News, nature, and community throughout the Emerald Triangle
A tree stump fire that spread to vegetation and threatened a structure near Shively Thursday afternoon prompted a multi-agency response including a request for aerial support.
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A vegetation fire near Tooby Ranch Road Thursday sent multiple agencies scrambling before crews used AlertCalifornia cameras to locate a quarter-acre grass fire with a slow rate of spread.
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A motorcycle crash on northbound Highway 101 near the Highway 1 junction Thursday afternoon prompted a response from local first responders and an air ambulance.
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A dog named Dean has been waiting at the Humboldt County Animal Shelter for 20 months — longer than any other resident — but he’s not alone, with several other dogs also spending six months or more waiting for a family to call their own.
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Large law enforcement convoy rolls into Covelo with authorities releasing few details about what brought more than 40 vehicles to the valley.
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A unanimous ruling issued April 30 says bail must be set at an amount defendants can actually pay — and takes effect immediately in every California courtroom.
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A follow-up look at Sunday’s early morning crash near Arcata, now confirmed as a hit-and-run with alcohol as a suspected factor.
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Ivan and Levi Logan were working a remote timber job with their father, Cal Fire Captain Carl Logan, when a fallen redwood changed everything — and the teenage brothers’ quick actions are the reason he’s alive to tell the story.
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The fate of a 350-year-old redwood — the last of five targeted for removal on a lower Redway property — goes before the planning commission on June 18.
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A year after her first NFR, Hayle Gibson-Stillwell is back on the road, fourth in the nation, and coming off one of the bigger upsets on the rodeo circuit this weekend.
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