Articles by Hank Sims

May 2018

22-Year-Old Woman Killed in Solo Vehicle Crash on Highway 36 Last Night

NEW DOCTORS COMING: St. Joe’s, Open Door Officially Launch New Humboldt County Medical Residency Program

April 2018

Eureka Man Suffers Major Injuries, is Airlifted to Davis After Early Morning Solo Vehicle Crash in Eureka

(UPDATE) U.S. Supreme Court Roundfiles North Coast Railroad Authority’s Appeal; McGuire Bill to Dismantle Agency Progresses Through Legislature

CHP Looking For Older, Light-Colored Econoline Van Connected With Last Night’s Fatal Hit-and-Run; Victim Named

Pedestrian Killed by Hit-And-Run Driver on 101 Near McKinleyville Last Night

HSU President Lisa Rossbacher Responds to NAACP’s Call For University to Stop Recruiting Students From Communities of Color

TRINITY SWIMMERS BEWARE: They’re About to Send a Big Blast of Water Downstream, and You Don’t Want to Be Caught in That

East-West Railroad Boosters Looking to Raise $10 Million Locally, Give it To Orange County Financial Firm With Grand Plans to Build Tracks to the Central Valley

County Appoints Longtime Deputy as New Public Defender, Following Period of Turmoil at Office

Jefferson Community Center Boosters to Celebrate Completion of ‘Phase One’ of West Side Revitalization With Big Neighborhood Shindig

Man Found Dead After Traffic Collision on Highway 101 This Morning; Sheriff’s Office Investigating Case as ‘Suspicious’

Fortuna Police Arrest Iowa Man in Connection With Friday Morning Restaurant Burglary

Two Arrested on Heroin, Child Endangerment Charges in Hoopa Hotel Room; 100 Syringes, Drugs Packaged for Sale Within Reach of Kids

It’s DEBATIN’ Season! Here Are Some Chances for You to Watch Your Supervisorial Candidates Go Head to Head

Here’s Why Your Lost Coast Outpost Experience Went a Little Haywire Around Lunchtime

OH, DAMN IT ALL: Weather Service Predicting Thunderstorms, Hail, Yet More Rain and Cold This Week, Especially Inland

Mendo Sheriffs’ Search and Rescue Effort Locates Car Submerged in Eel River; Police Confirm That Missing Family Perished in Crash

One Arrested After Reports of ‘Car Prowling’ in Myrtletown Area This Morning; Two Other Suspects Flee, Sheriff’s Office Says

D.C. UPDATE: Rep. Jared Huffman Says That Trump Appears ‘Very Close’ to Firing Robert Mueller, Predicts Constitutional Crisis

Fateful Hearing on Klamath River Water Releases in San Francisco Today; Tribal Members, Upstream Farmers Caravaning to Federal Courthouse

SURVEY TIME! The North Coast Stormwater Coalition Wants YOU to Help It Help You Clean Up Our Waterways

HSU BUDGET BLOODBATH: $9 Million Cut Over Next Two Years; President Vows to Prioritize Students and Classes, Close Third Street Gallery

Shows Will Go on at the Mateel (For Now), Says Board President, Despite Suspension Order From California Attorney General’s Office

Home Invasion Weed Robbery Reported in Shelter Cove; Suspects Said to Have Stolen Cash, Phones, Packaged Cannabis

Eureka Police Look to Beef Up Presence on Waterfront, in Parks; Starts Process of Hiring for New Ranger Position

(PHOTOS) That Big Hole in Loleta’s Eel River Drive Has Opened Up Again, and This Time it Swallowed a Car

Heroin Bust in Hoopa; Deputies Arrest Two on Charges of Possession For Sale

Fleeing SoHum Murder Suspect Eludes Capture Yet Again; Associate Taken Into Custody

Attempted Murder Suspect Taken Into Custody After Wild Chase Down 101, Mattole Road

BOAT on FIRE! Commercial Fishing Vessel Catches Flame Off Table Bluff; Sector Humboldt Bay Badasses Speed to Rescue by Sea and by Air

Tempest! Gusts! Rain! More Rain! Get Ready for the Big ATMOSPHERIC RIVER That is About Blow and/or Wash Us All Away

D.C. UPDATE: Rep. Huffman Envisions the Future of the Eel River, Defends His Endorsement of Ryan Sundberg, Trash-Talks the LoCO Commentariat

(UPDATING) Police at Winship School This Morning, Evidently in Response to Frightening Statements Made on Social Media

56-Year-Old Eureka Man Killed in Solo Vehicle Crash on 299 Last Night

DEMOCRACY Needs YOU! Humboldt County Looking to Hire More People to Run the Polls This Election Year

Los Angeles Man Caught After McK Weed Deal-Turned-Armed Robbery, Sheriff’s Office Says

BEWARE HIGHWAY 36! A New Round of Roadwork Is Going to Shut This Puppy Down Between Bridgeville and Dinsmore Most Days

Community Celebration of Life For Herrmann Spetzler, Visionary Health Care Leader, This Afternoon in Arcata

Jail Inmate Assaults Correctional Deputy; Victim Taken to St. Joe’s, Treated and Released

March 2018

Hoopa Valley Tribe Endorses Supervisor Ryan Sundberg, After Having Previously Endorsed Challenger Steve Madrone

FBI Indicts Humboldt Man on 2016 Stickup Spree; Four Banks, One Gas Station Hit

Eureka Inn’s Bristol Rose Restaurant Cleared to Reopen Over a Month After Health Inspectors Shut it Down

Tragic Mendocino Coast Car Crash Monday; Five Members of Washington Family Killed, Three Missing

‘ONLY’ A TEST! All Simulated Tsunami Hell is About to Break Loose, as County Tests Emergency Response Network

EPD Arrests Two on Drugs, Firearms Charges

Three Arrested During Investigation Into Fleeing SoHum Murder Suspect Zachary Harrison

LAST CHANCE GRADE: State Chips in Another $5 Million for Plan to Bypass Failing Stretch of Highway 101

COLD and WET: Snow Flurries Coming! National Weather Service Expects Plenty of Fresh Powder Above 2,500 Feet Tonight

Drug Task Force Finds Three Pounds of Meth, Stolen Firearm in Travel Trailers Near Fernbridge