Articles by Hank Sims
August 2018
(UPDATE) Mill Creek 1 Fire Nears 3,000 Acres as Containment Grows; Highway 96 Mostly a No-Go, Unless Conditions Change
Citizen Spots Arcata Serial Burglary Suspect Climbing Through Her Own Window
CHP Identifies Vehicle Possibly Associated With Fatal Hit-and-Run, Seeks Public’s Help to Gather More Information
Highway 96 Scheduled to Open Two More Times Today, as Firefighters Work to Keep Mill Creek 1 From Spreading Into Hoopa
Mill Creek One Fire Balloons Up to Over 2,000 Acres; Still Only 26 Percent Contained
After Scoring a Couple of Million in Grant Funds, Eureka is One Step Closer to the Waterfront Drive of its Dreams
TOO MUCH SMOKE: Klamath-Trinity Schools Push Back First Day of Classes to Sept. 4
Up Against Legislative Deadline, McGuire Scales Back ‘Great Redwood Trail’ Plans in Hopes of Getting Bill Past Assembly, Governor
Arson Blamed in Mill Creek One Fire; Reward Offered; Highway 96 Still Closed; Air Quality ‘Unhealthy’ in Much of East County
Fire Last Night in Midtown Eureka Does Major Damage to Single-Family Home
Rangers Looking For Two Men Suspected of Stealing from Vehicle at Redwood State and National Park
Marci Kitchen to Plead Guilty Monday
DA Releases Statement on Potential Release of Sexually Violent Predator to the Freshwater Area
Drug Task Force Busts Suspected Heroin Dealer in Loleta
Fire Devoured a Humboldt Hill Home Last Night; No Injuries Reported
Now the Phone Scammers Are Pretending to be From Redwood Memorial Hospital!
NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK? Three Out of Four Candidates For Eureka’s Ward One Registered to Vote There Within the Last Six Months
Bomb Squad Blows Up ‘Suspicious Object’ in the Hiller Park Men’s Room; No Threat to Public
HOMICIDE: Boy Stabbed to Death at Ocean View Cemetery Last Night; One Adult Woman, One Kid Arrested, Police Say
Autopsy Determines That 18-Year-Old Found Dead Near Humboldt Hill Had Injuries ‘Consistent’ With Vehicle Collision
Highway 299 Will Reopen Today, But You May Only Travel During Certain Hours
(UPDATE) Victim, Suspect in Last Week’s Murder/Suicide Identified by EPD
Man FedExes Phone Scammer $13k in Cash, Realizes His Mistake Just in Time
HSU Administrator Threatens Legal Action Against the Outpost, Mad River Union Over Reporting on KHSU Strife
Rep. Jared Huffman Calls Trump ‘President Shit-for-Brains,’ Respectfully Requests More Federal Firefighting Help
Heroin-For-Sale Suspect Has Skipped Court Date, DA’s Office Says; Investigators Ask for Public’s Help Tracking Her Down
Many Seafaring Boats Broke Down Saturday, But Sector Humboldt Bay Naturally Rescued Everyone at Risk
LoCO Salutes the 2018 Humboldt Crabs — Champions of Baseball — By Ranking the Top Dozen Names on This Year’s Squad
Two People Found Dead in Eureka Home Last Night; Police Investigating Case as Homicide
Sheriff’s Office ID’s Body Found Near 101 Yesterday as 18-Year-Old Eureka Man
CHEAP DOGS! Crowding at the Animal Shelter Means That You Can Pick Up a New Canine Friend for as Little as $35, Out the Door
June 2018
Grand Jury Wraps Up Year With Reports on Measure Z Oversight, Special Education, Apathy in County Leadership
County Government Says Klamath Dam Plan Represents ‘Major Milestone’ for the River, Fisheries
RABID DOGS AND VACATION RENTALS: No Bombshells in Grand Jury Reports — Yet — But Plenty of Interesting and Useful Work
(VIDEO) Assm. Jim Wood Rails Against Big Soda as Bill Banning Local Taxes on Sugary Drinks Heads To Governor
Arcata Fire District Credits Bystanders With Saving the Life of a Man Experiencing Coronary Event This Morning
Drug Task Force K-9 Sniffs Out 8 Pounds of Meth Under the Spare Tire, Cops Say; Two Arrested
LoCO SPORTS! All These Boldface-Named Speedsters Crushed it Hard at the Redwood Acres Races Last Weekend
Dog Attack in Arcata Mobile Home Park Monday Will Likely Lead to Euthanization
D.C. UPDATE: Rep. Jared Huffman on Incivility, the Budget Resolution and This One Weird Coal Earmark That He Has to Keep Killing Again and Again
It’s COPTERIN’ Season! PG&E Buzzing Fortuna, Eureka, Arcata Today
(VIDEO) Eureka Police Officer Admits Telling Native American Man to ‘Go Back to the Reservation’; Internal Investigation Launched, Chief Says
Eureka City Council Parts Ways With City Attorney Cyndy Day-Wilson; Votes to Sign ‘Resignation Agreement’ With Former Staffer
The City of Eureka May Fire or Discipline a High-Level Employee Tuesday
Miffed Because They Declined His Invitation, Myers Flat Man Traps People Inside Home and Attempts to Set it on Fire, Sheriff’s Office Says
County Health Department Develops Poop Test to Figure Out Who — or What — is Making Clam Beach So Poopy
(UPDATE) Steve Madrone Will be the Next Fifth District Supervisor; Post-Election Tally Shows Him With 103-Vote Lead
WARNING! Your EBT Card Isn’t Going to Work on Sunday
Bicyclist Struck by Semi in Front of Broadway Cinema, Suffers Severe Injuries; Northbound 101 Closed
The Humboldt Marten — an Adorable Mustelid Once Feared to Be Extinct — is Being Recommended for Protection Under California’s Endangered Species Act
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