UPDATE: Bohn Cruises, Fennell Faces a Possible Runoff and Everything Else You Need to Know from Election Night

by Thadeus Greenson on March 4, 2020 at 6:21AM

Humboldt County voters heavily supported a pair of incumbent Humboldt County supervisors on Election Day, while leaving a property tax assessment to fund one of the area’s largest fire departments hanging in the balance. In the First District, Supervisor Rex Bohn, a two-term incumbent who has held his seat since taking over in 2012 for the retiring Jimmy Smith, easily dispatched radio personality Cliff Berkowitz.

First District: It's Bohn in a Landslide in Final Election Night Report

by Kimberly Wear on March 3, 2020 at 8:25PM

Second District: Fennell Lead Shrinks with Final Tally, November Runoff Possible

by Thadeus Greenson on March 3, 2020 at 8:23PM

Final Election Night Report: In the final Election Night tally, incumbent Second District Supervisor Estelle Fennell fell back to the pack slightly and it now seems very possible she will end up in a November runoff with challenger Michelle Bushnell. In the final tally, Fennell finished with 49.92 percent of the vote — just shy of the 50 percent threshold she would need to eclipse to avoid a runoff.

One Year Ago: Two Sisters Lost in the Woods Found After Frantic Search

by Kimberly Wear on March 3, 2020 at 5:35PM

Got Geese? (or Otters?)

by Thadeus Greenson on March 2, 2020 at 3:12PM

Humboldt County Resident Cleared of COVID-19 Virus

by Iridian Casarez on February 28, 2020 at 4:40PM

——> Humboldt County resident released from isolation

Stapp Sentenced to 11 Years in Fatal DUI Crash

by Thadeus Greenson on February 25, 2020 at 4:09PM

Humboldt County Superior Court Judge Lawrence Killoran sentenced a 25-year-old Fields Landing man to serve 11 years in prison today, months after he drunkenly crashed his truck into a Humboldt Hill house, killing Robert Beland, 64, who was sleeping in bed at the time. Ryder Dale Stapp tried to flee the scene of the crash but was detained by bystanders until police arrived.

Test for Second Possible Coronavirus Case 'Indeterminate'

by Kimberly Wear on February 25, 2020 at 2:31PM

Frankovich said home isolation is the preferred approach for people who do not need hospital-level care. “It both conserves our health care resources and decreases the risk of exposures to health care workers, other patients and the community,” she said.

Sheriff's Office IDs Man Killed in Southern Humboldt

by Kimberly Wear on February 24, 2020 at 4:26PM

The Humboldt County Coroner’s Office has identified the remains recovered on Feb. 18, 2020, in the Ettersburg area as that of 33-year-old Jason Todd Garrett of Southern Humboldt County. Garrett’s cause of death has been determined to be a gunshot wound.

North Coast Night Lights: Comet Hyakutake

by David Wilson on February 24, 2020 at 2:07PM

Now, as Comet Hyakutake approached our planet again, Earth’s billions of inhabitants trained on it the latest technological instruments and lenses that the science of the late 20th century had to offer. Yet, advanced as we thought ourselves to be, this spectacular comet had come out of nowhere.