News, nature, and community throughout the Emerald Triangle
A Humboldt County rescue long celebrated for saving the dogs nobody else would take is now at the center of a sheriff’s investigation into allegations that hundreds of animals were killed for profit — and the community that trusted it is left wondering if the sanctuary was ever real.
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A single-vehicle crash on northbound Highway 101 near the Scotia on-ramp sent at least one person to the hospital Wednesday afternoon with a head injury, with rescue crews working to free the trapped occupant.
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Redway CSD crews fixing a water line leak Wednesday morning called in CHP after drivers sped through the cone zone and behaved aggressively toward workers.
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An OSHA inspection is underway at South Fork High School in Miranda after a complaint about carbon dioxide levels exceeding state limits, with a source saying the district knew about the problem since September.
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A Bettendorf Trucking semi and trailer loaded with wood chips caught fire Tuesday afternoon on northbound U.S. 101 at the Indianola Cutoff, with the owner-operator escaping without injury.
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Monday’s arrests on Mattole Road on abalone-related charges add a new wrinkle for one man with a lengthy recent booking history — and raise questions about what brought CDFW officers back to the same region a day later.
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A tree was reported to be on fire near a Hydesville residence Monday afternoon, prompting an urgent call for additional water tenders as flames closed in on a structure on Quail Lane.
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A Covelo woman has been arraigned on a felony count nearly seven months after a beloved former fire chief was struck and killed on Highway 162, with questions about how he came to be on foot in the roadway that night still unanswered.
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After losing their Bay Area iris farm to wildfire, surviving cancer, and watching the cannabis market collapse, Mark and Kendall Richard are betting on flowers one more time — this time from a field in Redcrest.
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Wanted in Colorado on child sex crime charges, a Willits man was arrested after a woman found him asleep in her bedroom — then released four days later on time served after the DA declined to file one of the three charges against him
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