Articles by Hank Sims

December 2017

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’

Town Hall Meeting on Opioid Crisis Tomorrow; Sen. McGuire, Supervisor Bass to Discuss What Has Worked and What Has Not

Child Welfare Services Inspection Finds Willow Creek Man on Federal Probation With 16 Pounds of Weed, Scales; Two Arrested

SENIORS! Low-Cost Firewood Vouchers Will Soon be Available for People 55 Years and Older and On a Limited Income

Eureka Police Say: You Will Not Be Able to Dodge Paying Your Parking Tickets Anymore, Thanks to Our Cool New Payment Processing Solution

ELECTION RESULTS! College of the Redwoods Challengers Cruising to Easy Victory; Rio Dell Pot Tax Passes; Blue Lake Fire Tax Shot Down

STORM COMING! High Winds, Decent Downpour On Tap For Today and Much of the Week; Gale Warnings, Small Craft Advisories Issued

Fake SWAT Team Worked Redwood Valley Area, Too — Demanding Weed and Money, Armed Robbers Took Cars and Shoes Instead

October 2017

Sheriff’s SWAT Team Surrounds Westhaven Home, Takes Florida Murder Suspect Into Custody

(PHOTOS) Car Bursting Into Flames Interrupts Eureka’s Lunch Hour

Small Breaker Box Fire in Myrtletown Handled Before Serious Damage Hit the House

WILLOW CREEK! Come Have a Coppoccino and a Chat With Bona Fide Sheriff’s Office Lawmen From Your Neck of the Woods

Kyle Zoellner, Once Suspected of Homicide in David Josiah Lawson Slaying, Files Claim Against City of Arcata For Defamation, Pain and Suffering, Emotional Distress, More

There Will Be a Controlled Burn at Potawot Village This Weekend, and the Smoke Might Spread

Redwood Valley Oldster Shot at Firefighters Who Parked on His Property During Catastrophic Wine Country Blaze, Mendo Sheriff Says

AT&T Confirms Last Night’s Outage Caused by Cut Fiber; Service Restored Just After 10:30 p.m.

AT&T and Frontier Sure Seem to be Down Again in a Catastrophically Breached Fiber-Optic Line Kind of Way

(UPDATE: FOUND) Sheriff’s Office Searching For Missing Cutten 16-Year-Old With Grave Medical Condition

In the Wake of the Devastating Wine Country Fires, Humboldt to Hold Series of Wildfire Prep Meetings

Can We Fix Humboldt County’s Airports? New Report From County’s Consultant Recommends Radical Changes

Sequoia Park is Closed Today While Crews Take Out Some Problem Trees, But Don’t Forget About the Big Park Reenvisioning Event Tomorrow!

Mendocino County Sheriff Identifies All Eight People Killed in Redwood Valley Fire, With Help From Assm. Jim Wood

DROP, COVER and HOLD ON! It’s Just About Time for the Great California Shakeout!