The Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office confirmed today that the coroner’s office has identified the skeletal remains discovered March 29 of this year in Blue Lake as belonging to 70-year-old Roy Allen Gibbs. Gibbs, a veteran who was awarded the Purple Heart, went missing on Memorial Day in 2016. Later, the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office reported […]
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Blue Lake Man Dies in Motorcycle Crash After High-Speed Pursuit
A 26-year-old Blue Lake man died today in a motorcycle crash shortly after law enforcement called off a high-speed pursuit after attempting to pull him over on State Route 299 for reportedly driving in excess of 100 mph, according to a CHP release. The California Highway Patrol reports that a Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office deputy […]
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Skeletal Remains Found in Wooded Area Near Blue Lake
Skeletal remains were found Friday near Blue Lake in what the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office “a steep, wooded area.” A local resident made the find while checking out a dumping site and, among the debris, locating the remains amid the debris. The remains will now be analyzed for DNA to try to identify the individual, […]
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SECOND UPDATE: 4.4 Quake Hits East of Blue Lake
This morning’s earthquake was a magnitude-4.4 that struck east of Blue Lake, according to the USGS. The 10:23 a.m. temblor follows a swarm of quakes that have hit off the coast since Friday while two more unrelated seismic events occurred in Cutten on Monday. The largest of the swarm was a magnitude-4.5 that hit on […]
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UPDATE: Blue Lake Robbery Suspect Arrested After 101 Shut Down
UPDATE: The Blue Lake Rancheria is reporting that the suspect in an armed robbery at the Play Station 777 and subsequent carjacking has been arrested in Del Norte County. The Triplicate is reporting that suspect Jeff Gatlin was arrested. Read the Blue Lake Rancheria release below: The Blue Lake Rancheria is providing the following information. […]
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Fourth Update: New Fire Springs Up Off Kneeland Road
FOURTH UPDATE: Forward progress of the fire in the Bridgeville area, known as the Redwood incident, has been stopped at 1.8 acres, according to Cal Fire. THIRD UPDATE: Cal Fire declares the Green Hill vegetation fire contained at 10 acres but warns that a new incident has sprung up off Kneeland Road, where a full […]
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Sheriff’s Office Reminder After Pipe Bomb Found: Don’t Pick It Up
The Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office is reminding residents not to pick up suspicious devices but to instead immediately call law enforcement after a woman drove around with a pipe bomb she found in Blue Lake before making a report. According to a HCSO release, deputies responded to the Blue Lake Casino parking lot around 8 […]
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Want to Run for Office? The Deadline is Looming
Time is running out for candidates to file their nomination papers to run for council and mayor in cities across Humboldt County — the exception being Ferndale, which closed its nomination period today. All others have deadlines tomorrow. That is unless an incumbent does not seek a return to office, in which case the filing […]
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A Folksy Affair (Slideshow)
More than 200 performers participated during eight days of music in the 40th annual Humboldt Folklife Festival across a variety of venues. A week of live music ending in a barn dance on Friday was followed by an all-Saturday free festival in Blue Lake that featured live music on two stages and Folk School workshops, ranging […]
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On Parade in Sunny Blue Lake (Slideshow)
The 51st annual Annie & Mary Day Celebration kicked off Sunday morning in Blue Lake with the usual parade (led by reenactors in the roles of Annie and Mary (plus Larry), lots of firetrucks, Dell’Arte performers, samba dancers and lots of horseback riders. Mandy Mager, Blue Lake city manager, was named grand marshal of the […]
