A series of fires in region are affecting northern, southern and eastern communities, with an immediate evacuation order issued for areas south of State Route 36 in Bridgeville and all communities along Alderpoint Road down to the Mendocino/ Trinity County Line due to the Hopkins Fire’s rapid movements. An evacuation warning in Southern Humboldt includes […]
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26 Year Old Killed in Alderpoint Road Crash
The California Highway Patrol is investigating a fatal single vehicle big rig crash on Alderpoint Road yesterday afternoon. According to CHP, a 2019 Freight Liner was heading eastbound on Alderpoint Road, east of Wallin Road, when for reasons still under investigation it drifted off the south roadway edge and down a steep embankment. The 26-year-old […]
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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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Eureka Man, Cattle Killed in Crash
A 75-year-old Eureka man and a load of 20 cattle were killed Sunday when he lost control of his truck for unknown reasons while traveling northbound on Alderpoint Road, broke through a railing on the bridge over Burr Creek and went over the side. The man, whose name has not yet been released, died at […]
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Law Enforcement at Scene of Body Found on Bell Springs Road
The Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a body found lying on Bell Springs Road within a mile of Alderpoint Road. Lt. Mike Fridley of the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office told Redheaded Blackbelt that the officers at the scene had not yet determined if this was “a traffic accident or a body dump.” Officers are […]
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Homicide Victim Identified
The Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office has identified the victim of a fatal Jan. 1 Southern Humboldt shooting as 28-year-old Saul Perez Pacheco. A passerby found Pacheco bleeding of a gunshot wound on the side of Alderpoint Road at about 5:30 a.m. and tried to rush him to Jerold Phelps Hospital in Gareberville but Pacheco died […]
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Coroner IDs Motorcyclist Killed in Tuesday Crash
The Humboldt County Coroner’s Office has identified the man killed in a motorcycle crash Tuesday afternoon on Alderpoint Road as 21-year-old Austin Brady Williams, of Eureka. Williams was traveling westbound on Alderpoint Road, according to the California Highway Patrol, when for unknown reasons he lost control of his Yamaha in a right-hand curve. Williams slid […]