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Fire Crews Respond to Reported Explosion in Redway; Fire Spreading to Vegetation
…PG&E has secured the power lines. # # # Original Post: CalFire, Redway Fire and Graberville Fire are currently on the scene of a fire at or near a house near the corner of…
(VIDEO) The Willits Bypass is Getting Ever Closer to Reality
Someday soon, Humboldt drivers coming from or going to points south will shoot right around the Mendocino County town of Willits by default, avoiding its legendarily traffic-clogged streets. Some people have…
GOOD GOD That’s a Lot of Drugs! One-Stop Drug Shop in a Garberville Motel Shut Down, Two Arrested
…The search warrant was the result of an investigation into the sales of narcotics. When the agents served the warrant they located two individuals inside the motel room, 44 year old Jason…
(UPDATED: Suspect in Custory) Man Stabbed Early This Morning in McKinleyville
…The Sheriff's Office had been called to a "disturbing the peace" incident at an address on the 1900 block of D Avenue sometime around midnight. But the response changed quickly, after…
OBITUARY: Willard Carlson Sr., 1926-2016
…Willard also stayed with his Grandma Jerry after the untimely passing of his mother. When Willard was very young he went to Stewart, Nevada to the Indian Boarding School. He stayed there…
OBITUARY: William Joseph “Joe” Jarnaghan, Sr., 1941-2016
…When disaster struck the water system, he was always the first one to be called, day or night.In addition to his work ethic, he was the number one fan of any…
Region’s First Major Wildfire of the Year Claims 600 Acres and Counting
…The largest of them — called the "Pony Fire" — has grown to over 600 acres since a passing lightning storm sparked it on Tuesday, and was zero percent contained as of this morning…
Behold! Humboldt’s American Pickers Episode Is Finally Here
…In the episode, Mike regales the pickers with fond memories of digging through the local dump, where he's found many of his prized possessions. However, the Blue Lake resident explains that…
2100+ Marijuana Plants, $65k+, Large Greenhouses, Firearms Found During Multi-Site Shelter Cove Raid
…Upon serving the warrants, deputies located several large outdoor greenhouse marijuana grows on both parcels. An additional indoor marijuana grow was located inside the main residence located at the property on Blueridge…
Ooo! Does This Qualify as Humboldt Parkour? (VIDEOS)
Sure it does! Parkour! Don’t ask us how our eyeballs ended up on the following two YouTube videos — the Internet is full of things to click on, dammit! — but watching local…
Thousands of AT&T Employees, From Eureka to Anaheim, Go on Strike, Alleging Unfair Labor Practices
…While this may sound like a minor change, the point, according to Heape, is that the union wasn't consulted. "There was no information provided from the company to the union, which…
Another Fire at Vacant Squires’ House on Eureka’s H Street
…Scanner traffic indicated that fire crews determined this to be a rubbish fire located in a room on the first floor. With chainsaws blaring, crews entered the house from the rear and…
19-Year-Old Sentenced to 180 Days For September 2015 Hit-and-Run Highway 101 Fatality
Humboldt County Office of the District Attorney press release: District Attorney Maggie Fleming reports that on June 7, 2016 19-year-old Carley Palsson having pled guilty to felony vehicular manslaughter and…
Man Who Wielded Machete to Carjack a Pizza Deliveryman Convicted of Multiple Felonies
…The victim later identified the defendant as the person who committed the carjacking and robbery. The defendant was arrested in Ukiah on May 29, 2016 after evading the Ukiah police in a…
Missing Blue Lake Man Wanted For Sexual Abuse of a Child
…CWS created a safety plan for the victim and the victim was safe with her mother. Detectives were called out and served a search warrant on the suspect’s residence in the…
It’s Been 19 Years Since Four Local Coasties Were Lost Near Shelter Cove
…In the heavy winds and darkness, the H-65 helicopter commenced an instrument-guided approach to the life raft when the HC-130 lost sight and communications with the helicopter. Forced with…
YOUR WEEK IN OCEAN: World Oceans Day is Today!
…First proposed in 1992 by the Government of Canada at the EarthSummit in Rio De Janeiro, World Oceans Day has been officially recognized by the UN since 2008. This year, the theme…
OBITUARY: Jill Annette Abram, 1956-2016
…When one of her sisters had a concern that she had a Peeping Tom, Jill fashioned a cardboard cutout of the perpetrator’s head which she placed on the outside of the…
(UPDATING) HumCo Elex Results! Bernie Sanders Wins Humboldt; Mike Wilson, Estelle Fennell Crush Their Opposition
…This first report represents early vote-by-mail voters in the county — the most conservative leaning voting block, and one of the largest. Wilson and Fennell have won their races. Will the…
Vegetation Fire Near McKinleyville Home Led to Weed Cultivation Arrest Last Week
On Wednesday last week, at about 4 p.m., Arcata Fire was called out to a home on the 1100 block of Hiller Road. The initial word, as chronicled on our "Scanner…
Human Remains Found in Hoopa Identified
…The Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office has positively identified the human remains found on Redwood Grove Rd in Hoopa as 42 year old Arthur Ruiz, III of Hoopa. Ruiz’s remains were…
A Guy Threatened to Shoot Up the VA Clinic Last Week
From the Eureka Police Department: On June 2, 2016, at about 3:52 p.m., officers with the Eureka Police Department responded to the VA Clinic on the 900 block of West…
Drug Task Force Arrests Three for Marijuana Cultivation Yesterday, Apparently in Raids Up Highway 36
People have been pinging us all this week about law enforcement convoys headed up into the hills, most often towing a chipper, which cops use to shred marijuana plants on-scene at…
MATTHEW IN THE MIDDLE: Matt’s Big Ol’ Election Guide
Let’s get this out of the way. To my friends on the other side of the fence, we’re gonna probably not talk much for the next few months until after…
Traveling Abroad This Summer? DHHS Will Shoot You Full of Disease-Preventing Potions at a Reasonable Price
From the Humboldt County Department of Health and Human Services: With summer just around the corner, many Humboldt County residents are planning to travel outside of the country. Exposure to new places…
(UPDATED) VOTE TODAY! Check the Outpost Tonight! Congratulations to Supervisors Estelle Fennell, Rex Bohn and Mike Wilson on Their Stunning Victories!
…With zero percent of the vote counted, LoCO Labs is prepared to call the race for Humboldt County Supervisor from the Second District for the incumbent, Estelle Fennell, over insurgent freak power…
BOLO: Someone Stole Some Very Rocking Humboldt Gnomes
…It seems that over the weekend the gnomes attended a co-worker's birthday party at the Moose Lodge. They did not return. Who stole the gnomes (again, this is not a…
DA Maggie Fleming Has Hired 11 Deputies Since Taking Office
District Attorney Maggie Fleming today sent out a press release announcing the latest hiring of a new deputy DA — a woman named Carolyn Schaffer, who comes to our shores from the Contra…
Guess Who’s Going to Win the Contract to Build the Trail Through the Palco Marsh?
…The city had been aching to dismantle the Palco Marsh homeless encampment for some time, and the fact that they needed to get going on the trail if they wanted to keep…
Foot Chase Through Bear River Casino Ends in Wanted Felon’s Arrest
…Anyone with information for the Sheriff’s Office regarding this case or related criminal activity is encouraged to call the Sheriff’s Office at 707-445-7251 or the Sheriff’s Office…