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GROWING OLD UNGRACEFULLY: Viking Love
My love affair with the Vikings began in 1958. Kirk Douglas couldn’t get a regular studio to back his childhood dream of a Nordic swords-and-sandals flick, so he took…
LETTER FROM ISTANBUL: The Red Castle
The other day my wife and I went to visit a friend's father in the hospital. The hospital was located in Balat, on the southwest part of the city. In all…
Fortuna K-9 Cop Nordy Tracks Down Fleeing Warrant Suspect, Police Say
Officer Nordy.From the Fortuna Police Department: At approximately 7:20PM, officers attempted to serve a Felony Warrant on Jesse Lussow (age 40 of Fortuna) in the 2500 Block of Hannah Court…
Small Vegetation Fire Burning off Highway 36 Near Bridgeville
…According to scanner traffic, Firefighters on scene report a vegetation fire about a half acre in size, with the potential to grow to two acres. No structures are immediately threatened, but firefighters…
Smoke From 20,000-Acre Gap Fire Blows Into Humboldt
Eureka National Weather Service.Smoke from the 20,000-acre Gap Fire burning in Siskiyou County is blowing through areas of Humboldt and Del Norte Counties today.The National Weather Service of…
Orleans Cat Tests Positive for Rabies; Becomes Second Orleanais Animal To Do So in Recent Weeks
…Wikimedia.From the Humboldt County Department of Health and Human Services:Today, the Humboldt County Department of Health & Human Services (DHHS) Public Health Laboratory confirmed that a cat in Orleans tested positive…
Countywide Tax Measure Would Fund Road Repairs, Maintenance
…The tax would be applied in all seven of the county's incorporated cities as well as the unincorporated areas, including McKinleyville, Garberville and Redway. With the half-percent sales tax hike…
OBITUARY: Elizabeth Anne ‘Annie’ Varner Blythe Parks Stewart
Annie Stewart passed away peacefully in her home in McKinleyville,on July 2016 at the age of 84. Annie was one of the first graduates of the College of the Redwoods nursing…
Check Out These Amazing Photos of Our Local Wildlife
…This Greater Yellowlegs now falls one leg shy of its name. — at Arcata Marsh & Wildlife Sanctuary.The surface of the brackish pond ripples with jumping fish during the evening hours. Much of…
Eureka Police Shooting Death Case Heads to Trial
…They allege that their son was killed despite trying to comply with officers' conflicting orders on the scene. The City of Eureka, meanwhile, has argued that officers responded reasonably after McClain appeared…
Construction on the Humboldt Bay Trail’s North Section Set to Begin in the Spring; Arcata Seeking Bids From Contractors
The Bay Trail North is represented by the orange squares.So this is really happening! Today the city of Arcata put out a request for construction bids on the so-called "Bay…
(Live Stream) Lumberjack Football Begins Now on ESPN3, Go Jacks!
…This was the the first NCAA Division II football game of the season. Photo provided by HSU. ### UPDATE, 1:06 p.m.: The Lumberjacks lead Carson-Newman University 31-28 at halftime…
Body Found in Eel River Tuesday Identified as 26-Year-Old Wisconsin Man; Cause of Death Still Under Investigation
UPDATE, TUESDAY MORNING:The decedent in this case has been positively identified as 26 year old Joshua Deyo of Wisconsin. An autopsy has been scheduled for Saturday, September 3rd.The investigation is…
(VIDEO) Kayaker Captures a Big Floppy Translucent Sea Snail Puttering Around Trinidad, in Ultra HD
…They would dive a foot or two when I got close, and then appeared to get curious and swim right at the GoPro."The video stirred up a fair amount of speculation…
(UPDATE) Some Dudes Carrying Pounds of Meth Crashed Their Car Right in Front of the Eureka Police Chief This Afternoon, Looks Like
…One for the Eureka Police Department annals, surely.Brittany Powell, the department's spokesperson, tells the Outpost that Eureka Police Chief Andy Mills and a detective sergeant were getting lunch at the…
YOUR WEEK IN OCEAN: Visit the Three Humboldt Places That May Be Added to the California Coastal National Monument
…Voice Your Support for Expansion of the California Coastal MonumentExploring hidden places… and cleaning up the beach as a resultNow let us leave the shore and head below the surface…Hidden off…
Victim Attacked at Eureka’s Budget Motel Last Night Refused to Cooperate With Investigators, Say Eureka Police
From the Eureka Police Department:On August 30, 2016, at about 5:15 p.m., officers with the Eureka Police Department responded to the Budget Motel on the 1100 block of 4th…
Wednesday’s Fire Update: Arson, Ash Devils and a 13,000-Acre Blaze Growing Along Highway 96
Firefighters continue to make progress on the Tully Fire burning northwest of Weitchpec, which is now 80 percent contained.The fire, started by an arsonist on Monday of last week, is holding…
Dead Man Found Floating Face-Down in Eel River Near Garberville
From the Humboldt County Sheriff's Office:On Tuesday, August 30, 2016 at about 5:26 p.m. Humboldt County Deputies responded to Bear Canyon Bridge near Garberville for a report of…
Minor Theatre to Reopen (With Beer) Under New Ownership Sept. 16
Opening night at the Minor Theatre, Dec. 3, 1914. Click here for the big version.Almost 102 years after its original opening night, the Minor Theatre will celebrate a "grand reopening" and…
Woman Killed in Solo Vehicle Crash Near Leggett Last Night
PREVIOUSLY:CHP dispatch logs.###From the California Highway Patrol:On August 30, 2016, at approximately 7:32 PM, a 1994 Ford Escort driven by a female, whose name is currently being withheld…
OBITUARY: Walt Morton Sr., 1942-2016
…He like to special-order his trucks with all the top features. When the truck got delivered he was especially proud of the little metal plate fastened to the dash that said…
OBITUARY: Leonard Powell, 1940-2016
…At the request of the deceased there will be no services.###The obituary above was submitted by Leonard Powell’s loved ones. The Lost Coast Outpost runs obituaries of Humboldt County residents…
Wildfire Again Shuts Down Highway 199 in Oregon
…Wildfire has again shut down Highway 199 in Oregon, this time near the town of Selma (between Cave Junction and Grants Pass).Multiple Rogue River-area news sources are reporting evacuation orders…
(VIDEO) Arcata’s ‘Breakfast All Day’ Music/Art Collective Profiled by Major Millennial News Source
A few days ago this morning the website Mic.com — a website with a higher proportion of "millennial" readers than Vice or Buzzfeed, we learn from Wikipedia — published a lovely video portrait…
New ‘SoHum’s Most Wanted’ Poster Released
The Southern Humboldt substation of the Humboldt County Sheriff's Office has published the most recent version of its MOST WANTED poster, featuring outstanding warrant suspects who deputies would most like to…
Neighbors of Squires-Owned Building Win Insurance Settlement Over Nuisance Property
The apartment building today. | Ryan BurnsIt's been more than 13 years since neighbors started complaining about the apartment building at 833 H Street in Eureka, one of numerous local properties owned…
(PHOTOS) Sheriff’s Office Releases Photos of Last Week’s Large-Scale Dinsmore Bust
…which involved local law enforcement officers, code enforcement officials and representatives of the state Department of Fish and Wildlife, the state Water Resources Control Board and people from the federal Bureau of…
Rubbing Alcohol Fumes Fuel Structure Fire at Arcata Mobile Home Park Today
…The fire was contained to a small work area inside the building. No injuries were reported. The estimated dollar saved is $90,000.00 and the estimated dollar loss is $1,000…
Tuesday Fire Update: Tully Fire Coming to Heel, But There’s A Giant Blaze Way Out Highway 96
Tulley Fire (aka "Tully Fire") The last few days have been full of good news for people affected by the Tully (or "Tulley") fire, Humboldt County's largest this fire season, which…