UPDATE: The Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office has positively identified the man as Russell Dean Graeber, 53, of Hoopa. His cause of death has been determined as freshwater drowning. Previously (posted on Sept. 12, 2017): The Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office is looking for help in identifying a man whose body was found in the Trinity River […]
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Men with Rifles, Tactical Gear Rob 35, Make off with Six Vehicles in Three Robberies
2nd UPDATE: The California and National Parks Service has confirmed the tourists were not robbed on National Park land, but rather at the marijuana farm. Click here for the full story. UPDATE: Lt. Fridley reports that two of the vehicles, the black Ford Explorer and the white Ford Explorer, have both been found. The black […]
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Drowning in Hoopa
Stanley Capoeman, 64, drowned in the Trinity River yesterday at around 3:45 p.m. According to the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office, Capoeman was visiting family in Hoopa from Taholah, Washington. His family members reported that he suddenly called out for help and was then swept downstream. A search concluded at 5 p.m., when Capoeman was found […]
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UPDATE: McKinleyville Wreck Brings Vehicle Fatality Toll Up to 17
UPDATE: The CHP announced that the vehicle found in the Trinity River did not have a body in it as previously believed. From the CHP: On 06/29/2017, the California Highway Patrol (CHP) Humboldt Area continued our investigation into a traffic collision which resulted in a vehicle submerged within the Trinity River off of Highway 96. […]
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UPDATED: Early Morning Blaze at Hoopa High School
UPDATE: The Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office sent a press release with information about a later fire, found at 10 a.m. the same day, that was confirmed as an “intentional act of arson.” That fire, at the Hoopa Tribal Fisheries building, self-extinguished and caused only minor damage to the building. Previously: Three structures at Hoopa Valley […]
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The Next Generation March on Wells Fargo: ‘Divest’ the DAPL
A group of seven young protesters gripped a long white banner reading, “Divest,” which stretched across G Street in Arcata. As the youth leaders marched north, they yelled, “Water is what?” “Water is life,” the fellow protesters responded. The protesters marched from the Arcata Plaza to Wells Fargo on Saturday, led by Indigenous youth from […]
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Father, son plead guilty to fatal Hoopa shooting
A father and son pleaded guilty in federal court Tuesday to their roles in a fatal Hoopa shooting in March of 2015 that left one man dead and two others wounded in a dispute over a marijuana deal. Hoopa resident Daniel Peter Colegrove, 73, died after being transported to a hospital in Redding. Under the […]
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Update: No Injuries in Hoopa Officer-Involved Shooting
UPDATE: No one was injured during an officer-involved shooting in Hoopa after a sheriff’s deputy shot at a suspect who reportedly fired at law enforcement several times from his residence during an early morning stand off yesterday. Eric Michael Matilton, 31, is facing charges of assault with a deadly weapon, willful discharge of a firearm in […]
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Hoopa Killing Leaves County on Pace for Record 23 Homicides
The Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office has launched a homicide investigation after a fight in Hoopa turned deadly Friday night, meaning the county has matched a grisly, 30-year-old record with more than three months remaining in the year. Deputies were called to a residence on Shoemaker Road at about 9 p.m. Friday to a report of […]
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UPDATE: Suspect in Hoopa Stabbing Death Arrested
The Humboldt County Sheriff’s SWAT team apprehended murder suspect Gearold Sotolongo at a Hoopa residence this morning, according to a press release. Sotolongo was wanted in connection with the Feb. 13 killing of Hoopa and Weitchpec resident Rodger Allen Yale. From the Sheriff’s Office: On Wednesday, March 9, 2016 at approximately 9:03 a.m. the Humboldt […]
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Feds Announce New Klamath Accord to Remove Dams by 2020
A new deal has been reached to remove the four hydroelectric dams that clog the Klamath River and revive the largest dam removal project in U.S. history, the federal government announced today. According to a joint press release, the federal government, the states of Oregon and California and PacifiCorp — the energy company that owns […]
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DA: No Charges in CHP Shooting of Hoopa Boy Last Year
District Attorney Maggie Fleming has decided that the California Highway Patrol officer who shot 17-year-old Richard Frederick Tis’Mil Estrada in December acted in self defense and announced today that she will not file charges against him. CHP officer Timothy Gray responded to 911 calls reporting an accident on State Route 299 near Willow Creek early […]