California’s Democratic lawmakers have spent the past year enacting legislation to protect abortion rights in the wake of Roe v. Wade’s reversal, but an April 7 ruling by a Texas federal judge is one thing they can’t touch. U.S. District Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk suspended the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s approval of mifepristone more than […]
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Missing Man Found Dead Along 101, Investigation into Cause Continues
The Arcata Police Department today reported that an investigation into a report filed by the family of a missing 69-year-old Washington resident led to the discovery of his body Tuesday along U.S. Highway 101 north of Orick. According to the new release, APD began looking into Carroll Johnson’s disappearance after he was reported missing Jan. […]
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Wanted Murder Suspect Arrested in Loleta
A man wanted on suspicion of murder in Washington state was arrested early this morning in Loleta after previously fleeing law enforcement, crashing his car on Lundblade Mill Road and running into a wooded area where he was able to avoid capture for a time. According to a Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office news release, William […]
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Ornament Call: Thousands of Handmade Decorations Needed for Local Trees Heading to D.C.
A tree from the Six Rivers National Forest will serve as this year’s U.S. Capitol Christmas tree and it’s going to need a lot of ornaments — some 4,000 large ones, in fact. So, the call is on for California residents to help with the effort for the main tree, which will sit on the […]
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Scenes from Inauguration Day
North Coast Rep. Jared Huffman shared some photos from today’s inauguration of President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris, calling it a “very special day.” “As President Biden said today, if enough Americans join us in a spirit of unity, truth, and decency, we can move the entire nation forward. I think we can […]
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Attempted Carjacking, Lack of Gas Led to Murder Suspects’ Arrests
Two murder suspects wanted in Washington state were arrested in Humboldt County on Oct. 10 — one after running out of gas in Redway and the other after reportedly trying to carjack a local car dealership owner at gunpoint during a purported test drive. According to a Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office news release, Matthew Collett, […]
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UPDATE: Washington Murder Suspects Arrested in Humboldt
UPDATE: Read an update on the arrests of the murder suspects, one of which includes a reported attempted carjacking in Samoa, here. PREVIOUS: Yesterday afternoon, a pink car out of gas and an interaction with a helpful Garberville-based CHP officer led to the arrest of a couple suspected in the kidnapping and murder of 31-year-old […]
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Flatmo’s Dragon Slays at the Smithsonian
Editor’s note: With Black Rock City once again rising up amid the great sandscape of Nevada’s desert expanse, we thought now would be a good time to take another look at the fantastical work of Humboldt County’s own Duane Flatmo, whose dragon creation is part of the Smithsonian’s No Spectators: The Art of Burning Man […]
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This is What Legalization Looks Like
A quarter-mile down a gravel driveway from the cluster of mailboxes on Washington state’s Vashon Island, past second-growth conifers and bare alders, James Clark’s homestead could just as easily be in Fieldbrook as on this Manhattan-sized moraine lumped in the middle of Puget Sound. Clark is at work on a project that, for the moment […]