Articles by Hank Sims
May 2019
Still No Home For Sexually Violent Predator; For a Third Time, Judge Feeney Denies Local Placement for Joshua Cooley
April 2019
REMINDER: Our Rivers are Stronger Than You Think — Especially the Trinity — and You Should Take Great Care When Frolicking in Them
Looking Forward to the Tall Ships? Alas, One of the Two Beloved Vessels Will Not Make it to Town For Tomorrow’s Inaugural Salt and Fog Fish Fest
‘Kai the Homefree Hitchhiker,’ Former Humboldter and Hatchet-Wielding Viral Sensation, Convicted of First-Degree Murder
Arcata Police to Host Law Enforcement Training on ‘Gun Violence Restraining Orders,’ a Newish Legal Tool Designed to Keep Firearms Out of the Hands of Dangerous People
Eureka City Leaders Organizing Protest of Sexually Violent Predator’s Upcoming Placement in Local Motels; Court Hearing Scheduled for May 3
Caltrans Ready to Make Push on the Reconstruction of Highway 101 Between Eureka and Arcata; Public Meeting on the Issue Scheduled for Next Week
Last Remaining KHSU Employee Quits; Estrada Says She ‘Will Not Be Buried’
Tons of Eureka Cops Serving Search Warrant on Henderson Street; Several People Detained
March 2019
Albuquerque Reporter Looks at Eureka’s Homelessness Strategy, Finds Lessons That Could Apply in His Hometown
House Fire Off Eureka’s West Avenue Started in Hash Lab-Containing Garage, Says Humboldt Bay Fire
(UPDATE) A Cherry Blossom Tree at Kamisu Park Dared to Bloom, So Some Emotionally Crippled Eureka Vandal Destroyed It
(AUDIO) Arcata High Student Previews Tomorrow’s ‘March for our Lives’ in Arcata
TODAY in SUPES: ‘Project Trellis’ — the Multipronged, County-Led Program to Assist the Local Cannabis Industry — Appears to be a Go
‘PROJECT TRELLIS’: The Board of Supervisors May Create a Government Funding Mechanism for the Local Cannabis Industry Tomorrow
McKinleyville’s Dennis Mayo Made Quite a Splash at CPAC!
Almost Three Years After Ray’s Split Town, Groceries are Once Again Available in the Hoopa Valley
February 2019
(UPDATES) The McKinley Statue is Gone
MORE SEWAGE STILL! Turns Out Fortuna Contributed Another 14,000 Gallons of the Raw Stuff to the Eel Yesterday; Tiny Ferndale Also Chipped In
Lots of Rain Came, More Rain is Coming; Eel River Expected to Crest Near 25 Feet — Just Under Major Flood Stage — Tomorrow Afternoon
OH, SHIT! More Than 10,000 Gallons of Raw Sewage Were Dropped Into the Bay This Morning, and More Into the Eel This Afternoon
‘Life-Threatening’ Emergency on Humboldt Bay as Harbor Entrance Silts Up; Commercial Shipping Closed Down; Local Agencies Petitioning Feds for Early Dredging
(UPDATE) Eureka’s Carson Park Defaced By Lots of Ugly-As-Hell Graffiti Last Night
(PHOTOS/VIDEO) The Eel River Delta is Waterlogged Today; Cannibal Island Road Shut Due to Flooding; River 19 Feet High and Rising at Fernbridge
(UPDATE) SNOW DAY! Highway 101 Reopened Near Leggett, Highway 199 Closed North of Crescent City
Massive New Fish Farm in the Works for Samoa Peninsula; Harbor District Expected to Bless Project Helmed by Norwegian Firm at Special Meeting Monday
Noted Earthquake Expert Ross Stein on the ‘Superbowl Swarm’ of Earthquakes, What It Means or Doesn’t Mean, and What You Should Do to Prepare
January 2019
Wild Car Chase Through Eureka This Morning Ends With Crash; Two Taken Into Custody at Gunpoint
County Government Debuts Final Plans for McKay Tract Trail Network, Which Will Run From Myrtletown to Ridgewood
WASHINGTON MEASLES OUTBREAK: Humboldt County’s Public Health Officer on our Troubling Local Conditions, and What the County is Doing to Prepare for the Worst
Oh Dear God, Please Not Again With This Horseshit About Humboldt County’s Missing Persons Rate
Following Death of Visitors Bureau Director, Eureka City Council Postpones Upcoming Discussion on its Marketing Strategy
RIP, J Hockaday and Tony Smithers: Two Pillars of the Local Business Community Pass Over the Weekend
City of Eureka Poised to Make Sharp Turn Away From ‘Redwood Tourism’ and Do Its Own Thing Instead
(VIDEO) ‘They’re All Short, Fat Guys in Tights’ Says Slattery of Hoodslam Heroes as He Narrowly Avoids City Hall Ass-Whooping
Marin Judge Orders the Remains of the North Coast Railroad Authority to Pay Humboldt Environmental Groups Nearly $2 Million
(INTERVIEW) Food For People Says Government Shutdown Not Hurting Essential Food Services Yet, But Several Programs Are At Risk
Terrified of Upcoming Rematch With ‘Hoodslam Goons,’ Eureka Community Services Director Makes Last-Ditch Effort to Get in Shape
December 2018
CRASH, BANG, BUSTED! Here Are the Top 25 Lost Coast Outpost Posts of 2018, as Measured by Site Traffic
(VIDEO) SIC ‘EM, GUSTO! Here’s What Humboldt’s New Crowdfunded K-9 Cop Looks Like When He Tears Into Your Flesh
Fight Over Mercer-Fraser Glendale Operation Derails Today’s Big Board of Supervisors Meeting on Mass Land Rezoning
County Government’s Unusual Decision to Mourn President George Bush By Giving Everyone the Day Off Probably Cost Local Taxpayers Nearly Half a Million Dollars
(UPDATE) Final Humboldt County Election Tally Shows Major Races Unchanged; Insurgent Candidate for Eureka School Board Pulls Ahead, Wins
Cold in Arcata? Arcata House is Opening Its Emergency Shelter Today
(UPDATING) Shooting on Heather Lane in Arcata This Morning; Arcata High Briefly Placed on Lockdown
November 2018
HUFFMAN: I’m Voting For Nancy Pelosi for Speaker, and Here’s Why
Green Diamond Acquires Over 9,000 Acres of SoHum Forest in the South Fork Eel Watershed; Seller Gifts Development Easement to Local Land Trust
Assm. Jim Wood — a Forensic Dentist — is in Paradise, Helping Identify the Dead
EPD Internal Investigation Concludes Officer Violated Policy by Telling Native American Man to ‘Go Back to the Reservation’
As Much as 45% Percent of the Humboldt County Vote Hasn’t Been Counted Yet
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