A Eureka man who pleaded guilty to stabbing four strangers — two of them fatally — was sentenced to serve four life sentences in prison today by Humboldt County Superior Court Judge Lawrence Killoran. According to a press release from the Humboldt County District Attorney’s Office, Wesley Lee Starritt, 26, had pleaded guilty to murdering […]
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Election Rundown: A Reformer’s Landslide, a Nail-Biter in the Fifth and What You Missed on Election Night
Tens of thousands of Humboldt County voters hit the polls Tuesday and when the dust settled in the wee hours of Wednesday morning, the county had ushered reform into the auditor-controller’s office, handed an incumbent supervisor a third term, picked a judge in a landslide and, well, was still on the fence in a Fifth […]
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3rd UPDATE: Killoran Cruises to Judgeship
3rd UPDATE: In the final election night tally, Lawrence Killoran cruised to becoming Humboldt County’s next superior court judge, taking 65.97 percent of the vote to Lathe Gill’s 33.64 percent, with 17,143 ballots counted in the race. Killoran will take over the seat being vacated by retiring Judge Dale Reinholtsen at the end of the […]
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Primary Voting Time! Here’s How, Where and Why!
It’s primary season and today is your day to vote! If you’re not sure where your polling place is, click here to find it. If you haven’t sent your mail-in ballot, you can also drop it off there or at the county elections office. Many local elected positions are being filled by incumbents without competition, […]
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Two Local Attorneys Vie for Humboldt’s First Contested Judgeship in Decades
On June 5, Humboldt County will see its first contested judicial election in 20 years, when voters will choose either Lathe Gill or Lawrence Killoran to fill the seat retiring Judge Dale Reinholtsen has held for 21 years. The election is a crucial one, as judges wield tremendous power over the citizenry of Humboldt County. […]