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Trump Administration Appears to Claw Back $88 Million Grant for Local Tribal Energy Resilience Project
LoCO Staff / Oct. 7, 2025, 9:44 a.m. / Energy
Regulators Know PG&E, Edison Are Slow to Hook Up Solar. Why Are There No Penalties?
Malena Carollo / Oct. 7, 2025, 7:26 a.m. / Sacramento
OBITUARY: Roger Hardaway, 1939-2025
LoCO Staff / Oct. 7, 2025, 6:56 a.m. / Obits
… level Wharfinger Building from 1-3 p.m. Many of their kids, grandkids and great-grandkids will be present. Please come and share your favorite memories of Roger or Ila, enjoy our slideshow of their life …
OBITUARY: Timothy (Tim) Brent Mendoza, 1957-2025
LoCO Staff / Oct. 7, 2025, 6:56 a.m. / Obits
OBITUARY: Avery Gallacci, 1956-2025
LoCO Staff / Oct. 7, 2025, 6:56 a.m. / Obits
OBITUARY: Beverly Ann Dame, 1940-2025
LoCO Staff / Oct. 7, 2025, 6:56 a.m. / Obits
Humboldt’s Crabbing Fleet Faces New Regulations, Decreased Funding and the Rise of Whale-Safe Pop-Up Gear
Ryan Burns / Oct. 6, 2025, 4:05 p.m. / News
… driven by the Elon Musk-led Department Of Government Efficiency (DOGE), the cuts, which could total more than $1 billion, target specific programs including the Pacific Coastal Salmon Recovery …
Ballots for the Prop. 50 Special Election Mailed Out Today; Polls Show the Gerrymander Initiative in the Lead
Hank Sims / Oct. 6, 2025, 1:28 p.m. / Elections
… , and from far more sources. Calmatters currently estimates that nearly 1/3 of the $151 million dollars in the pro- camp's war chest was raised from small donations, while opponents raised only $8 …
New Research Suggests That Trespass Grows Scar the Land for Longer Than You Might Have Thought
LoCO Staff / Oct. 6, 2025, 10:17 a.m. / Environment
Big Prescribed Burn Planned for the Redway Area This Week, and It’ll Likely Affect Highway Traffic
LoCO Staff / Oct. 6, 2025, 8:30 a.m. / Non-Emergencies
California Braces for ‘Devastating’ Expected Cuts to Federal Homeless Housing Funds
Marisa Kendall / Oct. 6, 2025, 7:33 a.m. / Sacramento
… housing will shrink from $3.3 billion down to about $1.1 billion, Politico reported. That would be a major strategy shift. For years, the Department of Housing and Urban Development has prioritized …
Newsom Says He’ll Sue After Trump Sends California Guard to Portland Over Protests
Mikhail Zinshteyn / Oct. 6, 2025, 7:28 a.m. / Sacramento
OBITUARY: Joe M. Avelar, 1938-2025
LoCO Staff / Oct. 6, 2025, 7:10 a.m. / Obits
WEEK WITHOUT DRIVING: What Did We Learn This Week?
Colin Fiske / Oct. 5, 2025, 7:30 a.m. / Transportation
OBITUARY: John Wiebe, 1930-2025
LoCO Staff / Oct. 5, 2025, 6:56 a.m. / Obits
THE ECONEWS REPORT: Are Your Easter Lilies Poisoning the Smith River?
The EcoNews Report / Oct. 4, 2025, 10 a.m. / Environment
WEEK WITHOUT DRIVING: I Have the Best Commute in Humboldt County
Matt Simmons / Oct. 4, 2025, 8 a.m. / Transportation
HUMBOLDT HISTORY: Fixing the Earth With Music and Dance
Jerry Moore / Oct. 4, 2025, 7:55 a.m. / History
OBITUARY: Robert Dean McConkey, 1944-2025
LoCO Staff / Oct. 4, 2025, 6:56 a.m. / Obits
… Conkey at the Forest Lawn Cemetery in Cypress, California.A celebration of life service to celebrate Robert Dean McConkey’s life will be held on Sunday, October 12, 2025 at 1:00pm – 4:00pm at The Eureka Elk’s Lodge …
OBITUARY: Ruth Morris, 1941-2025
LoCO Staff / Oct. 4, 2025, 6:56 a.m. / Obits
Arcata Names New Chief of Police
Dezmond Remington / Oct. 3, 2025, 3:41 p.m. / Government
LoCO SPORTS! Would You Believe That Every Last One of Those High-Flying Redwood Coast Gymnasts Qualified for State?
LoCO Staff / Oct. 3, 2025, 3:19 p.m. / LoCO Sports!
… Dieker’s 4th place on beam (8.9), Laura Barkdull’s 9.0 on floor, Cara West’s 8.85 on vault, and Abigail Clair’s 8.525 on floor. At Level 4, Myiah Punch led the team in the Junior B division with a 35.1 all …
Van Duzen River Grange to Showcase Humboldt’s ‘Beauty and Abundant Agriculture’ at 150th Annual State Grange Convention Next Week
Isabella Vanderheiden / Oct. 3, 2025, 2:32 p.m. / Community Services
Planning Commission Approves Some New Signs at the McKinleyville U-Haul, But Rejects Others
Hank Sims / Oct. 3, 2025, 1:55 p.m. / Local Government
… Kinleyville U-Haul’s Request for 22 New Exterior Signs May Finally Be Decided Tonight###Last night the Humboldt County Planning Commission, on a vote of 3 to 1, allowed the U-Haul mega-center in Mc …
Newsom Just Vetoed a Bill to Regulate License Plate Readers — Even as Fresh Evidence of Misuse Emerges
Khari Johnson and Mohamed Al Elew / Oct. 3, 2025, 12:20 p.m. / Sacramento
Wanted Colorado Woman Taken Into Custody After Firing Weapon Inside Trinidad Home, Sheriff’s Office Says
LoCO Staff / Oct. 3, 2025, 10:04 a.m. / Crime
WEEK WITHOUT DRIVING: This Year I Learned That Little Kids Love to Take the Bus
Caroline Griffith / Oct. 3, 2025, 7:34 a.m. / Transportation
California Lawmakers Keep Dodging Tough Bills by Not Voting. Here Are the Worst Offenders
Ryan Sabalow / Oct. 3, 2025, 7:33 a.m. / Sacramento
… than 1% of the time. “There’s no third button,” Ávila Farías said in an interview. “I feel that people sent me to Sacramento to make hard decisions, and I have to answer to the voters, and laying off …
The Campaign Over Gavin Newsom’s Maps Is One of California Most Expensive, Ever
Jeremia Kimelman / Oct. 3, 2025, 7:29 a.m. / Sacramento
… the independent redistricting commission; $1 million: Kevin McCarthy, former Republican Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, who transferred the money from his campaign account, far less the $100 …
OBITUARY: Kelli Ann Welch, 1962-2025
LoCO Staff / Oct. 3, 2025, 6:56 a.m. / Obits
