McKinleyville News

A Humboldt County jury has convicted a 22-year-old man of murdering his alleged accomplice in a marijuana heist.

A tractor trailer rig that was struck by a pickup as the smaller truck attempted to pass on Highway 20 in Lake County late Thursday night crashed over the side of a rock guard rail and partially into Clear Lake, the CHP said.

The Humboldt County Sheriff's Office served a search warrant on a McKinleyville home Wednesday that turned up an indoor marijuana grow.

Earlier this month, an outfit called Coast2Coast Rx announced that Humboldt County residents "saved over $800,000 on prescription medications" in a two-year period using the free discount prescription card issued by the company and endorsed by Humboldt County.

A Humboldt County jury today found 22-year-old Brian Cole Fiore guilty of murdering his 21-year-old friend David Fields following a marijuana heist in 2009.

This morning on Heartwood Drive in McKinleyville, a small tan dog was following a young lady who was going to catch the bus to school.

Will Smith is back in Humboldt County and he has brought Tommy Lee Jones, Josh Brolin and all sorts of aliens with him this time.

Sheriff's deputies arrested a McKinleyville man in connection with the burglary of a Safeway cash register drawer early this morning in McKinleyville.

The county shelter needs good adopters. We have well over a dozen animals who have been here over four months.

McKINLEYVILLE/BAYSIDE - On Saturday May 19, 2012 at about 9 p.m., a sheriff's deputy patrolling the McKinleyville area conducted a traffic stop on a Nissan pickup truck on Murray Road at Boiler Road, for traffic violations.A The driver was indentified as Olivia Estetter, 23, of Bayside and the passenger was identified as David Conway, 30, of ... (more)

A Humboldt Bay fire captain was back home with family Monday after he was reported missing in Trinity County on Sunday.

The future of Brian Cole Fiore, an Antioch man accused of murdering his friend after a marijuana heist, now rests in the hands of 12 jurors following the completion of closing arguments on Friday.

Congressman Mike Thompson this week announced that Julian Gordon of McKinleyville is the winner of the 2012 Congressional Art Competition.

Deputies arrested a Eureka woman Saturday who allegedly made her way into a McKinleyville home, using a screwdriver to pry open the window.

The McKinleyville Community Services District Board of Directors will hold a special meeting Monday afternoon and a town hall meeting that night.

Drug task force agents seized 254 growing marijuana plants at a McKinleyville home officers say was set up for an indoor growing operation Thursday.

Brian Cole Fiore, a Bay Area resident accused of killing his friend after a marijuana heist, testified Tuesday that he was essentially held hostage by the man he is alleged to have murdered as the pair led law enforcement on a 20-mile high speed chase on State Route 299 in 2009.

Departments in Humboldt County won't have to make additional budget cuts in the upcoming fiscal year, but county officials said last Tuesday that doesn't mean the budget is in good shape.

Under cross-examination, murder defendant Brian Cole Fiore testified that he didn't stop his Jeep during a May 11, 2009, high-speed chase with police because his passenger threatened him with a pistol, but the prosecution raised questions Monday about whether such a threat was ever made.

Four young women are poised to compete for the title of Dairy Princess during ceremonies at the upcoming District 1/1 Dairy Princess Contest.