The Humboldt County Courthouse won’t go unguarded after all — at least, not for the next year and a half or so.

Speaking at Tuesday’s meeting, CAO Elishia Hayes said the county tried “to come to some mutually agreeable path forward” with the court. Both parties considered reducing security screening to just one ...

"We do not have to screen everyone through a metal detector that goes into court. That's not laid out in the law," Sheriff William Honsal stated Tuesday morning.

A new high-tech weapons detection system backed by artificial intelligence will soon be installed at the Washington County Courthouse, giving sheriff’s deputies more information while screening people ...