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OBITUARY: Donnie Richard Dingler, 1948-2016
…Besides his five sisters, the love and joy of Donnie's life was his step-son, Nikolas Hobart Brown, the grandson of the local renowned artist Hobart Brown. Donnie cared deeply for…
RIO DELL: Three Candidates Qualify to Run For Two City Council Seats
While Eureka has endured a parade of "I'm in!/I'm out!" candidacies in recent days, the small Eel River valley hamlet of Rio Dell saw its deadline to file to…
TIMELINE: Sheriff’s Office Press Conference on Yesterday’s McKinleyville Standoff
…According to Honsal, the flash bang was not inserted into the apartment. A “bang pole” was used to break out the second story window and the device was activated outside.) The incident…
McKinleyville Standoff Comes to Violent End; Subject Dead After Opening Fire on Officers
UPDATES:More Info from the Sheriff's OfficeTIMELINE: Sheriff's Office Press Conference on Yesterday's McKinleyville Standoff###Yesterday's standoff between law enforcement and a McKinleyville man barricaded in his apartment…
(UPDATE: He Qualified) New Candidate Emerges in Eureka’s Fourth Ward, Right Up Against Deadline
…Joe lab technician Allen McCloskey had to drop out of the race for the city's Fourth Ward City Council seat due to a health issue. But now, right before the 5…
Arcata Fire Release Postmortem on Today’s Could-Have-Been Scary Dow’s Prairie Grass Fire
…Arcata Fire crews and CAL FIRE crews arrived on scene and quickly contained and extinguished the fire. The cause of the fire is being investigated by CAL FIRE. No injuries were reported…
McCloskey Drops Out of Eureka’s Fourth Ward City Council Race Citing Health Issue
Just hours before the candidate filing deadline for Eureka's Fourth Ward City Council seat, Allen McCloskey has withdrawn, leaving just one candidate in the race — accountant John Fullerton. McCloskey, a lab…
(UPDATING) ‘Hoping for a Peaceful Resolution’: Sheriff Mike Downey on the McKinleyville Standoff
…Undersheriff William Honsal tells the Outpost that the vehicle is Mendocino County's Bearcat. It should arrive shortly.A Mendocino County deputy got to the scene ahead of the armored vehicle and…
Gabby: The Deportation Trials of the Sun Valley Seven, Part 5
An ICE agent holds a list of photos during a 2008 raid on Sun Valley Floral Group's Arcata floral farm.. | Photo by Bob Doran, courtesy the North Coast Journal.Note: This…
(UPDATED) EPD Captain Has to Say it Was a ‘Good Day’ After Weed Transporter Takes a Heroin Nap in a Running Vehicle
…The individual is now free to snooze in the Humboldt County Correctional Facility. Watson documented the haul in the tweet below: Getting caught while nodding off on heroin in the drivers seat…
Crescent City Man Sentenced to 7 Years for 2013 Confrontation Which Resulted in Death of Accomplice
…The two attacked the homeowners, who fought back. Mr. Hawken ran out of the home while Mr. Sherer was caught and held down until police arrived. Humboldt County Sherriff’s Deputies discovered…
Heidi Messner ‘Honored and Humbled’ to be Eureka’s Next Councilmember, She Says in Press Release
…These are the things that drove my decision in seeking to run for the city council position and I believe will greater strengthen the solid team that is already in place.I…
Deputies Spot Wanted Felon on Lightless Bicycle in Eureka Early This Morning Prompting Pursuit Into Foliage
…Morgan refused and burrowed further into the brush. Deputies eventually apprehended Morgan and found him to be in possession of burglary tools. Morgan was arrested and taken to the Humboldt County Correctional…
Tom Wood, HSU Basketball Coach for 29 Years, Has Died
Courtesy HSUHumboldt State University release:Tom Wood, one of the all-time great coaches in Humboldt State history and a member of the HSU Athletics Hall of Fame, died on Tuesday from…
Supervisor Virginia Bass Nominated Someone Else to Challenge Her Husband’s Bid for Eureka City Council
…The day began with Matthew Owen, consort of Fourth District Supervisor Virginia Bass, as the only person in the race, presumably cruising to easy victory. After a couple of sharp turns, including…
(UPDATE) (ANIMAP/VIDEO/PHOTOS) Clayton Fire in Lake County Now Over 4,000 Acres; 200 Structures Destroyed
…Animated map documents the growth of the Clayton Fire since it started Saturday evening.UPDATE, 8/16: This morning Calfire provided an update on progress made over the night on the Clayton…
Briceland Man Busted With Loads of Meth, Heroin and a Butane Hash Lab, Drug Task Force Announces
From the Humboldt County Drug Task Force: On Friday August 12, 2106 the Humboldt County Drug Task Force served a Humboldt County Superior Court search warrant on Greta Lane in the town…
Four Armed Men Invade McKinleyville Home, Hold Resident at Gunpoint
…The victim believed all the suspects were white, male adults.The victim said one of the suspects ordered him to lay down on the floor at gunpoint. The suspects then took the…
HARDIN: ‘Grow Big or Go Homeless’
…I didn't see which shop sponsored the shirt, because I didn't see the front of the shirt, but the message I saw on the back left me dumbfounded. “Grow Big…
Narcan-Packing Arcata Police Officers Save Man Who Had OD’d on Heroin This Afternoon
PREVIOUSLY:Arcata Police to Carry, Administer Life-Saving Heroin Overdose Drug###From the Arcata Police Department:On Sunday August 14th 2016 at about 5:30pm, the Arcata Police Department responded to a…
Chance of Dry Thunderstorms in Eastern Humboldt Today, Later This Week
…Meteorologist with the NWS of Eureka Ryan Aylward tells the Outpost that chances of lightning have decreased for today, but may pose a larger threat at the end of the week. "We…
Humboldt Time-Lapse: The Perseid Meteor Shower and a Stargazing Jackrabbit
…Wilson captured these images of the meteor shower on Thursday from the hills of SoHum. Read more about his experience in the photo description he provided below. The Perseid Meteor Shower as…
DEAD RECKONING: Flee the Field! Flee the Field!
Some great man was said to arrive on this planet with Halley’s Comet, before abruptly taking his leave some four score years later by embarking on the vapors and fumes of…
GROWING OLD UNGRACEFULLY: My Friends, the Stars
…To the Babylonians, the Milky Way was the tail of Tiamat, slain goddess of the ocean; for ancient Egyptians, it was Nut, the sky goddess, as she gave birth to the sun…
OBITUARY: Brials Nelson McCutcheon, 1974-2016
…As a young teen, after the death of his biological father Robert Mc Cutcheon, his mother moved them to Southern California where he learned to surf and finished high school. Brials made…
Get a Used Hotel Mattress on the Cheap Right Now in Valley West
Photos provided by the Howard Johnson Express. By A pile of used mattresses.. Attention, returning HSU students! Are you in need of a mattress? Are you open to that mattress having questionable…
Overturned Big Rig Spills Logs All Over Highway 199, Halts Traffic at California-Oregon Border for Hours
Photos provided by the Gasquet Volunteer Fire Department. An overturned big rig shut down two-way traffic on Highway 199 near the California-Oregon border for roughly an hour this morning, as…
Fire Shuts Down Highway 199 in Oregon, Before Grants Pass
A wildfire has shut down Highway 199 near the town of Selma, which is in between Cave Junction and Grants Pass. Humboldters looking to travel that route to get to I-5…
Numerous Engines, Water Tenders and Air Tankers Dispatched to Vegetation Fire North of 299
…An anonymous caller tells the Outpost that a large explosion was felt in the area just moments before the fire began. More information will be posted when it is available. ### CORRECTION: Location…
(UPDATE) Redwood Capital Bank Branch in Fortuna Robbed Just Before Closing Today
…From the Fortuna Police Department: On August 12, 2016, at about 5:00 p.m., officers with the Fortuna Police Department responded to a bank on the 1000 block of Fortuna Blvd…