The National Weather Service in Eureka is reporting record high temperature was set in Eureka today at 87 degrees, breaking the previous record of 79 degrees in 1945 and also ties the September and all time record high set on Sept. 2, 2017. Read the full NWS report, that includes a record breaking temperature report […]
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Humboldt is Heating Up
The National Weather Service office in Eureka is advising residents about a “Moderate Heat Risk” for tomorrow. The NWS website states, “Unusually warm temperatures for the coastal areas are expected Monday with high temperatures in the upper 70s to low 80s.” For inland areas, temperatures in the mid-90s to the lower 100s are forecast for […]
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Protestor Hit at Breonna Taylor Demonstration in Eureka
About 200 demonstrators gathered at the Humboldt County Courthouse on Thursday, calling for justice for Breonna Taylor as part of a nationwide protest one day after a grand jury in Louisville, Kentucky, brought no charges against police officers involved in her March 13 fatal shooting while serving a no-knock warrant at emergency medical technician’s home. […]
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Stabbing Reported in Eureka Last Night
A 51-year-old man flagged down an officer near West Third and Commercial street in Eureka about 2:50 a.m. with several stab wounds to the back, according to a report over the scanner. An ambulance took the victim to the hospital. We’ve reached out to the Eureka Police Department for more information on the condition of […]
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Vigil to Honor Life of Ruth Bader Ginsburg
“Someone who used whatever talent she had to do her work to the very best of her ability. And to help repair tears in her society, to make things a little better through the use of whatever ability she has. To do something, as my colleague David Souter would say, outside myself. ‘Cause I’ve gotten […]
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Update: One Fatality in Head-On Collision in Cutten
California Highway Patrol responded to a fatal head-on collision involving a vehicle and a motorcycle in Cutten today. In their investigation, CHP learned that a 2007 Kymco Motorcycle, being driven by 29-year-old Trista Poletski of Eureka, had been traveling northbound on Walnut Drive, south of Greenbriar Lane in Cutten when the motorcycle traveled into the […]
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First Rain of the Season Comes Tonight
The National Weather Service in Eureka announced that the first wetting rain of the season is expected tonight and tomorrow in some parts of the county. Drivers and motorists should drive slowly as roads will be slippery from oil build-up from cars over the summer. The majority of the rain will fall on Friday. See […]
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Record Heat Followed by Rain? Maybe, Says NWS
Eureka is looking to possibly break a heat record for this date today, according to the National Weather Service, with the office on Woodley Island reading 75 degrees just before 1 p.m. That number ties the record set back in 2009 and 1927, according to a tweet this afternoon. Meanwhile, there is slight chance of […]
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North Coast Co-op: Employee Tested Positive for COVID
The North Coast Co-op posted on Facebook that it learned today that one of its store employees has tested positive for COVID-19. According to the post, the co-op has notified the Humboldt County Department of Health and Human Services and staff of the positive result. The employee last worked in the Eureka location on Sept. […]
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Salvation Army Providing Meals for Wildfire Evacuees
The Salvation Army in Northern California is providing meals to those evacuating the wildfires in the region, including evacuees from the August Complex Fire and the Red Salmon Complex fire. The Salvation Army is providing meals to evacuees from the August Complex fire, the Red Salmon Complex fire, North Complex fire and the LNU Complex […]
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Humboldt County Unhealthy Air Quality PSA
Humboldt County will see unhealthy air quality due to fires surrounding the county states a public service announcement from the North Coast Unified Air Quality Management District (NCUAQMD). An Air Quality ADVISORY was issued today for the communities of Orleans, Weitchpec, Hoopa, Willow Creek, Garberville, and Redway areas. Eureka will see generally unhealthy air quality for […]
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Three Fire Day in Eureka
Humboldt Bay Fire responded to three incidents in Eureka on Saturday, including a residence, a commercial fire and a fire that engulfed a large homeless camp near the county Office of Education building. No one was injured at any of the scenes. The first, a shed fire on the 800 block of O Street, came […]