Articles by Hank Sims

February 2017

Humboldt DA Investigator Named California ‘Investigator of the Year’ For Her Work on Sexual Assault, Human Trafficking Cases

Rain, Rain, Rain! Downed Tree Closes Kneeland School, and More Wet Weather is Coming

Hoopa Valley Tribe, Allies Win Big Legal Fight For Salmon-Saving Klamath River Flows

Ruth Lake Dog Put Down in Fortuna After Contracting Rabies From a Skunk; Second Case of Canine Rabies Recently, After a Long Absence in Humboldt

Weather Chaos! Highway 101 Slides, Power Out Around the County, More Rain Coming

FORTUNA IS MAD! If You’re the Jerks Who Drove All Over the Grass at Rohner Park Last Night, Know That You WILL Go Down

62-Year-Old Pedestrian Suffers Moderate Injuries After Being Struck By Prius Driver in Fortuna; Police Looking For Witnesses

Jury Awards $56.5 Million to Construction Worker Nearly Killed on Caltrans Project; Verdict Believed to be the Largest of Its Kind in Humboldt History

January 2017

Convicted Humboldt County Embezzler Jeff Lang Back in Prison, This Time On Charges of Bilking Women He Met on Dating Sites

Arcata Police Bust Up Downtown Meth House

Surveillance Video Leads Fortuna Police to Banged-Up Truck of Suspected Rohner Park Vandal

Federal Court Rules Sheriff, Correctional Officers May Be Sued in 2014 Jailhouse Death; Dismisses Case Against Eureka Police

DA: Serial Westhaven/Trinidad Burglar Sentenced to Eight Years

That Superfast Undersea Internet? You’re Probably Not Getting It, Unless You are One of 307 People Who Live in Lewiston

New, Superfast Internet From the Ocean? Harbor District to Hear $1.75 Million Proposal to Connect Humboldt to Undersea Cables

Explosion in Myrtletown Home Sends One Person to the Hospital; Drug Task Force, Fire Department on Scene

80-Year-Old Woman Dies After Being Struck By Pickup Driver in Henderson Center

Eureka Police: Two Suspects in Henderson Center Bank Robbery Friday Still at Large

No School at Fieldbrook Elementary Today Due to Ongoing, Weekend-Long Power Outage.

CHP, Sheriff’s Office Quickly Locate Truck Reported Carjacked Near Bear River Casino

Henderson Center Bank Robbed at Gunpoint This Afternoon

Another Arrest Made in 2015 Garberville Killing; Suspect Tracked Down in Florida

Woman Shot in the Leg On Avenue of the Giants; Reports That Assailants Demanded Money, Drugs

Humboldters Gather on Courthouse Steps to ‘Stand Against Hate’ as President Donald Trump Takes Oath of Office

Trinidad Man Gets Three-Year Prison Sentence After Violating Probation By Carrying Loaded Handgun

After Helping Bust 1,000 Bad Guys, Arcata K-9 Officer ‘Zari’ Ready to Retire to His Pillow

They’re Planning to Bring the California Condor Back to Humboldt! Your Input Welcomed at Meetings Next Week

HSU DAY OF SOLIDARITY: If Trump is Bumming You Out, You Can Get a Free Massage in the Kate Buchanan Room on Inauguration Day

Did Your Stuff Get Ruined In the Latest Flood? There May Be Some Money for You, County Says

MENDO SHERIFF: Laytonville Trimmer Murder Suspect Arrested at Mexico Border; Three Suspects Still at Large

Arcata Police Department Names Suspects in Today’s Armed Robbery

Police Stationed Near the Old Bracut KOA Campground, Attempting to Deal With Suicidal Subject

Two Arrested After Armed Robbery on Arcata’s Alliance Road

(UPDATE) The Roads are Closing Again: Weather Takes Out Greenwood Heights, Coffee Creek, Cannibal Island, Others

BE ON THE LOOKOUT: Convicted Felon Disappears From Eel River Conservation Camp Overnight

Humboldt Burglars $5,000 Richer This Weekend After Ransoming Six-Year-Old Boy’s Ashes to His Bereaved Parents

(VIDEO, PHOTOS) Home Burns to the Ground in Manila Following Afternoon Explosion; At Least Two People Injured

Shady Overseas Operators May Be Trying to Pull Real Estate Scams in Humboldt, District Attorney Warns

19-Year-Old Alameda Woman Dies in Car Crash Between Laytonville and Willits

Flooding Closes Road to Ferndale; Caltrans Not Yet Sure When Hwy 211 Will Reopen

56-Year-Old Man Arrested for Molesting Child at McKinleyville Business, Sheriff’s Office Says

CHP Seeks Public’s Help in Identifying Suspect in Last Week’s Fatal Hit-and-Run Collision

TUESDAY STORM INFORM: Several Inches of Rain Expected Today; National Weather Service Issues Multitude of Watches, Warnings and Advisories for the Region

Can’t Make it to the Women’s March on Washington? March on Eureka Instead, Says Public Employees’ Union

Sheriff’s Office Seeking Hoopa Man Who is Said to Have Imprisoned, Assaulted and Threatened to Kill Ex-Wife

Klamath Dam Removal Fans Urged to Attend State Water Board Meeting in Arcata Thursday

Doublewide Burns Down in McKinleyville; Authorities Looking for Green Subaru Seen Leaving the Scene of ‘Suspicious’ Fire

Crab Strike Ends: Fishermen, Wholesalers Reach Agreement on Prices

PG&E Installing Generators in Hoopa and Orleans, Knuckles Down For This Rain Storm

Eureka Crab Festival Canceled Due to Lack of Crab, Which is Due to the West Coast Crab Fishermen’s Strike