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Eureka In-N-Out Location in the Works; The Longtime Fast Food Rumor is One Step Closer to Reality
Image from WikicommonsA couple of months ago the Outpost provoked your hopes of some of your favorite fast food restaurants coming to Eureka. As expected, no business garnered as much excitement as…
(PHOTOS/VIDEO) Humboldt County Community Joins the ‘Walk to End Alzheimer’s‘
A sea of purple-clad people filled Eureka's Adorni Center and Halverson Park today for the Humboldt County Walk to End Alzheimer's. This was part of the annual event organized…
Boarded-Up Home on California Street Catches Fire Early This Morning
From Humboldt Bay Fire:On October 13th, 2018 @ 0258 hrs, Humboldt Bay Fire responded with 2 Engines, 1 Truck, 1 Squad and 2 Chief Officers to a reported Structure Fire at the…
OBITUARY: Tamara (Tammy) Lee Dennison, 1966-2018
…Sometimes faith means looking past the landscape of destruction around us to the restoration God has promised on the horizon. “There has never been the slightest doubt in my mind that the…
Dude! Do You Have at Least Some Vague Memory of Seeing Jerry Garcia in SoHum in the Late ‘80s?
As the saying goes, if you remember the '60s, you weren't really there. But Humboldt County is often a couple decades behind them times. So, if you’ll indulge us, do…
Eureka Man Faces Six Years After Conviction on Multiple Weapons Charges
From the Humboldt County Office of the District Attorney: Today the jury found 29 year-old Donavan Baltzley guilty of two counts of being a felon in possession of a firearm and…
Bookkeeper Held to Answer in North Coast Journal Embezzlement Case, But the Case May Not Make it to Trial
PREVIOUSLYFormer North Coast Journal Office Manager Pleads Not Guilty to Embezzlement ChargesWho Stole Money From the North Coast Journal? Judge Delays Hearing So Prosecutor Can Examine Accountant’s AnalysisNCJ EMBEZZLEMENT CASE: Defense…
Humboldt Correctional Deputies, Paramedics Credited With Saving Inmate Who Appeared to Have Stopped Breathing
…The inmate started to breath on her own following the use of the AED. EMS arrived on scene and stabilized the inmate. She was then transported to a local hospital for further…
OBITUARY: Jean Mortensen Doran, 1920-2018
JeanAs the seasons changed and summer turned to fall, Jean Harriet Mortensen Doran died Sept. 24, 2018 in McKinleyville, Calif. after leading a very long and full life. She was 98 years…
Attorneys Argue About What to Do With Arcata Woman Who Killed Her Daughter While Suffering From Mental Illness
Should Ewa Misztal be released, or should she be sent to a state mental health facility for further observation?That was the question before Judge Dale Reinholtsen in Humboldt County Superior Court…
Shady Company Behind East-West Railroad Scheme Updates Website, Still Can’t Spell
When the Outpost first began investigating the latest proposal to build a brand-new railroad (actually, two railroads, in this case) between Humboldt Bay and the Central Valley, we pretty quickly started…
Stabbing Near Trinidad; Sheriff’s Office Provides Description of Suspects’ Vehicle
…The victim told deputies that the suspects stole his B.B. gun from the vehicle prior to fleeing the scene.The victim was transported to a local hospital for treatment.The suspect…
Eureka Man Arrested on Narcotics, Weapons Charges
…On October 11, 2018, at approximately 1:20 p.m., Special Agents with the Humboldt County Drug Task Force, with the assistance of the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office, served a search…
Willow Creek Burglary Suspect Photographed By Home Surveillance System, Sheriff’s Office Says
…HCSO, via burglary victim's home surveillance system.From the Humboldt County Sheriff's Office:The Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office needs the public’s help to identify the suspect of a…
Accused Bookkeeper Takes the Stand in North Coast Journal Embezzlement Hearing
UPDATEBookkeeper Held to Answer in North Coast Journal Embezzlement Case, But the Case May Not Make it to TrialPREVIOUSLYFormer North Coast Journal Office Manager Pleads Not Guilty to Embezzlement ChargesWho Stole Money…
Eureka Election Money: Conservative Candidates Out in Front in City Council Races; Mayoral Contest a Dead Heat
The most crowded field of candidates for Eureka city government in recent memory includes nine people running for seats on the City Council and three running for mayor.Democracy is alive in…
Eureka Man Who Chucked Stolen Firearm Into Front Yard As Officers Approached Arrested on Weapons Charge, Says DTF
…On October 10, 2018, at approximately 11:30 a.m., Special Agents with the Humboldt County Drug Task Force, served a search warrant at a residence located in the 2100 block of…
Humboldt Sheriff’s Office Announces Addition of 17 Li’l Pigs
Cuteness update from the Humboldt County Sheriff's Office:
Deputies Recover Vehicle Stolen Out of Eureka in Garberville at 3:45 a.m.; One Arrested
From the Humboldt County Sheriff's Office: On Oct. 11, 2018, at about 3:45 a.m., Humboldt County Sheriff’s deputies conducted a vehicle investigation on the 300 block of Alderpoint…
Marci Kitchen Has Been Sent to Prison
…Relatives of Victims, Friends of Marci and the Convicted Killer Herself Speak at Today’s Marci Kitchen Sentencing
OBITUARY: Robert Wyatt Frye, 1930-2018
…He subscribed for many years to “The Great Courses” and listened to lectures on topics ranging from “Understanding the Brain” to “Shakespeare: The Word and the Action” and “Philosophy, Religion and the…
Sector Humboldt Bay Rescues Stranded Hiker Near Crescent City
…Once on scene, the helicopter crew lowered the rescue swimmer to the hiker’s location on the cliffs approximately 200 feet above the beach.The helicopter crew hoisted the swimmer and the…
Eureka’s POP Unit Arrests Three For Heroin Sales, Drug Possession at Fifth Street Motel
…members of POP and the Community Safety Enhancement Team (CSET) served the search warrant at the 1100 block of 5th Street.As a result of the search warrant service, approximately 51.9…
Yet More Illegal Weed Found in the Eel River Watershed — This Time in Shively, and With Beaucoup Environmental Violations
From the Humboldt County Sheriff's Office:On Oct. 10, 2018, deputies with the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office Drug Enforcement Unit (DEU) served one search warrant to investigate illegal cannabis cultivation…
Be Careful When Eating These Humboldt Bay Fish (And Just Go Ahead and Skip the Leopard Shark)
…Although they were banned in the United States in the late 1970s, PCBs persist in the environment from spills, leaks or improper disposal. PCBs accumulate in the skin, fat, and some internal…
Sheriff’s Office Discovers Weed Standing in the Way of the North Coast Railroad Authority’s Triumphant Comeback Through Alderpoint
…HCSO.PREVIOUSLY:The Bill Formerly Known as ‘The Great Redwood Trail Act’ Has Passed the AssemblyEND OF THE LINE: Gov. Brown Signs McGuire Bill to Eviscerate the North Coast Railroad Authority, Start…
NCJ EMBEZZLEMENT CASE: Defense Attorney Claims a Dozen or More People Could Have Stolen the Newspaper’s Money, But the Accused Former Bookkeeper Did Not
Scene of the crime.###PREVIOUSLY:Former North Coast Journal Office Manager Pleads Not Guilty to Embezzlement ChargesWho Stole Money From the North Coast Journal? Judge Delays Hearing So Prosecutor Can Examine Accountant…
(VIDEO) Whee! View the Entirety of the Eureka Waterfront Trail From Above!
If you haven't taken a stroll or a roll on the still relatively newish Eureka Waterfront Trail you're really missing out on a unique way to experience the city and…
OBITUARY: Bruce Edward Benjamin, 1937-2018
…While in school he played the drums and ran track. He was a sprinter and held the record for the hundred yard dash until 1981. Bruce worked at numerous power plants, pulp…
Eureka Police Officers Complete Bias Training
…The class emphasizes the four tenants of procedural justice which are: voice, neutrality, respect, and trustworthiness. We also teach about implicit bias and what the science has taught us about human behavior…