Aaron Coffelt, a 44-year-old Rio Dell man who was pulled from the Eel River near his home last Thursday, was the county’s 12th drowning of 2015. That’s the most drowning deaths recorded in at least seven years, eclipsing the 10 reported in 2013. Meteorologist Troy Nicolini of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has said […]
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Death on Newton B. Drury Parkway Brings Humboldt 2015 Road Deaths to 25
The death of a Klamath man at noon yesterday brings the grim total of road deaths in the county up to 25 for 2015. The driver, an 89-year-old man who has yet to be identified, was traveling northbound along the Newton B. Drury Parkway when he left the road and collided with a tree. The […]
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UPDATE: Man Killed on 101 Identified
UPDATE: The Humboldt County Coroner’s Office has identified the man killed on U.S. Highway 101 on Sept. 27 as William Emery Seekins, 29, from Eureka. Previously: A pedestrian was killed on U.S. Highway 101 early Sunday morning, the California Highway reports. According to a press release, the man’s identity is unknown. He died while being airlifted […]
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Sheriff: Falling Death at College Cove
A 46-year-old Colorado man fell to his death near College Cove recently, according to the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office. A Coast Guard helicopter helped retrieve the body of Anthony Wayne Hodson on Saturday, Aug. 15 after the sheriff’s office was notified. Officials believe Hodson fell about 75 feet from cliffs above where he was found. […]
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UPDATE: Death behind Bayshore Mall
The Eureka Police Department has confirmed that Kenneth Eldeen, who was found unconscious in the encampment behind the Bayshore Mall on June 24, died from an overdose. His death was originally deemed suspicious because of an alleged altercation Eldeen had with another marsh resident earlier that evening. Eldeen, nicknamed “Hillbilly” by his friends, was originally […]
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Seventh Drowning Death of 2015: Don’t Assume a Shallow River is a Safe River
The May 27 drowning death of Brian H. Hone in the Trinity River was the seventh such incident in 2015. Hone, 27, was overcome by the swift current immediately after jumping in, according to the accounts of his two friends. They attempted to rescue Hone but were also overwhelmed and struggled to make it back […]
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UPDATE: A Resolve for End of Life Care
Resolution Care sailed past its crowdfunding goal, and stands at more than $105,000. The funds should allow Resolution Care to build the infrastructure and hire necessary staff to begin the initiative. Previously: Dr. Michael Fratkin’s Resolution Care initiative, featured on the coverof the Nov. 6 Journal, recently got a touching radio segment on KQED’s California […]
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Jail Death Investigated: Updated
UPDATE: According to Sheriff’s Lt. Wayne Hanson, the man who died in the jail has been identified as Daren Ethan Borges, 42, of Eureka. An autopsy is scheduled for Saturday. PREVIOUSLY: Officials are investigating the death of an inmate inside the Humboldt County Correctional Facility. According to a news release from the Humboldt County Sheriff’s […]
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Jack Mays
The ghouls, scalpels clutched in their gnarl-boned fists, hover over the operating table upon which Jack Mays, chest rent open, twists in torture. “After this procedure,” the ghouls gloat, “you’ll live another day and a half!” That’s one imaginary scene for a cartoon that Mays, the revered and feared longtime Ferndale artist and editorial cartoonist, […]
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Killing in Trinidad
A 24-year-old man was killed in a Trinidad trailer park overnight following reports of people yelling. Sheriff’s deputies responded to the Hidden Creek Trailer Park around 3 a.m. and found the victim, who has not yet been named. Around 10 this morning, detectives arrested 33-year-old Trinidad resident Larry Clinton Morrow on suspicion of homicide. Officials […]
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Body Found On Murder Mountain Identified
A body found buried near Jewitt Ranch Road in late November has been identified as Garret Rodriguez, a San Diego man who was reported missing in April. Rodriguez told his father he was coming to Humboldt County to work on a marijuana farm in the SoHum area known as “Murder Mountain.” The identification confirms rumors that […]
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Suspects Arrested in Arcata Stabbing Death
Two men and a woman were arrested in connection with the Nov. 25 stabbing death of Douglas Anderson-Jordet in Arcata last night. 24-year-old Sophie Buttercup Rocheleau, 28-year-old Nicholas Benjamin Stoiber, and 35-year-old Juan Joseph Ferrer — all Arcata residents — were arrested without incident, according to an Arcata Police Department press release. APD Chief Tom […]