News Blog
/ By Thadeus Greenson
(August 11, 2020)
The Eureka Police Department announced that it held its fourth in a series of de-escalation and tactical communications courses today, with 19 officers participating. The 10-hour training was offered...
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News Blog
/ By Thadeus Greenson
(August 11, 2020)
Humboldt County Public Health confirmed another seven new COVID-19 cases today, bringing the county's total to date to 293. Today's tally makes 60 cases recorded locally so far this...
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News Blog
/ By Ben Christopher, CALmatters
(August 11, 2020)
More than any other vice presidential contender in a generation, Kamala Harris’ biography is singularly Californian. Born and bussed to school in Berkeley, tested by San Francisco’s cut-throat municipal...
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News Blog
/ By Thadeus Greenson
(August 11, 2020)
The COVID-19 pandemic has forced us to give up a great many things, but a behind-the-scenes tour of one of our California State Parks need not be one of...
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News Blog
/ By Thadeus Greenson
(August 11, 2020)
A total of nine candidates have qualified to run for two seats on the Eureka City Council, the city announced this afternoon. There isn't an incumbent in either race, as sitting...
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News Blog
/ By Matt Levin/Calmatters, Nigel Duara/CalMatters and Erica Yee/CalMatters
(August 11, 2020)
Like any parent, Jamie Burson didn’t want her 11-year-old son to discover how frightened she really was about the novel coronavirus. But it’s hard to mask anxiety when you’re...
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A+E
/ By Kali Cozyris
(August 11, 2020)
Sorry, Hops in Humboldt fans. This year you’ll have to sip your suds while you SIP. In a press release sent out Sunday, Hops organizers announced that the 2020...
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News Blog
/ By Kimberly Wear
(August 11, 2020)
The Red Fire Complex — comprising the Red, Salmon and Jones Point fires — stand at 8,138 acres with 35 percent containment, according to this morning's update. “Heavy low-level...
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News Blog
/ By Kym Kemp
(August 10, 2020)
UPDATE : One person was detained after a two-hour standoff at a Thiel Avenue home in McKinleyville following reports of repeated shots being fired toward a neighboring backyard, the...
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News Blog
/ By Kimberly Wear
(August 10, 2020)
Public Health reported seven confirmed COVID-19 cases today, bringing Humboldt County's total to date to 286 after three previously recorded results from an outside lab were later found to be...
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News Blog
/ By Kym Kemp
(August 10, 2020)
A staff member at a Fortuna nursing home tested positive for COVID-19, according to the California Department of Public Health. According to Peggy Johnson, who responded to a phone...
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News Blog
/ By Kimberly Wear
(August 10, 2020)
The county of Humboldt is asking the state’s Department of Public Health and Gov. Gavin Newsom’s office for clarification about recently released guidance on youth sports amid the COVID-19...
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News Blog
/ By Kym Kemp
(August 10, 2020)
A full-sized van engulfed in flames which are starting to spread into the surrounding vegetation is impacting traffic on Hwy 101 north of Miranda, according to a report over...
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News Blog
/ By Kimberly Wear
(August 10, 2020)
The Red Salmon Complex — which now includes the Jones Point Fire near Hoopa — stands at 7,031 acres with 30 percent containment, according to this morning’s update. Of...
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News Blog
/ By Kali Cozyris
(August 9, 2020)
Fire activity increased yesterday afternoon with the Red fire growing to 5,218 acres and 5 percent contained, reads an update from the U.S. Dept. of Agriculture. "Fire activity increased yesterday...
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News Blog
/ By Kym Kemp
(August 9, 2020)
At approximately 2:10 p.m., a passerby reported that a red Corvette had struck the embankment of northbound Hwy 101 near the Ferndale offramp. “The occupant appears injured,” the dispatcher said...
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News Blog
/ By Kym Kemp
(August 8, 2020)
UPDATE: Last night, fires broke out along Tish Tang Road near Hoopa. The flames quickly grew and by last night the Jones Point Fire (as the separate spots were...
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News Blog
/ By North Coast Journal Staff
(August 8, 2020)
The Times-Standard is reporting that Fortuna Union High School Teachers Association and the Fortuna Union High School District Board of Trustees will return to negotiations in hopes of seeking an agreement...
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News Blog
/ By Iridian Casarez
(August 8, 2020)
The Salmon fire is at 751 acres and 12 percent contained reads an update from the U.S. Dept. of Agriculture. "This fire is 751 acres and 12% contained. The...
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News Blog
/ By Kym Kemp
(August 8, 2020)
Last night, a 26-year-old McKinleyville man fell 70 feet from the popular hiking spot, Top of the World, which is located off of Fickle Hill Road. Arcata Fire was...
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