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39-Year-Old Hoopa Man in Critical Condition After Being Shot at His Home
From the Hoopa Valley Tribal Police Department: On 03/05/2015 at about 0015 hrs, the Hoopa Tribal Police Department received a call of shots fired near Big Hill Road and Highway…
County Beats Back FEMA-Mandated Flood Insurance for Residents of Orick and Parts of Blue Lake
…The proposed augmentation of the FEMA flood maps – which happened all around the country, as the agency regrouped after the Hurricane Katrina disaster – never quite took effect in Humboldt County. (See Times…
Ze Plane, Humboldt! Ze Plane!: Strange, New Flying Machines Land at ACV
…When the aircraft softly touched down, the crowd was treated to what was described in our invitation as the “traditional inaugural water cannon.” As the plane taxied on the runway, an arc…
Sheriff’s Office Investigating Myrtletown Scene After Citizen Discovers Bloody Knife, Shoe
…Wayne Hanson tells the Outpost that the investigation underway near the intersection of Quaker Street and Teal Lane comes after a citizen found a bloody knife and a woman's shoe at…
Woman Stabbed in Neck by Unknown Assailants, Says Sheriff’s Office
Press release from the Humboldt County Sheriff's Office: On 03-05-15 at 2 a.m. a Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office Deputy responded to the emergency room at St. Joseph…
(UPDATED, DECEASED PERSON IDENTIFIED) Highway 101 Pedestrian Killed After Running Into Path of Oncoming Jeep, Says CHP
From the Humboldt County Sheriff's Office: The deceased pedestrian that was involved in the accident at Highway 101 near the King Salmon exit on March 5, 2015 has been identified as…
No Death Penalty Sought In Jason Anthony Warren Trial
District Attorney Maggie Fleming will not pursue the death penalty for a man accused of killing two women and seriously injuring two others, the Times-Standard is reporting. Authorities believe Dorothy Ulrich…
Bullock Attorney Submits Resumes of Potential Expert Witnesses
Gary Lee Bullock appeared in court again this afternoon, though the pretrial proceedings were rather uneventful. As Judge John Feeney dealt with other cases, Bullock, a 45-year-old truck driver from…
Called to Manila on Sheriff’s Office Emergency, Coast Guard Air Search Finds Abandoned ATV
…A number of Manila residents have contacted the Outpost asking about the Coast Guard helicopter that was recently flying patterns up and down the beach. Lt. John Briggs of the U.S…
Redwood Burl Poacher Tells Reporter, ‘I Needed Money’
Photo courtesy Redwood National and State Parks Danny Garcia, the Orick man convicted of butchering the redwood pictured above, said he did it because he was unemployed and needed money to pay…
Rio Dell Police … Now With Body Cameras!
While the Eureka Police Department weighs the issue, the small city of Rio Dell is going to just charge ahead and become the first community in Humboldt to have a body camera…
Flatmo’d: Spot the Tool
In this edition of Flatmo'd, LoCO's favorite coaster repurposer reminds us that it's important to acquire the right tool for the job. Some people have no excuse. -PREVIOUS FLATMO…
OBITUARY: Bill Swackhamer, 1922-2015
…He played for many years in the Eureka Symphony, Humboldt Chamber and All Seasons Orchestra, among others. During the summers the family would enjoy the outdoors, and they spent many years camping…
Your Week in Ocean: Doing Unto Others
…The whales spend the winter along the Northern California, Oregon and Washington coastlines and the rest of the year in Puget Sound. In other new, the Sac Bee had an unsurprising story…
(UPDATE) Early Morning Fire at Eureka ‘Problem Motels’ Sends One to Hospital
…The Budget Motel is on the city of Eureka's list of "problem motels." When the city crunched the numbers prior to the closure of the Blue Heron, the Budget Motel came…
Power Out in Cow Town After Jeep Cherokee Takes Out Power Pole
Darkness Our LCCI brethren report that darkness has befallen Ferndale and send in the above image to confirm. OK. We believe you. Word is a car hit a pole just off of…
Three of Those Safety Corridor Billboards Have Been Removed, And Not By Vandals
…The signs were located on the north (bay) side of 101 between Airport Blvd. and the bridge over Eureka slough. AllPoints Signs owner Geoff Wills owned one of the three billboards (the…
Sheriff’s Office Still Seeking Two Suspects in This Morning’s Violent Home Invasion in East SoHum
PREVIOUSLY: (AUDIO/UPDATE) Law Enforcement Searching For Multiple Suspects After Attempted Armed Home Invasion in East SoHum # # # From the Humboldt County Sheriff's Office: On 03-03-2015 at about 00:20…
Eureka Police K9 Maggie Sniffs Out 50 lbs. of Processed Marijuana; Two Floridians Arrested
And wouldn't you know it all happened to conveniently fit on the officers' hood. Eureka Police Department press release below: On 03/02/15 at about 12:47 a.m., an…
Suspect Sought After That Mack 76 Station That Always Gets Robbed Gets Robbed Again
…The clerk exited the cooler upon hearing a bell, indicating someone entered the store. Upon exiting the cooler, the clerk found the suspect armed with a rifle. The suspect demanded the clerk…
(AUDIO/UPDATE) Law Enforcement Searching For Multiple Suspects After Attempted Armed Home Invasion in East SoHum
…He was dressed in black and hiding in the bushes north of the New Harris General Store. Helicopters are still circling the area looking for the two other white, male suspects. The…
Eureka Lands $3.8M Grant to Turn Downtowner Into Senior Housing
…The purchase and sales agreement between the current property owner, Kevin McKenny and Danco Communities is currently in escrow. The construction of the “The Lodge at Eureka” will convert a vacant 80…
Arcata Must Allow ‘Free Speech Event’ in Redwood Park on 4/20, Says Constitutional Rights Center
…The lieutenant stated that the department uses the picnic area, stage and building as a staging area and command post for public safety operations on that date. The lieutenant said the department…
Humboldt County Juvenile Corrections Officer Arrested on Child Pornography Charges
Keith Monroe Wallace, a juvenile probation officer corrections officer with the county of Humboldt, was arrested last week on federal child pornography charges after a month-long investigation originating out of San…
This Was Humboldt’s Warmest Winter in the 129 Years Records Have Been Kept
…During those 129 years, no winter — defined, in this case, as the three month span from the beginning of December to the end of February — has ever been warmer than this one…
Your Week in Ocean: Champions of the Coast
…With help from the County and Humboldt Area Saltwater Anglers, PacOut Green Team kicked ass on what remained of the giant pile of rope that washed up on Moonstone Beach weeks ago…
Dateline NBC Reports on Missing Humboldt Women; Fortuna Chief Says ‘Person of Interest’ Identified
…The two went missing within a couple of days of each other in February 2014, and family members and friends, who have have long been frustrated with the slow pace of the…
Kneeland Man Found Guilty of Murder for 2010 Marijuana Farm Slaying
From the U.S. Attorney's Office, San Francisco: This morning, a federal jury found Mikal X. Wilde guilty of six felonies including Using a Firearm to Commit First Degree Murder, in…
The Main McKay Tract Trail is Going to be Walled Off Wednesday
…You and your dogs then walked the old logging road back in the the mystical enchanted wonderland that is the McKay. But Public Works — which is in the process of acquiring the…
Have You Always Dreamed of Being a Eureka School Board Trustee? Guess What!
Eureka City Schools is looking to fill a vacancy on its trustee board after the recent resignation Hank Beck, who has served since 2011. One catch: You gotta be a registered voter…