Articles by Hank Sims

May 2016

Feeling the #BERN? These Nurses are Coming to Town in a Giant Red Bus to Exacerbate Your Symptoms

(UPDATE) Palco Marsh, Day Two: Evicting the Last Camper and Hauling Out the Last of the Trash

Humboldt Bay Fire Responds to Small Transient Camp Blaze Near Elk River Cow Pasture

Commercial Crab Season to Open Next Week

(VIDEO) Before-and-After Drone Flyovers of the Palco Marsh

CITY OF EUREKA: ‘Extensive, Thoughtful Planning Efforts’ Made for Successful Marsh Eviction

Orick Woman Attempts to Burn Down Trailer of Perceived Romantic Rival and is Battered by Boyfriend, Sheriff’s Office Says

Deputies Cite and Release Arcata Man Caught by Technology With Goods Burgled From Hydesville

Burglar Steals Floor Safe in Ramone’s Bakery Heist Sunday; Suspect and His Dog Sought

MARSH EVICTIONS: 44 Tons of Trash Collected, One Arrest Made, Some Campers Remain (for Tonight)

April 2016

City of Eureka Pledges to Rehouse Palco Marsh 11, Store Their Stuff for 90 Days

Marsh Evictions Will Go Forward Monday, City Says, Despite Mixed Ruling From Federal Judge

Firefighters Respond to Smoke at Eureka’s Pho Thien Long Restaurant, Consider Staying for Lunch

Car Burglary Suspect Takes EPD on a Foot Chase Through Sequoia Park

Tomorrow a Federal Judge Could Stop the Palco Marsh Evictions. Here are the Arguments For and Against

Eureka Officially Puts Marsh Residents on Notice; Camping to End May 2; Waterfront Trail Completely Closed Next Week

Myers Flat Man Riding Dirty Ran From CHP Helicopter and Multiple Law Enforcement Agencies, Trinity County Sheriff Says

Firefighters Swarm Old Town to Address Something Odd in Eureka’s Healy Building

Homelessness Activist Group Formally Submits ‘Sanctuary Camp’ Plan to House People Evicted From Palco Marsh

Reported Gun-Shooting, Car-Ramming Domestic Violence Spree on Murder Mountain Results in Two Arrests

Armed Robbery at Arcata’s Pleasure Center Today; APD Patrolling Near High School

BOOM EUREKA: This Time It’s Clearly Idiots Setting Off Fireworks

(UPDATE, JOHN DOE ID’d) Coroner Seeks Public Help Identifying Pedestrian Killed on 101 Late Saturday Night

Masked Man Knocks Over Broadway Gas Station at Gunpoint; Suspect at Large

(UPDATES) California Street Closed After Possible Explosive Device Discovered on the Sidewalk

Kid From Yesterday’s Buhne Street Shooting In Custody

LoCO May Be Too Dumb to Appreciate This Weekend’s Citywide Multimedia Installation on the Legacy of Fort Humboldt

The Tall Ships Are Back! Here’s How and When to Visit or Sail Aboard the Lady Washington and the Hawaiian Chieftain

(UPDATING) Eureka Police Investigating Shots Fired Inside Buhne Street Home

(VIDEO) Eureka Approves Container Village Homeless Shelter, Despite Outcry From Neighboring Business Owners

CAREFUL, SWIMMERS! Trinity River Flows Will Be Ramped Up This Weekend, Next Week

(UPDATES) Vehicle Strikes Pedestrian on Eureka’s Fourth Street; Major Injuries Reported

(UPDATE) Big Police Raid Underway Outside Cutten Murphy’s Market

Tri Counties Bank Systems Down! But They Should Return Shortly, President Says

Human Rights Commission Calls on County Government to Somehow Stop Palco Marsh Evictions

Careful! You May Have Accidentally Signed Up With A Loony Political Party! Plus: More Election Must-Knows

Police, Ambulance Respond to Reported Heroin Overdose at Palco Marsh

Man Arrested For Assaulting Father in Carlotta; Subsequent Search Finds Guns and ‘Bunker’

Is the Marijuana-Leaf Logo Played Out?

Citing Chronic Need for Foster Homes, County Government Launches ‘Be a Hero’ Campaign

Pacific Fisher Denied Endangered Species Act Protection; Feds Cut Deal With Timber Industry, Withdraw Proposal

No Local Tsunami Threat From Latest in Series of Japan-Rattling Earthquake

That Three-Vehicle Crash at Fortuna During Heavy Rain Yesterday? No One Was Hurt

Bill to Help ‘Specialty Cottage’ Weed Growers Moving Through Legislature

Winter is Not Done With You Yet, Humboldt County! Rain and Wind and So Much More Coming Tonight, Tomorrow

One Arrested For Arson Following Early Morning Blue Lake House Fire

Huge House Fire on Blue Lake Boulevard Last Night

Woman Driving Stolen Car Batshit Crazily Caused Today’s Four-Vehicle Crash at Myers Flat

Hoopa Man in iPad Dispute With Mom Arrested For Attempting to Ram Sheriff’s Office Car, Threatening Deputies’ Lives, Sheriff’s Office Says

Man Shot, Critically Injured Inside Humboldt Hill Home; One Arrested for Attempted Homicide Following Brief Standoff