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Citing Lack of Funds, Humboldt Bay Fire Suspends Rescue Swimmer Program, Firefighters’ Union Says
…Swimmer based equipment has been removed from the apparatus and will be stored. Members of Humboldt Bay Firefighters Local 652, the department’s labor organization, expressed regret over the suspended rescue swimmer…
OBITUARY: Maurice W. ‘Mo’ Olson, 1931-2017
…They were married April 1, 1949 Shortly after their marriage, Mo was drafted into the U.S. Army. Following boot camp, he served with the Army Corps of Engineers in Korea. During…
‘You Will Find Them Guilty of Murder’: Trial in 2015 Arcata Drug Killing Finally Gets Underway With Opening Statements From Prosecution, Defense
…The two men on trial had planned to make some quick cash by robbing a drug dealer, and in the process the dealer’s son was shot dead. Huntzinger.“The defendants Billy…
Local Substitute Teacher Arrested For Multiple Alleged Lewd Acts with a Child
…Smith’s arrest, which took place following an interview at the Humboldt County District Attorney’s Office, was the result of a lengthy investigation opened by EPD detectives.Smith was booked into…
Introducing Humboldt’s Flying Squirrel, a Newly Discovered Species of Rodent That Glides Through Our Forests
…the Rockies, the Cascades, the Sierra Nevada, and also the highest peaks of the Appalachian Mountains in the east.New World flying squirrels, which now include Humboldt’s flying squirrel, are small…
YOUR WEEK IN OCEAN: Trinidad School Students Study Sea Star Wasting
…Some of the kids were so motivated they turned in essays six pages long. The hands-on monitoring took place the mornings of May 30th and 31st during some of the lowest…
Fortuna Man Arrested in Possession of Heroin, Meth for Sale, Says Drug Task Force
…Special Agents with the Humboldt County Drug Task Force served a search warrant at an apartment located in the 2200 block of Rohnerville Road in the city of Fortuna.During the service…
HARDIN: The Sorry State of Human Rights in Humboldt
Last week I chased down 2nd District Supervisor, Estelle Fennell to find out why she removed Chris Weston from the Humboldt County Human Rights Commission. Having been to a few HRC meetings…
CHP is Looking for an Armed, Dangerous and Possibly Delusional Car Thief
California Highway Patrol press release:On June 4, 2017, at approximately 0605 hours, the California Highway Patrol received a call of a vehicle theft from the 17000 block of Alderpoint Rd in…
GROWING OLD UNGRACEFULLY: Baksheesh?
…I bet they go all the way up to the top of the minaret. I even considered turning the light off to scare myself, imagining the steps ending in mid-air. They…
Three Hospitalized After Small BHO Lab Explosion at Eureka’s McCullens Motel
…today.Humboldt Bay Fire Battalion Chief Chris Jelinek told the Outpost this afternoon that one of the burn victims was taken to the hospital by ambulance.“We had a small butane hash…
Ammonia Tank Explodes as Fire Crews Excavate Debris at Scene of Eureka Waterfront Fire
An excavator clearing debris at the fire this morning. | John Ross FerraraAn ammonia tank, which had laid dormant since Eureka Ice and Cold Storage went out of business roughly a decade ago…
UPDATE: (VIDEO) Firefighters Put Out Early-Morning Warehouse Fire Near Eureka’s Waterfront
…Due to the building’s deteriorated condition, previous fire history and extent of fire spread the fire was attacked in the “defensive” mode with an emphasis on protecting surrounding properties. A commercial…
OBITUARY: Irene Bettis, 1925-2017
On May 3, 2017, Irene went to be with her Lord and savior, and to be reunited with the love of her life, her husband Charles. Irene was born in Sharon, Kansas…
OBITUARY: David Lee Dukeman, 1945-2017
…He continued to be an active member of the Boy Scouts of America and the Order of the Arrow throughout his life. He worked in the college bookstore business at El Camino…
Sara Bareilles Takes Time Out From Her Broadway Show to Hang Out With Some Fortuna High Students
…Read the post below in which the #humboldtcountygirl discusses what she misses about home:
BIG DOIN’S ON THE SPIT! Sub-Manila Sand Dwellers to Get New Services, Buildings, Maybe Even a Government of Sorts
…The construction in Samoa is the first phase of a much larger project to subdivide the company town so its individual lots can be sold and to develop the area with more…
After 12 Long Years, Cutten Will Soon, Finally Get That Stoplight Near Murphy’s Market That Residents Have Been Asking For
From the Humboldt County Public Works Department:On Monday, June 5 the Humboldt County Department of Public Works will begin testing a new traffic signal at the intersection of Walnut Drive and…
Minor Theatre Responds to Critics of Women-Only ‘Wonder Woman’ Screening: Y’all Are Crazy (But Still Welcome!)
File photo of Owners Josh Neff (left) and Merrick McKinlay (right) during the theater’s grand reopening. | John FerraraUPDATE, 12:55 p.m.: Gah. As one member of the LoCO commentariat points…
(VIDEO) Hundreds of Humboldt Youth ‘Come Together’ for Kids’ Ocean Day
That's a wrap for our 13th Annual Kids Ocean Day in Humboldt County! This year nearly 1,000 students came together to…Posted by Friends of the Dunes on Thursday, June…
EXPLAINER: On the Use of the Singular ‘They’
…The current attention on the usage of the singular they arose in response to the growing awareness that not all persons fit into binary gender categories. Some prefer the epicene they rather…
ANDI WITH AN I: Humboldt County Legally Recognizes Nonbinary Gender
…On the Use of the Singular 'They'###Andi Rostad defies categorization. On May 15, the 36-year-old said, they became the first resident of Humboldt County to be legally declared gender…
Small Vegetation Fire Burning South of Eureka
Cal Fire and Humboldt Bay Fire have responded to a small vegetation fire that's smokin' up the skies just south of Eureka out Elk River Road. According to HBF Battalion Chief…
Officially a ‘Nuisance’: Judge Rules For Neighbors in Mass Small Claims Suit Against Squires Family
…Efforts by the Squires' to remediate the conditions at the buildings, Cissna ruled, were "inadequate and/or short-lived."The 21 plaintiffs in the case had each asked for $10,000 in…
Hoopa Woman Arrested After Receiving Pound of Meth Through the Mail
…Based on the suspicious nature of the package a narcotics detection K-9 was asked to investigate. The K-9 alerted to the odor of a narcotic in the package.Special Agents…
GOOD BOY! Humboldt Sheriff’s K9 Sniffs Out Some Heroin and Chew Suspected to Have Been Strategically Left at a Inmate Crew Worksite
…This appeared to be an attempt to leave contraband for the inmate work crews to smuggle back into the Correctional Facility. The contraband was booked for destruction under HCSO Case #201702570.(Get…
You Got COMMERCIAL in My NEIGHBORHOOD! ‘Better Know a District’ Part Seven Celebrates the Peanut Butter Cup of the Eureka Zoning Ordinance
…The "That One Place at the Corner of Huntoon and I" Neighborhood Commercial District.How much parking would I need?The general retail standard is 1 parking space per 300 s.f…
Heroin-Toting Eureka Man Arrested in Old Town After Being Spotted Smoking Meth by Plainclothes EPD Detective
…When the detective entered the common hallway of a nearby apartment building located on the 200 block of Third Street, he saw 65-year old Eureka resident Danny Herring sitting in chair…
Humboldt State Vows to Meet Its Paris Accord Climate Change Obligations; Signs Pledge to International Community
…The Trump administration’s announcement undermines a key pillar in the fight against climate change and damages the world’s ability to avoid the most dangerous and costly effects of climate change…
OBITUARY: Edith Kraus Stein, 1956-2017
…She was raised at the family property on Wrigley Road, where she loved to play in the forest and fish in the North Fork of Elk River.Edith attended Jones Prairie School…