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How About a Humboldt Crossword?
…But not so fast! You have not yet attempted LoCO’s super new “Humboldt Places” crossword puzzle, the result of someone at LoCOHQ saying, “What if we had a crossword?” and then…
Eureka City Council Approves Vaccination Mandate for City Employees
PREVIOUSLY:Vaccine Mandate for City Employees, Beefed-Up Police Oversight on Next Tuesday’s Eureka City Council Agenda###During a lengthy virtual meeting on Tuesday night, the Eureka City Council unanimously approved…
New Grant-Funded Program Will Bring Social-Emotional Learning Through the Arts to Classrooms Around Humboldt
…ArtSEL is the second federally-funded program HCOE’s Arts Program has received and the fourth grant-funded program Funkhouser has coordinated. The resources used and developed over the course of those…
Probation Check in SoHum Uncovers Drugs, Ammunition
HCSOPress release from the Humboldt County Sheriff's Office: Reece's mugshot from a previous arrestOn Oct. 5, 2021, at about 6:55 p.m., Humboldt County Sheriff’s deputies conducted a…
Alice Birney Gets a Generator! Morris Elementary Gets a Generator! ALL LOCAL SCHOOLS GET A NEW GENERATOR!
…Hartley saidThe Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office has a long-standing partnership with the Humboldt County Office of Education, the two most recently working together during the COVID-19 Pandemic to facilitate…
Subject of Nationwide Manhunt Last Seen in Garberville
Press release from the Humboldt County Sheriff's Office: Jason SpillarsThe Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office is seeking information regarding the whereabouts of Jason Allen Spillars. Spillars is wanted on a nationwide…
Supervisors Pass Resolution Opposing Potential Coal Exports Through Humboldt Bay
…His reasoning was that the opposition to coal shouldn't be technology-specific, and that the board has already memorialized its support for the Great Redwood Trail, a proposal to railbank the…
Wanted Man Connected With Vehicle Burglary Spree Following McK Stop-and-Search, Sheriff’s Office Says
…4, 2021, at about 7:32 p.m., Humboldt County Sheriff’s deputies on patrol in the area of Hiller Avenue and Central Avenue observed an individual who closely matched the description…
Arcata Rancher Ray Christie Set to Face Second Animal Cruelty Charges in January
…On the other hand, the piles of carcasses could be considered “part and parcel” of the case, Wilson said. The first jury convicted Christie of many of the 39 cow-dumping charges…
State Health Department Blasted Over Nursing Home Oversight
At an emotional legislative hearing Tuesday, lawmakers and critics subjected the Newsom administration to blistering questions about the state’s oversight of nursing homes. Assemblymember Jim Wood, a Santa Rosa Democrat who…
One Loophole Remains in Student COVID-19 Vaccination Mandate
Photo by Mat Napo on Unsplash.###Nevada Joint Union High School District Superintendent Brett McFadden expects the vast majority of his students and staff to abide by the COVID-19 vaccine mandate…
OBITUARY: Charles (Chuck) K. Voight, 1944-2021
…on the 23rd of October. Parking for the event is in the church next door. The event will be potluck style. Anyone who is wanting to attend is encouraged to bring their…
Eureka Police POP Two City Residents on Charges of Fentanyl Trafficking and Offer Eye-Popping Month-End Narcan Stats
…During the service of the search warrant agents located 3.1 ounces of Fentanyl, 2.8 grams of Methamphetamine and .66 grams of heroin in the vehicle. During the service of the…
New Law Will Offer Relief to the Local Recycling Crisis, Assm. Jim Wood Says
…For decades, California’s recycling program, in place since 1987, was one of the most successful in the country. Unfortunately drops in commodity prices and the system filling with mostly plastic that…
TODAY in COURT: McK Man Sentenced to Year in Jail for Fatally Stabbing Man Who Attacked Him. PLUS: Dirty Building Inspector, Absent Mom
A McKinleyville man who stabbed and killed an intruder in August 2019 was sentenced this morning to five years of supervised probation and a year in the county jail. Judge John Feeney…
Will Arcata Be Trippin’? City Council May Vote to Decriminalize the Use of Psychedelic Plants and Mushrooms
…Ultimately, the council requested that the resolution be sent to the Public Safety Committee for review. After public review, the committee voted to support the resolution, recommending that the council add a…
Redistricting Surprise? The County’s Advisory Committee is Looking Seriously at a Plan That Would Move a Distant Quarter of Eureka Into Arcata’s Supervisorial District
Where to split Eureka? That’s perhaps the biggest of the questions facing the Humboldt County Board of Supervisors’ Redistricting Advisory Committee, which has been plugging away for the last couple of…
(VIDEO) Humboldt County Naturalist ‘Griff’ Takes His Dance Moves to TikTok to Spread the Word About Biodiversity Loss
Humboldt’s favorite naturalist John “Griff” Griffith, known for his informative ecology videos and killer dance moves, has joined TikTok to help save the world. “Young folks are on TikTok, and I…
LAND USE and YOU: The Baumgartners Qualify for Low-Income Housing. Does Your Family?
Welcome back for the third episode of Land Use and You, a new series that explores the latest in cutting edge and good old fashioned land use policy. So far we’ve…
What Should Housing Look Like in Humboldt? If You Have Ideas, the County Wants to Hear Them
Press release from the County of Humboldt:Make your voice heard for the future of housing on the North Coast. The County of Humboldt Planning and Building Department invites residents to share…
Board of Supervisors Set to Appoint Elishia Hayes, a 10-Year Employee, to County Administrative Officer Position
Elishia Hayes, the county's new CAOThree months after the County of Humboldt bid farewell to its previous county administrative officer, Amy Nilsen, the Board of Supervisors is set to name her…
ARE YOU OK? Humboldt Awakes to a Facebook- and Instagram-less Utopia
…You doin' good, Humboldt? Breathe, baby.The great social media outage began at about 8:45 a.m. and, for the life of us, LoCO cannot recall a longer period of time…
Shlomo Rechnitz Nursing Home Suit Over COVID Deaths Reflects ‘Broken State Licensing’
…The catch? Five years ago, the state denied Rechnitz and his companies a license to operate the place, the state’s own records show. The case brought against Rechnitz, his companies and…
MONDAYS WITH MICHAELE: Soothing the Burn
…For example, during this Monday's woods walk Michaele ran into Lelehnia DuBois and Leslie Castellano who just happen to be promoting the Humboldt Grace Fire Recovery Project, an upcoming online auction…
OBITUARY: Roger Allen Bibancos, 1978-2021
…The wake was on Wednesday, September 29, at the Assembly of God Church. The funeral was at the Assembly of God Church, followed by the burial at the Randall Family Cemetery. Food…
(AUDIO) HUMBOLDT HOLDING UP: From the Ashes of KHSU Rises Humboldt Hot Air! Now Neroli Devaney Needs Your Splendid Show Ideas
(AUDIO) HUMBOLDT HOLDING UP: From the Ashes of KHSU Rises Humboldt Hot Air! Now Neroli Devaney Needs Your Splendid Show Ideas
PASTOR BETHANY: Sue-meg State Park and a Prayer for Humility
…You placed the stars in the sky and you know them by name. You surveyed the land and the sea where no borders, walls, claims, or deeds ruled or reigned and you…
GROWING OLD UNGRACEFULLY: Covid, The State of Play
…Michael Mina, Harvard epidemiologist) Where we’re at (The bad news) The G7 represents the seven wealthiest large democracies: US, Britain, Canada, France, Germany, Italy and Japan. We score last in the…
(PHOTOS) Hundreds Rally in Eureka, Joining Nationwide Women’s March Prompted By Texas Abortion Law
…Stephanie McGeary Hundreds of people gathered in front of the Humboldt County Courthouse Saturday afternoon as a part of the National Women’s March, joining rallies and marches held across the country…
ECONEWS REPORT: Eel River Salmon Win Before FERC
…PG&E.In a set back to the Two Basin Partnership — which sought to gain control over the two fish-blocking dams on the Eel River — FERC denied a request for a…