Articles by Hank Sims
April 2017
HIGHWAY ALERT! 299 Will be Closed Tomorrow Midday as Caltrans Puts a Bunch of Big French Creek Boulders on Blast
Arcata Firefighters Got Mystery Call for Service Yesterday, Ended Up Battling Weird Wind-Fueled House Fire in McKinleyville
(UPDATE) Sheriff’s Office Searching for Missing 15-Year-Old McKinleyville Girl
March 2017
Brush Fire in the Palco Marsh Quickly Knocked Down; Fire Appears to Have Been ‘Deliberately Set,’ Says Chief
Audubon Society, Others File Suit to Stop Humboldt Bay Oyster Farm Expansion
A Mattress Just Caught Fire on the Second Floor of a Home on Eureka’s West Side
Dazed Island Mountain Hikers Get a Midnight Airlift Rescue From — Who Else? — Sector Humboldt Bay
15-Year-Old Boy Killed While Fishing at the Mouth of the Eel Last Weekend
New Fiber Optic Line a Go! State Pledges $47 Million to Dredge Internet Up From the Sea, Thread Fat Pipe From Eureka to Redding
Warehouse Completely Destroyed By Fire Last Night, Humboldt Bay Fire Says, But Surrounding Buildings Were Saved
Man Stabbed to Death in Alderpoint; Assailant Says Boyfriend Had Been Beating Her, According to Sheriff’s Office
Yurok Tribe Warns of ‘Most Catastrophic Fisheries Collapse in Klamath River History’
RAPID RESPONSE: Rep. Jared Huffman Does a Little Dance on TrumpCare’s Grave
Victim in Yesterday’s Fatal Crash Near Moonstone Identified as 25-Year-Old Orick Man; Driver Arrested for DUI
(UPDATE) Home Erupts in Flames on Eureka’s West Del Norte Street; Rapid Fire Causes Extensive Damage to Structure
House on Fire Near Arcata Elementary School
HEY, SERIAL SHOPLIFTERS! The Eureka Police Department Has a New Plan to Keep You in Jail Longer
Man in Ski Mask Holds Up Alliance Road Gas Station; Police Seeking Small, Blond Suspect
With AT&T Techs Out On Strike Statewide, Local Customers Narrowly Avoid Yet Another Big Fiber Optic Cable Outage
Eureka Man Flees From Cops, Despite Being ‘Held’ at Gunpoint — But to No Avail
Low-Cost Firewood Vouchers Will Soon Be Available For Low-Income Seniors, Courtesy of the Sheriff’s Work Alternative Program
Thirteen Vehicles Burgled Overnight in One McKinleyville Neighborhood
Some Ladies Followed Their GPS’s Directions Out Into the Deep, Deep Boons, So the Sheriff’s Office Had to Mobilize a Rescue
CITY OF EUREKA: We Gotta Dredge the Marinas, and Dumping the Spoils on the Beach is The Least Environmentally Impactful Option on the Table
(UPDATE) They Say They’re Mapping the Cannabis Genome, But When EPD Came Calling They Found BHO Equipment
EPD SAYS: It Was a Wild Year in Armed Robberies of Banks and Businesses, But We Solved Almost All of ‘Em
(UPDATED) Hit-and-Run Driver Strikes Vehicles, Kills Pedestrian on Eureka’s Fourth Street; Driver Tracked Down a Few Blocks Away
Caltrans Struggles to Keep the Failing Highway to Crescent City Open; Expect 10 to 20 Minute Delays
SURVEY SAYS! Humboldt County Kids Have Easy Access to Booze and Tobacco … and Our Convenience Stores Aren’t Helping, State Research Shows
County Government Signals That it Will Stand By Its Recently Hired, Embattled Public Defender
Tonight’s Weed Tax Meeting Has Been Moved From Willow Creek to McKinleyville, Due to Dangerous Road Conditions
83-Year-Old Arizona Woman Killed in Solo Vehicle Crash North of Willits Last Night
Pedestrian Struck by Big Rig, Killed While Walking in Traffic on Redwood Drive
MORE SNOW TODAY! National Weather Service Expects Flurries Down to 400 Feet, With More White Stuff Piling Up Inland
Two Detained as Drug Task Force Searches Home on Eureka’s Sixth Street
MORE SNOW COMING! Snow Could Stick Down to 2,000 Feet This Weekend; Most Local Highways Will Be Impacted
Del Norte Jury Convicts Serial Sex Offender of Molesting 15-Year-Old Girl, Providing Her With Methamphetamine
Three People Taken to Hospital After Their SUV Rolled Over in Midtown Eureka; Streets Closed at the Intersection of C and Fourteenth
PG&E SEZ: Weed Growers Now Qualify For A Sweeter Deal on Electrical Rates, Just Like Other Farmers Do
Need to Take 299 to Redding? Here Are the Times of Day You Can Pass The Massive Slide at Big French Creek
Shelter Cove-Based Fugitive Nabbed While Allegedly Stealing Utility Services; Foot-Flee From Deputies Unsuccessful
February 2017
BAY TRAIL A GO! The Northern End of the Eureka-Arcata Trail is All Ready for Construction, Thanks to the Dancing CCC Crew Boss and His Team
SoHum Deputy Spots Stolen Shoes, Tracks Them to a Hefty Cache of Burgled Goods at a Room in the Lone Pine
Sheriff’s Office Recaps Today’s King Salmon Manhunt: Two Men Arrested, One Held Without Bail
(AUDIO/VIDEO) LIVE From Rep. Jared Huffman’s Town Hall Meeting in Arcata
Manhunt in King Salmon After Two Men Reportedly Fire on a Group of Children, Flee Arrest
SECURITY NATIONAL CLARIFIES: We’re Not Making Money Off Growers — We’re Making Money Off People Making Money Off Growers
Wealthy People Own All the Snow In Kneeland and You Do Not, Sheriff’s Office Reminds the Public Once Again
SILVER ALERT CANCELED: Missing Eureka Woman Found Safe and in Good Spirits
END OF AN ERA: Three Scotia Homes in Escrow and More to Follow, as the Historic Pacific Lumber Company Town Begins to Transfer Itself to the Citizenry
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