Articles by Hank Sims

August 2016

Sheriff’s Office Issues Updates on Last Week’s Redway Homicide, McKinleyville Standoff

Longtime Times-Standard Second-in-Command Marc Valles Takes Reins of Humboldt’s Almost-Daily

Rep. Huffman Declares Victory as Federal Agency Limits Confederate Flag Display at National Cemeteries

County Prioritizes Crackdown on ‘Illegal Marijuana Farms’ in Pitch for Tax on Growers

Car Careens Into Orthodonist Office After Crash at Seventh and I

Suspects Who Shot at State Fish and Wildlife Officer This Morning Still on the Loose, Agency Says

Fish-Killing Parasite Spotted in This Year’s Klamath Salmon Run, Yurok Tribe Says

(UPDATE: IN CUSTODY) Eureka Police Name ‘Person of Interest’ in Recent String of Bank Robberies

TIMELINE: Sheriff’s Office Press Conference on Yesterday’s McKinleyville Standoff

McKinleyville Standoff Comes to Violent End; Subject Dead After Opening Fire on Officers

(UPDATE: He Qualified) New Candidate Emerges in Eureka’s Fourth Ward, Right Up Against Deadline

Arcata Fire Release Postmortem on Today’s Could-Have-Been Scary Dow’s Prairie Grass Fire

(UPDATING) ‘Hoping for a Peaceful Resolution’: Sheriff Mike Downey on the McKinleyville Standoff

Supervisor Virginia Bass Nominated Someone Else to Challenge Her Husband’s Bid for Eureka City Council

Briceland Man Busted With Loads of Meth, Heroin and a Butane Hash Lab, Drug Task Force Announces

Narcan-Packing Arcata Police Officers Save Man Who Had OD’d on Heroin This Afternoon

Fire Shuts Down Highway 199 in Oregon, Before Grants Pass

(UPDATE) Redwood Capital Bank Branch in Fortuna Robbed Just Before Closing Today

(UPDATE) Faith Center Pastor Steps Up! Chet Albin Returns! Eureka’s Second Ward Race Just Got Interesting

One Dead After Boat Capsizes and Sinks Near South Jetty This Afternoon

Renner Petroleum Sold to Central Valley Firm, Which Vows to Maintain Renner’s ‘Community Focus’

Burglars Set Fire to Fortuna Home After Making Off With Guns, Jewelry, Police Say

Melinda Ciarabellini Bows Out of Reelection Bid With Classy, Heartfelt Letter to the People of Eureka

Sheriff’s Office Bomb Squad Sent to Deactivate Explosive Device in Eureka Neighborhood Today

You Don’t Have to Drive to Crescent City to Fly to Portland at a Reasonable Price Anymore, PenAir Says

McKinleyville Youth Suffers Major Injuries After Running Red Light and Hitting Tree on Central Avenue

Man Airlifted After Hitting a Pole and Flipping His Car in Eureka Neighborhood This Morning

(UPDATE: Suspect Released) Yesterday’s Gunshot Victim in Petrolia Was Trying to Kill a Woman, Sheriff’s Office Says

GREEN RUSH! Here is a List of the 846 Humboldters and More (So Far) Who are Looking to Go Legit

Highway 299 at Buckhorn Summit is a Lumber-Strewn Mess

The Pot Farm Raided in Blocksburg Today Had Applied for County Permits, Was Attempting to Go Legit

(UPDATE) Sheriff’s Office Says Last Weekend’s Shooting Incident Was Homicide; Seek Public’s Help in Investigation

Drugs a Factor in Sunday’s Major-Injury Car Crash Near Blue Lake, CHP Says

WATCH: Former Eurekan David Cobb Compliment Julian Assange’s Natty Fashion Sense at the Green Party Convention!

Sheriff’s Office Releases Name of Man Shot Dead in Eureka This Weekend; Incident Still Under Investigation

Former Courthouse Manager Gets Year in Jail for Pocketing Money from Traffic Tickets, Criminal Cases

Armed Robbery in Blocksburg Allegedly the Work of Unpaid Trimmers; Suspects Cited and Released After Victim Declines to Cooperate

District Attorney, Tribal Police Arrest Two Hoopa Residents on Heroin, Meth Sales Charges

The Willits Bypass Will Open in Three Months

FIRE REPORT: Calfire Stretched Between Active Wildfires in North, South of County

Whitethorn Woman Sentenced to a Year and a Day for Trespass Grow on the King Range

Vast Treasure Trove of Stolen Goods Found During Sheriff’s Office Raid Today

Oregon Man Killed in Logging Accident Near Blue Lake Yesterday

(MORE PHOTOS) Last Night’s Highway 299 Fire Held to Four and a Half Acres

Cal-Ore Life Flight Names, Honors Crew Members Killed in Last Week’s Plane Crash

July 2016

Spot Fires Break Out on Highway 299

Meth Dealership Based at Main Street Motel Busted Up, Fortuna Police Say

McKinleyville Gas Station Robbed at Gunpoint; Sheriff’s Office Chases Suspect to Hoopa

Two Arrested for Attempted Murder After Shooting Up Arcata Home This Morning

(UPDATES, PHOTOS) Cal-Ore Life Flight Plane Crashes Northeast of McKinleyville