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The Eureka Symphony’s Carol Jacobson tells Scott Hammond how two decades performing professionally in Europe, 20 years teaching high school music, and one very reluctant homecoming led her to become the driving force behind Humboldt County’s only classical orchestra.
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A 42-year-old woman was hurt in a motorcycle crash Thursday on Usal Road, triggering a multi-agency response including two air ambulances to the rugged Southern Humboldt backcountry.
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A man reported to be threatening people with a machete led Humboldt County deputies on a foot pursuit Thursday before a sheriff’s K9 brought him down — leaving him with a bite wound and a trip to the hospital in handcuffs.
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A person reportedly riding on the hood of a white Ford was thrown off the moving vehicle Thursday afternoon near the Highway 101 junction, triggering an air ambulance request for the injured rider.
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A midmorning collision east of Willits blocked both lanes of Highway 162 and prompted a air ambulance request before the injured patient refused transport.
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A Belgian Malinois mix who nearly didn’t survive her first weeks of life is now in the running for best pet in the nation, and Humboldt County has until Saturday at 7 p.m. to help get her there.
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Unofficial results show nearly 46 percent turnout in Humboldt County’s June primary, with local voters backing Tom Steyer for governor even as Xavier Becerra and Steve Hilton advance to November statewide.
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A hit and run crash at Vance and Eureka streets Wednesday afternoon left a blue sports car’s driver fleeing on foot into a greenbelt area near Pine Hill Apartments while an infant was left behind in the vehicle.
Read more![Putah Fire on June 9. [Photo from the Facebook page for the CAL FIRE Sonoma-Lake-Napa Unit]](https://kymkemp.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/putah-fire-june-9-photo-by-cal-fire-lnu-590x280.jpg)
A Humboldt-Del Norte Cal Fire strike team is stationed in the Sacramento Valley as a Red Flag Warning drives new fire starts across Northern California.
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Humboldt County has issued a stop work order on horizontal directional drilling connected to California’s Broadband for All project after the contractor’s only known disposal site for drilling slurry lost permission to accept waste — leaving investigators asking whether a $3.8 billion infrastructure program racing toward a federal deadline left environmental compliance as an afterthought.
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