Authorities with the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office are asking for help locating a handgun that may have fallen from a vehicle after a traffic accident last week.

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A 20-year-old Happy Camp man died Sunday afternoon in an apparent accidental fall from the Orleans Bridge, officials said.

The race for the 2nd District seat on the Humboldt County Board of Supervisors has had as many turns as State Route 36. The saddest came with the April 24 death of incumbent Roger Rodoni in a traffic accident just north of Rio Dell.

A Laytonville man was killed in an ATV accident Monday while he was driving along a roadway near Garberville, the California Highway Patrol reported Wednesday.

An ill-timed left turn led to an accident near Crescent City’s South Beach Sunday afternoon that sent four people to the hospital with minor injuries. Heather A.

A single-vehicle accident on U.S. Highway 199 between Hiouchi and Gasquet Saturday morning prompted a foot chase through the nearby woods after the driver and passenger fled the scene, according to the California Highway Patrol.

Kirsten Shreeve was seriously injured in a horse riding accident last week that left her with a cranial hemorrhage and multiple facial fractures, and a community effort is underway to help her family with expenses.

A suspected pipe bomb that disrupted a Humboldt State University forum led by Lt. Gov. John Garamendi on Friday was just a pipe, University Police reported Tuesday.

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The Friday pipe bomb scare that disrupted a corner of the Humboldt State University campus was an accidental occurrence, but investigation of the Sept. 23 bomb hoax continues, according to the HSU Police Department.

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The Eureka Police Department recently announced significant reductions in traffic accidents this year and is crediting its “aggressive” traffic enforcement program, an EPD news release stated.

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DUI investigation is pending, CHP says

Convicted murderer Larry Angelel on Thursday took responsibility for his wife’s death in 1995 in a statement read in Humboldt County Superior Court — but he insisted it was an accident.

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The death of a Humboldt State University student has been ruled accidental and his injuries were consistent with an unprotected fall, authorities announced Wednesday.

A construction crew working on a road-widening project on Old Arcata Road accidentally cut a fiber optic cable Wednesday, leaving parts of Arcata, McKinleyville, Trinidad, Big Lagoon and Fieldbrook without Suddenlink service.

Autopsy reports have confirmed that the July 30 death of HSU senior Nghiep Tuan Huynh, 31, of Westminster, was accidental, Humboldt State University Police Department announced Wednesday in a statement.

A Eureka man was killed over the weekend in McKinleyville when he reportedly lost control of the steamroller he was operating, causing it to roll and crushing him underneath it.

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Mary Anderson may have come as close to a Civil War experience as one can come these days, when her index finger accidentally caught a cannon shell.

Alcohol is believed to have been a factor in a single-vehicle accident late Friday that sent two Petrolia area residents to the hospital with major injuries, according to the California Highway Patrol.

A traffic collision in Crescent City early Tuesday morning injured two men, the California Highway Patrol reported. Daniel Perry, a 21-year-old man from Crescent City, was driving his 1982 Datsun 280ZX south on State Route 199 north of Walker

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A Crescent City man received major injuries early Monday morning in a solo vehicle accident on U.S. Route 199, the California Highway Patrol reported.

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Collision occurred block away from last bicycle accident

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A Crescent City man received major injuries early Monday morning in a solo vehicle accident on State Route 199, the California Highway Patrol reported.

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A 21-year-old Redding woman was seriously injured in a flip-over accident late Thursday night near Willow Creek.

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A 21-year-old Redding woman was seriously injured in a flip-over accident late Thursday night near Willow Creek.

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A 16-month-old Willits boy died Saturday after his grandfather accidentally ran over him in a pickup truck, the California Highway Patrol reported.

A man accidentally ran over and killed his 16-month-old grandson outside his Willits home Saturday morning, according to the California Highway Patrol.