Articles by Hank Sims

October 2016

Jury Convicts Destry Beargrease Girard of Fighting Cop After Drunkenly Spilling Harley at 3 A.M.

Time to Get Those Flu Shots! Here Are Your Options, Which Do Not Include Ouchie-Free Nasal Spray

Deputies Nab Suspect in SoHum Warehouse Raid, ID Two Alleged Burglary-Ring Colleagues

STORM WAVES! Mariners, Beachgoers Must Watch Out For Huge Waves, Winds This Weekend, Coast Guard Says

Rainfall Totals! See How Much Rain Fell Around the County While We Wait for the Next Storm

OP-ED: Local Cops Come Out Strong Against Proposition 64, Marijuana Legalization

‘SHAME ON SHLOMO’: Citizens Protest the Pending Closure of Local Nursing Homes

LoCO VOTES! Everyone is So Hopped Up About Measure P, Eureka’s Election Reform Initiative

Motorcycle-Riding Felony Warrant Suspect Runs From Cops, Into Storage Locker in Failed Attempt to Escape Arrest

Cute Little Dog Gets Police Escort to Sitter After Human Companion Clipped by Passing Car

JURY SERVICE DEADBEATS! We Are Going to Start Sending the Cops After You, Court Says

(UPDATE) Once Again, Fire Erupts in Abandoned Building on Eureka’s Second Street

In Wake of Attack on Elementary School Student, Arcata to Hold Public Meeting on Safe Routes to School

New Owners, Big Plans for the Old Co-op — the Center, Maybe Someday, of a Revitalized Eureka Waterfront

Eureka Police Pull In Cool $70K State Grant to Better Bust Drunk, Distracted Drivers

Conservation Groups Offering $20,000 Reward for Man Suspected of Poaching, Shooting at Fish and Wildlife Officer

Meet Your Firefighters and Tour Their #1 Fire Station at the Annual Humboldt Bay Fire Open House!

Apparent Murder-Suicide in Fortuna; Police Believe Man Shot His Father Before Killing Himself

Humboldt County, You Have a New Librarian and a New Planning Director

57-Year-Old Logger Killed On the Job Near Willow Creek Yesterday

Feral Juveniles Run Rampant in Cutten Today, Prompting Mass Law Enforcement Response and Putting Washington Elementary on Lockdown

Two Injured As Motorcyclist, Car Crash In Front of Winco

Newest Stats Show Steep Increase in Violent Crime in the County’s Unincorporated Areas, Modest Improvement Elsewhere

PG&E To Fly Humboldt Bay, Eel River Valley Gas Lines Today; Remember, Call 811 Before You Dig!

(VIDEO) BAYSIDE HORSE RESCUE! Arcata Fire District, Sheriff’s Office Team Up to Free Trapped Horsey

Car Torched, Man Stabbed During Eureka’s Early Morning Hours

Humboldt Bay Fire Rescue Swimmers Scramble to Save Woman Who Jumped Into the Bay

Hezekiah Allen of the California Growers Association Tells LoCO Why He Won’t Vote for Weed Legalization This Fall

Eureka Home Invader Could Face Life in Prison As Jury Convicts Him of Tying Up, Threatening Victims

September 2016

HALLELUJAH! Get Ready to Get Rained On, For This Weekend Will Be Wet

Sector Humboldt Bay Plucks Ailing Old Man Off Cruise Ship, Flies Him to St. Joe’s

(UPDATE) Man Stabbed Inside Amy’s Delight Restaurant; Police Tape Up Harris Street Eatery While They Investigate

Another Gun Stolen From Pac Outfitters Found During McKinleyville Man-Woman Dispute

(UPDATED) Fortuna Murder Suspect Arrested by SWAT Team East of Bridgeville; Victim ID’d

Fortuna Police Release Statement on Today’s Homicide; Shooting Resulted From ‘Personal Dispute’

Fortuna Home Invaders Tie Up 79-Year-Old Man, Steal Cash, Jewelry and Car at Gunpoint

(UPDATING) Man Shot, Killed Off Rohnerville Road in Fortuna; Police Searching for Suspect

REMEMBER: The IRS Does Not Allow You to Pay Your Taxes With iTunes Gift Cards, Sheriff’s Office Says

Pickup Driver With ‘Medical Emergency’ Ping-Pongs Through McK Sanitation Yard, Crashing Into Vehicles and Structures

(UPDATE) Hit and Run Driver Strikes People Standing Outside St. Vincent DePaul; Witnesses Say Driver Intentionally Rammed Victims

New Spot for the Container Village? Eureka City Council to Hold Special Meeting Tuesday to Pick One

Danco Group Makes Offer to Buy Budget Motel Site; Current Owner Senses Conspiracy, Which is Denied By All

Budget Motel Evictions Underway

Budget Motel Evictions Begin at 8 a.m. Tomorrow; City Says it Will Cover Residents’ Expenses and Attempt to Recoup Them From Owner

Multi-Vehicular Crash Crash Crash Crash on Northbound Broadway Closes One Lane of Traffic

TRAPPED: Courthouse Elevator Scare Resolves Itself Without Bloodshed

That Helicopter Terrorizing Orick, Big Lagoon, Trinidad Today? Here’s What That Was.

SURVEY SAYS! Humboldt County Has One of the Best Commutes in the State, and We Walk to Work in Impressive Numbers

EPD Chases Down Sawed-Off Shotgun-Packing 14-Year-Old, Arrests Him for Outstanding Meth and Burglary Warrants

Apparent Escaped Debris Burn in Arcata’s Greenview Neighborhood Brings Flurry of Firefighters