UPDATE: Power was restored around 10:50 a.m. PREVIOUS: A widespread outage in Southern Humboldt has left 4,200 PG&E customers without power and forced Southern Humboldt Unified School District to shutter its campuses for the day, with power expected to be out until this afternoon. Power went out last night at 11:09 p.m. to almost all […]
Kym Kemp
Kym Kemp is the editor and publisher of the news website Redheaded Blackbelt at www.kymkemp.com.
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Turmoil Continues in SoHum School District
Students and parents face another transition after Southern Humboldt Unified School District Superintendent Don Boyd and South Fork High School Principal Cyndi Aguiar handed in their resignations during a closed session school board meeting last night. “I was surprised,” said board member Michelle Bushnell when reached by phone last night. “And disappointed for our community.” […]
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One Shot at Cannabis Farm Robbery
The Humboldt County Sheriff’s Department is searching for three vehicles involved in an armed robbery at a reportedly legal cannabis farm near Blocksburg, where one person was shot in the hand. “We got called at 4:40 [this morning,]” Lt. Mike Fridley said. “There were five to seven armed subjects all wearing black with black masks… […]
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Benbow Inn Files for Bankruptcy Protection, Blames U.S. Bank
The Benbow Historic Inn filed for a Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection yesterday after going into debt to bring the Humboldt County landmark up to meet federal Americans with Disability Act standards, according to John Porter, managing partner for Benbow Valley Investments. “We just filed for reorganization,” he said, characterizing the situation as a large national […]
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Mountain Lion Spotted ‘Chilling’ on Bayside Porch
What appears to be an adult mountain lion took a stroll through a Bayside neighborhood this afternoon and even relaxed a bit on one woman’s porch. “We saw it around 2 o’clock,” said Portia Herger, who lives with her housemates off Bayside Road, which she describes as “pretty busy.” “My housemate saw it first and […]
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Friends Offer Remembrances, Set up Memorial Fund for Local Surfer
Well-known local surfer David “Big Wave Dave” Hargrave died Monday after apparently suffering a medical issue while out on the waves, according to posts from his friends and his daughter. Fellow surfers went to his aid in the water off the North Jetty after he was seen floating face down and the U.S. Coast Guard […]
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Crash Closes Down Broadway
A little after 1 p.m., a driver lost control of his vehicle on Broadway near Seventh Street. His vehicle struck a power pole shearing it off at the base and dropping a live line across Broadway. Northbound lanes are being diverted at West Grant Street and southbound lanes are being diverted at West Washington Street. […]
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UPDATE: Missing Humboldt Hiker Found Dead After Massive Search Effort
A massive search effort for a missing hiker ended today after rescuers recovered his body in a remote wilderness area near Mirror Lake in the Trinity Alps. According to the Trinity County Sheriff’s Office, the body of Daniel Komins, an EMT and volunteer with Blue Lake Fire, was located after a California Highway Patrol helicopter crew […]
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Sheriff’s Office, National Guard Begin Week of Warrants
Humboldt County’s Marijuana Eradication Team, working with the National Guard, is in the midst of serving multiple search warrants on unpermitted grows in a multi-day crack down on the illicit cannabis market. The team eradicated more than 7,000 plants Aug. 5, according to Sheriff’s Office Lt. Mike Fridley, who heads MET. “We hit four search […]
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UPDATED: Kayakers Reportedly Find Dead Body Near Trinidad
UPDATE: The Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office issued a press release this evening stating that the deceased person found by kayakers near College Cove this morning appears to have been a white male in his 60s. See the full press release copied below our original post. PREVIOUSLY: A group of kayakers located a dead body near […]
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Battle of the Badges Nets Record-Breaking Day at the Blood Bank
Yesterday’s Battle of the Badges at the Northern California Community Blood Bank was a competition with one clear winner — patients. The friendly rivalry between 16 local public safety agencies brought the highest number of donors the nonprofit blood bank has seen in a single day since 2001. In total, 188 people gave their time, […]
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SECOND UPDATE: Reports of Shots Fired Has McKinleyville Neighborhood Sheltering in Place
UPDATE: According to the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office all safety restrictions have been lifted and residents are allowed to move freely in the Reasor Road area. Anyone with information about the shooting is asked to contact law enforcement. There were no injuries at the scene and no gunshot wound victims have been reported at local […]