Articles by Hank Sims

March 2016

Sheriff’s Office Swears in Nine New Jail Guards, One New Deputy, Two New Tribal Officers and More

Hoopa Probationer Arrested With Short-Barreled Shotgun, Stolen Property, Weed

City-Sanctioned Homeless Camp Moves Forward; Eureka Puts Out Request For Proposals From Potential Operators

Eureka Man Arrested for 2015 Courthouse Market Killing, Charged With Involuntary Manslaughter

LoCO EXPLAINS THE JOKE: You Win Again, Spotted Owl!

Burglary Suspect Pistol-Whips Victim, Flees, Is Found by K-9 Hiding in Waterfront Brush, Sheriff’s Office Says

The Fortuna BOOM Postmortem: Maybe a Few Clues, No Answers

Yesterday’s Other Emergency Drill: Scientists Prep for Future Humboldt Bay Oil Spills

Rash of Daytime House Burglaries in Eureka; Police Seek Blue Van-Driving Crew

Humboldt County Readies Itself For the Tsunamis That Will Inevitably Come

Airport Gets Baked Goods! Ramone’s to Set Up Shop at the California Redwood Coast — Humboldt County Airport

41-Year-Old Man Killed, Two Others Injured in Solo Vehicle Crash Near Mendo County Line

Farmworkers’ Union on Protest Tour Hits Eureka, Asks Locals to BOYCOTT Driscoll’s Berries

County Names New Phillip Smith-Hanes; Deputy to Take Reins of Humboldt’s Biggest Bureaucracy

Red Bandana’d Men Suspected in String of Gas Station Armed Robberies Friday Morning

One of Eastern Humboldt’s ‘Most Wanted’ Taken Into Custody While Attempting to Pick a Fight at Hoopa Home

Sixteen-Year-Old Driving Stolen Ford Pickup Busted Behind the McKinleyville K-Mart, Sheriff’s Office Says

(UPDATE) The Mattole Road Will Be Closed Tomorrow Wednesday

You’ve Not Seen the Last of Today’s Rain! Thunder! Wind! Pea-Sized Hail!

Coast Guard Helivacs 79-Year-Old Woman With Injured Hip on the Banks of the Klamath

Two Men Rob Campton Heights Market at Gunpoint

Who Rolls Down Arcata’s I Street at One A.M. With a Loaded .45 and a Meth Pipe? This Guy, APD Says

Grand Jury Blames County’s Low Vaccination Rates on Poor Transportation and the Fact That Parents Don’t Know About This One Cool Website

Chief Andy Mills Strolls Old Town, Informs Citizens of New Panhandling Restrictions

Only Pretend! Man Walking Around the Mall With ‘AR-15’ Yesterday Was Drunk and His Gun Was Fake

Stolen Jail Keys — Stolen Jail Keys! — Found During Search of Myrtletown Probationer

Sheriff’s Office Arrests Mother for Felony Warrants After Responding to Child Abduction Call

Suspected Drunk Driver Smashes EPD Patrol Car Right in Front of the Station

Introducing PATROLLED! The New Outpost Feature That Tells You What the Sheriff’s Office Was Up to Yesterday (and More)

Four Caught Buying Liquor for Minors in ABC Sting, Fortuna Police Say

Highway 36 Closed in Deep Trinity County

22-Year-Old Hoopa Man Threatens Two Female Housemates With Knife, Sheriff’s Office Says

Sheriff’s Deputy Hydroplanes, Goes Over the Bank on 101 Near Miranda

(UPDATE) Children Briefly Abducted by Car Thieves in Eureka

RETURNED! Thief Dead-Drops Stolen Arcata Fire Generator; Police Still Seeking Suspect

(PHOTOS) Humboldt County’s Most Pathetic Thief Makes Off With Fire Department’s Generator

ROAD CLOSURE: You Can’t Get From Alderpoint to Blocksburg, Nor Vice Versa

Highway 101 Opened to One-Way Controlled Traffic; Highway 1 Closed North of Westport

LATT-eral Move? Attorney, Former Farmer Neal Latt Appointed to Vacant Water Board Seat

Woman Subdued With Taser After Punching Fortuna Cop in the Face

(PHOTOS) Deputies Seek Leads in Late-Night Shelter Cove Storage Locker Heist

Three Arrested in Eureka Drug Trafficking Sweep Yesterday

(UPDATED) Hoopa Homicide Suspect Arrested by Sheriff’s SWAT Team; Bail Set at $1 Million

WIND-ter is Coming! Up to 60 Mile-Per-Hour Gusts Coming This Afternoon, Evening

The Difficult Six: It’s SOHUM’S MOST WANTED TIME Again!

Sheriff: Vicious Dog Attacks on Livestock Are ‘Result of Illegal Marijuana Cultivation’ (GRAPHIC PHOTO)

(UPDATED) Large Police Presence at Downtown Eureka Motel After Three Possible Pipe Bombs Discovered in Room

EXCLUSIVE: LoCO Columnist Matthew Owen Confirms That He Has Not Yet Announced His Upcoming Run for Eureka City Council

City, Nonprofit Proponents Miles Apart on Plans for Sanctioned Homeless Camp Away From the Marsh

City-Approved Eureka Homeless Camp Plan Gains New Steam With Mayoral Speech Last Week, Meeting This Afternoon