Humboldt County News Archives

Ever want to call for an election recount? Well, the Humboldt County Elections Office might soon give you the chance to do just that, and more.

What is the Eureka City Council thinking of in regard to the proposed admission fees to the Sequoia Park Zoo? These excessive charges will eliminate the pleasures of a visit to our zoo for many Humboldt County ...

Emily Jean Gibbs passed away peacefully when God called her home on June 16, with her family by her side.

The two-hour standoff ended at around 3 p.m. with the arrest of a man known so far only as Mark.

On Wednesday, the Humboldt County Gang Task Force officers led by the Eureka Police Department participated in a gang sweep targeting approximately 15 suspected gang members or associates of gang members and ...

Motorcades of government SUVs poured through Humboldt County communities Tuesday as hundreds of federal and state agents began their search for commercial marijuana growing operations in a multi-day ...

After a failed effort to contact the family of a man found dead on the shore of Humboldt Bay, the Humboldt County Coroner's Office released his name Monday in hopes the public can aid in the search.

On Wednesday, June 25, Food for People kicks-off the start of the 2008 Children's Summer Lunch Program at Carson Park.

After a Eureka man allegedly assaulted a woman, slashed her tires and threatened law enforcement Sunday night, no one was arrested in the incident that shut down a roadway for more than an hour.

New College of the Redwoods men's basketball coach Rich Mendoza believes there is a great opportunity to turn the Corsairs into perennial contenders.

Two pioneers in breast cancer research and advocacy are speaking in Arcata Thursday as a benefit for the Humboldt Community Breast Health Project.

On June 3, 2008, dozens of people from all over the county got up before dawn to make it to their designated polling place by 6 a.m. to conduct an election.

Hundreds of bad checks are passed in Humboldt County every year, according to the District Attorney's Office.

Humboldt County Registrar of Voters Carolyn Crnich said Monday that she has been advised by legal counsel that 2nd District Supervisor Johanna Rodoni -- or anyone -- can run as a write-in candidate for that ...

A bust of an outdoor, commercial marijuana grow scene on Pacific Lumber Co. property Monday netted more than 10,000 plants, making the seizure the largest this year by the Humboldt County Sheriff's Office.

McKinleyville voters supported Measure C on Tuesday's ballot by 56.97 percent, which will allow McKinleyville Union School District to sell $14 million in bond funds for school repairs and replacements in the ...

After examining human skeletal remains scattered in an isolated, forested area in Whitethorn Friday, the Humboldt County Coroner's Office said they have identified them as belonging to Trinidad resident Janice ...

A Texas judge is expected to approve a plan by the founders of Gap Inc. to take over bankrupt Pacific Lumber Co., which owns more than 200,000 acres of forests along California's North Coast.

Felony hit-and-run, vehicular manslaughter charges to be recommended to district attorney The parolee who fled the scene after crashing his vehicle on state Route 36 Friday, killing a 30-year-old male ...

Congressman Mike Thompson presents an award to California State Science Fair winners Bryan Pearn and Adrianna Lynch as Willits Charter School science teacher Erin Vacarro proudly looks on.

Some California landowners believe the government has stepped too far when it comes to disturbing the rights of private property owners, and with two dueling propositions on Tuesday's election ballot concerning ...

Staff from Humboldt State University and the city of Arcata reported they quickly traced the source of paint-contaminated flush water that made its way into Campbell Creek on Thursday after a citizen reported ...