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OBITUARY: Richard S. Hall, 1972-2025
LoCO Staff / July 14, 2025, 7:05 a.m. / Obits
… and his smile will not be missed by his many friends and loved ones. His funeral will be held by Ayers Cremation at Ocean View Cemetery on July 25 at 1 p.m. There will be a wake following at his sister' …
Four Arrested for Trespassing as Sheriff’s Office Clears Blue Lake Encampments Linked to Recent Fires, HCSO Says
LoCO Staff / July 13, 2025, 1:23 p.m. / Crime
FIRE UPDATE: Evacuations Ordered as Butler Fire Exceeds 7,200 Acres With Zero Percent Containment
LoCO Staff / July 13, 2025, 11:01 a.m. / Fire
SPRINTING ACROSS AMERICA: Chicago to Minneapolis – Week 11 of Our Major League Baseball Tour Across the Continent
Tom Trepiak / July 13, 2025, 7 a.m. / Sprinting Across America
… SPRINTING ACROSS AMERICA: Chicago to Minneapolis – Week 11 of Our Major League Baseball Tour Across the Continent Target Field. Photo: By JL1Row - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, Link …
Two Arrested Yesterday in Connection With Glendale Homicide; Victim Identified as Fort Bragg Resident
LoCO Staff / July 12, 2025, 10:04 a.m. / Crime
THE ECONEWS REPORT: When Driving is Not An Option
The EcoNews Report / July 12, 2025, 10 a.m. / Environment
… people can't afford to drive, as car ownership is stupidly expensive (the average cost of owning a car is over $1,000 a month). Some people choose not to drive or drive as little as possible, as cars …
HUMBOLDT HISTORY: The Eureka Business College, Conveniently Located at Second and E Streets, Prepared Generations of Young Humboldters For a Career in Commerce
Jesse Sweet / July 12, 2025, 7:30 a.m. / History
… ,” a quarterly promotional publication of the school, stated the following in regard to the academic department:It is our intention in this department to furnish; 1st, an English high school course; 2nd …
Multiple Agencies Searching for 45-Year-Old Man Swept Downstream in the Klamath Last Night, Sheriff’s Office Says
LoCO Staff / July 11, 2025, 2:44 p.m. / Emergencies
(AUDIO) FRIDAY NIGHT MARKET REPORT: Did You Know Humboldt Will Soon Have a Seed-to-Table Masa Co-op? Let’s Talk About It!
Sabina Gallier / July 11, 2025, 12:30 p.m. / On the Air
Have an Aging Water Heater? Arcata Wants You to Use a Soon-To-Be-Axed Tax Credit to Help Replace It
LoCO Staff / July 11, 2025, 12:27 p.m. / Taxes
… costs less than a traditional gas or electric water heater, saves up to $1,000 per year on electric bills and is the climate equivalent of planting 43 trees.” Those wishing to upgrade their equipment …
FIRE UPDATE: Butler Fire Grows to Nearly 4,000 Acres With No Containment; Red Fire Holds at 113 Acres
LoCO Staff / July 11, 2025, 11:03 a.m. / Fire
… the Six Rivers National Forest:Butler Fire Acreage: 3,971 Butler Fire Containment: 0% Red Fire Acreage: 113 Red Fire Containment: 35% Operational Update: California Team 1 (CA-CIMT 1) will assume command …
Arcata Steel Waterline Replacement Begins on Monday
LoCO Staff / July 11, 2025, 10:22 a.m. / Infrastructure
California, Epicenter of the Nation’s Housing Crisis, Is Finally Getting a Housing Agency
Ben Christopher / July 11, 2025, 7 a.m. / Sacramento
… legislation has already mandated the creation of a working group to propose a consolidated application. The findings of that group are due on July 1, 2026. That’s the same day the current BCSH is set …
Zohran Mamdani Jolted Progressives. Can California Candidates Replicate His Success?
Yue Stella Yu / July 11, 2025, 7 a.m. / Sacramento
OBITUARY: Edris ‘Lavada’ Glavich, 1932-2025
LoCO Staff / July 11, 2025, 6:56 a.m. / Obits
OBITUARY: Frank Arruda, Jr., 1930-2025
LoCO Staff / July 11, 2025, 6:56 a.m. / Obits
College of the Redwoods Announces Rodeo Partnership with the Humboldt County Fairgrounds
LoCO Staff / July 10, 2025, 4:44 p.m. / LoCO Sports!
… Fairgrounds starting August 1, 2025.“This is a milestone collaboration for our rodeo community,” said Interim Athletic Director Ryan Bisio. “We’re so thankful to the wonderful folks at the Ferndale Fairgrounds …
Amid Controversy, Trinidad City Council Narrowly Opts to Pursue a Study on an Alternate Water Supply
Ryan Burns / July 10, 2025, 4:26 p.m. / Local Government , Trinidad
GREETINGS, CRITTERS! Sequoia Park Zoo Welcomes Long-Awaited Black Bear, Spider Monkeys and Goats
LoCO Staff / July 10, 2025, 4:05 p.m. / Cavy Babies
ICE Agents are Raiding California’s Largest Cannabis Grow Operation Down in Ventura and Santa Barbara Counties Today
Hank Sims / July 10, 2025, 3:24 p.m. / Cannabis
In Three Weeks, One Humboldt Native Will Attempt to Ride Horses Over 600 Miles Across Mongolia
Dezmond Remington / July 10, 2025, 1:49 p.m. / LoCO Sports!
COUNCIL ROUNDUP: Eureka Approves Increased Fees for Sewer Lateral Repairs; Bayside Village Welcomes Previously Unhoused Residents to Long-Awaited Transitional Housing
Isabella Vanderheiden / July 10, 2025, 1:35 p.m. / Infrastructure , Local Government
(UPDATE) Crews Responding to McKinleyville Community Forest Vegetation Fire
Andrew Goff / July 10, 2025, 11:21 a.m. / Fire
(VIDEO) FIRE UPDATE: Butler Fire Explodes to 3,615 Acres With No Containment
LoCO Staff / July 10, 2025, 10:50 a.m. / Fire
… Fire Containment: 0% Red Fire Acreage: 113 Red Fire Containment: 25% Operational Update: California Team 1 (CA-CIMT 1) is expected to assume command of the Orleans Complex by Saturday. • Butler Fire …
This Weekend: Hot
LoCO Staff / July 10, 2025, 8:01 a.m. / How ‘Bout That Weather
Higher Premiums and Lost Coverage: How Trump’s Budget Will Change Health Care in California
Ana B. Ibarra and Kristen Hwang / July 10, 2025, 7:21 a.m. / Sacramento
… that are already struggling. Trump’s new budget reduces spending for Medicaid — called Medi-Cal in California — by $1 trillion over the next 10 years. These savings would happen in part because new …
OBITUARY: Suellen Stewart, 1937-2025
LoCO Staff / July 10, 2025, 7:08 a.m. / Obits
(VIDEO) LoCO Special Correspondent Tom Trepiak and His Wife Charmed a Minnesota Weatherman Last Night
Hank Sims / July 9, 2025, 5:01 p.m. / Local Celebs
… charm. The Minnesota Twins clobbered the higher-ranked Chicago Cubs last night, 8 runs to 1.Check back Sunday for Tom's next dispatch. We're nearing the end of the Sprint! Minneapolis' Target …
‘Tell Avelo to Go to Hell’: Eureka Residents Applaud City Council Decision to Boycott Airline Over ICE Deportation Flights
Isabella Vanderheiden / July 9, 2025, 2:24 p.m. / Local Government
FIRE UPDATE: Community Meeting in Orleans Tonight for Fast-Growing ‘Orleans Complex’ Fires
LoCO Staff / July 9, 2025, 11:45 a.m. / Fire
… direct and full suppression tactics to minimize the footprint of this fire. There are no structures threatened or evacuations. The fire is located approximately 1.5 miles north of Nickowitz Peak, 17 miles …
