EPD Makes Murder Arrest

by Thadeus Greenson on March 12, 2019 at 4:04PM

The Eureka Police Department arrested Albert Durant Kress Sr. today on suspicion of murdering Raymond Prudhomme, who was found dead inside a Eureka apartment last month. EPD is releasing little information on the case but announced in a press release this afternoon that it had taken Kress, 48, of Eureka, into custody.

Save the Redwoods League Will Dedicate Tree to Tony Smithers

by Iridian Casarez on March 11, 2019 at 3:15PM

Save the Redwoods League to Name Tree After Tony Smithers Bureau creates GoFundMe to help family Eureka, Calif. – The Eureka-Humboldt Visitors Bureau announced this week that it is working with Save the Redwoods League to dedicate a redwood tree in honor of the Bureau’s director, the late Tony Smithers.

UPDATE: Highway 101 Open to Controlled Traffic After Crash

by Thadeus Greenson on March 11, 2019 at 2:42PM

UPDATE: U.S. Highway 101 is now open to one-way controlled traffic in both directions north of Willits after a fatal crash this afternoon. PREVIOUSLY: U.S. Highway 101 is closed in both directions between Willits and Laytonville, after a fatal, head-on collision shortly after noon today.

With McKinley Headed to Ohio, We Look Back (Slideshow)

by Thadeus Greenson on March 11, 2019 at 2:09PM

Original Women's March Organizers Host Conference Honoring International Women’s Day

by Megan Bender on March 10, 2019 at 11:36AM

Vigil Set to Commemorate Ferndale Flood Victim

by Iridian Casarez on March 8, 2019 at 4:46PM

Rafaela Nuñez-Rodriguez, Nuñez-Rodriguez’s sister, said her brother moved to the United States when he was 16 years old to help support their parents. At any given opportunity, she said he would always help his family in Mexico with whatever they needed.

Carrico Sisters' Outdoor Skills Instructor to be Honored

by Kym Kemp on March 8, 2019 at 1:32PM

Editor's note: This story was originally published at www.kymkemp.com and is reposted here with permission.

Leia and Caroline's Rescue (with Slideshow) and How to Help the Helpers

by Kimberly Wear on March 4, 2019 at 1:27PM

As Sheriff William Honsal said at a press conference that day, these girls “definitely have a survivor story to tell.” After the ordeal of spending two nights out in the woods alone, they were — the girls’ mother Misty Carrico says in a GoFundMe post — “cold, tired but alive.”

Sisters Reunited with Parents After 44 Hours Lost in the Woods (With Video and Slideshow)

by Thadeus Greenson on March 3, 2019 at 4:47PM

Search and rescue teams have located Caroline and Leia Carricoalive and well, more than 44 hours after they were last seen in Southern Humboldt County. On March 3, 2019, around 10:30 a.m., searchers Delbert Chumley and Abram Hill from the Piercy Volunteer Fire Department located the two girls approximately 1.4 miles away from their home in Benbow.

UPDATE: Sheriff: 'We're All Witnessing a Miracle' After Girls Found Safe

by Thadeus Greenson on March 3, 2019 at 11:20AM

PREVIOUSLY: The two young sisters missing since Friday afternoon in the woods near Benbow have been found alive after more than 44 hours alone in the forest, according to a text message from their mother to local reporter Kym Kemp. A source close to the search who isn't authorized to speak with the media confirmed that the girls have been found and are "alive and well."