Articles by Hank Sims

March 2017

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

Willow Creek Tipster Dimes Out One of ‘Humboldt’s Most Wanted’; Cops Take Two Into Custody at East County Motel

More and More People are Stealing More and More Cars in Humboldt, Says Sheriff’s Office — And Thieves Really Like Hondas and Toyotas!

Redwoods-Adorned License Plates are a Big Flop, So Far — If You Want to Change That, Act Soon!

Motorcyclist and Bicyclist Both Taken to the Hospital After Colliding on Eureka’s West Side

VACCINES for PRETEENS! Now is the Time For Your Sulky Tweener to Get Her/His Shots

63-Year-Old Man Found Dead Underneath a Myrtle Avenue Bridge, Where He Lived

Don’t Eat Sport-Harvested Shellfish! California Public Health Department Warns of Deadly Toxins in Humboldt County Clams, Mussels, Crab Guts

How Would YOU Spend the Growers’ Money? County of Humboldt to Hold Series of Meetings on New Weed Tax

Fire at Mother-in-Law Unit in Midtown Eureka; F Street Closed Between 11th and 12th

BIG RIG SPILL! We Don’t Know Why That Trucker Flipped it Into the Ditch Last Night, CHP Says, But Everyone Walked Away

PG&E Will Be Buzzing Humboldt’s Urban Areas Today, Looking For Gas Leaks

BATTEN DOWN: Flood Warnings Issued For Klamath, Eel, Van Duzen Rivers