From Alton just south of Fortuna, residents were once able to travel the branch line to Carlotta on a homemade steam locomotive.

More than 30 Fortuna High School and Cuddeback students had a narrow escape from death or serious injury Monday night when the Bridgeville bus was hit by a logging truck on a sharp turn just this side of Grizzly Creek.

With its solid redwood columns, titled floors and octagonal skylight, the Carnegie Library building has served as a cultural icon for more than 100 years, and, in the last decade, it has served as the center of Humboldt County's art community.

Recruiting efforts are underway to hire field staff and complete the 2010 Decennial Census.

Last week's article titled "Cost of Occupation" deserves some discussion, so here goes.

This is not your mother's 4-H. It's all that and more. Today's 4-H focuses on leadership, life skills and citizenship through a wide array of projects that meet those objectives -- from animal husbandry, archery and quilting to small engines and videography.

Joined the Love of his life, Nina Merlene Wilson, in Heaven on Sept. 16. Guy was born in Wisconsin on July 27, 1925, to Joseph and Goldie Wilson.

Lori Rose stepped out of the mid-morning sunshine and into a dark RV. Inside the dimly lit vehicle, Rose walked carefully though the cluttered, tiny space, past some boxes, an oxygen machine, tubing, and a small sink.

The 3rd Annual Blocksburg Harvest Faire will be held on Saturday, Sept.19 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sponsored by the Blocksburg Town Hall Association, the event is located at the historic schoolhouse behind the church on Church Street in Blocksburg.

The trustees of the Southern Humboldt Unified School District held their regular meeting at Redway School on Thursday, Sept.

A man wanted in Ohio since 1998 was arrested near Hamilton City Sunday by Glenn County sheriff's deputies who stopped him on Highway 32 for vehicle code violations.