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Governor Declares Drought Emergency in Northwest Counties
Rachel Becker / April 21, 2021, 1:02 p.m. / Sacramento
… to declare a drought emergency on Tuesday. And the Redwood Valley County Water District that serves 1,200 residential and 200 agricultural customers just north of Ukiah has asked residents to use no more than …
Klamath Basin Tribes, Conservationists and Fishermen Ask Biden Administration for $250M in Drought Relief
LoCO Staff / April 21, 2021, 11:13 a.m. / Environment , Government
(UPDATING) Two Boys, 11 and 7 Years of Age, Injured in King Salmon Knife Attack
Hank Sims / April 21, 2021, 9:17 a.m. / Crime
TODAY in SUPES: Cautious Optimism on Local COVID Conditions, Plus the Latest Measure Z Awards and a Bracing Dose of Pension Funding Policy Talk
Ryan Burns / April 20, 2021, 4:57 p.m. / Local Government
Loleta Triple Murder Suspect’s Utah Court Hearing Postponed Due to His ‘Disruptive’ Behavior; Extradition Fight Continues
Rhonda Parker / April 20, 2021, 4:56 p.m. / Courts
MORE ART COMIN’: Here’s Where They’re Planning Murals for the 2021 Eureka Street Art Festival
Andrew Goff / April 20, 2021, 2:56 p.m. / Art
POP Unit Finds Firearm on Felon Working at Sandwich Shop in the Eureka Mall; Drugs, Stolen Property Found at His Rio Dell Home, Police Say
LoCO Staff / April 20, 2021, 1:55 p.m. / Crime
64-Year-Old Eureka Woman Found Lying in Roadway After Hit-and-Run; EPD Seeking Suspect Vehicle
LoCO Staff / April 20, 2021, 11:48 a.m. / Crime
Sheriff’s Office Investigating Shooting on North Bank Road Last Night; Victim Had Gunshot Wound to the Leg
LoCO Staff / April 20, 2021, 9:49 a.m. / Crime
OBITUARY: Peter Lucas Fennell, 1953-2021
LoCO Staff / April 20, 2021, 6:56 a.m. / Obits
In COVID Era, Housing Authority Letters Omit Key Tenant Protection Info
Amy Martyn / April 20, 2021, 5:40 a.m. / Sacramento
… cleaner one day a week after losing hours due to the pandemic, and earns about $300 a month. The housing authority stalled on reviewing her case, Garcia said, allowing the $1,300 in rent to accumulate each …
PG&E Illegally Clear-Cut Grove of Redwoods Near Redwood Acres, County Says
John Ross Ferrara / April 19, 2021, 5:45 p.m. / Local Government
Would You Like to Be Eureka’s Next Adult or Youth Poet Laureate?
Andrew Goff / April 19, 2021, 3:46 p.m. / Art
… facilitate poetry exchanges with other youth poet laureates when possible.To be eligible, poets must live or have a writing studio within the city limits of Eureka, California, or within 1 mile of Eureka …
Register Now: The Post-Covid Future of Work
CalMatters staff / April 19, 2021, 2 p.m. / Sacramento
… development. The Post-COVID Future of WorkDate: Tuesday, May 11Time: 12-1:30 PST Register for the event here Given the disparate impact from the pandemic on women, frontline workers and other …
(UPDATE: CONTAINED) Calfire Battling Two April Wildfires in the Bald Hills Area
LoCO Staff / April 19, 2021, 1:09 p.m. / Fire
… Containment: 50% Fire Control Resources Committed: 1 Helicopter, 5 Fire Engines, 2 Fire Crews, 1 Bulldozer, 4 Water Tenders Additional Information: Forward progress has been stopped on one fire with 0 …
Arcata Police Name Man Killed in Weekend Stabbing; Two Others Remain Hospitalized in Stable Condition
LoCO Staff / April 19, 2021, 12:25 p.m. / Crime
… Says###From the Arcata Police Department:On Sunday April 18, 2021, at approximately 1:20 am, The Arcata Police Department responded to a fatal stabbing in the 1000 block of G Street …
MONDAYS WITH MICHAELE: Sprung on Spring
LoCO Staff / April 19, 2021, 8 a.m. / Mondays With Michaele
… an exciting time for Laurel Tree. They've just extended their campus to McKinleyville to a 4-acre plot just west of Highway 101 on Murray Road. And on May 1 they will be holding a Makers' Fair where …
Child Care Providers Ask State to Hold Off on In-Person Inspections
Elizabeth Aguilera / April 19, 2021, 6:20 a.m. / Sacramento
Late Night Knife Fight in Downtown Arcata Leaves One Dead, Two Hospitalized, APD Says
LoCO Staff / April 18, 2021, 10:33 a.m. / Crime
GROWING OLD UNGRACEFULLY: Sex Versus Gender
Barry Evans / April 18, 2021, 7 a.m. / Growing Old Ungracefully
… have obvious penises, and vice versa. According to this, “The most thorough existing research finds intersex people to constitute an estimated 1.7% of the population.” That is, up to 1 in 60 kids …
LETTER FROM ISTANBUL: The Forbidden City
James Tressler / April 18, 2021, 7 a.m. / Letter From Istanbul
(AUDIO) HUMBOLDT HOLDING UP: Local Musician Lyndsey Battle Is Finding the Silver Lining of a Year Without Live Music
LoCO Staff / April 18, 2021, 7 a.m. / Humboldt Holding Up
Eureka Planning Commission Chair Jeff Ragan Abruptly Resigns, Citing ‘Grave Concerns’ Over City’s Approval of Housing Projects on Three City-Owned Parking Lots
Stephanie McGeary / April 17, 2021, 1:26 p.m. / Local Government
… process before approving them. “After an RFP [request for proposals] was issued last July and three proposals were reviewed by an in-house group last fall, city council on October 20 — after a 1 hour 18 …
Total Request LoCO: Ballet and a Little Piece of Canyonlands National Park in Fortuna
John Ross Ferrara / April 17, 2021, 10 a.m. / Total Request LoCO
THE ECONEWS REPORT: Redwood Creek Still Struggling from 1970s Logging Pollution
The EcoNews Report / April 17, 2021, 10 a.m. / Environment
Podcast: Will California’s Wildfire Prevention Efforts Be Enough?
CalMatters staff / April 16, 2021, 6 p.m. / Sacramento
United Airlines Will Resume Daily Nonstop Service Between Humboldt and Denver Starting June 3
LoCO Staff / April 16, 2021, 3:29 p.m. / News
… International Airport (DEN) starting June 3, 2021. The service, started in June 2019, was suspended on April 1, 2020 in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.United will provide the service with a 70-seat regional …
(UPDATED) King Salmon Closed to Traffic as SWAT Team Deploys to Take Domestic Violence Suspect Into Custody
Hank Sims / April 16, 2021, 10:25 a.m. / Emergencies
Deciphering the Gaps: Health Officer, Latinx Providers Talk COVID Disparities
Iridian Casarez / April 16, 2021, 9:45 a.m. / COVID-19 and Humboldt
