The Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a suspicious death after a man’s body was found yesterday by emergency personnel responding to vehicle in the Klamath River. According to a news release, the man’s body was found 400 feet down an embankment off State Route 96 and retrieved that evening. Few other details were immediately […]
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Crash Causes Fire on SR 96
Multiple agencies responded to what was described over the scanner as a fatal traffic incident several miles south of Orleans on State Route 96 about 2:30 p.m. today. A dispatcher sent first responders to what was first reported to be a motorcycle over the edge with a fire burning near the accident scene. Later, a […]
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Fire Near Weitchpec Threatens ‘Cultural Resources’
Although the MP-21 fire burning about 2 miles south of Weitchpec remained mostly quiet yesterday, a California Incident Management Team (IMT 11) assumed command this morning. According to the Northern California Geographic Coordination Center, the fire that started Monday morning remains at about 150 acres burning through timber and brush and is 30 percent contained. […]
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Fire Near Weitchpec Grows to 150 Acres
The MP 21 Fire, which began July 20 and temporarily closed State Route 96 about two miles south of Weitchpec, is now estimated to be about 150 acres and 30 percent contained, according to the Northern California Geographic Coordination Center. “The fire is established in the Bull Creek Drainage in steep and rugged terrain,” the […]
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Fires Close State Route 96
State Route 96 is being shut down after four spot fires were discovered burning alongside the roadway about 11:30 a.m., according to the scanner and the California Highway Patrol Traffic Incident Information Page. The spots are near Bull Creek, the dispatcher told emergency personnel. According to Myles Cochrane, spokesperson for Caltrans District 1, “The closure […]
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Pedestrian Walking on SR 96 Killed in Hoopa
The California Highway Patrol is investigating the death of a juvenile pedestrian who was struck while walking in the roadway of State Route 96 at Mill Road in Hoopa early this morning. According to a release, a driver called law enforcement to say she had struck a person just before 12:30 a.m. Emergency personnel responded but […]
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Solo Vehicle Accident on SR 96 Injures One
About 2:09 p.m., a solo vehicle crashed on State Route 96 near mile marker 23. A woman received major injuries, according to a spokesperson for the California Highway Patrol. A helicopter responded to the scene to fly the woman to a hospital, the spokesperson confirmed. For a time, both lanes were blocked but just after […]
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Update: Bodies of Mother, Girls Recovered From Klamath River
Update: The CHP confirmed today that the bodies of Elizabeth Palmer and her two young girls have been recovered after their car crashed into the Klamath River over the weekend. Previously A diver working alongside the Orleans Volunteer Fire Department this morning found a car in the Klamath River that is believed to contain the […]
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Weekend Crash Claims 34-year-old McKinleyville Woman
The California Highway Patrol is continuing its investigation into a single car crash on State Route 96 near Willow Creek on Saturday morning that left a 34-year-old McKinleyville woman dead. According to the CHP, Stormy Joy McConnell was driving her silver 2000 Nissan Frontier southbound on State Route 96 at about 8 a.m. when, for […]
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Orleans Woman First Road Death of 2016
A 24-year-old woman traveling on State Route 96 yesterday morning was the first road death of 2016. Drugs and alcohol are suspected to be a factor in the collision. Neither the woman nor the 2-year-old also in the car were restrained by seatbelts. The woman died as a result of her injuries; the infant was […]
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UPDATED: Hoopa Officer-Involved Shooting; Eureka Homicide
2nd UPDATE: The Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office has identified the officer who fatally shot a 47-year-old suspect near Weitchpec on Sept. 4 as Sgt. Seth Ruiz. Ruiz remains on paid administrative leave from the Hoopa tribal police department, pending the outcome of a multi-agency investigation. See the full press release from the Humboldt County Sheriff’s […]
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UPDATED Highway 96 Open, Fire Almost Out
SECOND UPDATE: Six Rivers National Forest reports that the Sugar Bowl Fire should be 100 percent contained by 6 p.m. this evening, July 28, and fully controlled by 6 p.m. July 29 The road is now open with no restrictions, although motorists “should be aware of potential hazards of rocks or debris rolling down from the […]