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OBITUARY: Paul Scott Ostrom, 1947-2025
LoCO Staff / Aug. 18, 2025, 7:17 a.m. / Obits
THE ECONEWS REPORT: Electrifying Your Home is Cheaper Than You Think It Is, and You Can Find Out About It All at Tuesday’s Electrification Fair
LoCO Staff / Aug. 16, 2025, 10 a.m. / Environment
HUMBOLDT HISTORY: Fishing at Fernbridge Pool, the Most Famous Salmon Hole in the West
Alan Lufkin / Aug. 16, 2025, 7:30 a.m. / History
OBITUARY: Beverly ‘Betty’ Jean Shamberger, 1945-2025
LoCO Staff / Aug. 16, 2025, 7 a.m. / Obits
BEWARE, BIG LAGOON-GOERS! The Cyanobacteria is Back With a Fury, and It’s Been Spotted On the South Fork of the Eel Too
LoCO Staff / Aug. 15, 2025, 4:36 p.m. / Health
LOL! The Maps Have Been Leaked, So Check Out What Our New Congressional District Will Be if Texas Republicans and California Democrats Get Their Way
Hank Sims / Aug. 15, 2025, 4 p.m. / Elections
Long-Delayed Habit Burger Is, In Fact, Still Coming to Eureka, as Is a LOCAL Smashburger Joint
Ryan Burns / Aug. 15, 2025, 3:19 p.m. / Food
… it forsaken us?!Fear not: The home of the Double Char — recently rechristened as USA Today's No. 1 best fast food burger — is still headed our way. A Eureka location recently …
Longtime Painter, Aspiring Muralist Aimée Woods Brings New Life to Long-Barren Retaining Wall in Eureka’s Pine Hill Neighborhood
Isabella Vanderheiden / Aug. 15, 2025, 2:47 p.m. / Art , Community
StartUp Humboldt Launches Investment Competition with $200,000 Prize
Dezmond Remington / Aug. 15, 2025, 8:01 a.m. / Business
Covered California Health Insurance Will Cost More in 2026. Here’s What’s Behind the Double-Digit Increase
Kristen Hwang / Aug. 15, 2025, 8 a.m. / Sacramento
… about $2.1 billion in enhanced tax credits for consumers. Double whammy for consumers Ariana Brill, a certified health insurance agent who helps people enroll in Covered California, said …
OBITUARY: Ivy Olive ‘Johnnie’ Olsen, 1918-2025
LoCO Staff / Aug. 15, 2025, 6:56 a.m. / Obits
OBITUARY: Garth Jewett Casacca, 1938-2025
LoCO Staff / Aug. 15, 2025, 6:56 a.m. / Obits
OBITUARY: Bruce J. Amado, 1939-2025
LoCO Staff / Aug. 15, 2025, 6:56 a.m. / Obits
What’s Going on at the Homeless Encampment on Arcata’s O Street?
Dezmond Remington / Aug. 14, 2025, 12:53 p.m. / Homelessness
(VIDEO) Rumble Over the Redwoods’ 100-Year-Old WWII Pilot Profiled by David Muir on ‘World News Tonight’
Andrew Goff / Aug. 14, 2025, 12:47 p.m. / :)
Cooley Out: Humboldt County’s Latest Director of Aviation Lasted Barely Two Months
Ryan Burns / Aug. 14, 2025, 11:45 a.m. / Airport , Local Government
… requested a copy of Cooley's resignation letter. We'll update this post when we hear back from the county.###UPDATE, 1:24 p.m.:Well, there's not much to this letter of resignation …
Step Aside, Ponies! Kinetic Sculptures Are Taking Over the Ferndale Racetrack at This Year’s Humboldt County Fair
Isabella Vanderheiden / Aug. 14, 2025, 10:29 a.m. / Community , Kinetic
… Fairgrounds at 1:30 p.m. with the Kinetic Racers’ Pageantry Parade, followed by the Rutabaga Royalty Hobby Kinetic Creature Race, a “delightfully absurd” stick creature competition. (Think hobby horse racing …
California’s Newest Invaders Are Beautiful Swans. Should Hunters Kill Them?
Ryan Sabalow / Aug. 14, 2025, 7:17 a.m. / Sacramento
… estimated there were 1,150 of them. This spring, they estimated more than 12,000, nearly double the year before. Most of the mute swans are in the Suisun Marsh, a sprawling complex of public wetlands …
OBITUARY: Mervin Frank ‘Mickey’ Foster, 1932-2025
LoCO Staff / Aug. 14, 2025, 6:56 a.m. / Obits
‘It’s Going to Be a Spectacular Experience’: State Sen. McGuire Talks Community Benefits, Public Safety and Wildfire Mitigation on the Great Redwood Trail at Annual Town Hall
Isabella Vanderheiden / Aug. 13, 2025, 1:06 p.m. / Trails
Now You Can Learn Some Soulatluk While Strolling the Wigi Waterfront Trail!
LoCO Staff / Aug. 13, 2025, 12:07 p.m. / Our Culture
Caltrans Announces New Opening Schedule for Highway 36
LoCO Staff / Aug. 13, 2025, 11:43 a.m. / Traffic
… Caltrans Announces New Opening Schedule for Highway 36 Photo: Caltrans District 1###UPDATE: Crews will implement shorter delays between 10 a.m. and noon on Saturday, Aug. 16 …
This Republican Lawmaker Has Served California for Decades. Newsom’s Plan Could End His Dominance.
Deborah Brennan / Aug. 13, 2025, 7:52 a.m. / Sacramento
California Grocery Prices Could Rise if This Self-Checkout Bill Passes, Grocers Argue
Maya C. Miller / Aug. 13, 2025, 7:44 a.m. / Sacramento
… to add new self-service checkout stations must notify employees and their unions in writing at least 60 days in advance or face a $1,000 penalty per violation per day. Democrats have largely voiced …
OBITUARY: Karen Anne Fredrickson, 1946-2025
LoCO Staff / Aug. 13, 2025, 6:56 a.m. / Obits
… County, serving the community with Redwood Community Action Agency and later the Area 1 Agency on Aging.Continuing her path of community service Karen was a key member of the Humboldt County Probation …
OBITUARY: Joan Ellen Hirschfeld, 1955-2025
LoCO Staff / Aug. 13, 2025, 6:56 a.m. / Obits
(VIDEO) Locals Have VERY Close Encounter With Mountain Lion in Arcata Community Forest
Ryan Burns / Aug. 12, 2025, 4:17 p.m. / Wildlife
At Virtual Public Meeting Last Night, PG&E Officials Outline Next Steps for Eel River Dam Removal
Isabella Vanderheiden / Aug. 12, 2025, 2:56 p.m. / Energy , Environment , Infrastructure
LISTEN UP, MCKINLEYVILLAN: If You are Interested in the McK ‘Town Center’ Plan, Then You Will Want to Put This Date Into Your Calendar App and Set a Notification, Because it Will Be Important
LoCO Staff / Aug. 12, 2025, 2:45 p.m. / Local Government
… CommunityAssemblymember Wood Nabs Over $1.4M to Help Build Senior Community in McKinleyvillePlanning Commission Approves Contentious McKinleyville Housing Development Despite Neighborhood Concerns …
Fun For the Whole Family at This Weekend’s Klamath Festival! (But No Salmon, Again)
LoCO Staff / Aug. 12, 2025, 10:32 a.m. / Our Culture
… feature film, “Undamming Klamath”, artist Lucy Raven’s “Murderers Bar”, and Our Changing Planet’s episode titled “River Restoration.” Showtimes are 11 a.m. and 1:00 p.m. Anderson and Raven …