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Drug Task Force Busts Eureka Man Holding Half a Pound of Heroin on Rohnerville Road
From the Humboldt County Drug Task Force: Sandoval. Based on a month long investigation, Special Agents with the Drug Task Force were granted a search warrant for 34 year old Victor Sandoval…
Foundering Mateel Community Center Cuts Deal With High Times to Produce Reggae on the River
Reggae on the River. File photo.###PREVIOUSLY:Mateel GM Reflects on the Failure of This Year’s Reggae Fest, the Future of the Community Center and SoHum’s Collapsing Weed Economy###Press…
Eureka NAACP Scorns Arcata Councilmember’s Use of the Phrase ‘Lynch Mob’; Calls for Winkler’s Colleagues to Admonish Him
…The Eureka Branch of the NAACP acknowledges you for your vote to remove both the statue of William McKinley and the Jacoby Storehouse plaque from the Arcata Plaza. We cannot rewrite history…
Closing Arguments Underway in Goldberg Murder Trial
Jurors in the murder trial of Jon David Goldberg heard the beginning of closing arguments today, with most of the afternoon belonging to Deputy Public Defender Casey Russo. Deputy District Attorney Luke…
Here’s What People Had to Say About the County’s Comprehensive New Weed Ordinance, Including the Proposed Cultivation Permit Cap
The Humboldt County Board of Supervisors met Monday to start deliberating on the proposed Commercial Cannabis Land Use Ordinance.On Monday morning, when Humboldt County Planning and Building Director John Ford presented…
Road Closed in Fieldbrook While Explosive Ordnance Disposal Team Investigates ‘Suspicious Items’
The following alert was just tweeted by the Humboldt County Sheriff's Office: #happeningnow Old Railroad Grade closed from Murray Rd. to Mather Rd. in Fieldbrook after crews working in the area…
In the Dead of Night, Sector Humboldt Bay Rescues Two Crab Fisherman Stranded Aboard 100-Year-Old Boat Five Miles Out to Sea
…Sector Humboldt Bay personnel dispatched a Coast Guard Station Humboldt Bay 47-foot Motor Lifeboat crew to the scene to assist the vessel.The Coast Guard crew placed the Radiant in a…
More Than 250 Dead Cows Found on Ray Christie’s Properties, Says HCSO; Numerous Other Alleged Violations Discovered
…A plan to care for the remaining livestock owned by Christie is still being developed. Based on the evidence located, the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office arrested Christie on the following charges…
DC UPDATE, w/ REP. JARED HUFFMAN: Inside the Crazy World of Omnibus Budget Bills, and the Possibility of Another Government Shutdown
…Yurok Tribe..###"We threw a whole bunch more money than even the Pentagon was asking for into the defense budget, and we slashed taxes, especially for the rich. So it's like…
OBITUARY: Glenn Tadashi Hamanaka, 1949-2018
Glenn Tadashi Hamanaka died peacefully with his family by his side at Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital on February 26, 2018 at the age of 68. Glenn was born on June 22, 1949…
OBITUARY: Suzanne Wilstam, 1942-2018
Suzanne WilstamJuly 3, 1942 - March 14, 2018Suzanne Wilstam passed away at the Eureka Rehabilitation and Wellness Center on March 14, 2018, at the age of 75. Suzanne was born July 3, 1942…
County Supervisors Met Monday to Start Deliberating on Proposed New Weed Regs, Including a Permit Cap
We'll have a more thorough write-up on this thing tomorrow, but suffice it to say that the Humboldt County Board of Supervisors today met for a special meeting about proposed…
Eureka Police Arrest Man in Connection With Early Morning Broadway Burglary
Eureka Police Department press release:On 03/19/2018 at about 4:31 am, officers responded to a business, located at the 1400 block of Broadway, for the report of a burglary…
Body Found Near Highway 101
…On March 19, 2018, at about 1 p.m., a pedestrian in the area of northbound Highway 101 and the Indianola Cutoff located a male body in the brush along the highway…
Humboldt Roller Derby Kicks Many an Ass at Bakersfield Tournament
…The Redwood Rollers played and won against the following teams: Unforgiven Roller Girls from Bakersfield, CA, the Mainland Misfits from Cloverdale, British Columbia, and SoCal Roller Derby, from the San Diego area…
Man Stabbed in the Leg on Wabash Last Night, But Didn’t Wish to Cooperate With Investigation
From the Eureka Police Department:On 03/18/2018 at approximately 7:54 p.m., officers responded to the 2400 block of Broadway for a report of a male subject who had…
Cops Raid Notorious Ranch in the Arcata Bottoms; Rancher Ray Christie Arrested at the Scene
…Bryan Quenell of the Drug Task Force tells the Outpost, at the scene, that officers are serving search warrants at the ranch in the Arcata Bottom, which belongs to Ray Christie.Quennell…
Goldberg Closing Arguments Delayed as Juror Calls in Sick
Jurors in the murder trial of Jon David Goldberg were sent home this morning after one jury member called in sick.Visiting Judge Graham Cribbs told the jury and courtroom spectators that…
The McKinley Statue is a Cheap Tchotchke, and We Shouldn’t Feel Bad About Tossing it in the Trash
The most jarring thing about watching last month's Arcata City Council meeting on whether or not to move the statue of President William McKinley from the Plaza was person after person…
Looming Storm to Bring Gusty Winds, Rain, Mountain Snow to the North Coast
NWS.A storm is a-brewin' over the Pacific Ocean that will bring rain, gusty winds and mountain snow to Humboldt County and its surrounding areas this week.Eureka's National Weather…
OP-ED: Humboldt, We Have A Problem — Too Much Weed
…It’s the final days of the green rush, and the scramble for the scraps has the potential to get truly ugly. Like so many rural areas built around the extraction of…
GROWING OLD UNGRACEFULLY: The Myth of the Myth of the Flat Earth
The myth, of course, is that the spherical planet on which we live isn’t. Instead it’s a disk, sitting underneath a dome of sky. Beneath it’s a bit of…
DEAD RECKONING: Downtown Underground II: Banana Jello
…The paint had peeled to the point that the hieroglyphs were near indecipherable.My stomach still burned like a sonofabitch where the fence had raked it open.The bleeding had stopped, thanks…
SCAM ALERT: EPD Says Phone Scammers are Calling Local Residents Claiming to be From PG&E
…The caller then states that the customer is behind on their payments and provides them a number to call immediately to prevent their services from being turned off.As always, never give…
(VIDEO) Wacky Costumes and Cold Water: The Discovery Museum’s 17th Annual Perilous Plunge
Once again, dozens of people gathered at the Eureka Waterfront to throw themselves into Humboldt Bay for the Redwood Discovery Museum's annual Perilous Plunge.Plungers flipped, jumped and dove into 53…
OBITUARY: Melvina Marie ‘Grandma Toots’ Rowland, 1934-2018
…To say the least their families were not too happy with them. In 1957 they relocated their family to the mountains of Willow Creek. She talked about one day sitting on the…
Arcata City Council to Hold Mega-Meeting Next Week to Ask Itself Whether it Should Ask Voters Where They Would Most Like to See the McKinley Statue Moved To (Including Where it Is)
PREVIOUSLY:Arcata City Council Votes to Remove McKinley Statue From the Plaza(VIDEO) The Night They Tore Old McKinley Down### Halloween, 2010. File photo: Andrew Goff.Let's do this all again…
Arcata Officer Injured After Busting Out Car Window to Stop Man From Cutting His Own Neck
…The male locked himself in the vehicle and refused to comply with officer's orders to exit the vehicle or roll down his windows. As officers spoke to the male through the…
Eureka Police Officers Respond to Reported Drive By, Find Nothing But Shell Casings in the Road
…Here is the other one.From the Eureka Police Department: On March 15, 2018, at about 5:48 p.m., officers of the Eureka Police Department responded to the 400 block of…
Eureka Man Rescued From Assault by Gun-Wielding Resident Ditches St. Joe’s ER to Steal Booze from Safeway, Says EPD
…The males and female began physically assaulting Greer on the porch of the residence. The uninvolved resident exited his home brandishing a firearm in an attempt to stop the assault. The suspects…