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TODAY in SUPES: Board Suspends 2025 Weed Taxation, Directs Staff to Explore ‘Repeal and Replace’ Options for Measure S
Ryan Burns / Nov. 12, 2024, 4:34 p.m. / Cannabis , Local Government
… of Supervisors. | Screenshot.###Once again today, the Humboldt County Board of Supervisors opted to cut the struggling cannabis industry some slack, voting 3-1 to eliminate taxation on next year's cultivation …
King Tides Incoming This Weekend! Please Document Your Experience With Our Future Sea Levels
LoCO Staff / Nov. 12, 2024, 11:16 a.m. / Science
… . For comparison, ocean levels in California are projected to rise as much as 1.2 feet by 2050 and up to 6.6 feet by the end of the century.Sea level rise is caused by climate change from burning fossil fuels …
BABY RED PANDA HAS LANDED: Sequoia Park Zoo Rejects Community Plea For Moo Deng Clone, Goes With Strengths Instead
Andrew Goff / Nov. 12, 2024, 10:09 a.m. / Cavy Babies
Two Fortuna Residents Killed in Motorcycle Crash Sunday
LoCO Staff / Nov. 12, 2024, 8:49 a.m. /
It Used to Be a Notoriously Violent Prison. Now It’s Home to a First-Of-Its Kind Education Program
Wayne D’Orio / Nov. 12, 2024, 7:17 a.m. / Sacramento
(VIDEO) New Documentary ‘Guardians of a Forgotten Warship’ Spotlights Humboldt Veterans Working to Restore a WWII-Era Vessel Beached in Samoa
Isabella Vanderheiden / Nov. 11, 2024, 8:53 a.m. / Our Culture
… . The crew’s dream is to replace the bottom of the ship, lug it back into Humboldt Bay and turn it into a museum and a meeting place for veterans. However, doing so would cost another $1 million dollars …
OBITUARY: Jason ‘J-Bird’ Hunsucker, 1975-2024
LoCO Staff / Nov. 11, 2024, 6:56 a.m. / Obits
OBITUARY: Janet T. Bessette, 1931-2024
LoCO Staff / Nov. 11, 2024, 6:56 a.m. / Obits
… OBITUARY: Janet T. Bessette, 1931-2024 It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of our beloved mother, Janet T. Bessette, on November 1, 2024 — appropriately on All …
LETTER FROM ANKARA: New City, Old Friends
James Tressler / Nov. 10, 2024, 7 a.m. / Letter From Ankara
PASTOR BETHANY: What Does it Mean to Be a Good Human Today?
Bethany Cseh / Nov. 10, 2024, 7 a.m. / Faith-y
THE ECONEWS REPORT: Election Recap — It Wasn’t All Bad!
The EcoNews Report / Nov. 9, 2024, 10 a.m. / Environment
HUMBOLDT HISTORY: Three Generations of Freshwater’s Pioneering Coeur Family — Grocers, Athletes and Soldiers
Jeremiah R. Scott Jr. / Nov. 9, 2024, 7:30 a.m. / History
VOTE COUNT UPDATE! We Are Past the Halfway Mark; Manual Canvass Tally Underway
LoCO Staff / Nov. 8, 2024, 5:29 p.m. / Elections
… changes in the results, with a couple of possible exceptions:1. The Blue Lake insurgency ticket has increased its lead a tiny bit. Ryan wrote about that today.2. Alex Stillman has crept up a little bit …
[UPDATED] Highly Contentious Blue Lake City Council Race is a Nail-Biter, With Many Votes Yet to Be Counted
Ryan Burns / Nov. 8, 2024, 4:28 p.m. / Elections
Three Years Later, Suspect in Eureka Bank Robbery Arrested in Maryland, Police Department Says
LoCO Staff / Nov. 8, 2024, 3:50 p.m. / Crime
IS That How We Do it in Humboldt? Fact-Checking Brett McFarland’s New Single (No, Nordic Aquafarms Will Not Be ‘Cooking GMO Salmon’)
Isabella Vanderheiden / Nov. 8, 2024, 2:07 p.m. / Our Culture
… bed, wildfires, oil refineries, a wind turbine, the “Eye of Providence” on the $1 bill, clear cut forests, tent cities, a torn American flag, and then the screen goes black. “I used to think I …
One Issue Trump and Newsom Agree On? California Homelessness
Marisa Kendall / Nov. 8, 2024, 8:28 a.m. / Sacramento
ELECTION UPDATE: More Than Half of the Humboldt County Ballots Are Still Uncounted, Elections Office Says
LoCO Staff / Nov. 7, 2024, 5:13 p.m. / Elections
Rebuked by Voters, Arkley-Affiliated ‘Citizens for a Better Eureka’ Resumes Court Battle Over 5th and D Parking Lot
Ryan Burns / Nov. 7, 2024, 2:55 p.m. / Courts
… to be developed into multi-family housing by Dishgamu Humboldt Community Land Trust, a unit of the Wiyot Tribe. | Photo by Andrew Goff.###Rob Arkley's Security National spent more than $1.6 million on a failed …
Help Investigate Your Government! The Humboldt County Civil Grand Jury is in Urgent Need of Alternates
LoCO Staff / Nov. 7, 2024, 12:07 p.m. / Local Government
… is seeking additional Alternates for the fiscal year of 2024/2025 (July1 - June 30). Alternates may be called upon to complete the term if/when a Grand Juror finds it necessary to resign during their term …
‘Humboldt’ Singer Brett McFarland is Back With a Snappy New Song and Video About How Everything is Going to Hell
Andrew Goff / Nov. 7, 2024, noon / Our Culture
Newsom Calls Special Session to ‘Trump-Proof’ California
Jeanne Kuang and Alexei Koseff / Nov. 7, 2024, 10:08 a.m. / Sacramento
Trailer Fire in Fields Landing Yesterday Morning Results in Total Loss, Humboldt Bay Fire Says
LoCO Staff / Nov. 7, 2024, 10:03 a.m. / Fire
… the Humboldt County Sheriffs Office for their assistance. HBF would like to remind everyone that early initiation of the 9-1-1 system can be the difference between property saved and a total loss. …
Why Kamala Harris Losing Does Not Boost Gavin Newsom’s Presidential Prospects
Alexei Koseff / Nov. 7, 2024, 7:09 a.m. / Sacramento
California Beat Trump in Court His First Term. It’s Preparing New Cases for His Second
Ana B. Ibarra and Nigel Duara / Nov. 7, 2024, 7:05 a.m. / Sacramento
OBITUARY: Christina Louise Borges, 1935-2024
LoCO Staff / Nov. 7, 2024, 6:56 a.m. / Obits
OBITUARY: Barbara Joan Olson, 1939-2024
LoCO Staff / Nov. 7, 2024, 6:56 a.m. / Obits
Eureka City Council Learns More About Vero’s Plans to Bring Fiber-Optic Infrastructure, High-Speed Internet Access to Local Homes, Schools
Isabella Vanderheiden / Nov. 6, 2024, 3:39 p.m. / Infrastructure , Local Government
The ‘Housing For All’ Coalition, Which Backed Eureka’s Measure F, Issues Statement the Morning After Its Evident Failure
LoCO Staff / Nov. 6, 2024, 11:26 a.m. / Elections
Catch Up Quick: Here’s What Happened to California Election Results While You Were Sleeping
Ryan Sabalow and Sameea Kamal / Nov. 6, 2024, 9:35 a.m. / Sacramento