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OBITUARY: Kelly Marie Alcorn, 1986-2016
Kelly Marie Alcorn was freed from her earthly bounds and cares to join the Lord and her loved ones who have gone before on September 25, 2016. Kelly was born November 6th…
Competing Protests With a Shared Goal: Keeping Eureka’s Skilled Nursing Facilities From Closing
Protesters organized by Rockport HealthCare Services gather outside the Eureka office of Partnership HealthPlan. | Photo by Ryan Burns.Several dozen protesters gathered under an overcast sky along Fifth Street in Eureka Thursday…
(PHOTOS) McKinleyville Gym Fire Being Investigated as Arson
…Deputies met with Arcata Fire District Investigators determined the cause of the fire to be “human involved.”The Sheriff’s Office is requesting assistance from the public in identifying the person(s…
Department of Fish and Wildlife Investigates the Poaching of Two Dismembered Elk on Bald Hills Road
Photo by Alanna Nulph.The California Department of Fish and Wildlife is investigating the poaching of two dismembered elk that were discovered at the southeast end of Redwood National Park on Sunday…
(VIDEO) Meet the Masterminds Behind Manila Mini-Golf
…A new miniature golf course at Lighthouse Plaza in Manila has been in the works for many months, and now it's complete. Everyone involved says they're proud to bring some…
(UPDATE) Law Enforcement Massed in Hoopa for Barricaded Subject; Highway 96 May Be Closed
…The Sheriff's Office has been at the scene of the incident since at least 4 a.m., after a neighbor reported hearing shots from the residence.We will update when we…
OBITUARY: Rocky Petersen, 1947-2016
…He grew up on Hayes Street playing with the neighborhood kids at Carson Park, and graduated from Eureka High School in the Class of 1966. He enjoyed attending his class reunions including…
(PHOTOS) The Young Zombies of Sunny BRAAAIIINS Middle School ‘Thrill’ the Arcata Plaza
…The zombie hordes overwhelmed the Arcata Plaza. The square's usual slothful denizens were no match for the dead-but-youthful Sunny Brae Middle School students, freshly expired after being assigned an…
Two Protests, Same Place, Same Time, Will Target Different Agencies For Pending Nursing Home Closures
…The Rockport-organized protest hopes to shift the public's ire over the pending closures to Partnership HealthPlan of California. Partnership is the nonprofit care provider for Medi-Cal patients in the…
Fugitive From 24-Year-Old Federal Case Apprehended After Scuffle With Fortuna Police Officers
Scavelli.From the Fortuna Police Department:On October 25, 2016 at about 3 pm Fortuna Police were dispatched to a report of a male subject, with a child on his shoulders, walking…
Look Out, Garberville! There’s A New Deputy in Town
From the Humboldt County Sheriff's Office:Sheriff Downey is pleased to announce a new Measure Z deputy position assigned to the Garberville Station! This new deputy position is in addition to…
(VIDEO) What’s Going On at Standing Rock? Some People Passing Through Town Tell Us About Their Protest Experiences
Click video to play.While Humboldt County is seeing hundreds of people come here to find work trimming cannabis, thousands of people are gathering at the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe Reservation in…
Suspicious Fire on Eureka’s Union Street Early This Morning
…Upon arrival first arriving crews reported heavy flames coming from the front of the single story residential structure. As engines and the truck company arrived units were assigned to extinguish the fire…
OBITUARY: Sherry Carpenter, 1949-2016
Sherry Carpenter-1949-2016-Sherry Carpenter peacefully entered into the arms of Jesus on Thursday, October 20, 2016, surrounded by her family.Sherry was born to Lewis and Virginia Caldwell on April…
It is Time, Once Again, For SOHUM’S MOST WANTED
…We recall ones from the Eureka Police Department and the Arcata Police Department, as well as various subsets of the Humboldt County Sheriff's Office.For whatever reason, the only MOST WANTED…
Don’t Fall For the Jury Duty Phone Scam That Might Come From (707) 639-8020
…They said I couldn't talk to them or see them." The scammers told Edwards the money would go to the Humboldt County Sheriff's Treasury Department. After the initial conversation Edwards…
HSU President Rossbacher Issues Apology For Recent Statement Regarding Racism on Campus
Image from the "Pocnormhsu" Facebook page, which was created in the wake of comments made in an Oct. 4 statement from HSU President Dr. Lisa Rossbacher.Humboldt State University President Dr. Lisa…
(AUDIO) Betty Chinn is in the New York Times!
Well what a fabulous surprise this morning! Eureka philanthropist and saint Betty Chinn was featured in California Today, a regular column published by the New York Times written by third-generation Californian…
MALL LIVES MATTER: Walmart Evacuated After Poison Freon Gas Spewed From Broken Freezer Pipe
…Andrew Goff.The Bayshore Mall Walmart was forced to temporarily close its doors this morning after a freon gas pipe burst in the freezer area, exhaling the dangerous refrigerant into the open…
(PHOTOS) Do You Recognize This Alleged McKinleyville Bank Robber?
…The suspect fled the scene on foot across Central Ave and proceeded toward the McKinleyville Shopping Center into the field behind Safeway. Deputies searched the area and were unsuccessful in locating the…
Suddenlink Has Restored Service to Eel River Valley, But You May Need to Reboot Your Modem
The bits and bytes are flowing to the Eel River Valley once more. This according to Suddenlink representative Gene Regan, who emailed us in triumph from the East Coast at 2:05…
You Have Until Midnight to Register or Reregister to Vote, Humboldt, But You Can Do It Online Lickety-Split
In the year 2056, the XXXVII Amendment to the Constitution will grant universal suffrage to robotic citizens, and their turnout will be 100 percent. Be like the future robots! Register to vote…
AMBER ALERT: 7-month-old Kidnapped in Guerneville
…There has never been a threat of violence towards the child and the child is not believed to be in danger, however the grandmother has legal custody. During recent child visitations it…
Fiber Cut Takes Out Suddenlink Internet Services, Some Cell Phones in the Eel River Valley
This time it's Suddenlink's turn.In what may be the first widespread Suddenlink Internet outage since the days of the Slasher, customers based in the Eel River Valley are reporting…
YOUR WEEK IN OCEAN: Your ‘Reusable Bag Day’ Report
Surfrider Foundation's Humboldt Chapter joined the statewide effort to celebrate Reusable Bag day Thursday by handing out 200 free Halloween-themed reusable bags and advocating "Yes on 67," the state proposition…
Sheriff’s Office Responds in Force to Walnut Avenue After Several Silent 911 Calls
…No one was injured, but a man in the residence was taken away in an ambulance with suspected mental issues. Swithenbank said that the office had received other calls to the home…
HARDIN: Drug Dealers I Have Known
One of the things I despise most about the War on Drugs is the people you have to associate with to find weed on the black market. I've spent a lot…
Rainy Weather Ahead: Showers Forecast Tonight Through Monday
National Weather Service.UPDATE, 3:45 p.m.:National Weather Service of Eureka:Windy conditions are expected with tonight's storm with gusts ranging from 25-40 mph along the immediate cost…
GROWING OLD UNGRACEFULLY: Conspiracies Here, There, Everywhere
I didn’t realize how pervasive conspiracies were until I recently learned that the election process is rigged. So much for all the debates, conventions, TV ads, op-eds and all the…
(UPDATE) McKinleyville Gym Under Construction Leveled By Major Fire This Morning
…Jenny Williamson of the Arcata Fire District tells the Outpost that there is still no verdict on the cause of the fire — the investigation is ongoing, and it'll likely be quite…