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Humboldt’s New HR Director Committed to ‘Making County an Employer of Choice’
…DeMatteo was appointed to the position by the Board of Supervisors in July and began work last week.DeMatteo has extensive experience providing senior-level human resources administration to organizations in diverse…
EPD: Man Dwelling Near Eureka Slough Bridge Throws Rocks at Cars, Attacks Officers, Gets Tased
…A female locked inside the vehicle reported that the male came out of the nearby greenbelt and was making threats and throwing rocks.Officers contacted the male, 59 year old Reed Tardy…
OBITUARY: Delia Leota Beck Wilkes, 1939-2017
…This year marked her 60th class reunion, where she will be honored along with her championship basketball teammates and inducted into the schools Hall of Fame.Delia was a stay-at-home…
OBITUARY: Ernest Eugene Rassbach, 1933-2017
…Ernie proudly served his country in the United States Army during the Korean War, where he received the National Defense Service Medal, Korean Service Medal, UN Service Medal and the Good Conduct…
Lost Coast Brewery is Teaming Up With ‘90s Punk Rockers to Produce ‘The Bro-Hymn of Beers’
No strangers to being endorsed by ’90s musicians, Lost Coast Brewery is finally forging a formal partnership to ensure its latest beer ends up in the coolest mouths possible. PennywiseRemember Pennywise? It…
Sheriff’s Office to SoHum Burglar, Car Thief: We Have You on Video and Your Days of Freedom Are Numbered
From the Humboldt County Sheriff's Office:On 08-22-2017 at 4:08 a.m., Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office Deputies were dispatched to a residence in the 200 block of…
Local Attorney ‘Forgets’ Loaded Pistol in Briefcase While Attempting to Enter the Humboldt County Courthouse, Says HCSO
…As the briefcase style bag was being passed through the security system, screeners identified what appeared to be a loaded handgun. Deputies from the Court Protection Unit responded to the screening station…
Defendant in Manila Murder Case Has Criminal Proceedings Against Him Suspended, Will Be Committed to a State Hospital
…Their jury trial is pending.Although Mitchell allegedly fired the fatal bullets, the other three are accused of packing guns and participating in the carjacking that left the 20-year-old Claros…
Three Arrested in Eureka During Sweep of Suspected Heroin Hub
…Special Agents with the Humboldt County Drug Task Force served a search warrant at a residence in the 1300 block of Allard Street in the city of Eureka. The target of the…
EPD: Woman Arrested for Burning Down Blue Heron Office Had Prior Disagreement with Property Owner
…Based on the investigation, it appears Yocum set the fire following a disagreement with the property owner.Yocum was arrested and booked into the Humboldt County Correctional Facility for arson. Anyone with…
OBITUARY: Mauro Battilocchi, 1947-2017
…He came to the United Stated at the age of six and later became a US citizen in 1960.Mauro grew up in the Arcata Bottoms, where he worked on the Pifferini…
(PHOTOS/VIDEO) Humboldt Stares at the Sun
While those who stayed on the coast may have noticed the overcast skies momentarily taking on a slightly darker shade of gray, many Humboldters chose to trek inland in the hopes of…
(UPDATES) Former Blue Heron Motel Office Building in Flames
…As stated below, the building that caught fire was full of detritus. Below: Humboldt Bay Fire Battalion Chief Sean Robertson peeks inside with the Outpost and speculates about the cause of the…
Officer Describes Punching, Pepper-Spraying Half-Naked Woman Who Rammed Power Plant Gate; Suspect Held to Answer for Felony Vandalism
Zacevich.A woman suspected of crashing her Cadillac SUV through a security gate, then attacking the officer trying to arrest her, was held to answer today on all charges.Judge Dale Reinholtsen…
AIR QUALITY ALERT: Officials Warn of ‘Very Unhealthy’ Air Quality Conditions Along the Klamath River as Wildfires Continue to Grow
Smoke from the Oak Fire, part of the 35,000-acre Eclipse Complex burning around Happy Camp. Photo: Inciweb.From the North Coast Unified Air Quality Management District:For the following areas…
(PHOTOS, VIDEO) HOW’S YOUR ECLIPSE? Coastal Humboldt is Socked In, But People Are Flocking Inland to Get Views
NASA live stream of the eclipse. We're just about ready to reach peak eclipse. Here in Eureka, everything looks the same as it always does — thick, dense layer of fog blocking…
HARDIN: An Honest Value in Humboldt County
When I drank beer, the Eel River Brewing Company made my favorite. Their Organic IPA had everything I was looking for in a beer. It's strong, satisfyingly hoppy and all organic…
WILDFIRE UPDATE; Plus, Brush Fire on Eureka Waterfront Adds More Smoke Above Our Heads
A brush fire burns on waterfront property at the north end of Eureka Sunday evening. | Photos by Ryan Burns.As wildfires continue to incinerate thousands of acres in the Six Rivers and…
Inmate Tased After Assaulting Correctional Officers, Two Nurses in Unexplained Attack
From the Humboldt County Sheriff's OfficeOn August 19, 2017 at about 8:35 p.m., 42 year old Taume DeMarco, an inmate in the Humboldt County Correctional Facility, assaulted a female…
Outpost Investigation Finds Illegal Sales Through Public Administrator’s Office Date Back to at Least 2013
Close-up of one of more than a thousand receipts written by the Humboldt County Public Administrator's Bureau since 2012 for items sold in estate sales handled by the bureau. The…
GROWING OLD UNGRACEFULLY: Sorry, Humboldt — Your Eclipse Experience is Going to be Nothing Like the Transcendent Experience of Totality
Eclipse of July 11, 1991 from Baja California. (All photos by author).I've been reading, here and in the Journal, how Humboldt will be getting a “pretty good” partial eclipse assuming…
OBITUARY: Jesse Lawrence Roberts, 1989-2017
Jesse Lawrence Roberts passed away in his home on August 14, 2017 at the age of 27, He was born in Riverside on December 25, 1989. Heaven has another angel.He is…
(VIDEO) LITERACY DAY! Eureka Celebrates Transforming an Old Telephone Booth Into a Colorful Lending Library and Launches a Traveling Library for Those in Need
…The ABC traveling library kicked off its first route after the ribbon-cutting and was heading to visit kids at the Serenity Inn, and the Greater Eureka Community Outreach Project — better known…
Two Pounds of Meth Discovered During Traffic Stop Near Benbow; Two Arrested
Humboldt County Drug Task Force press release:The Humboldt County Drug Task Force secured a Humboldt County Superior Court search warrant for 44 year old Frank Slade and his vehicle, a white…
MOUTH OF BROTMAN: Say What You Like About Taste of Bim, But They Serve Some Damn Fine Goat on the Weekends
I won’t say walking into A Taste of Bim’s was like stepping onto a Caribbean island, because it was downtown Eureka, and there was a fire in Orleans so the…
OBITUARY: Kenneth Orville Powell, 1939-2017
Kenneth Orville PowellBorn April 9, 1939 - Passed August 13, 2017 Ken was raised in the Blue Lake area, but lived in various parts of the United States before returning to Humboldt County…
(VIDEO) Eureka’s Historic Loheide Building Is Being Transformed Into A Contemporary Multipurpose Humboldt Cultural Center Called ‘Forever Found’
…We take a complete walk-through, and see digital designs to fully understand the concept of Forever Found. The team plans to have historical photographs, archives and information on display throughout the…
(VIDEO) Manila Homeless Camp Resident Arrested For Felony Assault and Arson
…Problems on iPhone? Turn your phone sideways.In the videos above and below Anthony Domenico speaks with assembled media at the site of this morning's fire at a homeless encampment in…
Stabbing Behind the Old Town Gazebo
A bystander assists the victimJust after 1:30 p.m. this afternoon a man was stabbed in the hand behind the Old Town Gazebo — right underneath the Outpost’s office — after a…
Gov. Jerry Brown Commutes Sentence of Woman Serving 25-to-Life for 2001 Eureka Murder
…BROWN JR., Governor of the State of California, by virtue of the power and authority vested in me by the Constitution and statutes of the State of California, do hereby commute Florence…