Humboldt County News
Headlines from the newsrooms covering Humboldt County, gathered in one place. Each story opens on its own site.
Yesterday
Lost Coast Outpost4:59 PMSheriff's Office Issues Update on Last Weekend's Drive-By Shooting
- Lost Coast Outpost3:21 PMLt. Jason Kadle Set to be Appointed Next Fortuna Police Chief Tonight
- Lost Coast Outpost2:01 PMA Major Award! Humboldt County Auditor-Controller's Office Wins State Honors for Financial Reporting
- Lost Coast Outpost1:57 PMEureka Man Arrested for Causing a Scene at the Gazebo Friday, One Day After Being Arrested for Elder Abuse, Police Say
- Lost Coast Outpost12:47 PMFree Healthcare Clinic Coming to Eureka This Week; Medical, Dental, Vision Services Available on a First-Come, First-Served Basis
- Lost Coast Outpost12:21 PMIt's HAIRY COP MONTH Again! Your Local Men of Law Enforcement Will Ditch Grooming All November ... For a Good Cause
- Lost Coast Outpost12:02 PMArcatans — Need the Bus to Take You Somewhere it Doesn't Currently Go or Sometime it Doesn't Run? Complain on Wednesday
- Lost Coast Outpost11:10 AMGUEST OPINION: Caltrans' Decision to Raise the Speed Limit in the Safety Corridor 'May Be Illegal,' Says Transit Advocate
- Lost Coast Outpost8:25 AMHumboldt Bay Offshore Wind Development -- Want to Scope it Out? Attend the Environmental Scoping Sessions in Eureka and Samoa This Week
- Lost Coast Outpost7:50 AMBOOKED: Nov. 2, 2026
- Lost Coast Outpost7:22 AMBeware the ‘Red Mirage’ if California Republicans Have an Election Night Lead
- Lost Coast Outpost7:17 AMNeed More Financial Aid for College? This New Law Will Make It Easier to Ask for It
- Lost Coast Outpost7:06 AMOBITUARY: John M. Vance, 1942–2026
- Lost Coast Outpost6:55 AMOBITUARY: Jack Jenson, 1959-2026
- Lost Coast Outpost6:52 AMOBITUARY: Dorothy Schmidt, 1952-2026
- Lost Coast Outpost5:00 AMFUNGUS of the DAY: Russula queletii, the Fruity Brittlegill!
Sunday, November 1
Lost Coast Outpost7:35 AMBOOKED: Nov. 1, 2026
Saturday, October 31
Lost Coast Outpost10:25 AMPine Hill Home and Vehicle Hit by Gunfire Early This Morning; Sheriff's Office Looking for White Sedan With Red Top
- Lost Coast Outpost10:00 AMTHE ECONEWS REPORT: BAAJA Blast!
- Lost Coast Outpost8:00 AM'Allegations Are Not Evidence': Humboldt County Registrar of Voters Refuses to Pull Ballots for Alleged Noncitizens Ahead of Tuesday's Election
- Lost Coast Outpost7:35 AMBOOKED: Oct. 31, 2026
- Lost Coast Outpost7:30 AMHUMBOLDT HISTORY: Halloween 1947, Eureka -- The Worst Halloween of My Young Life
- Lost Coast Outpost6:56 AMOBITUARY: Larry Dean Hammers , 1962-2026
- Lost Coast Outpost6:56 AMOBITUARY: Donald Wennerholm, 1953-2026
- Lost Coast Outpost5:00 AMFUNGUS of the DAY: Phaeocollybia lilacifolia, One of the Common Gilled Mushrooms And Allies!
Friday, October 30
Lost Coast Outpost5:00 PMCOURT ROUNDUP: Parent Faces Assault and Elder Abuse Charges For Football Game Fight, Accused of Striking a Woman In the Head With a Metal Water Bottle and Using Racial Slurs
- Lost Coast Outpost3:49 PMWith Just A Few Days To Go Before Election Day, How Did Arcata's City Council Candidates Spend Their Hard-Earned Dough?
- Lost Coast Outpost3:40 PMRecreational Dungeness Crab Season to Open Nov. 7 if You've Got the Right Gear, But Not if You're Around Shelter Cove or Have Old Traps; Statewide Commercial Season Postponed Until at Least Jan. 1
- Lost Coast Outpost2:23 PMBREAKING! Caltrans is Raising the Safety Corridor Speed Limit to 60 MPH
- Lost Coast Outpost12:04 PMA Data Center Company Reached Out to Rio Dell Property Owners About Building a Facility There
- Lost Coast Outpost11:50 AMElections Office Says it Plans to Start Releasing Results at 8:30 p.m. Tuesday, but a New Law Means That Problems in Other Counties Could Delay Reporting
- Lost Coast Outpost10:05 AMEPD Reports 147 DUI Arrests Since January, Launches ‘Sober Streets Eureka’ Campaign
- Lost Coast Outpost7:50 AMBOOKED: Oct. 30, 2026
- Lost Coast Outpost7:00 AMHow Prop 45 Could Reshape California’s Fight Over Data Centers
- Lost Coast Outpost7:00 AMGoogle and Meta Spent Big This Election Cycle. Is Big Tech Trying to ‘Buy the Legislature’?
- Lost Coast Outpost7:00 AMDid Trump Invest More Money in Rural California Health Ahead of the Election?
- Lost Coast Outpost5:00 AMFUNGUS of the DAY: Pseudosperma sororium, the Corn-silk Fiberhead!
Thursday, October 29
Lost Coast Outpost3:28 PMHuman Remains Found in RV After Fire Engulfs Multiple Vehicles in Shelter Cove; Sheriff's Office Invetigation Underway
- Lost Coast Outpost1:34 PMThe Bigfoot Trail Alliance Recaps an Amazing Year of Young People Rehabbing Trails Across the Klamath Mountains
- Lost Coast Outpost11:51 AMWhen the Cascadia Mega-Quake Destroys Our Community, How Are Relief Supplies Going to Get Here? Local, State and Federal Emergency Personnel Plotted Some of it Out in an Exercise Yesterday
- Lost Coast Outpost11:41 AM(VIDEO) Wiyot Tribe's 'Wigi Past Present Future Story' Explores How Humboldt Bay Port Development Will Impact Tuluwat Island and Cultural Practices
- Lost Coast Outpost9:00 AMTHURSDAY LOWDOWN: The Spooky Calm Before the Storm
- Lost Coast Outpost7:57 AMJudge Rejects Trump Administration Bid to Set Aside 20,000 California Ballots
- Lost Coast Outpost7:35 AMBOOKED: Oct. 29, 2026
- Lost Coast Outpost6:56 AMOBITUARY: Sheri Lynn Poletski, 1956-2026
- Lost Coast Outpost6:56 AMOBITUARY: Rita 'JoEllyn' James, 1935-2026
- Lost Coast Outpost5:00 AMFUNGUS of the DAY: Cantharellus cascadensis, the Cascade Chanterelle!
Wednesday, October 28
Lost Coast Outpost4:05 PMElection Day is Almost Here! How Much Have Eureka's Council and Mayoral Candidates Raised Thus Far and How Are They Spending It?
- Lost Coast Outpost1:46 PMMan Pleads Guilty to Felony Charges for Causing 19-Year-Old's Death in Head-On Wreck
- Lost Coast Outpost12:26 PMEverybody Wins When You Bring Your Kids to Trick or Treat at Timber Ridge After School on Friday
- Lost Coast Outpost10:27 AMThe Sheriff's Office's POP Team Popped a Guy on Felony Probation and in Possession of a Load of Drugs and Guns Yesterday, Deputies Say
- Lost Coast Outpost8:01 AMHumboldt Supervisors Opt for Long-Term Realignment of Centerville Road, Rather Than Temporary Solution to Shore Up the Eroding Beach Parking Lot
- Lost Coast Outpost7:50 AMBOOKED: Oct. 28, 2026
- Lost Coast Outpost7:41 AMWhat Local Election Officials Found in Trump’s New Claims About California Voters
- Lost Coast Outpost7:39 AMJudge Says Trump Could Disenfranchise Voters in Purge of Noncitizens From Election Rolls
- Lost Coast Outpost6:56 AMOBITUARY: Shirley Ann Serra, 1942-2026
- Lost Coast Outpost6:56 AMOBITUARY: Janet Stock, 1953-2026
- Lost Coast Outpost5:00 AMFUNGUS of the DAY: Tricholoma subsejunctum, One of the Common Gilled Mushrooms And Allies!