The New Year is all about new beginnings, and at least one Humboldt County resident will be heading out on a new adventure in 2018. Denise Gillette of Eureka - who recently retired from the U.S. Navy Seabees after 20 years of service - has traveled the world during her military career.
When the program coordinator for the Humboldt County airport in McKinleyville got a call stating an aircraft was missing she got a bad feeling, Emily Jacobs knew it was Terry Vallee's plane but she didn't know his co-pilot was his son, her friend from elementary school in Arcata. The flight crashed Sept.
Humboldt County Sheriff's Department personnel notified Coast Guard Sector Humboldt Bay watchstanders at approximately 8:20 p.m., Tuesday, reporting that a 14-year-old female was lost in the woods near the Ridgewood area. Reports indicated that the girl had gone hiking behind her house and had become disorientated.