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(PHOTOS, VIDEO) Calfire Air Resources Attack Afternoon Fire on Pewetole Island, Off Trinidad
This afternoon, Trinidad Fire and allied fire agencies received word of a wildfire that had broken out somewhere on the beach. Original callers were unsure as to whether the smoke they saw…
The Sequoia Park Zoo Needs Bamboo Donations for Its Hungry Red Pandas
Don’t toss that bamboo overtaking your yard, the Sequoia Park Zoo is looking for donations to help feed its hungry red pandas.Zookeeper Lindsey Miller tells the Outpost that red pandas…
Gap Fire Winding Down After Topping 30,000 Acres; Smoke Still Wafting Into Humboldt
"Local school kids make cards thanking the firefighters." Source: Inciweb.The Klamath National Forest's "Gap Fire" — Northern California's largest wildfire this year — grew to engulf 30,969 acres in a…
State Unlikely to Block Closure of Local Skilled Nursing Facilities
Google Street View of Eureka Rehabilitation & Wellness Center.With the recent announcement that Rockport Healthcare Services plans to close three skilled nursing facilities in the county, potentially forcing hundreds of patients to…
Morro Bay Man Convicted of Felony DUI, Hit-and-Run in Last May’s Crash With Big Rig Near Big Lagoon
Aftermath of the crash. Photo: Milton PhegleyPREVIOUSLY:Big Rig Flips Near Big Lagoon (May 28)###From the Humboldt County District Attorney's Office: After a six-day jury trial before Judge John…
YOUR WEEK IN OCEAN: Humboldt! Your Beaches Need You For Coastal Cleanup Day!
NECJoin the largest volunteering event centered on the care of the environment, Coastal Cleanup Day! Now international, Coastal Cleanup Day has its humble beginnings right here in Humboldt County as a program…
Tanker Truck Carrying 7,000 Gallons of Gasoline Rolls on Highway 101 in SoHum; Traffic Reduced to One Lane
…For reasons still under investigation, Veach turned to the right and collided with the guardrail east of the roadway. The Peterbilt and trailer continued over the guardrail and overturned as it traveled…
Center for Investigative Reporting Examines Sexual Abuse and Exploitation in the Local Weed Industry
…The value of the assets totaled more than $2 million – more per capita than was pulled from the state’s 15 most populous counties combined, state data shows. …The result is tantamount…
Man Shot at in Eureka Last Night Expected to Survive; Shooter Still at Large as Detectives Investigate
A man who was shot on the streets of Eureka last night just before 10 p.m., near the corner of Eighth and N Streets, is being treated at the hospital and…
DISTRICT ATTORNEY: CHP Officer Was Justified in Returning Fire, Killing 20-Year-Old Who Shot Him in Downtown Eureka Last Year
Photo taken at the scene of the confrontation. Nov. 1, 2015.PREVIOUSLY:CHP Officer Shot in Eureka, One Dead After Returned Fire; Other Subjects Detained at GunpointEureka Police Press Release on Today…
Make Eureka GR&AT Again: EPD Launching Ambitious Graffiti Removal Squad
…Graffiti removal on private property is the responsibility of the property owner. However, on a limited basis GR&AT volunteers may be able to provide assistance in situations where the removal of…
Blood Trail Leads Deputies to Garberville Home Containing Pair of Felony Assault Suspects
…It was reported that a victim was brutally attacked and the suspects had fled the area.BrownUpon the Deputies' arrival, it was determined the victim had sustained major life-threatening injuries. Due…
St. Joseph’s and Betty Chinn’s New Shelter Opens Next Week
…Joesph's Program Manager for the Care Transitions Program Joy Victorine came in to KHUM to talk the new shelter their partnering to open on C Street (next to the Day Center…
Victim Forced to Drive to Remote Location During Benbow Home Invasion Robbery
…The suspects were armed with handguns and demanded the victim give them money and drugs. The suspects destroyed all of the phones in the residence, and stole $1,500 in U.S…
Five Arrested During Eureka Meth House POP Raid
…Three people from inside the residence were arrested and transported to the Humboldt County Correctional Facility (HCCF).(Top row, L to R: Adams, T. Milligan, L. Milligan; Bottom row, L to R…
Local Weed Growers With Emerald Family Farms are Embracing Legitimacy and Taxation
…And by the Aug. 23 deadline the county had received roughly 1,300 registration forms from people (and organizations) looking to grow weed under the full scrutiny of The Man.As the…
Another Homicide: Man Shot in Armed Robbery Off Highway 299 Last Month Succumbs to Injuries
…12).###From the Humboldt County Sheriff's Office:On Monday, September 5, 2016 the victim from the armed robbery shooting passed away. The victim has been identified as 44 year old Dana…
Homicide in Hyampom: Two Men Killed at Site of Large Marijuana Grow, Sheriff’s Office Says
From the Humboldt County Sheriff's Office:On Sunday, September 4, 2016 at approximately 11:30 a.m. the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office received a report from the Trinity County Sheriff…
PG&E Will Be Flying a Squadron of Big Helicopters Around the East County This Month
This is a Chinook helicopter landing at the California Redwood Coast-Humboldt County Airport earlier this year.From Pacific Gas and Electric:Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) will be flying…
Last Night’s Major Police Response in Myrtletown Turned Out to be a Whole Lot of Nothing
…There had been a report of shots fired in the neighborhood. The Eureka Police Department and allied law enforcement agencies had arrived in large numbers and closed down the road while they…
(AUDIO) Hoopa Tribal Chair Ryan Jackson Talks About Standing Rock Protests, Local Tribal Support
Are you curious what our community is doing to support the people in Standing Rock, North Dakota? According to records published by the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe, both the Yurok and Hoopa…
KINS Asks Eureka Police Chief If He’s Prepared to Fight ‘Ecoterrorists,’ the Station’s Imaginary Boogeymen of 25 Years Ago
Fighting ecoterrorists.Over on KINS's essential-listening "Talk Shop" program today, host Brian "Bri" Papstein invited Eureka Police Chief Andy Mills into the studio for a little bit of the ol…
Time-Lapse Trip: The South Fork Eel River Watershed
…The Living, Breathing Night over the Eel River • [view in HD for fine detail] The Milky Way slides across the sky while the fog fills the South Fork Eel River valley, and…
Arcata Police Identify Man Killed by Alleged Drunk Driver
John Ross Ferrara.APD Press Release:On September 4, 2016 at about 7:15 pm, the Arcata Police Department investigated a fatal, vehicle versus pedestrian, traffic collision at the intersection of 14th…
Arcata Man Busted With Loaded Shotguns, Assault Rifle With High-Capacity Magazines Inside His Van
…Officers contacted the male inside the vehicle who was identified as 25-year-old Arcata resident John Thomas Burbridge. During the investigation officers learned Burbridge was in possession of loaded firearms in…
Siskiyou’s ‘Gap Fire’ Grows to More Than 25,000 Acres, Threatens to Jump the Klamath and Highway 96
'A helicopter-based firefighter looks at different fingers of the fire before starting to use aerial ignitions.': Source: Inciweb. Out in Siskiyou County, along Highway 96, almost 2,000 firefighters continue to…
HARDIN: ‘Blood Diamond’ is the Best Name for a Strain of Weed Yet
…Apparently the product is pretty good too. I can only assume the grower who developed this strain, knows the industry, and the plant, very well indeed. I appreciate his honesty and eloquence…
Arcata Man Arrested for DUI, Vehicular Manslaughter After Striking and Killing Pedestrian Last Night
…Life-saving efforts were attempted, but the male victim was pronounced deceased at the scene.The motor vehicle involved in the collision with the pedestrian was located parked on H Street. The…
Grass Fire Spreading Toward Arcata Businesses at Intersection of 9th and O Streets
…LoCO's quadcopter-piloting amigo Chad Johnson files the above drone's-eye-view video of the fire's aftermath. # # # UPDATE, 7:15 p.m.: Check out this interactive photo of crews…
Sunday Smoke Conditions: Minor Impacts for Redwood Creek, Klamath, Weitchpec and Hoopa
…However, the Tulley Fire near Weitchpec and the Gap Fire in the Klamath National Forest in Northwest Siskiyou County, may cause limited smoke impacts. Depending on fire activity and proximity to the…