Articles by Hank Sims

July 2017

OPERATION YUROK: Tribe Launches Annual Marijuana Eradication Effort With Wave of Search Warrants This Morning

Arcata Police: 17-Year-Old Shot at Early Morning Party on C Street

Sheriff’s Office Nabs Two Suspects in String of Trinidad-Area Burglaries

MARINE PATROL! Aquatic Deputies Make Splashy Burglary Collar While Patrolling the Bay in Their Little Skiff

For Fireworks Heads (and Pet-Owners): Arcata Will Have More Fireworks Next Week! Relive Tuesday’s Show With These Photos From Across the Bay

Eureka Erects Giant Fence to Shut Down Homeless Sidewalk Scene Across From Free Meal Dining Facility

Right-Wing Sinclair Broadcast Group Completes Takeover of Local ABC Affiliate Just Hours After John Oliver Makes Fun of It

State Transportation Commission Raises Eyebrow at North Coast Railroad Authority Finances, Asks Perennially Beleaguered Agency to Prepare ‘Shutdown Plan’

June 2017

Pine Hill Man Arrested With Heroin, Scale, Guns, ‘Pay-and-Owe Sheets,’ Drug Task Force Says

SHERIFF’S OFFICE: Sheriff’s Office Launches Investigation of Sheriff’s Office’s Practice of Selling Dead People’s Stuff to Sheriff’s Office Employees

Eureka Probation Stop Yields Heroin For Sale, Weed, Meth and One Re-Arrested Probationer, Cops Say

Firefighters Swarm Harrison Avenue to Undertake Tricky Rescue in Solo-Vehicle, Over-the-Side Crash

Eureka Man Killed in Head-on Collision After Driving Wrong Way on Highway 101 Last Night

Eureka Police Award $25,000 in Money Seized From Drug Dealers to Two Local Organizations Who Want to Keep Kids Off Drugs

As Expected, EPIC and Others Launch New Lawsuit Against Caltrans’ Richardson Grove Improvement Project

ATT’N, WESTSIDE SANGUINE SOCIETY! Natali Has Wanted an ‘I Like Eureka’ Sticker For Over Two Years, and She’s Moving Away in a Week

(UPDATE) Woman in Jail Custody Dies Early This Morning; Critical Incident Response Team Investigating

Sheriff’s Office Runs Down ‘Two-Week Crime Spree’ Believed to be Perpetrated by James Pawlyk, Yesterday’s High-Profile Arrestee

(PHOTOS: UPDATING) Big Dune Fire at the Beach Near the Manila Community Center; High Winds Causing Fire to Spread Rapidly

Person of Interest in ‘Week-Long Crime Spree’ Taken Into Custody After Manic Day of Law Enforcement Tracking; Man Arrested for Assault With Deadly Weapon and Vandalism, With More Charges Likely

FAKE WILDFIRE THIS WEEKEND! All Simulated Hell Will Break Out on the McKay Tract Saturday as Local Firefighters Gear Up for Summer

Man Suffers Gunshot Wound on Union Street Outside of Eureka Last Night; Sheriff’s Office Still Investigating

HEY, POLITICS DWEEBS! Draw Your Own Damn Maps of Eureka’s Future Ward System With the LoCO’s Cool New Tool

HUMBOLDT BAY FIRE: This Morning’s Fire Destroyed or Damaged Six Businesses; Monetary Losses May Exceed $1 Million

Eureka Police Name Suspect in This Morning’s Assault on Cop, Book Him On Plethora of Felony Warrants and New Charges

(PHOTOS,VIDEO) Early Morning Fire in Downtown Garberville Threatens Presbyterian Church; Cause Still Under Investigation

Have You Seen Her? Sheriff Office Asks for Public’s Help in Locating Missing Trinidad Woman

(UPDATES) Eureka Police Investigating Shooting and Attempted Assault on an Officer in Midtown Eureka; Crimes Took Place Blocks Away From Each Other; Still Unknown Whether They Are Related

61-Year-Old Willow Creek Man Found Dead in the Klamath Tuesday; No Signs of Foul Play

(PHOTOS/VIDEO) ‘Suspicious’ Car Fire in Alley Near Fifth and Myrtle Briefly Threatens Nearby Building

Sheriff’s Deputy Physically Subdues Wanted Warrant Suspect After Tussle

Sheriff’s Office Looking for Two Men Suspected of Assaulting 43-Year-Old in Arcata, Sending Him to the Hospital

Did You See a Million Cop Cars Hauling Ass Southbound Out of Eureka This Morning? Here’s What That Was

‘Paying Your Child Support Has Never Been Easier’: A Special Father’s Day Message From North Coast Child Support Services

Humboldt Expected to Get $3.8 Million Grant to Improve Dental Services for Low Income Kids, County Health Department Says

ARCATA POLICE: Today’s Shooting in the Windsong Neighborhood Appears to be Work of Burglar Surprised in the Act

Arcata Police Investigate Shooting in Windsong Village; One Victim Suffers Non-Life-Threatening Injuries; Suspect Still at Large

Fire in Valley West Trailer Home Confined to Bedroom; Spruce Way Closed While Firefighters Mop Up

Three Arrested in Drug Sales Bust at Fortuna Motel; Suspects Nabbed in the Act of Re-Upping Stash, Drug Task Force Says

Eureka NAACP Leadership Clarifies Call for Anonymous Comment Crackdown

Eureka Police Chief Andy Mills Accepts Job as Head of Santa Cruz Police Department

In the Wake of the Killing of David Lawson, Local Chapter of the NAACP Calls for Crackdown on Anonymous Comments

LOOK OUT! Highway 101 Will be Full of Hells Angels and Rave People This Weekend, Warns the Garberville CHP Commander

FAKE FUEL SPILL TOMORROW! They’re Going to Simulate a Catastrophic Gas Spill on the Bay to Prepare for the Real Thing, God Forbid

Citizen Tip Leads CHP Officers to Suspect in SoHum Car Theft, Shooting

HUMBOLDT BAY FIRE: Contrary to What Our Firefighters’ Union Told You, The Rescue Swimmer Program Was Suspended Due to Lack of Swimmers, Not of Funds

Citing Lack of Funds, Humboldt Bay Fire Suspends Rescue Swimmer Program, Firefighters’ Union Says

After 12 Long Years, Cutten Will Soon, Finally Get That Stoplight Near Murphy’s Market That Residents Have Been Asking For

Officially a ‘Nuisance’: Judge Rules For Neighbors in Mass Small Claims Suit Against Squires Family

You Got COMMERCIAL in My NEIGHBORHOOD! ‘Better Know a District’ Part Seven Celebrates the Peanut Butter Cup of the Eureka Zoning Ordinance