Archive for December, 2008
The entrances to the Humboldt County Courthouse have been filled by an airport style security system since October. And in that time law enforcement agents have seized hundreds of items ranging from pocket knives to methamphetamine needles.
Tags: California, court, Humboldt, Humboldt County, methamphetamine
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A spokesperson for the Del Norte County Sheriff’s Department confirmed Saturday that Arcata resident Josiah Miller would be transferred from the Curry County, Ore.
Tags: Arcata, California, Del Norte County, murder
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They’re cute, wiggly and awfully hard to resist. More importantly, they’re in need of a home. Two litters of rambunctious puppies — are there any other kind?
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For most parents through the mid-1950s, one of the overwhelming fears was that their children would contract polio — a highly communicable disease that could leave their offspring paralyzed or dead.
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For 18 years, the body of Curtis Huntzinger lay buried beneath a stand of young sequoias on the outskirts of Blue Lake. In that time, hundreds of people searched for the missing boy across the county.
Tags: Blue Lake, Curtis Huntzinger, missing person
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A major West Coast fishing organization is asking Congressional leaders to consider projects that would assist the commercial fishing industry as part of an anticipated economic stimulus package.
Tags: coast, fishing
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The identity of a 33-year-old Arcata woman who died in a late afternoon collision Christmas day has not yet been released. The CHP reported Friday that the victim was northbound on U.
Tags: Arcata, Mendocino, Mendocino County
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According to the Arcata Police Department, at around 1 p.m. Friday two foxes thought to be infected with rabies were killed. The APD first received a report of two foxes acting strangely behind a home on Bayside Road.
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The U.S. Coast Guard pulled a man out of 48-degree water Friday after the man’s kayak flipped over in shallow water about 500 yards from the north jetty’s Coast Guard station.
Tags: coast, Humboldt, Humboldt Bay, U.S. Coast Guard
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A Phillipsville woman received minor injuries in a Christmas Eve collision on U.S. Highway 101 between Myers Flat and Weott, but it could have been much worse.
Tags: Highway 101, injuries, Weott
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For those who’ve never been incarcerated, the idea of spending Christmas in jail is far, far from the Norman Rockwell ideal. Even for those who know the ins and outs of the correctional system — the “we’re in the jailhouse now”
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Southern Humboldt native Kelli Stanley currently resides in San Francisco, but she says Garberville still feels like home. ”I grew up on forty acres in Southern Humboldt — Piercy,” she said.
Tags: Garberville, Humboldt, San Francisco, Southern Humboldt
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It has been slightly more than 58 years since Elmer Freeman was declared missing in action while fighting near Kunu-ri, North Korea, but his only living brother Virgil Freeman has not given up hope that his remains will be recovered and returned
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As weather conditions worsen, holiday travelers should think about packing more than just the presents they’ve received. State Farm Insurance Agent Paul Nicholson recently began campaigning for the addition of emergency flares in drivers’
Tags: CAMP
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In response to concerns about the lack of youth-appropriate activities in the city, Arcata is creating a committee consisting of youth and adults, with the hopes of creating a network with youth organizations throughout the region.
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