A Hoopa resident was killed Monday in a single-car crash on the Yurok Reservation after the vehicle he was driving went off State Route 169, south of Notchko Flat Road, around 11 a.m. For an unknown reason, according to the California Highway Patrol, the driver allowed the vehicle to go over the western end of […]
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Eureka Man Sentenced to Life for Brutal, Random Stabbing Spree
A Eureka man who pleaded guilty to stabbing four strangers — two of them fatally — was sentenced to serve four life sentences in prison today by Humboldt County Superior Court Judge Lawrence Killoran. According to a press release from the Humboldt County District Attorney’s Office, Wesley Lee Starritt, 26, had pleaded guilty to murdering […]
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DA Clears Officers in Eureka Shooting
Humboldt County District Attorney Stacey Eads has determined the shooting of 31-year-old Matthew Robert Williams by Eureka police officers was legally justified, saying Williams pulled a handgun, chambered a round and pointed it at an officer when police opened fire, fatally wounding him. “Clearly, Williams presented an imminent threat of death or series bodily injury to […]
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Supes Request More Review Time on Controversial Pellet Project
The Humboldt County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously today, with Second District Supervisor Michelle Bushnell absent, to send a letter asking an affiliate of the Rural County Representatives of California (RCRC) to extend the public comment period on a draft environmental impact report for a controversial biomass energy project by 30 days. The letter, brought […]
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CHP, Coroner Working to ID Crash Victim
The California Highway Patrol is investigating a single-vehicle crash in Hoopa on Oct. 27 that killed one person who the agency is still working to identify. The agency was notified of the incident at Matilton Road, just south of Loop Road, around 6:50 p.m. with the initial investigation finding the driver of a 2016 Dodge […]
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St. Joseph, AG Agree to Proposed Stipulation in Abortion Case
The state of California and Providence St. Joseph Hospital have agreed to a proposed stipulation under which the hospital’s care staff will follow the state’s Emergency Services Law by allowing physicians to terminate a patient’s pregnancy when necessary to protect a mother’s health. The proposed stipulation — which does not represent a settlement in the […]
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Your Familiar Polling Place May Have Closed but You Have Many Voting Options
Blue Lake voters planning to cast a ballot in the November election may need revise their voting plans. “For the first time in the almost 50 years that we’ve been voting in Blue Lake, there will be no place to vote in-person in our city,” Lin and David Glen wrote in an email to the […]
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Salmon Spotted in Klamath Basin for First Time in More Than a Century
On Wednesday, an Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife biologist spotted a first-in-a-century sight on a tributary to the Klamath River in the Klamath Basin: A fall-run Chinook salmon. Just weeks after the last remnants of the four hydroelectric dams that used to clog the lower Klamath River were hauled away, concluding what was the […]
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RCEA Board to Again Discuss Nuclear Option
Perhaps symbolically underscoring the notion that nuclear half-lives are always longer than they seem, the Redwood Coast Energy Authority Board of Directors will once again discuss whether the agency should accept an offer of free nuclear power at its meeting later this month. Last month, the board, acting with some members absent, failed to reach […]
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Cosmic Viewing: Rare Comet is Making an Appearance
After being treated to an encore of the Northern Lights in recent weeks, skywatchers in Humboldt County have the chance to view another celestial phenomena in the comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS. In what NASA describes as a “once-in-80,000-years sight,” the comet will be visible low in the horizon to the west after sunset, with the best likelihood […]
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Missing 4-Year-Old Girl Found Safe
A missing 4-year-old girl was found safe Saturday by deputies with the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office after conversations between her father and detectives led to the discovery of her location. Thompson Thompson was reported missing Oct. 9 by her legal guardian after she was not brought back from an Oct. 5 visit with her father […]
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Noni the Black Bear, Known Fondly as ‘Twinkle Toes,’ Dies
Noni the black bear, known by her Sequoia Park Zoo caretakers as “twinkle toes” for her habit of perching on the thinnest branches at the top of the redwood trees in her enclosure, has died. She was 2. The Sequoia Park Zoo announced her passing in a social media post today, nearly a week after […]