Petrolia News

On Friday, June 12, Petrolia Elementary joined AmeriCorps Watershed Stewards Project and the Mattole Salmon Group in constructing willow mats at the Mattole Beach.

Spend the day at the historic Mattole Valley Community Center in Petrolia for the 2nd annual Solstice Festival and Fundraiser on Saturday, June 20.

The senses are so saturated on the drive from Ferndale to Petrolia to Weott that something has to really stand out to get noticed.

The Humboldt County Courthouse lawn was aflutter in red, white and blue Wednesday afternoon, as hundreds of locals joined a national protest decrying taxes and big government.

A minor earthquake occurred at 11:02 a.m. today 26 miles west of Ferndale. The magnitude 3.6 event occurred 28 miles from Petrolia, 32 miles from Fortuna and 36 miles from Eureka.

The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection links two recent wildland fires to the North Coast's current warm and dry weather.

David Gabriel Barger, a 23-year-old man acquitted in October of first-degree murder, was sentenced Thursday to three years in prison for stealing a vehicle.

About a month after discovering that a software error resulted in about 200 ballots disappearing from Humboldt County's final results, County Registrar of Voters Carolyn Crnich announced Thursday that another ...