Articles by Hank Sims

March 2018

CR-azy Deal! New Full-Time College of the Redwoods Students Pay NO Tuition Next Year

PG&E Sending In the Helichoppers to Restore Power to Backwoods Humboldters, Mendonesians

Body Found on South Jetty Last Year Identified as 47-Year-Old Man Last Seen in Alderpoint

Highway 101 — Snowbound! Northern Mendo is Getting Socked In Right Now

Two New Weed Stores on Eureka’s Fourth Street? City Council Set to Move Forward at Next’s Week’s Meeting

February 2018

Fire in McK Safeway Storeroom Last Night Kept in Check by Onsite Sprinkler System

Yurok Tribe Acquires Thousands of Acres of Blue Creek Watershed From Green Diamond; Will Manage Land to Restore Ecosystem

Late Night Home Invasion Robbery in McKinleyville; Suspects Believed to Have Stolen Weed, Arc Welder, Sheriff’s Office Says

No Tall Ships This Year! Lady Washington, Hawaiian Chieftan Skip Humboldt Due to Excessive Silt

SNO-CAT RESCUE! Sheriff’s Office Deploys in the Middle of the Night to Save Errant Snowmobiler

Six Pounds of Heroin, $40,000 Cash Netted in Three Drug Task Force Raids Yesterday, Cops Say

Family Suffers Carbon Monoxide Poisoning Due to Faulty Heater; Detection Device Had Dead Batteries

IMPEACH: Rep. Jared Huffman Co-sponsors Articles of Impeachment Aimed at President Donald Trump

Digital Signs in Eureka? Whether You Love ‘Em, Loathe ‘Em or are Beyond Caring, City Government Wants to Hear From You

Texas Man Wanted on Charges of Indecency With a Child Found Checking In to SoHum Motel, Sheriff’s Office Says

Midnight Fire on Eureka’s West Side Consumes Home

PG&E Tells Regional Commission It’s Thinking About Selling or Abandoning Potter Valley Dams, Which Take Water Out of the Eel and Send It South

Legal Weed Summit to Be Held in Ukiah Next Week; McGuire, Wood Will Host ‘First 60 Days of Prop 64’ Hearing

Hiker Finds Body Near Mattole Beach; Autopsy Scheduled Tomorrow

Eureka Cops Took Attempted Murder Suspect Into Custody Following West Side Foot Chase Last Night

After Early Morning Scuffle at SoHum Motel, Deputies Arrest Sacramento Man With Outstanding Warrants for False Imprisonment, ‘Pimping a Minor’

Arcata City Council Votes to Remove McKinley Statue From the Plaza

Sheriff’s Office ID Cutten Gorilla-Mask Assault Suspect, Who is Already in Custody After Fleeing From Arcata Police Last Week

Broken Tail Light Leads to Weed Arrest on Pine Hill; Convicted Felon Taken Into Custody For Firearm, Ammo, Transportation, Driving on a Suspended License

Cops Find Hash Lab in Fortuna Motel Room; Two Arrested For Burglary, Possession of Stolen Property, Etc.

FIVE POUNDS OF METH: Drug Task Force Launches Mass Raid Against ‘Narcotics Trafficking Operation’; Six Arrested

The BLM Plans to Burn Scrub Land Near Petrolia Over the Next Few Weeks

Fortuna Man Who Fled Arrest Twice Last Night Taken Into Custody at Arcata Motel, Cops Say

Where Should Arcata Put All the Weed Stores? Have an Opinion? Take the Survey!

D.C UPDATE: Huffman Slams Trump Infrastructure Plan, Lays Out His Thoughts on Immigration Reform

Auction Time! Humboldt County’s Annual Sale of Tax-Defaulted Properties is Almost Underway

Patrol Deputy Catches Early Morning McK Storage Unit Burglars in the Act; Two Suspects Flee

INTRODUCING: LoCO Push Notifications! Now You Can Have Us Give You a Buzz When Something Happens

(VIDEO) Eureka Police Department Mini-Documentary Asks: Do YOU Have What it Takes to be EPD?

SHERIFF’S OFFICE: To Be Completely Clear, Real Cops Won’t Ask You to Buy Them Prepaid Debit Cards or Gift Cards From Home Depot or Anywhere Else, Either

D.C. UPDATE: Rep. Jared Huffman Talks Nunes Memo, the Possibility of Another Government Shutdown, and Whether or Not the Dems Are Gonna Get Creamed This November

PEOPLE! Let’s Not Freak Out Too Much About Humboldt’s State-Highest Rate of Missing Persons Reports, OK?

SCAM ALERT: Please Remember That Real Cops Won’t Ask You to Buy Them a Pre-Paid Debit Card From Walgreens

Sheriff’s Office Seeks Man Who Fled Stop Near Willow Creek; Numerous Firearms, Weed Found in Car

Fisherman Finds Dead Man in the Van Duzen River; No Initial Signs of Foul Play

(UPDATE: FOUND!) EPD Seeks Help Locating 83-Year-Old Eureka Woman Who Went Missing Early This Morning

Late Night House Fire in Sunny Brae Does Heavy Damage to Residence, Sends One to Hospital

Jury Convicts McKinleyville Man of Felony DUI for Running Into Teen on Central Avenue Last Year

Wanted Felony Warrant Suspect Arrested in McK When Alert Neighbor Notify Police of Suspicious Activity

Gorilla-Masked Man Sprays Murphy’s Cutten Clerk With ‘Chemical Agent’ After Apparent Shoplifting Attempt, Flees the Scene

January 2018

MONDAY, HIGH NOON, COURTHOUSE STEPS: Sheriff William ‘Billy’ Honsal to Launch Election Campaign

Students at Hoopa High Stage Sit-In Today

DC UPDATE, w/ REP. JARED HUFFMAN: In New Radio Series, the Congressman is Grilled on Solar Tariffs, Banking for the Cannabis Industry and The Shutdown

Local Man Arrested on Several Child Molestation Charges, Sheriff’s Office Says

Deputy Catches Man Wanted for Armed Robbery, Assault, Terrorist Threats With Heroin and Meth in His Undies