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OBITUARY: Riley Earl Young, 1995-2019
…Riley enjoyed the outdoors and hunting and was an excellent athlete. Riley was on the student counsel and was prom king at So. Trinity High. He was on the football team and…
OBITUARY: Arthur ‘Lew’ Lewis, 1934-2019
…He was so proud to be a part of the Honor Guard. When Lew retired from the service in 1973, returning from an assignment in Turkey, he re-joined the family in…
Auditor-Controller Karen Paz Dominguez Challenges County’s Planned Responses to Civil Grand Jury Report
Screenshot from Tuesday's Board of Supervisors meeting.Karen Paz Dominguez has certainly challenged the Humboldt County Board of Supervisors and the County Administrative Officer before. She did nearly two years ago…
Sentencing for McKinleyville Man Convicted of Attempted Murder Postponed Again; Defense Seeks New Trial
…The judge said given the seriousness of the charges, the Probation Department’s sentencing recommendation and the serious potential consequences for Battersby, he would grant the motion to continue. “(But) the People…
Will California’s New NCAA Law Be a Game Changer? Here Are Five Things to Know Next
UC Berkeley football players storm the field before their game against ASU on September 27, 2019. A new California law would let them profit from their images and sign endorsement deals.###An…
Lawmakers Take Aim at ‘Punitive’ Child Support Payback for Low-Income Families
Under current California law, families using public assistance only receive the first $50 of child support payments. Under a bill on the governor's desk, families with one child will receive $100…
OBITUARY: Zachary Carper, 1984-2019
…He and his brothers went on numerous hunting adventures together and had the time of their lives. They all say Zach somehow always got lucky with the biggest buck walking out at…
OBITUARY: Steven Frugard, 1953-2019
It is with a very heavy heart that we announce the death of our father Steven Dennis Frugard. After having two massive brain bleeds on July 2nd he was later brought home…
OBITUARY: Jean Antonsen, 1931-2019
…Joseph Hospital for 30 years, a member of the Eureka Elks Emblem Club, the Moose and several others over the years. Jean worked at JC Penny's and Baywood Golf and Country…
OBITUARY: Linda Hall-Martin, 1957-2019
…Joseph Hospital, surrounded by loved ones.Linda was born on July 4th, 1957 in Martinez, CA to Wilbert and Francis Hall, the first of their two children. The Halls owned a floral…
(PHOTOS) Eureka on the Fringe!
…Eureka had quite the experimental weekend with multiple venues around town playing host to the inaugural Eureka Fringe Festival, a celebration of outside-the-mainstream performance. The event is one of many…
Rep. Huffman on CNN: Republican ‘Cult of Trumpism’ Should Start to Crack With ‘This Betrayal of His Office’
Screenshot.Congressman Jared Huffman, the U.S. representative for our North Coast region, was interviewed this morning on CNN, where he predicted that Republican support for President Donald Trump will start to…
Eel River Valley Sting Operation Busts Two Businesses for Selling Alcohol to Minors; Fortuna PD Awarded $24,000 Grant From State Alcoholic Beverage Control
Express Liquors (left) and Hoby’s Market and Deli (right). | GoogleFortuna Police Department Press release:The Fortuna Police Department has been awarded a $24,000 grant from the California Alcoholic Beverage Control…
[UPDATED] HSU Police Officers Cast Vote of ‘No Confidence’ in Chief Donn Peterson
Humboldt State University Police Chief Donn Peterson from a March "Ask Me Anything" post on Reddit.UPDATE, 5:25 p.m.:Jeff Solomon, president of the Statewide University Police Association, told the…
‘Sicker Than the Rest of Us’ — Docs Make House Calls to People Without Houses
…Distinct from the plainly human toll, the amount of money spent on the medical care of the sickest homeless people, many who eventually die on the street or in the hospital care…
MONDAYS WITH MICHAELE: Gravity Schmavity
…Join her up in the air at Sacred Bodies Pilates and Dance Studio to start your week off in exhausting fashion. Whee.# # #Perhaps You’d Like to Explore Previous Mondays With Michaele…
FIVE TAKEAWAYS — And the Hottest Local Team Is …
File photo – The Eureka Loggers have a bye next weekend.It was an interesting weekend for local football for several reasons. The Little 4 got off to scintillating start, with 21 touchdowns…
PREP ROUNDUP — Loggers Win at Clam Beach; Tigers Tennis Dominates Again
File photo – The Eureka Loggers won the boys’ varsity team competition at Saturday’s Clam Beach Invitational.The Eureka boys continued to show why they’re legitimate challengers in the H-DNL…
California’s Latest Undergrad Project? More Aid for Campus Moms and Dads
…Students with children “are increasingly becoming the norm,” said David O’Brien, director of government affairs for the California Student Aid Commission, which administers Cal Grants. “It’s why the Student Aid…
GROWING OLD UNGRACEFULLY: Vaccinations a Civil Rights Issue?
In the nation's most diverse state, protesters opposed to childhood vaccine mandates…co-opted the civil rights mantle from the 1960s, insisting that their plight is comparable to what African Americans…
PREP SOCCER ROUNDUP — Big Wins for Eureka, South Fork
…The Loggers led 2-0 at the interval, but saw the advantage slip away when the Warriors netted twice early in the second half. The visitors responded in perfect fashion, however, thanks…
JV ROUNDUP — Big Wins for Panthers, Warriors and Loggers
File photo – The McKinleyville JVs are 5-0 on the season after a big win at Hoopa on Friday night.Friday was a good night for some local JV football squads, with…
CR ROUNDUP — Mixed Results for Corsairs in Soccer, Volleyball
College of the Redwoods had mixed fortunes over the weekend, with the Corsairs losing another close one in football, and the CR women winning for the second straight weekend on the volleyball…
Yet Another Close One for CR Football
…After the fast start, however, Redwoods saw the momentum slip away when the home team put up two quick touchdowns, the second after recovering a kickoff to the Corsairs in swirling wind…
Happy Quinceanera to Maria Jimenez!!
…Jimenez, along with her chambelanes — or the “escorts” selected by the birthday girl — lined up for a photo shoot just outside of LoCO HQ in Old Town Eureka this afternoon. Quinceaneras are…
Congressman Jared Huffman to Host a Roundtable Discussion on Fisheries Management in Arcata Next Week
Washington—Congressman Jared Huffman (D-San Rafael), Chair of the House Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife, announced today that his first two fisheries roundtable discussions will be held in Northern California…
Local Runners from the Klamath River Salmon Run Joined Their Peers to Raise Awareness of Diminished Salmon Populations and Water Diversion Projects
…The runners followed the route of the Trinity River diversion from the Lewiston Dam, down the Clear Creek watershed, then met the Run4Salmon at the Shasta Dam for a No Dam Raise…
HSU gets $300,000 for its Nursing Program from the Humboldt Area Foundation.
…The have stepped up big time and are active partners in the launch of this life-changing program, which will educate the next generation of nurses throughout the greater North Coast Region…
Over Half of California Voters Want to GTFO of California
Over half of the state’s registered voters expressed some desire to move out of California, according to a poll released yesterday by UC Berkeley’s Institute of Governmental Studies. The poll…
THE ECONEWS REPORT: Let’s Not Deify People, Even If They’re Awesome Activists Like Greta Thunberg
…Greta Thunberg outside the Swedish Parliament. Photo: Anders Hellberg, Creative Commons License.###On this week's EcoNews Report, with your regular panel:Greta Thunberg and the Children's Climate Strike.Jonathan Franzen…