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OBITUARY: Hubert Roete, 1923-2018
Hubie, born in Ghent, Belgium, to the late Leon & Leontine Roete, passed away peacefully at his home, surrounded by family on July 18, 2018 at the age of 94.Hubie learned the…
OBITUARY: Patrick Anderson, Jr., 1992-2018
…He recalled times when the family went ice skating, played in the snow, went to Manito Park and enjoyed Dick's Cafe. The family had a German Shepard named Buster.In the…
EPD Searching for Man Who Broke Into Eureka Home, Attempted to Sexually Assault Woman
Eureka Police Department press release:On July 25, 2018, at about 8:00 a.m., officers with the Eureka Police Department responded to a residence on the 3300 block of Summer Street…
HSU Earns Eight-Year Accreditation; Commended for ‘Recruitment Efforts that Reflect Growing Diversity’
Press release from Humboldt State University:Humboldt State University’s accreditation has been reaffirmed for eight years by the WASC Senior Commission for Universities and Colleges (WSCUC), the organization responsible for certifying…
One Arrested for Illegal Marijuana Cultivation During Latest Round of DEU Raids in SoHum; 14,289 Plants Eradicated
…The parcels did not possess nor were in the process of actively obtaining a commercial cannabis permit with the County of Humboldt.During the service of the two warrants, deputies eradicated approximately…
BYE BYE, EUCALYPTUS? County Staff Recommends Cutting Down Some Trees Along 101 To Complete Humboldt Bay Trail Project; Local Groups Say the Trees Should Stay
…The CEQA memo cites safety as the department’s primary concern. From the memo:Based on the proximity of the mature eucalyptus trees to the proposed trail, and the fact that several…
(VIDEO) SEE! Humboldt Bay Fire Personnel Flip an SUV Back Up on Its Wheels with Their Bare Hands After Rollover Accident on Harris Street in Eureka
…Stephanie McGearyEmergency personnel are at the scene of a two-vehicle collision near the corner of Harris and J streets in Eureka. Scanner traffic indicates that three people sustained minor injuries in…
UPDATE: FOUND: Police Searching for At Risk Eureka Man
UPDATE, 4:18 p.m.:From the Eureka Police Department: Missing Person Jon Winkleman was located today around 2:45 p.m. near the 1900 block of Broadway. A citizen recognized him…
Native Plant Garden Trimmed Bare After Bushy-Parking-Lot Kerfuffle Between City of Eureka and Local Volunteer
Photos of the overgrown garden provided by the City of Eureka.A native plant garden in Old Town Eureka has been stripped bare after a pruning dispute between the City of Eureka…
Huffman Dismisses Call to Strip His Delegate Status for Sundberg Endorsement
…The Humboldt Progressive Democrats, he argued, simply cobbled together two sections of the bylaws in an effort to make them mean something they don't."Neither [section] says elected Democrats are prohibited…
Court Having Trouble Deciding Fate of Arcata Woman Who Killed Her Infant Child
…At the time Misztal told law enforcement she had accidentally hit the infant’s head on a door frame. The pathologist who conducted the autopsy was dubious about that claim.Today Russo…
Orick Man Accused of Stabbing Ex-Girlfriend’s Boyfriend Will Stand Trial on Murder Charges
…The boys, ages 8, 6 and 2, were in the back seat of the car.California Highway Patrol Officer Ethan Thompson testified he arrived at the scene to find paramedics treating a…
Citing Race, KHSU Staffer Lorna Bryant Says She Was Verbally Abused by University Vice President
Bryant and Wruck.The ongoing turmoil at KHSU reached a new level Monday evening as the station's office manager, Lorna Bryant, sent an email to university administrators alleging that at a…
Preliminary Hearing for SoHum Murder Suspect Set for August
…Another man in the truck fled and called police.After the shooting Harrison remained in the rural wooded area around Alderpoint, eluding a massive search effort by several law enforcement agencies. He…
Four Search Warrants Served on SoHum Parcels with Unpermitted Marijuana Grows
…Four parcels were investigated during the service of the warrants. The parcels did not possess nor were in the process of actively obtaining a commercial cannabis permit with the County of Humboldt…
Judge Frustrated by Delays for Manila Murder Suspect’s Competency Hearing
…The judge noted that August was ruled out for the competency hearing because the defense was unavailable, and now the prosecution is having problems with witnesses needed for a hearing that should…
Long-Closed Section of California Coast Trail Reopens This Friday
…Redwood National and State Parks is pleased to announce that the section of the California Coastal Trail (CCT) in the parks between the Crescent Beach Overlook trailhead and the Damnation Creek trailhead…
Flurry of Strong Quakes Strike 100 Miles Off the Humboldt Coast
USGS.Ten earthquakes of varying sizes shook the ocean floor roughly 100 miles from Humboldt's northern Coast this morning.The USGS reports that a 5.6, the strongest of the quakes…
Redway Man Dies After Running Motorcycle Into a Tree Off of Briceland Road
Press release from the California Highway Patrol: On July 23, 2018, at approximately 1750 hours [5:50 p.m.], a 2012 Kawasaki motorcycle, driven by 38 year old Brian J. Hemphill was…
‘OPERATION GREEN WAVE’: 18,305 Marijuana Plants Eradicated, Four Arrested at Unpermitted Grows in Trinity County
…None of the properties raided were involved in the marijuana permitting system with Trinity County or the State of California. Total stats:87 fish and game violations27 water rights violations18 water quality…
(TUESDAY AFTERNOON UPDATE) Highway 299 Still Fully Closed Due to Carr Fire
…Cal Fire reports that the Carr Fire is now at 3,126 acres with 15% containment. Caltrans anticipates that Highway 299 near Whiskeytown Lake will remain closed through the rest of today…
Mendo Deputy Hospitalized After Suspected Exposure to Banned Chemical During Raid on Branscomb Weed Grow
Mendocino County Sheriff's Office press release:On Friday July 13th, Deputies from the Mendocino County Sheriff's Office Marijuana Eradication Team (C.O.M.M.E.T.) were assisting Wardens from…
Humboldt Progressive Democrats Want Elected Officials Stripped of Delegate Credentials for Endorsing Sundberg
…From the surprise victory of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, a Democratic socialist from the Bronx who defeated one of the senior leaders in the U.S. House of Representatives, to the California Democratic…
Local MMA Fighter Cass Bell Accepts Second Pro Bout, Will Appear on Bellator’s Most Anticipated Card of the Year
Cass Bell warms up. | Photo by Gabriel SmithOn the outskirts of Arcata, in an old kinetic sculpture warehouse turned modern-day dojo, a class of fighters loosens up for its daily jiu…
California Mental Hospital Inefficiencies Leave Two Humboldt Murder Suspects in Limbo
California bureaucracy is holding up the cases of two local murder suspects found mentally incompetent to stand trial. Murder suspects Antone Richard Aubrey IV, left, and Hector Godoy-Standley, right, are both…
McKinleyville Man Arrested Three Days After Fleeing from Deputies
…When the deputy attempted to conduct a traffic stop on the vehicle, the driver, later identified as 41-year-old Leon Rockwell Peel of McKinleyville, failed to pull over, leading the deputy…
HARDIN: HSU Blew the ‘K’ out of KHSU
…If you ask me, radio is still the coolest thing about technology. The internet, on the other hand, is not magic at all.The internet is all sleight of hand. The internet…
OBITUARY: Paul Vernon Peeples Sr., 1926-2018
…He knew many, as he was a part of the community for the majority of his life. Paul Sr. entered the United States Navy in 1943 and was honorably discharged in 1946…
Houseboat Completely Destroyed by Fire on Trinity Lake
…Forest Service firefighters extinguished a houseboat completely engulfed in flame on the southwest side of Trinity Lake yesterday.The Shasta-Trinity arm of the U.S. Forest Service shared photos of the…
GROWING OLD UNGRACEFULLY: The Rosetta Stone of the Americas
"[The Fuente Magna] would be very significant and among the most note-worthy finds of the human past if: 1) it could be dated to a pre-Columbian period; and 2) the…