Articles by Hank Sims

June 2016

Ray’s Food Place, Hoopa Valley Tribe Issue Warring Press Releases as Grocery Leaves Hoopa Forever

Feds Tight-Lipped About Yesterday’s Weed Raid in the King Range

Local Organizing Network Calls Supreme Court Immigration Decision ‘Temporary Setback,’ Urges Citizens to Vote This Fall

Loleta Cheese Factory to Emerge From Bankruptcy Under New Ownership; Grilled Cheese Sandwich Bar Planned

Small Release of Black Gunk Pauses Environmental Remediation Work in Henderson Center

Massive Weed Op Raided on Table Bluff; Deputies Find Impressive Gun Cache in Related Storage Unit

Burglar Shot in the Leg by Person He Tried to Burglarize, Rio Dell Police Say

Pony Fire Nears Containment at Almost 3,000 Acres; State Agencies Expecting Busy Wildfire Year

Keep Your Weed Biz Outta the Warm-Hearted City! Rio Dell Kills Commercial Cannabis Ordinance

Rep. Jared Huffman Among Democrats Staging Gun Control Sit-In on House Floor

Four Masked Men Home-Invade Elderly Fairhaven Couple, Steal Their Medications and Harmonica at Gunpoint

Staircase Behind Old Town’s Chapala Restaurant Briefly Gets Muy Caliente

After Tragedy, Eureka Family Thanks Their Community and Especially Their Fire Department

Crash at Henderson and H Sends One Car Careening Into Home

(UPDATED) Two Wanted For Attempted Murder After Shooting, Assault Inside Humboldt Hill Home

Tear Gas, Handgun, Meth, 250 Plants Found in Raid on Eureka Home

#TBT: The Dude Responsible for the Biggest Humboldt Bust of the Nineties Just Got Arrested Again in Santa Rosa

Weird Surveillance Truck in Your Neighborhood? Once Again, That is Just PG&E

Midnight Fire at I Street Home Claims Life of Dog, Destroys Household Possessions

County Health Inspectors Ask Rat-Infested Hoopa Supermarket to Shut its Doors Completely

Man Fleeing From Arrest on Domestic Violence Charges Caused This Morning’s School Lockdowns

Two 16-Year-Olds Pull Gun on 15-Year-Old at an Old Arcata Road Home

Five Arrested on Drugs, Weapons Charges in Morning Melee at Downtown Arcata Gas Station

Ray’s Food Place Issues FAQ on Rat-Infested Hoopa Supermarket, Calls on Tribe to Fix Building

Parts of Ray’s Food Place in Hoopa Closed Due to ‘Very Large Rat Infestation’

EPIC, Others Prepare to Sue Feds Over Failure to Protect Pacific Fisher

Sharp-Eyed Kids Nail Brazen Fortuna Burglar, Police Say

Fifty People Killed in Mass Shooting at Gay Nightclub in Orlando

63-Year-Old Redwood Run Biker, Passenger Hospitalized Following Afternoon Crash

Multiple Fire Departments Battling Blaze by the Samoa Bridge

(VIDEO) The Willits Bypass is Getting Ever Closer to Reality

GOOD GOD That’s a Lot of Drugs! One-Stop Drug Shop in a Garberville Motel Shut Down, Two Arrested

(UPDATED: Suspect in Custory) Man Stabbed Early This Morning in McKinleyville

Region’s First Major Wildfire of the Year Claims 600 Acres and Counting

Vegetation Fire Near McKinleyville Home Led to Weed Cultivation Arrest Last Week

A Guy Threatened to Shoot Up the VA Clinic Last Week

Drug Task Force Arrests Three for Marijuana Cultivation Yesterday, Apparently in Raids Up Highway 36

Traveling Abroad This Summer? DHHS Will Shoot You Full of Disease-Preventing Potions at a Reasonable Price

(UPDATED) VOTE TODAY! Check the Outpost Tonight! Congratulations to Supervisors Estelle Fennell, Rex Bohn and Mike Wilson on Their Stunning Victories!

Guess Who’s Going to Win the Contract to Build the Trail Through the Palco Marsh?

33-Year-Old Fortuna Man Drowns in Eel River Sunday

Pickup Flies Off Fairway Drive Into Eureka Municipal Golf Course Clubhouse

New Weed Tax Coming, Maybe! Local Legislator’s Bill Passes Assembly With Bipartisan Support

This 1/3 Acre Vegetation Fire in Fairhaven Was the Sixth Significant Fire Incident of the Day, We Think

Arcata Police to Carry, Administer Life-Saving Heroin Overdose Drug

Short Man in ‘Scream’ Mask Pulls Gun on Eureka Store Clerk, Runs Away Empty-Handed

Hydesville Man Drives Past Truck Loaded Up With His Own Stuff; Sheriff’s Office Makes Burglary Arrests

A Home Burned Near Harris Street Last Night

SAD NEWS! #HumboldtCounty, LoCO’s Popular Daily Photography Battle, Has Been Murdered by Instagram

Yesterday’s EPD Raid Yielded Heroin, Weed, Meth, Guns and Tear Gas