2 days ago · Finch told the Humboldt News that many of the challenges that his division has dealt with over the course of the storm are fairly routine in a winter storm, and said that Caltrans had been harder hit by the storm with closures along state Route 36 — closures that have necessitated some additional work along alternate routes on county roads.

Jan 29, 2025 · 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 · A financial review at the Humboldt County Board of Supervisors meeting Tuesday told a grim tale — the county’s general fund will be bone dry by the end of the 2025-26 fiscal year, if nothing changes. The supervisors approved a few budget tightening measures unhappily.

2 days ago · A project to rebuild the Garberville veterans’ hall took a step forward, narrowly, on Tuesday. The Humboldt County Board of Supervisors voted 3-2 for putting the contract to reconstruct a meeting place for veterans in Southern Humboldt out to bid. The supervisors had different opinions on whether ...

2 days ago · According to data from HCSO, the office received 33 administrative detainers from ICE last year, which are generally faxes asking the Humboldt County jail to notify ICE before releasing the person from custody and to maintain custody so they can be handed over to federal immigration officials.

6 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 …

5 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 ...

5 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 …

5 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.