6 days ago · The Humboldt County Supervisors hashed out a structural change in the way the county functions at the top at a Tuesday meeting. The question was: would it be better to have county department heads report to the County Administrative Officer? Or, should they keep it how it is, where they report directly to the Board of Supervisors as a group?

1 day ago · “The strong atmospheric river bringing the heavy flooding rain concerns over northern California should persist through the first part of the week as a stationary front remains anchored in place,” the National Weather Service’s Weather Prediction Center said, in a statement issued Monday morning. Advisories for road closures and flooding have been issued in Southern Humboldt County.

1 day ago · In a Zoom meeting hosted by congressmen Jared Huffman Monday, local officials from schools, nonprofits and healthcare organizations talked about what's at stake if a sweeping freeze in federal funding goes through. The officials are concerned about programs for the county's most vulnerable.

5 days ago · Wind and rain that started late Thursday and early Friday around Humboldt County is yet another atmospheric river hitting the North Coast. And it will stick around for several days. “The lower elevation locations here, like around Humboldt Bay, have received about a …

3 days ago · Editor’s note: This story contains descriptions of violence. Combining pedestrian deaths, murder investigations and fatal police shootings, Humboldt County saw a total of seven reported homicides in 2024 — a significant drop from the year before. In contrast, in 2023, the Humboldt News counted ...

The latest obituaries in Eureka and Northern California. Ferndale, CA. July 18, 1938 - January 14, 2025 All are invited to attend a Rosary on February 14 at 7:00 p.m. and funeral mass on Sat ...

4 days ago · 2025 could be the year that Humboldt County sees a new green burial cemetery begin operations. Sacred Groves, a non-profit organization working to establish a conservation burial site in the county, has been inching closer to opening for the past two years, according to its founder.It plans to offer green burial services intended …

4 days ago · A little more than three years after his death, Trevor Earley has been memorialized with the naming of a bridge in Southern Humboldt County. The Alderpoint bridge across the Eel River is now the Trevor John Earley Memorial Bridge, with new signage installed at a small ceremony on Thursday.

4 days ago · Horse racing at the Humboldt County Fair is facing an uncertain future after this week’s news that the California Authority of Racing Fairs, or CARF, is not pursuing race day applications for this summer. The news has massive ramifications on the fair, with CARF managing horse racing and without ...

6 days ago · The following is a press release from the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office: On Jan. 27 at about 5 p.m., a Humboldt County Sheriff’s deputy on patrol in the Carlotta area observed a blue Ford Mustang traveling eastbound on Hwy 36 at a high rate of speed.