Arcata News

The top cop in a California town that has become a poster child for a well-intentioned medical-marijuana law gone wrong has some advice for Colorado legislators.

This week, former Redwood Region Economic Development Commission Executive Director Jeff Zander was scheduled to appear in an Iron County, Utah court of justice to face felony charges: nine counts of theft and forgery pertaining to a stolen checkbook belonging to his wife's ex-husband. The alleged crimes, a relatively minor episode in Zander's ...

A California man was arrested Wednesday during an Oregon State Police traffic stop about 10 miles east of Burns when a trooper found about a quarter-pound of marijuana and psilocybin mushrooms.

With the intention of developing a plan of action, the Arcata City Council will continue discussing its search for a city manager in closed session this week.

Dear Straight Talk: I've hadA a crush on "Kaz" since last year. We're both freshmen.

Local BMX riders are hoping they can convince Eureka's insurance provider to let them into the newly built skate park, an effort that incidentally has them learning how to be activists.

A man lying in a field in the Westwood area of Arcata early Wednesday morning was bitten by a fox, making it the third fox bite incident this week, the Arcata Police Department reported.

Arcata resident Josiah Miller's murder trial has been pushed back again, and is now slated to begin in late January to give Miller's defense attorney time to lobby the court for a change of venue.

ARCATA/EUREKA Arcata-based activist Theodore "Tad" Robinson is serving a 35-day sentence in the Humboldt County Correctional Facility for resisting arrest after a tense confrontation at the Jan.

An Arcata man driving through Eureka was surprised to be pulled over by police when he was using a navigational device Tuesday and cited for using a cell phone while driving.

I know why the caged bird sings. - Maya Angelou Bird smarts I'm having a little survey about bird intelligence.

Arcata Main Street is partnering with Humboldt State University to offer a business community segment for the 2009 Campus Dialogue on Race Thursday evening.

A 28-year-old Arcata man was stabbed Monday night near the Plaza and remains in critical condition as police continue searching for the assailant.

Michael Allen McKay, 30, of Arcata was arrested Friday afternoon on North Main Street at Interstate 5. Deputies were conducting a traffic stop for failure to stop before a limit line and contacted the passengers, including McKay.

The Arcata Elementary School District has four candidates vying for three seats on its board, but the race is affable as can be.

As Arcata gets ready to roll out its new recycling totes Monday, Eureka's program already has plans to expand.

The 80-member Arcata Interfaith Gospel Choir will present its annual "Harvest Concert" at 7 p.m. Nov.

Why is it that so few people are able to think with a clear head when it comes to the topic of the demon weed? After 40 years of cohabitation, you'd think we'd have a handle on what it is and isn't. Yet discourse on the subject is even more loopy here than in the nation at large, if such a thing can be imagined.

An Arcata flower company's unusual search for workers has plucked about 15 new employees from the Mid-Valley area, and about 15 more have agreed to relocate.

It's official, I'm a scanner nerd. With a station-issued, old but serviceable Radio Shack A Pro-92 500 channel scanner complete with belt clip, I'm that geek.