Articles by Hank Sims

December 2017

California Highway Patrol Vows to Throw Down ‘Maximum Enforcement’ Against Horrible Holiday Drivers

On Friday Night, a McKinleyville Man Allegedly Took Up a Rifle Against Sheriff’s Deputies

Wanted Felon Arrested While Casing Cars on Humboldt Hill in the Midnight Hour, Sheriff’s Office Says

(UPDATE) FERNDALE SHOOTING: Man Accused of Shooting Deputy is Undocumented Mexican Citizen, Sheriff Honsal Says at Press Conference

CEASE AND DOSIST: The Weed Company Formerly Known as ‘hmbldt’ Has Changed Its Name

61-Year-Old Lake County Man Killed in Single-Vehicle Crash North of Laytonville Yesterday

(UPDATE) Sheriff’s Deputy Shot Near Ferndale Last Night; At Least One Suspect in Custody Following Coppini Road Standoff

Three Arrested in Traffic Stop; ‘Validated Gang Members’ in Possession of Meth, Guns, Ammo, Cash

Yurok Tribe Decries Trinidad Lighthouse Move; Calls Civic Club Action Hasty, Culturally Insensitive

RAILROAD NEWS: Citing ‘Uncertain Future,’ California Transportation Commission Calls for Special Committee to Hash Out What to Do With the North Coast Railroad Authority

Norovirus Outbreak To Close All Three South Bay Union Schools Next Week

City of Eureka to Look at Big, New Subsidized Housing Projects on Myrtle Avenue and Fourth Street, and to Review Waterfront Development Strategy

Del Norte Man Wanted For Threats to Law Enforcement Officers Nabbed After Reporting His Own Wherebouts in Humboldt, Sheriff’s Office Says

64-Year-Old Covelo Man Killed in Single-Vehicle Crash North of Willits Yesterday

Man Just Released From Jail Assaults Woman in Jail Lobby, Sheriff’s Office Says

CORONER: HSU Student Erin Henry Fell to Her Death

Yeah, So Some of This Smoke is Coming From LA After All, it Turns Out

Poor Air Quality in Eureka This Morning Partly Due to a Stolen Vehicle That Was Torched Near Cooper Gulch

Willow Creek Man Found Deceased After Several-Day Search That Followed Domestic Dispute

A Great Big Boom Rattled Eureka Last Night, and Once Again No One Knows Who, What, Why, How or Exactly Where

SHERIFF’S OFFICE: Armed Robbers Made Off With 200 Pounds of Weed Up Titlow Hill Yesterday Morning

Man on Meth in Allard Avenue Mobile Home Park Admits to Firing Shotgun Into the Air, Sheriff’s Office Says

PRICE SUPPORTS FOR GROWERS! North Coast’s Legislative Delegation Lobbies State Weed Official to Keep Cannabis Production Tiny

Deputies Disarm Convicted Felon Who Fell Asleep in the Starbucks Parking Lot With a Loaded Weapon in his Lap

The Eureka City Council May Soon Lease, Sell Waterfront Land for RV Park, Mixed-Use Hotel ‘Village’

This Free Shopping Bag Will Help You Remember the Eureka Street Sweeping Schedule

(UPDATE: MAYBE NOT) FIBER DOWN? ‘Tis Always the Season for a Mass AT&T Telecommunications Outage!

Early Morning Shootout at Hoopa Home, Says Sheriff’s Office; Suspects Still At Large

Sheriff’s Office Says Missing Spanish Man Didn’t Make Flight Back to Europe; Search Continues

Eighteen-Year-Old Trinidad Man Arrested After Being Found With Missing Central Valley Teenager

Congressman Jared Huffman is Having Lots of Twitter Fun Today

November 2017

Nice Job, Posse! Sheriff’s Office Volunteer Squad Helps to Locate 70-Year-Old Man Who Got Lost While Mushrooming

‘Elicopters! PG&E is Gonna Be Flying Around the East County Tomorrow, Looking For Dead Trees

Fortuna Fire: Weekend Blaze Downtown ‘Accidental in Nature’; Residents’ Pets Not Accounted For

Arcata City Council to Hold Special Meeting on the Future of the McKinley Statue, Jacoby’s Storehouse Plaque

Kade Chandler Sentenced to Year in Jail, 10 Years Probation in Drunk Driving Death of Two Young Women

Sheriff’s Office ID’s Man Killed in Early Friday Morning Crash Near Shelter Cove

HCSO Remembers Former Sheriff Gene Cox, Killed in the Line of Duty 35 Years Ago

Garbervillains May Once Again Drink Water Straight Out of the Tap

EPD on Last Night’s Les Schwab Shooting: No One Injured, Detectives Actively Investigating Leads

Assm. Jim Wood Says ‘Health Care For All is Our Goal,’ as Select State Committee Prepares Second Hearing

(UPDATE) (PHOTOS) Shots Fired Into Les Schwab Tire on Broadway; Police Investigating

(UPDATE) Check Out This Dumb Cow Who Thinks It Gets to Move to Myrtletown

(UPDATE) 43-Year-Old McKinleyville Man Killed in Friday Night Collision on North Bank Road

(PHOTOS) Big Fire in Downtown Fortuna; Police Asking Public to Stay Away From Burning Building Near the Corner of 12th and N Streets

FREEZE WARNING! Emergency Shelter Alert Issued as Cold Winds Set to Blow Over Humboldt Tonight, Tomorrow

Democrats Divided: Assm. Jim Wood Officially ‘Admonished’ By Humboldt Progressive Club, Setting Up Prog-Versus-Establishment Wars to Come

Family of Russian Man Found Drowned in Eel River Last Month Finally Notified, Via Social Media

Truck Driver Sustains Major Injuries After Spilling Load of Lumber Near Leggett

Hoopa Man Arrested on Weapons Charges After Deputies Discover Fully Automatic Rifle in His Possession During ‘Maximum Enforcement Day’