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Responding to Election Results, Paz Dominguez Tells Voters ‘Thank You’ and County Leaders ‘Be Better’
Humboldt County Auditor-Controller Karen Paz Dominguez speaking from the courthouse steps earlier this month. | File photo by Andrew Goff.###Press release from the Office of the Auditor Controller:Last Wednesday, I…
Two Arrested on Drug and Burglary Charges After Eureka Traffic Stop
HCSOPress release from the Humboldt County Sheriff's Office: On June 15, 2022, at about 12:08 a.m., a Humboldt County Sheriff’s deputy conducted a traffic stop for a vehicle…
(UPDATE: NOT A TAURUS) ARSON INVESTIGATION: Sheriff’s Office Seeking Ford Taurus Driver Believed to Have Started Yesterday’s Manila Vegetation Fire
…This new thinking is reflected below.] Press release from the Humboldt County Sheriff's Office: The Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office is seeking the public’s assistance to identify the suspect of…
California Legislators Want to Help You Buy a House With Down Payment, ‘Shared Equity’
…The proposal also includes $50 million in the budget this year, and $150 million per year after that to pay for the administrative costs of the program and the interest costs of…
OBITUARY: Robert Walter Cowell, 1962-2022
…Jude’s Children’s Hospital and the American Diabetes Association.###The obituary above was submitted by Rob Cowell's loved ones. The Lost Coast Outpost runs obituaries of Humboldt County residents at…
OBITUARY: Cletis Gier, 1936-2022
…Cletis enlisted in the Army in 1955. He later married the love of his life, Bonnie Lee Lopez, in 1957. They had the first of three children, Joseph, in 1958, Michael in…
A Plane Made an Emergency Landing in the Arcata Bottoms This Afternoon
…Four people were on board the flight, and all walked away from the landing site with no reported injuries.The Humboldt County Department of Aviation would like to thank the Humboldt County…
(PHOTOS) Eureka High School BIPOC Student Clubs Unveil Murals Representing Cultural Diversity
Members of Eureka High's Native American Club, Black Student Union, LatinX Club and Asian and Pacific Islander Club pose in front of their club's murals at the school | Photos: Andrew…
CHP Seeking Suspect in Cutten Hit-and-Run Crash That Broke a Lady’s Arm Yesterday Morning
Press release from the California Highway Patrol: On 6/13/22, at approximately 0813 hours, [62-year-old McKinleyville Resident Lisa] Harris was driving her Honda Accord northbound on Walnut Avenue, south…
[UPDATE: Victims Identified] Two Killed on Highway 101 in SoHum After Vehicle Swerves Into Group of Oncoming Motorcycles
UPDATE, June 16:From the California Highway Patrol:The driver of the Toyota 4Runner was identified as Andreu Shawne Bartholic [age 25] from Eureka. The rider of the motorcycle was identified as…
California Budget: Big Surplus, Big Differences
Lawmakers on the Assembly floor at the state Capitol on May 31, 2022. Photo by Miguel Gutierrez Jr., CalMatters.###California lawmakers approved a $300 billion state budget yesterday, but it is far…
OBITUARY: Lotus Hubbard, 1933-2022
…When I have come to the end of the road and the sun has set for me. I want no funeral rites in a gloom filled room - my soul is free - so…
OBITUARY: Regina Ann Schwingler Forseth Hauger, 1923-2022
…We did not have electricity, running water or bathrooms inside the house. There was a large coal heater in the living room that kept us warm in the winter. The kitchen had…
Parent May Be Charged With Child Endangerment for Recent Weed Gummy Incident Among Third Graders
…Chris Ortega with the Arcata Police Department tells the Outpost that his agency has has forwarded the case for review to the Humboldt County District Attorney's Office for possible charges against…
Blue Lake Man Arrested After Smashing Roommate’s Windshield With Baseball Bat, Sheriff’s Office Says
Press release from the Humboldt County Sheriff's Office: On June 11, 2022, at about 5:06 p.m., Humboldt County Sheriff’s deputies were dispatched to a residence on the 1900…
(VIDEO) Firefighters Scrambling to Put Out Series of Roadside Blazes Along Vance Avenue in Samoa
…The answer appears to be four, at minimum, with several others possible.The Outpost's Andrew Goff, at the scene, says that emergency personnel seem to have knocked down most of the…
40-Year-Old Woman Arrested for Attempted Murder After Shooting Her Relative in Dows Prairie Early Saturday Morning, Sheriff’s Office Says
Press release from the Humboldt County Sheriff's Office: On June 10, 2022, at about 3:38 a.m., Humboldt County Sheriff’s deputies were dispatched to a residence on the 5000…
Slow Burn: Cal Fire Has Failed to Fight PTSD, Heavy Workloads
…He wonders “if the pendulum has swung so far.” “The state has always had a very liberal policy. The phone rings in the morning at the station and I go, “Who’s…
Topsy-Turvy Top-Two: Is California Primary System Keeping Its Promises?
Voters fill out their ballots at a voting site at the Hamilton School gymnasium in central Fresno on June 7, 2022. Photo by Larry Valenzuela, CalMatters/CatchLight LocalIf you need an example…
GROWING OLD UNGRACEFULLY: Your Blisters Are Your Sins
“I, the often-mentioned Sebastos Gregory…the very sinful (until now) longed to build a very beautiful church and round it a dwelling for monks and in it a burial place for…
THE ECONEWS REPORT: Power Grid Issues Limit Future Wind Development
…Nicholas Doherty on Unsplash.The transmission lines running into Humboldt County are fairly small. This has big implications for local efforts to decarbonize our local electricity supply. The lines are too small…
THE CANNABIS CONVERSATION: Loss Leadership
Photo by Kindel Media via Pexels.The concept of loss leadership, a pricing strategy where a product is sold below market cost to stimulate the sale of more profitable goods and services…
(PHOTOS) Abortion Rights Supporters Rally at Old Town Gazebo to Defend Roe v. Wade
Protestors gathered at the gazebo in Eureka's Old Town on Friday to rally for abortion rights. | Photos by Isabella Vanderheiden###Demonstrators took to the streets of Eureka on Friday evening to…
(UPDATE) CAL POLY H_ _BOLDT: Is Someone Stealing Letters From the New University Signs?
…is only missing the U and M from the “HUMBOLDT.”Doran also informs the Outpost that as of Friday morning, another letter has gone missing – the “C” from the main gate on…
ELECTION UPDATE! Arroyo’s Lead Ticks Back Up After Elections Office Counts About 3,600 More Votes
…Isabella Vanderheiden###Natalie Arroyo, candidate for Fourth District Supervisor, may be feeling a bit of relief, wherever she is.And that's because the Humboldt County Elections Office just released the first…
Surface Transportation Board Rejects Shady Company’s Bid to Take Over NCRA Rail Line for Coal Exports
Abandoned train equipment in the Eel River. | Photo: Friends of the Eel River.###After months of behind-the-scenes scheming and closed-door meetings with powerful interests, a shadowy corporation's bid…
Valley West is Getting Fruity! Neighborhood Improvements Underway, Including Planting Fruit Trees and Painting Murals
The new fruit trees recently planted in Valley West Park | Photo from City of Arcata###After the Arcata City Council approved eight beautification and community improvement projects for Valley West during a…
North Coast Members of Congress Speak Out Against Potential Fraud in Federal Filing From Coal Train Interests
A railroad bridge at the confluence of Blue Rock Creek and the main stem Eel River | Photo by Alicia Hamann via thegreatredwoodtrail.org.###PREVIOUSLY: Great Redwood Trail Agency Uncovers Poorly Redacted Financial…
Let’s Fix Up Hydesville! Caltrans Will Host a Public Meeting Next Week, and it Would Like Your Ideas on How to Spruce Up Highway 36 Through the Town That I Just Realized Has No Nickname
Let's Fix Up Hydesville! Caltrans Will Host a Public Meeting Next Week, and it Would Like Your Ideas on How to Spruce Up Highway 36 Through the Town That I Just…
Former HSU Student Doug Thron Travels to Ukraine to Rescue Lost Pets in War-Torn Areas Outside of Kyiv
Thron and Okrant hold up two rescued animals.Humboldt State University alumnus Douglas Thron has dedicated the past few years of his life to rescuing animals strayed in the wake of natural…