Days after a McKinleyville man was swept away by a sneaker wave while eeling at the mouth of the Klamath River, his body was recovered on Tuesday. According to the Yurok Tribe and Del Norte County Sheriff’s Office, Maximo Gordon Edward Macanas was found by a fishing vessel. He had been missing since Saturday. “We […]
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UPDATE: High-Risk Traffic Stop Leads to 101 Closure in Del Norte
About 3:40 p.m., law enforcement attempting to stop a vehicle with a man holding a firearm to his head and threatening to shoot himself closed down U.S. Highway 101 between mile markers 14 and 22 in Del Norte County north of Last Chance Grade, according to information over the scanner. Officers successfully laid down spike […]
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Man Found Drowned Two Months After Disappearance
Paul Michael Martin, 22, of Hoopa, is the second confirmed drowning death of 2016. Martin went missing April 6 after jumping into the Trinity River near Tish Tang Campground. The swift current quickly swept him away, along with two of his friends. The friends were rescued. A press release sent today by the Humboldt County Sheriff’s […]