The Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office identified the body found offshore of Humboldt Bay on Wednesday as Fortuna resident Matthew Finley. He was 67. The brief release offered few details but said the U.S. Coast Guard made the recovery. According to media reports, the body was spotted by someone out fishing in the ocean yesterday afternoon. […]
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Fire: Supes Confirm Local Emergency, Arcata Council Set to Friday
Losses now estimated at $20 million or more The Arcata City Council will hear an update Friday on the Jan. 2 fire that leveled a city block and consider ratifying City Manager Merritt Perry’s declaration of a local emergency to open up access to state and federal assistance. The 8 a.m. special meeting will take […]
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Noni ‘Not Out of the Woods’ After Emergency Surgery
UPDATE: Noni the black bear, known by her Sequoia Park Zoo caretakers as “twinkle toes” for her habit of perching on the thinnest branches at the top of the redwood trees in her enclosure, has died. She was 2. Read more about the zoo’s announcement here. PREVIOUS: Noni, one of two rescued black bears at […]
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Body of Garberville Woman Recovered from South Fork Eel River
The Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office recovered human remains in the South Fork Eel River north of Garberville on Tuesday evening. According to a press release, the deceased has been identified as Sarai Anne Combs, 37, of Garberville, though the circumstances of her death remain unknown. An autopsy has been scheduled tomorrow to determine a cause […]
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Low-interest Federal Loans Available to Aid Quake Recovery
At the urging of state and local officials, as well as North Coast Congressmember Jared Huffman, the U.S. Small Business Administration is offering low-interest federal disaster loans to businesses and residents affected by the Dec. 20 earthquake that rocked Humboldt County, and its continuing aftershocks. “The SBA Disaster Loan process will make it easier for […]
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‘A Lot of Trauma’ as Rio Dell Faces Incoming Storm, Already Rattled by Quakes
Already battered from the magnitude 6.4 earthquake on Dec. 20, the city of Rio Dell suffered “far more significant” damage in the 5.4 quake that rattled Humboldt County on New Year’s Day, according to City Manager Kyle Knopp. “These earthquakes were absolutely scary,” he said. “After the first event, we had a lot of people […]
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Two-Day Assistance Event Set Up to Help Residents Impacted by Quake
The city of Rio Dell will hold a two-day assistance center Friday and Saturday to provide county residents information on state, local and nonprofit aid that may be available to them after earthquake. “I cannot stress enough the importance of attendance at this center given the level of displacement and damage in Rio Dell and […]
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UPDATE: Missing Humboldt Hiker Found Dead After Massive Search Effort
A massive search effort for a missing hiker ended today after rescuers recovered his body in a remote wilderness area near Mirror Lake in the Trinity Alps. According to the Trinity County Sheriff’s Office, the body of Daniel Komins, an EMT and volunteer with Blue Lake Fire, was located after a California Highway Patrol helicopter crew […]
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‘This is a Human Being’: A Volunteer Rescue Team Dropped Everything to Recover a Body Found in the Eel River
The recent rains had pushed the waters of the Eel River higher and the sound the cold current rushing over rocks was loud when Southern Humboldt County Technical Rescue team member Thomas Norris met up with Talia Rose yesterday near the Humboldt-Mendocino county line. “She had messaged us on Facebook about 12:45,” explained Norris, a […]
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Clean, Sober, Homeless
Ligia Giovannoni thought she was doing the right thing. The petite 58-year-old with dark hair and large, dark eyes brought a thick folder of paperwork to her meeting with the Journal on Nov. 15. In it was the deed to her former home at 2145 C St. in Eureka, rental agreements with the women who lived […]