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Fish & Game Commission Shuts Down Recreational Abalone Fishing for Entire 2018 Season After Large Numbers Found Dead During Ocean Survey
…Wikimedia.The California Fish & Game Commission unanimously voted to shut down recreational abalone fishing for the entire 2018 season during a meeting in San Diego this morning.“We’ve never seen a…
A Great Big Boom Rattled Eureka Last Night, and Once Again No One Knows Who, What, Why, How or Exactly Where
Has it really been a year since Eureka experienced one of the window-rattling mystery explosions that have plagued the town for the last half a decade? Or have we become inured…
SHERIFF’S OFFICE: Armed Robbers Made Off With 200 Pounds of Weed Up Titlow Hill Yesterday Morning
From the Humboldt County Sheriff's Office:Humboldt County Sheriff’s Deputies are investigating a reported armed robbery in Willow Creek.On Dec. 6, 2017 around 1:45 a.m. the Sheriff…
(VIDEO) Humboldt State Student’s Disappearance is Still a Mystery; Family and Police Looking for Leads
…Spread the word, share it over social media, follow the Find Erin Henry Facebook page, and print the MISSING flyers if possible and post them in your area because they currently have…
OP-ED: LoCO Wasn’t Fair to That Occupy Protester Who Got a $50K Settlement From the City of Eureka
…I was not involved in the litigation of the case. I am certainly not unbiased in the matter.First I want to address the following sentence in the settlement agreement which is…
(UPDATE: FOUND) MISSING: Humboldt Sheriff’s Office Seeks Man Possibly Experiencing Mental Health Crisis
…The Humboldt County Sheriff's Office is asking for the public's help locating a voluntary missing person possibly experiencing a mental health crisis in the Redwood Valley Area.Robert Eggink, 39…
Congressman Huffman One of 58 Democrats Who Voted to Launch Trump Impeachment Proceedings Today
The most substantial attempt to date to impeach President Donald Trump was easily voted down in the House of Representatives Wednesday, though it garnered a surprising amount of support.By a 364…
Man on Meth in Allard Avenue Mobile Home Park Admits to Firing Shotgun Into the Air, Sheriff’s Office Says
From the Humboldt County Sheriff's Office: On Dec. 5, 2017 around 9:13 a.m. deputies were dispatched to a mobile home park on the 1200 block of Allard Avenue in…
PRICE SUPPORTS FOR GROWERS! North Coast’s Legislative Delegation Lobbies State Weed Official to Keep Cannabis Production Tiny
McGuire (left) and Wood.Back in ye olden times, Emerald Triangle growers counted on the cops to come in and pack some percentage of their number off to prison every year. The…
The BLM Wants You to Go Chop Up Some Yuletide Logs in Lacks Creek
Bureau of Land Management press release:ARCATA, Calif. – The Bureau of Land Management is offering firewood permits for a designated wood cutting area in the Lacks Creek Management Area, northeast of Arcata…
(VIDEO) Humboldt Citizens Explore New Approach to Catching Crooks with WiFi App-Linked Cameras; Event Planned to Spread Awareness
…But it's still not enough, and the citizens of Humboldt know the feeling all too well. But video surveillance has been taken to the next level, with cameras that have WiFi…
OBITUARY: Douglas H. Edgmon, 1920-2017
…He first worked in the White Grocery and later became a partner of the business. Later he purchased the A & B Market in 1946. Doug then started the Campton Heights Market in…
OBITUARY: Patricia Lynne Siering, 1962-2017
Patty Siering was a biology professor at HSU, an extraordinary cook who threw great parties, a founding member of the Team Stomatopod kinetic sculpture tribe, a lover of nature and dogs, a…
(UPDATE) FOOTBALL SAVED! President Lisa Rossbacher Announces to a Large Crowd at Redwood Bowl That There Will Be Football Next Fall
…We did this for the student-athletes, and for the University, and the community. It means that the long and proud tradition of Lumberjack football will continue.”The future of football, which…
Deputies Disarm Convicted Felon Who Fell Asleep in the Starbucks Parking Lot With a Loaded Weapon in his Lap
From the Humboldt County Sheriff's Office: Hunsucker.On Dec. 5, 2017 around 1:18 a.m. a deputy with the Humboldt County Sheriff's Office observed a suspicious vehicle idling in…
(UPDATE) EUREKA HOMICIDE: EPD Investigating Suspicious Transient Death That Occurred Behind Eureka Church of the Nazarene
…Investigators with the Eureka Police Department were finishing up processing the scene of last night’s suspicious transient death behind the Eureka Nazarene Church when LoCO arrived this morning. Detective Ron Harpham…
OBITUARY: Phyllis Arlene McCovey Robbins, 1957-2017
…She was born on January 22, 1957 to Howard “Edgie” McCovey and Janice Marshall McCovey.Phyllis was of Hupa and Yurok decent and resided on the Hoopa Valley Reservation her entire life…
OBITUARY: Dolores June Schaer, 1930-2017
…After Robert retired in 1977, they moved to Southern Humboldt and created a loving homestead for the family. She loved to cook and can the fruit from her large orchard. June was…
The Eureka City Council May Soon Lease, Sell Waterfront Land for RV Park, Mixed-Use Hotel ‘Village’
Mockup of "Halvorsen Village" — a hotel, retail and residential development that would mark the second phase of development on the city-owned property spanning the base of the Samoa Bridge. Image from…
Bill Murray Had Some Halibut in Eureka, OK?
…Murray, along with some musical chums, will share his love of American literature and song during a sold out performance at the Arkley Center for the Performing Arts, which, of course, means…
This Free Shopping Bag Will Help You Remember the Eureka Street Sweeping Schedule
…Take the pledge to stay green today! This opportunity to make the community greener is brought to you on behalf of the City of Eureka and Recology. Bags available beginning December 1st…
STUDENT SCIENCE!: A Survey of Roadkill on Highway 101 Between McK and Arcata, With Thoughts on Possible Courses of Action to Lessen Same
…2 I recorded the animals I found deceased on the side of the road from the Central Avenue onramp in McKinleyville to the Sunset Avenue offramp in Arcata and back again. In…
Man Found Dead of Gunshot Wound Inside Car in Manila Driveway Saturday; Sheriff’s Office Investigating as a Homicide
…Sheriff’s Deputies Conduct Early Morning Homicide Investigation in Manila###From the Humboldt County Sheriff's Office: On Saturday, Dec. 2, 2017, at approximately 3:16 a.m., Humboldt County Sheriff's…
HARDIN: Drug Treatment Doesn’t Solve the Housing Crisis
…I'm even more sick of the heartless greed, punitive hostility and outright violence from the segment of our population who put those assholes on the Board of Supervisors in the first…
OBITUARY: Charles Henry Lakin Jr., 1935-2017
…In 1978 he was hired as the Superintendent/Principal for the high school, where he remained through the 1994-1995 school year, when he retired as the Superintendent of the Ferndale Unified…
(UPDATE: MAYBE NOT) FIBER DOWN? ‘Tis Always the Season for a Mass AT&T Telecommunications Outage!
…Everyone's favorite canary in the cybermine — the College of the Redwoods website — is down. Again: AT&T refuses to rent space on the east-west fiber-optic line to the Central…
Look Up: Tonight’s Supermoon is the Only One of the Year, Celebrity Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson Says It Will Be An Embarrassment to the Word ‘Super’
…Meteorologist Jeff Tonkin said that fog may be possible in the low-lying areas, but that skies should be cloud free.“For the most part, the only issue that would come up…
Crescent City Police K9 ‘Kai’ Tips Officers Off to Loaded Handgun, Suspected Methamphetamine During Traffic Stop Arrest
…What started as a traffic stop and warrant arrest, ended with the location of a loaded handgun, suspected methamphetamine and drug paraphernalia when K9 Kai alerted on the vehicle.
Escaped Inmate Captured: Police K9 ‘Nordy’ Helps Deputies Find Him in Loleta Bathroom
…With the assistance of Fortuna Police Department K-9 “Nordy” escaped inmate Jordan Harris was located hiding inside one of the bathrooms in the residence.Harris was taken into custody and transported…
GROWING OLD UNGRACEFULLY: Napoleon vs. Lee
Napoleon Bonaparte is a controversial figure in French history, perceived in the same way many Americans view Robert E. Lee — “brilliant but flawed.” We recently spent two weeks in Napoleon's shadow…