Articles by Hank Sims

June 2018

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

Humboldt Deputy DA Named California’s ‘Wildlife Prosecutor of the Year’; Kamada Prosecuted Poachers, Growers, Dudleya Bandits

SPECIAL DELIVERY: Drug Task Force Busts Arcata Man Outside the Post Office With Package Full of Ketamine and Molly

Another Car on its Roof in Downtown Eureka, This Time in Front of the Courthouse

D.C. UPDATE: Rep. Jared Huffman on Family Separation at the Border, Medicare for All, Trump’s Stupid SPACE FORCE and More

Two-Car Collision Leaves Vehicle Flipped Onto Its Roof at Sixth and H Streets in Eureka; Intersection Closed

People Thrown Into Jail in Eureka Now Have More Opportunity to Get Back Home; Sheriff’s Office Announces New Bus Policy

Sequoia Park Zoo Officially Launches ‘Redwood Canopy Walk,’ Which is Expected to Open in 2020; Local Tourism Orgs Kick in $1.7 Million for Construction

(VIDEO) Violent Arrest in Downtown Arcata Saturday Evening Goes Viral; Confrontation Between UPD Officer and Vehicle Passenger Results in Battery, Resisting Arrest Charges

Humboldt County Democrats Raise Funds for McKinleyville Woman Detained by ICE, Urge Community to Donate

Fresno Man Arrested, Over 5,000 Plants Eradicated in Raid of Unpermitted Hyampom Grow With Environmental Damange

Under Legal Threat From Feds, Van Duzen Gravel Miner Charged With Polluting and Altering Course of the River Agrees to Clean Up Mess

DC UPDATE: Rep. Jared Huffman on the North Korea Summit, California Elections and Mitt Romney

Local Crow Tests Positive for West Nile Virus; Health Department Urges People to Guard Against Mosquito Bites

The Nerve! Tulare County Supervisor Plagiarizes Rex Bohn’s Well-Considered Argument in Favor of Taxes on Drinking Water

West Side House Fire Attacked By Neighbors With Garden Hoses Last Night; Damage Confined to One Room

Fieldbrook School Briefly on Lockdown This Morning After Woman Reported in Neighborhood With Gun; Sheriff’s Office Still Investigating

Blown Stop Sign Leads to One-Pound Meth Bust; EPD Officers Hold Three at Gunpoint on Wabash Before Arresting Them

One Man Killed, Another Injured in Solo-Vehicle Collision Near the Lagoons This Morning

Sheriff’s Office Deputizes Blue Lake Rancheria Police Officers; Arrangement Allows Rancheria Cops to Arrest Ne’er-Do-Wells on State Charges

Arcata Appoints Ehle as Interim Police Chief

Steve Madrone Statement: ‘I Stand Ready and Eager to Assume the Supervisor Seat’

D.C. UPDATE: Rep. Jared Huffman on Democrats Maybe Forcing Paul Ryan’s Hand on DACA, the Jungle Primary, Puerto Rico and More

IT’S L.A. DAY! New Direct Flights To/From Los Angeles Start … Now!

Friends of the Eel Sues County of Humboldt Over Its Cannabis Ordinance, Which it Calls ‘Environmentally and Economically Unsustainable’

ELECTION NIGHT FINAL! Madrone Leads Sundberg by Razor-Thin Margin in Too-Close-to-Call Race; Bass, Paz Dominguez Win Easily

(UPDATING) ELECTION NIGHT! The Thrill of Victory, the Agony of Defeat, and All The Numbers as We Get ‘Em

Drug Task Force Post-Mortem on Today’s Heroin Bust: Two Pounds Found in Secret Car Compartment, Once Arrested

Drug Task Force Currently Conducting Heroin Bust at Broadway Gas Station; One Arrested

Humboldt Bay Fire Rescue Swimmer Squad Returns! Canceled Program Gets its Fins Back With Three Days of Training, Which Are Coming Soon

TIME to VOTE! Here’s Where to Find Your Polling Place and Other Last-Minute Resources

Florida Man Wanted for Murder, on the Lam Since February, Arrested in Eureka Last Night

TRINITY COUNTY WEED CORRUPTION?!? Looks Like There’s About to Be Some Juicy Stuff Going Down Up There, if This Press Release is to Be Believed

OPERATION DRY WATER! Sheriff’s Office to Shanghai Soused Boaters During Enforcement Period Later This Month

(UPDATE) Arcata 14-Year-Old Missing Since Last Week; Police Seeking Public Help Locating Him

May 2018

Six Arrested in Big Drug Task Force Meth Sales Investigation; Numerous Sites in Eureka, McKinleyville Raided

‘Great Redwood Trail Act’ Passes State Senate Unanimously; Assembly Left to Wrestle With All the Details

Six-Year-Old Suffers Major Injuries in Myrtletown Car Accident

Need to Know How to Vote on State Propositions? The League of Women Voters Recommends…

State Steps in to Help Humboldt Investigate Alarming Rise in HIV Cases

(UPDATE) Two Local Women Killed in Today’s Crash on 101 Near Orick, Says CHP