Articles by Hank Sims
September 2023
(UPDATE) Highway 101 Closed Near Standish Hickey Due to Semi Truck Crash
BATTEN DOWN! A Decent-Sized Storm Looks Like It’s Going to Blow Through, With Big Rain Monday or Tuesday
(PHOTOS) The Historic Hōkūleʻa, a Living Symbol of Polynesian Culture and Heritage, Will be Docked in Eureka for the Next Couple of Days
(UPDATING) Eureka High on Hard Lockdown as Police Investigate Off-Campus Incident
INTRODUCING: A New LoCO Feature That Acquaints You With the Plants, Animals, Mushrooms and Other Various Lifeforms You Share Space With
August 2023
Action on South Fork Fires Near Dinsmore Prompts Evacuation Warning
Interested in the Arcata Police Department’s Purchase and Use of Military-Grade Gear? There’s a Meeting for That Tonight
SoHum is Getting New Fire Trucks: In a Press Conference This Morning, Sen. McGuire Announces New State Funding for a Big Equipment Upgrade
‘60 Minutes’ Pays a Visit to the World’s Largest Offshore Wind Farm, Which is Located Near an English Town Not Completely Unlike Eureka
July 2023
Local Group Announces Intent to Stop the City of Eureka’s Conversion of Downtown Parking Lots Into Housing With New Ballot Measure
Grand Jury Dings County Supervisors, Top Administration for Chaotic Information Management
(PHOTOS) They’re Sprucing Up the Romano Gabriel Sculpture Garden
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, AMERICA! Choose Your Own Humboldt Fourth of July Adventure With Our Handy Guide to Local Festivities!
June 2023
Can You Guess How Many Hours of Sunshine We’ve Had This Year? Will This Godforsaken Miserable Weather Never End?
THE PIPPEN FILES: Uh, So, Was That Scottie Pippen At Shamus T. Bones Last Night or Was It Not?
(UPDATE: UMM….) A Bunch of Local Ballers Ran Into Scottie Pippen at Shamus T. Bones Tonight (Or Not)
Jessica McGuinty, Former KHUM DJ and Founder of Jessicurl, Dies at 47
Here’s a Very Important Essay on Native California That You Should Read
(VIDEO) Eureka High Computer Science Whiz Racks Up Big Tech Scholarships
May 2023
CITY of MCKINLEYVILLE? It’s Time for Real Talk About Incorporation, Grand Jury Sez
NEW TSUNAMI MAPS! Revised Maps of Potential Danger Show Less of Humboldt Being Swept Away Than Previously Feared
Fire at Arcata’s Campground Restaurant Last Night Contained With Minimal Structural Damage, Fire District Says
In its Second Report of the Year, the Humboldt County Civil Grand Jury Tackles the ‘Dysfunctional’ State of Child Welfare Services in the County and the ‘Toxic’ Work Atmosphere Within the Department
YÉESHIIP! Local Woman Brings Home Miss Indian World Title
April 2023
Several Days of Sunshine and Warmth are Forecast for Humboldt County, and We’ve Sure as Hell Earned Them
(LIVE) Sheriff’s Office Press Conference About Yesterday’s Police Shooting on Harris Avenue
(VIDEOS) A Look Back at the Astounding Hour of Weather We in the Humboldt Bay Area Got Last Night
New PBS Digital Series Releases Gorgeous Episode on the History, Ecology and Future of the Redwoods
California’s Ocean Salmon Season Will Be Officially Canceled; Huffman, Pelosi Promise Expedited Disaster Relief Funding
Reported Crash on the Samoa Bridge Early This Morning, Which Supposedly Involved a Bicyclist Being Tossed Into the Bay, is Believed Not to Have Actually Happened
New Group — ‘Citizens for a Better Eureka’ — Says It Will Sue Eureka Over Downtown Housing Development
March 2023
The Sewage Overfloweth in Eureka and Rio Dell Once Again, Due to Heavy Rains
Sal’s Myrtlewood is Closed For Now After A Car Rammed It This Afternoon
One of the Most Bullshit Things About Humboldt is That We Don’t Have Any Flags
McKinleyville Man Released From Captivity in Niger After Six and a Half Years
Eureka Announces New Warming Shelter for Homeless Citizens, to be Based at Lifehouse Church in Myrtletown
Beloved LoCO Mascot ‘Coney’ Has Been Fully Assimilated Into the Caltrans Borg
Big Town Hall on Eureka Transportation and Infrastructure at the Jefferson Center Tonight
Major Water Main Break in Trinidad Likely to Affect Customers for Several Days, Staff Says
February 2023
Man Found Dead at Old Town Bus Stop Early This Morning
(UPDATE: OPEN) Highway 101 Closed Again From Garberville to Ukiah Following Heavy Snow
Cal Poly Humboldt is Bringing Back LUMBERJACK DAYS, but it Won’t Be Like the Old Lumberjack Days
LoCO SAYS: Please Tell County Government to Stop Giving Your Tax Dollars to Our Lawyer
(UPDATED) Watch the SHORTER STATE OF THE UNION, With Rep. Jared Huffman
Do You Have Thoughts About Citizen Oversight of Policing in Humboldt County? These Cal Poly Researchers Would Like to Hear From You
In a Surprise Move, Cal Poly Humboldt Tells Returning Students They Will be Ineligible for On-Campus Housing Next Semester
All Simulated Hell is About to Break Loose in Old Town, Because an Earthquake-Delayed ‘Shop With a Cop’ Event is Happening This Afternoon
January 2023
THANKS, WINTER STORMS! Due to the Devastation Wrought Upon Humboldt County During the Recent Rains, You Now Have Until May 15 to File Your Taxes
A Little-Known Grant Program Can Help Earthquake-Proof Your Home, But It Desperately Needs to Find More Humboldt County Contractors to Do the Work
(UPDATE) Bad Vehicle v. Pedestrian Crash on Broadway
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