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Highway 101 Closed at Weott Last Night After Collision
…while the California Highway Patrol sought a tow truck company to come out a clear the lanes. CHP dispatch stopped tracking the incident a little before 5 a.m., but it's…
15-Year-Old Eureka Runaway Could Be With Previously Reported 14-Year-Old Runaway
…On 03/03/15 at about 11:50 a.m., an officer with the Eureka Police Department contacted the father of a runaway juvenile. The father wanted to report his 15-year…
Court Adds Carjacking Charge to Bullock Murder Case, Appoints Expert Witnesses
Gary Lee Bullock looked alternately sullen and irritable in court today as Judge John Feeney added a special allegation of carjacking to the charge of murdering Father Eric Freed on Jan. 1…
Human Skull Found on Banks of Eel River Near Ferndale
…A Deputy Coroner responded to the location and met with the citizen who found the remains. The Deputy Coroner confirmed that it was a human skull and searched the area for additional…
Eureka Police, Fire Responding to Fire Behind Bayshore Mall; ‘Shots Heard’ Believed to be Dumb, Not Scary
…The Outpost's Andrew Goff, at the scene, reports that Humboldt Bay Fire personnel spoke to an occupant of a camp at the site of the fire. The occupant said that there…
McKinleyville-Based Company Ranks First on Greenpeace Canned Tuna List
Tuna! The chicken of the sea! It’s cheap! You love it. Jessica Simpson had trouble at first, but ultimately figured out she loved it. Yum, yum, yuuum. But according to a…
Downey Bumped Up: Supes Approve Sheriff-Coroner Pay Hike Unanimously
…Most supervisors said that they understood public concern for the bottom line, but although original forecasts presented clear savings to the county as a result of the consolidation of the sheriff's…
HAPPY TRAILS: Talking About the Eureka South Entry Project
…Various different solutions are being discussed at a public workshop tomorrow (Wednesday) starting at 5:30pm at the Wharfinger Building by the small boat basin in Eureka. The picture above is the…
Oh, There Was a Little Earthquake Last Night
Well what do you know? LoCO was not personally awakened by the M3.5 mini-shaker that hit the North Coast last night at 12:06 a.m. 45km SW of Ferndale…
(UPDATE: FOUND!) Search Underway for 16-Year-Old Missing on Bluff Creek Trail
…today Search and Rescue members located the 16 year missing boy near the entrance to the Bluff Creek Trail Head. The juvenile did not need any medical treatment and was reunited with…
Eureka Residents Indicted in ‘Operation Southern Postal Powder’ Appear in Georgia Federal Court, Plead Not Guilty
…There is little information in the court file about what the feds believe to be the Humboldt connection in alleged the Macon, Ga.-based drug organization, and press coverage from the courtroom…
Curry Pleads Guilty to Voluntary Manslaughter, Will Serve 10 Years
…The resolution of the case was reached following discussions with the victim’s family. The case was investigated by the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Department and prosecuted by Deputy District Attorney Kelly…
Board Set to Approve 10 Percent Raise for Sheriff-Coroner Mike Downey
…The proposed pay hike comes after the consolidation, earlier this year, of the Sheriff’s Office and the then-independent Coroner’s Office. In his staff report to the board, County Administrative…
External Review Finds No Wrongdoing Following HSU Scholarship Scandal
A Facebook photo of the fishing trip in question. Last September Humboldt State University's student newspaper, The Lumberjack, broke the story about a former university employee who was suing the school…
Suspected Island Mountain Home Invader Taken Into Custody at Garberville Residence After Anonymous Tip
…The Sheriff’s Office went to the residence and received consent to search from the owner of the house. When deputies entered the residence they located Seth Morton in the residence. Morton…
Coroner’s Office Identifies Eureka Man Who Died Trying to Save His On-Fire House Friday
Humboldt County Sheriff's Office / Office of the Coroner press release: On March 6, 2015 an incident occurred at 230 Long Street where a subject fell from a ladder while attempting to…
Injury Car Crash at Harris and C Streets Closes Intersection for a Time
LoCO readers report, and @eureka_police's "#SafeTweets" campaign confirms, that an injury car crash at the corner of C and Harris has closed the intersection for a time. Steer clear. Injury…
County Set to Hire Staffing Firm to Fill Holes at Mental Health Branch
…Crandall also said the county shouldn't shoulder all of the blame for the exodus of doctors and other specialty medical staff. The federal and state governments have ramped up recruitment of…
Hoopa Woman Wanted For Attempted Homicide Found Walking On the Side of the Road, Arrested
…Today, the Humboldt County Sheriff's Office announced it has taken into custody the suspect in the case. HCSO press blurb below: On 03-07-2015 at 7:00 p.m. Hoopa…
The Eureka Police Department Wants YOU: Neighborhood Watch Training Day This Weekend
It seems like the watchphrase over at the EPD these days — as it has been since Chief Andy Mills came on a year and a half ago — is "community involvement." Any time…
Calling All Naked Musicians of Humboldt
…Chuck hopes to turn the in-the-raw images captured for the project into a calendar with proceeds benefitting local school programs. [LoCO note: Since Chuck is the bass player for The…
Mining Corporation Backs Off Humboldt Bay
…The Yuba City-based company had set its sights on the former Evergreen pulp mill and reached out to the Humboldt Bay Harbor, Recreation and Conservation District, owners of the property, with…
DEAD RECKONING: Serenity in the Storm
There's a bond between mother and child that transcends almost any other relationship, as if the child recognizes from the first moments of its independent life that she is still somewhat…
GROWING OLD UNGRACEFULLY: Do ya believe in God? Well do ya, punk?
…So I suppose the best I can do with the idea of God is to grant it—the concept—shock value: some new, unexpected feeling or awareness or gratitude. Amen. ### Barry Evans…
(UPDATED) Sequoia Park Zoo Website Hacked By Something Claiming to be ISIS
…Monday morning brings news that the FBI is investigating the hack that affected the Sequoia Park Zoo and many other Western websites. In the meantime, don't let ISIS win. You oughta…
First Woman Ever To Win The Pun Off
Last night in front of a sell-out crowd at the Arcata Theater Lounge, history was made as Carlie Sharman became the first woman ever to win the Pun Off. Women have…
Man Falls From Ladder, Dies While Attempting to Battle Fire at His Eureka Home
…As the first due engine company was engaged in patient care, subsequent arriving engines and the truck company focused on extinguishing the fire and checking for extension into the attic. The resident…
KMUD’s Island Mountain Update Is Inexplicably Strange
…The deputies got to the scene and did speak with local residents at the New Harris General Store but the deputies did not contact the suspects. Undersheriff Honsal reportedly said after speaking…
Family, Law Enforcement Need Help Locating Runaway 14-Year-Old Girl
From the Humboldt County Sheriff's Office: On 03-03-2015 at about 9:00 p.m. a Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office Deputy contacted the mother of a runaway juvenile. The…
Traffic Stopped Briefly at Tompkins Hill as CHP Detains Man at Taserpoint
*CHP update below* Many southbound commuters just lit up the LoCO asking what the heck was going on at the Tompkins Hill Road onramp about 20 minutes ago. Traffic was slowed and…