Mad River Community Hospital will be conducting a mass shooting drill tonight with the Humboldt State University Police Department, United Indian Health Services and Arcata Fire to test the hospital’s ability to accommodate a sudden influx of patients during an emergency. The drill taking place from 9 to 11 p.m. will include around 25 “victims,” […]
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Fourth Update: Two McKinleyville Women Killed in 101 Crash
FOURTH UPDATE: In a press release, the California Highway Patrol has identified the two McKinleyville women killed in yesterday’s crash as 46-year-old Terra Smith, who CHP identified as the driver, and 64-year-old Andra Cooper, her passenger. THIRD UPDATE: The California Highway Patrol reports that two unidentified McKinleyville women were killed in this afternoon’s collision on […]
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Fundraiser for the Haysmers: Longtime Local Couple Lost Home, Collections to Kilauea Eruption
A GoFundMe account has been set up to help Phil and Lunel Haysmer, former longtime Humboldt County residents who founded Eureka’s Many Hands Gallery, after their home and nearly everything they own was destroyed when a lava fission opened on their street in the Leilani Estates on the Big Island. Astra Burke, who worked for […]
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Police: Slain Fortuna Woman Was Intervening in Kidnapping
A Fortuna woman who was killed Sunday was shot while trying to stop Ronald Allen Crossland, a convicted felon with a long criminal history that included domestic violence, from kidnapping another woman, police said today. According to a brief follow-up statement from the Eureka Police Department, Sharral “Sherry” McDonald had “no prior association” with Crossland […]
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Suspect Eureka Shooter Had Extensive Criminal Record
The man suspected of fatally shooting a woman in Eureka on May 6 before turning the gun on himself hours later in a Fortuna trailer park had an extensive criminal record that included several stints in prison, according to state corrections officials and local law enforcement. Ronald Allen Crossland, 52, is believed to have shot […]
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Coroner’s Office Hopes This T-Shirt Will Lead to Man’s ID
The Humboldt County Coroner’s Office is looking for information about a T-shirt in the hopes that it will lead to the identification of a man whose body was found on Centerville Beach in late February. The black shirt had white lettering that read: “HumboldtANARCHO, STATE FREE- HATE FREE – FIGHT BIGOTRY.” The man’s severely decomposed […]
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SECOND UPDATE: Motorcyclist Killed in Eureka Crash
UPDATE: The CHP clarified in a release today that Dustin Finson, who was killed in a motorcycle accident on Broadway in May, is not suspected in the theft of another man’s identification that initially led to a misidentification in the fatal collision. Press release from the CHP: HUMBOLDT COUNTY, Calif. – On 05/02/2018 the Humboldt […]
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Fatal Crash on State Route 36 Claims One
A single-vehicle collision on State Route 36 ended in the death of Chelsea Renee Cash, 22, who was driving a 1999 Dodge Intrepid sedan eastbound at around 7:25 p.m. when her vehicle left the roadway and struck a tree. Cash was from Quincy and, according to her Facebook page, was employed at the Swain’s Flat […]
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2nd UPDATE: Man Found Dead on U.S. Highway 101 Died of Gunshot Wounds
2nd UPDATE: Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office spokesperson Samantha Karges confirmed this morning that Salvatore Riccobono IV died from “multiple gunshot wounds.” Karges could not say how Riccobono’s body ended up on U.S. Highway 101 near Salmon Creek, where it was struck by a driver in the early hours of April 23. She also could not release any […]
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Mountain Lion Sightings, Pet Attacks Prompt Warning in Rio Dell
Rio Dell officials are warning residents to keep their children and pets indoors following a series of mountain lion sightings near ravines frequented by children along the river bar and in neighborhoods along Riverside and Eeloa avenues on the east side of U.S. Highway 101. The city warns that the sightings have taken place during […]
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2nd UPDATE: Suspect Surrenders in Fatal Hit and Run
2nd UPDATE: At about 6:30 p.m. today, 33-year-old Benjamin Shermis, of Arcata, came into the California Highway Patrol’s Arcata office and admitted he was the river in last night’s fatal hit-and-run collision on U.S. Highway 101, according to the CHP. The CHP reports that Shermis was subsequently arrested for felony hit and run and booked […]
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UPDATE: One-Way Controlled Traffic on 101 at Klamath Bridge
UPDATE: Caltrans reports that U.S. Highway 101 is now open to one-way controlled traffic. PREVIOUS: A fiery crash between a sedan and a semi-truck has shut down U.S. Highway 101 in both directions at the Klamath Bridge, with at least one person being airlifted from the scene, according to the CHP incident report. The driver […]