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Governor Newsom Names Yurok Education Director to State Board of Education
LoCO Staff / July 9, 2020, 4:02 p.m. / Education
Civil Grand Jury Finds ‘Failures’ and ‘Ineptitudes’ But No Direct Evidence of Racial Bias in Review of Josiah Lawson Homicide Investigation
Ryan Burns / July 9, 2020, 3:43 p.m. / Local Government , News
Bomb Squad Discovers Suspicious Humboldt Hill Packages Contained ‘Vinyl Records’
LoCO Staff / July 9, 2020, 3:10 p.m. / Crime
HCSO Explosives Team Investigating Suspicious Packages on Humboldt Hill Road
John Ross Ferrara / July 9, 2020, 1:40 p.m. / Crime
Northern California Congressmen Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Eradicate Illegal Cannabis Grows on Public Lands
LoCO Staff / July 9, 2020, 12:43 p.m. / Politics
Three Pounds of Heroin Discovered, One Arrested During Eureka Police Bust
LoCO Staff / July 9, 2020, 12:14 p.m. / Crime
In Today’s ‘COVID Minute,’ Humboldt County’s Health Officer Gently Explains Why Gatherings are a Bad Idea
LoCO Staff / July 9, 2020, 10:19 a.m. / COVID-19 and Humboldt
Big Bet: Why the Country’s Largest Pension Fund Is Getting Into Banking
Ben Christopher / July 9, 2020, 7:19 a.m. / Sacramento
A Grim Tally: Newsom Puts Brave Face on California’s COVID-19 Surge
Barbara Feder Ostrov and Ana B. Ibarra / July 9, 2020, 7:08 a.m. / Sacramento
… than 10 million people, such as Los Angeles, and those with just over 1,000, like Alpine County to the north. Epidemiological models for California suggest that COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations …
OBITUARY: Rita Joan Miller Sicard, 1931-2020
LoCO Staff / July 9, 2020, 6:45 a.m. / Obits
OBITUARY: Earl Vernon Villier, 1929-2020
LoCO Staff / July 9, 2020, 6:45 a.m. / Obits
HELICOPTERS!!! Six Apache Helicopters are Currently Gassing Up at ACV and Will Be Taking Off Again Soon, Humboldt County Airport Spokesperson Says
John Ross Ferrara / July 8, 2020, 5:50 p.m. / Helicopters
(VIDEO) Frankovich Addresses Testing Holdup, High Infection Rate Among Latinos and Safety Plans for Returning Prison Inmates
Ryan Burns / July 8, 2020, 5:31 p.m. / COVID-19 and Humboldt
Having Received Word of Upcoming Weddings, Joint Information Center Reminds Everyone That Large Gatherings Outside the Home are Still Not Permitted
LoCO Staff / July 8, 2020, 4:52 p.m. / COVID-19 and Humboldt
The Eureka City Council Wants Developers to Build Affordable Housing on Three City-Owned Parking Lots
Stephanie McGeary / July 8, 2020, 4:05 p.m. / Local Government
(UPDATE: ROBBER NAMED) District Attorney Won’t Prosecute Gas Station Worker in Recent Blue Lake Shooting; Investigation Shows He Acted in Self-Defense, Fleming Says
LoCO Staff / July 8, 2020, 3:24 p.m. / Crime
… , investigators have determined Nelson Jr. to have acted in self-defense. Nelson Jr. will be released from the Humboldt County Correctional Facility pursuant to PC 849(b)(1).Additionally, through further …
Humboldt County Businesses Received Millions in Federal Paycheck Protection Program Loans, Resulting in Tens of Thousands of Saved Jobs
Freddy Brewster / July 8, 2020, 2:36 p.m. / Community
… Humboldt County Businesses Received Millions in Federal Paycheck Protection Program Loans, Resulting in Tens of Thousands of Saved Jobs Eureka Natural Foods was one of some 1 …
TODAY in COURT: Tennessee Man Charged With Beating Mentally Ill Person to Death in an Old Town Alley May Not be Mentally Competent, Defense Attorney Believes
Rhonda Parker / July 8, 2020, 11:48 a.m. / Courts
The COVID-19 Pandemic is Causing an ‘Unprecedented’ Need for Blood Donations, Local Blood Bank Says
LoCO Staff / July 8, 2020, 11:35 a.m. / COVID-19 and Humboldt
Police Arrest Eureka Man for the Alleged Repeated Sexual Abuse of a Minor
John Ross Ferrara / July 8, 2020, 10:55 a.m. / Crime
As Humboldt’s Case Count Climbs, the COVID-19 Testing Facility at Redwood Acres Has Stopped Taking Reservations
Ryan Burns / July 8, 2020, 10:50 a.m. / COVID-19 and Humboldt
… As Humboldt's Case Count Climbs, the COVID-19 Testing Facility at Redwood Acres Has Stopped Taking Reservations UPDATE, 1:10 p.m.: An Optum spokesperson told the Outpost via email …
OBITUARY: Larry Zane Hendrix, 1945-2020
LoCO Staff / July 8, 2020, 6:45 a.m. / Obits
OBITUARY: Nancy Louise Faron, 1950-2020
LoCO Staff / July 8, 2020, 6:45 a.m. / Obits
OBITUARY: Louis G. Adams Jr., 1931-2020
LoCO Staff / July 8, 2020, 6:45 a.m. / Obits
TODAY in SUPES: Frankovich Warns ‘There is No Safe Spot’ From COVID-19; Board Puts Low-Income Housing Measure on November Ballot
Ryan Burns / July 7, 2020, 5:01 p.m. / Local Government
… people who've been ordered to self-quarantine for 14 days due to exposure to a known case, and Frankovich expects the case count to continue climbing.On July 1, Governor Gavin Newsom issued new …
St. Joe’s, Open Door Bring Six New First-Year Doctors to Humboldt County For Residency Program
LoCO Staff / July 7, 2020, 12:07 p.m. / Health Care
The Virus and the Vulnerable: Latino Children Suffer Higher Rates of COVID-19
Elizabeth Aguilera / July 7, 2020, 7:21 a.m. / Sacramento
The Struggle to Enter California’s Cannabis Market: ‘So Much Heartache, So Much Pain’
Laurence Du Sault / July 7, 2020, 7:13 a.m. / Sacramento
Six Curious Takeaways From California’s PPP Loans
Lauren Hepler / July 7, 2020, 7:06 a.m. / Sacramento
… are six of the most interesting: 1. The zero-jobs-saved club For a program premised on saving paychecks, an awful lot of California recipients of PPP loans reported zero jobs saved as a result …
OBITUARY: Martha Canclini, 1926-2020
LoCO Staff / July 7, 2020, 6:45 a.m. / Obits