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… open Showers Pass Road is open to one lane at post mile 6.5 East Branch is 1 lane due to a slip out.  ### UPDATE, 2:28 p.m.: Afternoon update from the public works department: West Coast Road …



OBITUARY: Cindie Natasha Simpson, 1991-2016

LoCO Staff / Jan. 19, 2016, 6:40 a.m. / Obits

… services will be officiated by Brian Tripp and Pordy Blake on Saturday, Jan. 23 at 1:11 p.m. at Orleans Elementary School. Pallbearers are Phil Reed, Mike Gurule, Raymond Ferris, Erroll Rhodes, Kris Mitchell …





… ) slipping out and barely passable. Estimated to be repaired by 11:00 a.m. (1/18) Old Arcata Road at Ole Hanson open. Redwood Drive between Evergreen and Bear Canyon. (Bluff area south of Redway) will remain …



HARDIN: I Watch the Supes Make Sausage

John Hardin / Jan. 18, 2016, 8:09 a.m. / Guest Opinion





… ### UPDATE, 1 p.m.: The newest local roads closure, from Humboldt County Public Works McCann Ferry shut down, possible start-up on Tuesday, January 19. Alderpoint Road down to one lane at m.p. 32 …





Oh Really, Humboldt? Now an Earthquake, Too?

Andrew Goff / Jan. 17, 2016, 12:08 p.m. / Earthquake



… to remove it, so there is… Posted by Caltrans District 1 on Sunday, January 17, 2016 …



GET YOUR PORT ON: The Dog That Did Not Bark

Joel Mielke / Jan. 17, 2016, 10:18 a.m. / Cartoon







LETTER FROM ISTANBUL: Lodos, Revisited

James Tressler / Jan. 17, 2016, 8:43 a.m. / Letter From Istanbul



(UPDATE) Highway 299 Shut Down Near Big Bar Due to Rockslide

John Ross Ferrara / Jan. 16, 2016, 11:25 a.m. / Traffic

… to be large enough to fill 120 dump trucks, and is still growing. // Here is a brief video of the hillside above the Route 299 slide. Posted by Caltrans District 1 on Sunday, January 17, 2016 …





… at Punta de Lobos, Chile, on May 1,  and Pe’ahi or “Jaws” in Maui, Hawaii, on December 6. For hair raising images from these contests look HERE (Punta …









Killer Whales Headed Our Way

Ryan Burns / Jan. 15, 2016, 5:19 p.m. / Wildlife







It’s a High Surf Weekend, Humboldt

Andrew Goff / Jan. 15, 2016, 1:29 p.m. / How ‘Bout That Weather



OBITUARY: Kathleen Ann Fairchild, 1956-2015

LoCO Staff / Jan. 15, 2016, 9:12 a.m. / Obits