McKinleyville News

Off of U.S. Highway 101 between Arcata and McKinleyville, California's largest flying flag billows 100 feet above the ground -- when there's a little wind.

'We're up to our ankles in sea lions' Workers carry a harbor seal toward its new home at sea Saturday morning.

Redwood Tole Folk recently awarded two scholarships to local students. Linda Porter of Oroville presented the Irene Manning Memorial Art Scholarship to Anastasia Andrews of Eureka.

It was disturbing to see that Ryan Burns felt that the Town Hall Meeting with the Planning Commissioners was a "four-hour blab-fest" . Perhaps if he had listened and had just plain cared he might have felt differently.

A 21-year-old man was critically injured early Thursday morning after being run over in the parking lot of a McKinleyville bar.

Two people close to a McKinleyville man accused of murdering his wife have told authorities that he made confessions to them about the crime and that he said it was an act of self-defense, according to court documents in the case.

McKinleyville Art Night will take place from 6 to 8 p.m. tonight in a number of venues around town.

On Saturday June 6, as I walked through the crowded streets of Fortuna, observing the people that came from miles around to shop at the city wide "yard sale", it dawned on me that people would be willing to drive to Fortuna if only there was a reason to.

Humboldt County Superior Court Judge Dale Reinholtsen on Thursday heard arguments on whether a man charged in the death of a 9-year-old McKinleyville girl in a horrifying car wreck should stand trial for second-degree murder.

The Humboldt Bay Harbor, Recreation and Conservation District board unanimously approved a set of changes in its effort to rein in its budget Thursday night.

Building new housing within already developed areas, the option to build homes on timber production zoned land, protecting agricultural resources and preserving the rights of rural landowners were among wide palette of issues shared at a nearly four-hour session of the Humboldt County Planning Commission Thursday evening at the College of the ...

Callie Bunga won't be "Hanging Ten" but she may very well be on her way to joining an elite group of search and rescue dogs.

A McKinleyville man was arrested Friday afternoon on suspicion of killing his wife of 30 years.

Humboldt County sheriff's and district attorney investigators have arrested a McKinleyville man suspected of killing his wife months ago.

Photo by Heidi Walters Eye of the Beholder By Heidi Walters An observer at the most recent College of the Redwoods Board of Trustees meeting, on June 2, reported afterward that he'd witnessed a troubling thing.

The light at the end of the county's budget tunnel appears to get dimmer and dimmer.

Began on June 3 at Pierson Park, continues June 4 with a Fireman's Muster, 5 p.m. June 5: Central Ave.

HICAP. You may have heard of it. You may have a vague understanding of its purpose but may not know how it relates to you.

As the economy continues to look bleak, local food banks are seeing the effects on their diminishing donations pool, yet they have more and more patrons to serve.

Red budgets may just be leading to green thumbs. Throughout Humboldt County, nurseries, gardening and feed shops are all reporting increases in first-timers looking to plant vegetable gardens or try their hands at animal husbandry -- and looking to trim their household budgets in the process.