Articles by Hank Sims

January 2018

Benbow Home Invader Sentenced to 13 Years in Prison For Robbery, Kidnapping, Solicitation of Perjury

HOMICIDE IN DOWNTOWN ORICK: Man Stabbed to Death This Morning; Police Currently Interviewing Suspect

Search and Rescue Operation at Mad River Beach Last Night Finds Hikers 150 Yards From the Parking Lot

Assault Suspect Arrested After Short Chase in Hoopa; Deputies Find Weed, Gun, Ammo

Interdistrict Transfers Not Dead: Humboldt County Schools Reach Agreement on Policy Allowing Kids to Pursue Education at Schools in Other Towns

Sheriff’s Office Identifies SoHum Homicide Victim; Asks Public’s Help With Investigation

Drug Task Force Busts Two 50-Somethings With Heroin and Scales During Redway Traffic Stop

Missing, At-Risk Bay Area Woman Detained After Running From CHP Stop, Puncturing Tires on Spike Strip

Gunshot Victim Found on Side of SoHum Road This Morning; Homicide Investigation Underway

December 2017

(UPDATE) Teenage Pedestrian Killed in Walnut Drive Traffic Collision Last Night

KING TIDES COMING! Want to Spend Your New Year’s Day Doing Fun Citizen Science With the City of Arcata?

WE SALUTE GREG BICKEL: Wheels Down for Aerial Deputy With Multifaceted Law Enforcement Career

(UPDATE) Henna-Decorated SoHum Burglary Suspect Sought by Sheriff’s Office

City of Trinidad Issues Statement on Controversial Memorial Lighthouse Project

WATCH: Master Thespian Miles Slattery, Eureka’s Community Services Director, Assembles Cast of Several to Explain His Department’s Recent Name Change

Protesters Climb Trinidad Memorial Lighthouse to Object to Current Relocation Plans; Construction Underway; Sheriff’s Deputies at Scene

Gov. Brown Selects Arcata Teacher to Lead California Arts Council

Suspect in Last Week’s Stabbing of Fields Landing Man Surrenders to Jail Staff

Time to Trash Your Tree! Here is a Growing List of Your Christmas Tree Disposal Options, Some of Which Involve Scouts

High-Speed Motorcycle Chase From Loleta to Fortuna Goes Offroad, Ends With Probationer in Custody

Wanted Oregon Sex Offender, on the Run for Over Two Years, Found in Garberville

Wanted Felon Discovered in Possession of Heroin Following Christmas Foot Pursuit in Eureka, Sheriff’s Office Says

Sheriff’s Office Rescues Man Lost Two Days in the Woods Between Blue Lake and Willow Creek

Arcata K-9 Cop ‘Barron’ Bites Fleeing Felon in the Butt Near Hiller Park

Man Arrested on Charges of Theft, Prowling After Allegedly Stealing a Package From Fortuna Home

Ferndale Man Killed in Yesterday’s Big Rig Crash Near the Humboldt-Mendocino Line

Fortuna Police Arrest Man on Charges of Arranging Meeting With 14-Year-Old for Lascivious Purposes

(UPDATE) NOROVIRUS OUTBREAK SPREADS: Schools Shuttered in Cutten, Fieldbrook, Rio Dell; More May Announce Closure Before Tomorrow

‘A Dynamic Champion for California’s Indigenous Students’: ACLU Honors Yurok Educator With Civil Liberties Award

Sheriff’s Office Identifies Deputy Shot Near Ferndale Sunday Morning

Deputies Seeking Two Men Who Are Believed to Have Swiped a Handgun From a Garberville Business Last Night

Fields Landing Man Wanted for Attempted Murder After Allegedly Stabbing Roommate Last Night

He Spent THREE DECADES in JAIL: Sheriff’s Office Salutes Sgt. Mitch Gratz on the Occasion of His Retirement

Huffman, McGuire Blast Republican ‘Tax Scam’ Bill, Which Congress Passed Today

(UPDATES: Vehicle Found in Ditch) Sheriff’s Deputies Blockading Blue Lake Streets While They Investigate Stolen Vehicle

DHHS on Norovirus Closures at Eureka City Schools, and What to Do When You Get Noro’d

Norovirus Closures Spread; Viral Outbreak Shuts Down Eureka City Schools For the Rest of the Week

Fatal Single-Vehicle Collision North of Willits Last Night; Drug or Alcohol Impairment ‘Considered to be a Factor’

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