The Humboldt County’s Sheriff’s Office is investigating the death of a 38 year old who was found with multiple gunshot wounds after “an out-of-area attorney” called to report the victim, according to a news release. The deceased man has been identified as Wade Daniel Harris and an autopsy is scheduled for Aug. 18. The HCSO […]
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SoHum E-Bike Entrepreneur Featured in NYT
The New York Times has a feature on Southern Humboldt local Mike Radenbaugh, who turned a teenage penchant for tinkering into the multi-million dollar business Rad Power Bikes, which has sold more than 100,000 electrical bikes. Radenbaugh and his co-founders Tyler Collins and Marimar White-Espin — all Humboldt State University graduates — were selected for […]
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Power Outage Hits Areas of SoHum
A power outage that began about 2:45 p.m. has left over 1,800 without electricity from Whitethorn to Petrolia from the coast to Garberville, according to the PG&E Outage site. PG&E says they are investigating the cause. They are giving 7 p.m. as the estimated restore time. Those are usually not based on information about the […]
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Hit and Run on Avenue of the Giants, CHP Asking for Help Identifying Driver
The California Highway Patrol in Garberville is asking for the public’s assistance in identifying the driver of a 2011 GMC pickup that crashed into a car and a power pole and later fled the scene. According to the report, around 2 a.m. a 2011 GMC pick up truck that was traveling north on Avenue of […]
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Student Activists Lead Peaceful Protest in Garberville
Around 100 people gathered in Garberville at noon today to show support for the Black Lives Matter movement. The protest was organized by students at South Fork High School and featured speakers from the local community and Humboldt State University. Lily Loomis, 17, was one of the student organizers. Loomis recently graduated South Fork and […]
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CHP Asking for Help Identifying Vehicle Involved in Collision on U.S. 101
The California Highway Patrol is seeking any information about a driver and vehicle involved in a collision on U.S. Highway 101 near Barkdull Road last Friday. On May 29 around 3:15 p.m., a vehicle traveling southbound ran between traffic delineators dividing northbound and southbound traffic and caused a traffic delineator to crash into the windshield […]
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Eureka, Garberville DMV Offices Set to Reopen
Eureka and Garberville among the 46 Department of Motor Vehicle field offices scheduled to reopen to the public Thursday, according to a news release. The hours will be Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., with the exception of opening at 9 a.m. Wednesday. Residents are still encouraged to use online and other […]
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Vocality Gives Big to SoHum Nonprofits
Last night may have been chilly but hearts were warmed at the Southern Humboldt Chamber of Commerce’s Mixer in Garberville when Vocality Community Credit Union unexpectedly donated a total of $200,000 to Southern Humboldt’s two main medical organizations. Both Redwoods Rural Health Care and Southern Humboldt Community Healthcare District received $100,000 checks. “People were totally […]
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A Single Quake Hit Saturday Night
In case you haven’t heard — or didn’t feel what most of the county did on Saturday night — there was an earthquake. And a good-sized one at that. But just one. The magnitude-5.6 that struck 3.7 miles off Petrolia was, according to the Redwood Coast Tsunami Work Group, what is known as a “strike […]
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Pilot Walks Away from Garberville Plane Crash
A 1970s era low-wing Cessna plane crashed near the 1800 block of Sprowel Creek Road in Garberville on Sunday afternoon. The pilot, a 48-year-old Garberville man, was reportedly practicing taking off and landing unaccompanied at the Garberville airport. According to the man, the plane engine reportedly lost power causing it to crash into the redwoods. […]
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Release of Sex Offender to Garberville Denied
Multiple media outlets are reporting that Judge John Feeney today denied the placement of a man deemed by the courts to be a sexually violent predator for the second time in less than a year, this time to Garberville. However, according to a Times-Standard article, Feeney did agree with his attorney’s argument that Joshua Cooley […]
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Hinson Guilty of Manslaughter in SoHum Beating Death
William Lamar Hinson III was found guilty of voluntary manslaughter “with the special allegation that he personally used a deadly weapon” in the 2015 killing Khan Lam in Garberville, according to a press release sent by the Humboldt County District Attorney’s Office. Lam, 37, was involved in a physical altercation with a family member in […]