Category: Humboldt

Those Humboldt Made Folk have come up with a list (with the help of LoCO’s Facebook friends) of 111 Ways to Enjoy Humboldt.  If you’re not smiling a little and remembering some good times when you finish reading it, we’ll be surprised. Here’s selection out of the middle: 77. Investigate the tide pools at Patrick’s Point. 78. Pay a visit

Marty Messenger of County Roads reported on the SoHum Awareness site, Today Humboldt County Roads is doing additional spot paving on Briceland-Thorne Rd. (1/4 mile west of Seely Creek), then we’ll be on Ettersburg Rd. between Storm Ln. & Dutyville Rd. There will be controlled traffic, expect minor delays.

Bureau Of Land Management Press Release: A free interpretive outing to learn how to “Leave No Trace in the Wilderness” on Saturday, July 19, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., from Black Sands Beach to Horse Mountain Creek in Shelter Cove. The outing is part of a summer hikes series offered by the Bureau of Land Management and the Lost

As the months grow longer since Danielle Bertolini went missing, the family of the 23-year-old woman last seen in the Fortuna area loses hope. Yesterday, a newspaper in Bangor, Maine–Bertolini went to school near there–headlined a story on the case with “Mother of former Maine woman missing in California fears she’s dead.” The reporter interviewed Lt. Wayne Hanson with the Humboldt

As the American, Irish and Cork flags fly, a rainbow arcs near Whiddy Island in the southwest of Ireland over the unveiled memorial to an American serviceman killed in World War I. On Saturday, June 28, two American servicemen were honored as part of a WWI commemoration ceremony on Whiddy Island in Ireland. One of the men, Neil Emerson Kemp, Sr.,

Flags, parades, bake sales and fireworks–Humboldt County celebrated the Fourth of July colorfully. We couldn’t manage to be in every town but you were there taking photos. We’d love it if you’d upload your favorite images of Humboldt celebrating America’s red, white and blue holiday into the comment section to share with the rest of us. Meanwhile, we’ve got a

[Photo found here.] A new study that came out today in the scientific journal, Proceedings of the Royal Society B, revealed that Bigfoot hair samples collected across the world have no connection to the fabled creature but rather had their roots in common mammals. The “bear” facts are unequivocal–not one hair collected belonged to Sasquatch. The authors of the study

Humboldt County Press Release: Neil Prince, who served as the Humboldt County Auditor-Controller from 1973 until he retired in 2002, died on Saturday night from heart failure. He was 82. The County will fly the U.S. flag at half-staff through the end of the week in Prince’s honor. Prince took office in 1973 when he was appointed to finish the term of

Terry Hogan and Jackie Pantaleo on the left, Marc Patterson second from the right with friends who pitch in to help the trio. There is a severe shortage of low income housing in Humboldt–particularly in Southern Humboldt. According to the National Low Income Housing Coalition, for every 100 low income families looking for places to rent in the United States,