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Eureka Man Arrested in Pine Hill Area for Possession of Meth, Heroin
Press release from the Humboldt County Sheriff's Office: On Jan. 9, 2019, at about 1:30 a.m., Humboldt County Sheriff’s deputies on patrol in the Pine Hill area of…
Man In Stolen Vehicle Arrested Near Blue Lake Casino, Sheriff’s Office Says
Press release from the Humboldt County Sheriff's Office: On Jan. 7, 2019, at about 11:10 p.m., deputies on patrol in the area of the Blue Lake Casino observed a…
Plea Deal Called Off As New Info Emerges in Bribery Case Against Former County Building Inspector
…According to the complaint, filed by the District Attorney’s Office in July, McTigue defrauded Timothy Lewis Roscoe of $27,000 and Lacey Allison Amaral and Richard Joseph Amaral of $50,000…
Skeletal Remains of 16-Year-Old Victim in Last Year’s Hart Family Crash Identified After Birth Mother Gives DNA Sample
…An extensive investigation was initiated into the cause of the collision, the location of the three missing persons, and the cause and manner of death of the decedents. This investigation has been…
Volunteers Needed For Point-In-Time Count of Homeless People In Humboldt County
Homeless person sleeping in Eureka | File photo Press release from the Department of Health and Human Services:The Humboldt Housing and Homeless Coalition (HHHC) is looking for volunteers to participate in the…
(VIDEO) Rep. Huffman Personally Delivers ‘Trump Trash’ to the White House; Trump Threatens to Stop Sending Aid for California Wildfires
…Jackie Speier of California's 14th Congressional District named the garbage “Trump Trash” in response to the president-imposed shutdown, which is preventing the government employees who typically remove the trash from…
(UPDATE: Stolen Car Recovered) Did You See Someone Riding on the Hood of a Car on Fifth Street Last Night? Eureka Police Seek Eyewitnesses in Brazen Stolen Vehicle Case
…The victim ran outside and attempted to stop the suspect from leaving, by jumping on the hood of the vehicle. The victim quickly fell off the vehicle as the vehicle sped away…
OBITUARY: Clifford ‘Ben’ Casey, 1962-2019
…Thanks Spam! Ben loved the outdoors, working in the yard or under the hood of a car. He could fix almost anything. It might not be exactly the way it was supposed…
Prep Roundup — First Conference Wins for Loggers, Warriors
Photos by Ray Hamill/HumboldtSports.com – The Arcata Tigers hosted the Del Norte Warriors in the Big 5 on Tuesday night.It appears as if the Eureka Loggers are building some momentum…
Eureka’s 101 Corridor May Be Getting Greener, In More Ways Than One
P & B plans for a building on West Fourth Street on the edge of downtown Eureka, from the Eureka city staff reportAfter recently purchasing the old Kmart building in Eureka, local cannabis…
Crescent City Middle Schoolers Hospitalized After Taking Over-the-Counter Drugs at School
Crescent Elk Middle School. | Google MapsA number of Crescent Elk Middle School students were hospitalized in Crescent City today, after one or more students reportedly distributed over-the-counter drugs to their…
Supervisors Give Themselves a Raise With Madrone Dissenting and Bass Absent
…Vernon Price, an advocate for the homeless, invoked the Old Testament town of Lo-debar, "a place of nothing," as he beseeched the board to raise the pay for peer coaches, part…
ALL THAT HEROIN WE CONFISCATED: Drug Task Force Looks Back at Humboldt County’s 2018 in Drug Task Force Busts
Press release from the Humboldt County Sheriff's Office: The Humboldt County Drug Task Force (HCDTF) had a successful year investigating illegal narcotics activities, seizing almost two times more heroin in 2018…
Marin Judge Orders the Remains of the North Coast Railroad Authority to Pay Humboldt Environmental Groups Nearly $2 Million
…The railroad petitioned the U.S. Supreme Court to take up the case, on yet another appeal, but the high court declined.As the new legislation puts the railroad authority in a…
Rep. Huffman Reintroduces Legislation to Ban Offshore Oil Drilling Along the West Coast and the Arctic
Drilling in the Santa Barbara Channel. Photo: Ken Lund. Creative Commons license.From the office of Rep. Jared Huffman:As part of a coordinated state and national effort to protect the entirecoastline…
OBITUARY: Richard Allen Jackson, 1945-2019
Richard (Dick) Allen Jackson, a lifelong resident of Humboldt County, died unexpectedly on January 2, 2019 of heart failure while visiting his sons and grandchildren in the Sacramento area over the New…
Prep Roundup — Big Win for Loggers; Cubs Fall to Mendo
The Eureka Loggers are showing signs of progress at a pivotal time of the season. On Monday night, Eureka pulled out a dramatic 82-81 win over visiting Hoopa Valley in a…
Arcata Bars Sidelines and Toby & Jack’s Remain Open as Owner Appeals License Revocation Ruling
Don't close the doors just yet over at Sidelines and Toby & Jack's. Costanzo (Facebook)Salvatore Costanzo, the principle officer of Costanzo's Genco Olive Oil Company, which owns the two…
Arcata Police Arrest One Following Valley West Stabbing
From the Arcata Police Department:On 1/05/2019 at about 7:20 p.m., Officers from the Arcata Police Department were dispatched to the Valley West area of Arcata near Highway…
Plenty of Big Games on Tap This Week in H-DNL
Photos by Ray Hamill – Paige Lyons and the Eureka Loggers will play at McKinleyville on Wednesday.Humboldt-Del Norte League action continues this week on the local basketball courts, with some key…
Huffman Takes Out the ‘Trump Trash’ Amid Government Shutdown
…The people who clean up the trash in our National Parks, among a multitude of other government employees, are currently unable to work due to the shutdown. And as a result, Rep…
Snow Chains Required on Bald Hills Road; Widespread Rain, Strong Winds Forecast for Humboldt Tonight
Bald Hills Road in the spring. | John FerraraThe Humboldt County Department of Public Works is requiring all drivers to use chains on Bald Hills Road, after 7 to 8 inches of snow…
(VIDEO) Recently Elected County Officials, Including Two New Ones, Take the Oath of Office
We can now omit the "-Elect" from the titles of Humboldt County Supervisor-Elect Steve Madrone and Auditor-Controller-Elect Karen Paz Dominguez, both of whom took the oath of office this…
Calling State Law ‘Unconstitutional,’ Attorneys for Rancher Ray Christie Ask Judge to Throw Out Case Involving Hundreds of Cattle Carcasses Found on His Land
…Cogorno said the land Christie used for grazing cattle is zoned as pasture land by either a city or the county, yet the state is trying to control it. “Why would I…
(INTERVIEW) Food For People Says Government Shutdown Not Hurting Essential Food Services Yet, But Several Programs Are At Risk
…Some of these services are running on reserves, and could disappear quickly if funding is not restored soon.Audio of the full conversation follows:Heidi McHugh of Food For People on the…
HARDIN: Watching ‘Murder Mountain’
…Sheriff’s Office Slams Netflix Docudrama on Humboldt County Crime and Weed###I finally got to see Murder Mountain, the Netflix docudrama miniseries about the disappearance of Garrett Rodriquez and the subsequent…
HSU Men Dominate Portland Bible College
File photo – The HSU men improved to 7-0 at home on Sunday.Humboldt State remained perfect at home in men’s basketball with a comfortable 97-39 win over visiting Portland…
Medeiros Leads Impressive Showing for Local Wrestlers at Anderson
Submitted photo – The Fortuna wrestlers celebrate their fourth-place team finish at Anderson on Saturday.A number of local high school wrestlers made the trip to compete at the Nor Cal Beast…
GROWING OLD UNGRACEFULLY: What Has Democracy Ever Done for Us?
Not as much as the Romans did to Palestine c.30 AD, if Monty Python’s Life of Brian is to be believed. They brought aqueducts, medicine, sanitation, public health, education, roads…
OBITUARY: Jeanna Alayne Dunlap-Robledo, 1957-2018
…In lieu of flowers, memorial donations in memory of Jeanna can be made to the American Cancer Society Eureka Office at 317 I Street, Eureka, CA 95501.###The obituary above was submitted…