do to Make ACV Less Painful
LoCO Staff / April 13, 2023, 8:08 a.m. / Local Government
California Cities Are Cracking Down on Homeless Camps. Will the State Get Tougher, Too?
Marisa Kendall / April 13, 2023, 7:32 a.m. / Sacramento
… have been reluctant to jump on board. Senate Bill 31, which would make it illegal to sit, lie or sleep within 1,000 feet of a school, daycare, park or library, failed to make it out of the Senate …
Tobacco Sales Ban Withers in California Without Support From Anti-Tobacco Advocates
Alexei Koseff / April 13, 2023, 7:26 a.m. / Sacramento
… of San Rafael, would have taken the bold step of banning the sale of tobacco products, including cigarettes, cigars and vaping liquid, to anyone born on or after Jan. 1, 2007. The legal smoking age …
Thousands of Californians Are Missing Out on Federal Student Aid. Here’s Why
Adam Echelman / April 13, 2023, 7:18 a.m. / Sacramento
OBITUARY: Harvey Baird, 1929-2023
LoCO Staff / April 13, 2023, 6:56 a.m. / Obits
… will be held on April 22, 2023 at 1 p.m. at the Calvary Chapel located at 914 9th St. Fortuna. All friends and family are welcome to attend and share stories and memories of Harvey. Refreshments will be served …
HUMBOLDT TODAY with John Kennedy O’Connor | April 12, 2023
LoCO Staff / April 12, 2023, 4:58 p.m. / Humboldt Today
