Articles by Hank Sims

July 2023

(PHOTOS) They’re Sprucing Up the Romano Gabriel Sculpture Garden

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, AMERICA! Choose Your Own Humboldt Fourth of July Adventure With Our Handy Guide to Local Festivities!

June 2023

Can You Guess How Many Hours of Sunshine We’ve Had This Year? Will This Godforsaken Miserable Weather Never End?

THE PIPPEN FILES: Uh, So, Was That Scottie Pippen At Shamus T. Bones Last Night or Was It Not?

(UPDATE: UMM….) A Bunch of Local Ballers Ran Into Scottie Pippen at Shamus T. Bones Tonight (Or Not)

Jessica McGuinty, Former KHUM DJ and Founder of Jessicurl, Dies at 47

Here’s a Very Important Essay on Native California That You Should Read

(VIDEO) Eureka High Computer Science Whiz Racks Up Big Tech Scholarships

May 2023

CITY of MCKINLEYVILLE? It’s Time for Real Talk About Incorporation, Grand Jury Sez

NEW TSUNAMI MAPS! Revised Maps of Potential Danger Show Less of Humboldt Being Swept Away Than Previously Feared

Fire at Arcata’s Campground Restaurant Last Night Contained With Minimal Structural Damage, Fire District Says

In its Second Report of the Year, the Humboldt County Civil Grand Jury Tackles the ‘Dysfunctional’ State of Child Welfare Services in the County and the ‘Toxic’ Work Atmosphere Within the Department

YÉESHIIP! Local Woman Brings Home Miss Indian World Title

April 2023

Several Days of Sunshine and Warmth are Forecast for Humboldt County, and We’ve Sure as Hell Earned Them

(LIVE) Sheriff’s Office Press Conference About Yesterday’s Police Shooting on Harris Avenue

(VIDEOS) A Look Back at the Astounding Hour of Weather We in the Humboldt Bay Area Got Last Night

New PBS Digital Series Releases Gorgeous Episode on the History, Ecology and Future of the Redwoods

California’s Ocean Salmon Season Will Be Officially Canceled; Huffman, Pelosi Promise Expedited Disaster Relief Funding

Reported Crash on the Samoa Bridge Early This Morning, Which Supposedly Involved a Bicyclist Being Tossed Into the Bay, is Believed Not to Have Actually Happened

New Group — ‘Citizens for a Better Eureka’ — Says It Will Sue Eureka Over Downtown Housing Development

March 2023

The Sewage Overfloweth in Eureka and Rio Dell Once Again, Due to Heavy Rains

Sal’s Myrtlewood is Closed For Now After A Car Rammed It This Afternoon

One of the Most Bullshit Things About Humboldt is That We Don’t Have Any Flags

McKinleyville Man Released From Captivity in Niger After Six and a Half Years

Eureka Announces New Warming Shelter for Homeless Citizens, to be Based at Lifehouse Church in Myrtletown

Beloved LoCO Mascot ‘Coney’ Has Been Fully Assimilated Into the Caltrans Borg

Big Town Hall on Eureka Transportation and Infrastructure at the Jefferson Center Tonight

Major Water Main Break in Trinidad Likely to Affect Customers for Several Days, Staff Says

February 2023

Man Found Dead at Old Town Bus Stop Early This Morning

(UPDATE: OPEN) Highway 101 Closed Again From Garberville to Ukiah Following Heavy Snow

Cal Poly Humboldt is Bringing Back LUMBERJACK DAYS, but it Won’t Be Like the Old Lumberjack Days

LoCO SAYS: Please Tell County Government to Stop Giving Your Tax Dollars to Our Lawyer

(UPDATED) Watch the SHORTER STATE OF THE UNION, With Rep. Jared Huffman

Do You Have Thoughts About Citizen Oversight of Policing in Humboldt County? These Cal Poly Researchers Would Like to Hear From You

In a Surprise Move, Cal Poly Humboldt Tells Returning Students They Will be Ineligible for On-Campus Housing Next Semester

All Simulated Hell is About to Break Loose in Old Town, Because an Earthquake-Delayed ‘Shop With a Cop’ Event is Happening This Afternoon

January 2023

THANKS, WINTER STORMS! Due to the Devastation Wrought Upon Humboldt County During the Recent Rains, You Now Have Until May 15 to File Your Taxes

A Little-Known Grant Program Can Help Earthquake-Proof Your Home, But It Desperately Needs to Find More Humboldt County Contractors to Do the Work

(UPDATE) Bad Vehicle v. Pedestrian Crash on Broadway

(UPDATE) INTRODUCING: John Kennedy O’Connor, a Classy British Expat and a Veteran Broadcaster, Has Deigned to Join Your Lost Coast Outpost News Team

Highway 36 Closed Between Carlotta and Bridgeville Due to Slide

Teenager Arrested After Twice Attempting to Steal Shotgun From Big 5 Yesterday, Eureka Police Say

In Virtual Public Statement Today, PG&E Runs Down the Resources it Has Deployed and Promises Detailed Daily Updates

The Power Outages Are Rolling In as the Next Phase of the Atmospheric River Strikes Humboldt

December 2022

BEHOLD: Humboldt’s Top 25 Stories of 2022 as Chosen by You, the Lost Coast Outpost Readership

Wild Police Chase Through the North County Today; One Person in Custody

The First Day of the Atmospheric River Brought Eureka Record Rainfall

Commercial Crab Season Set to Begin New Year’s Eve

City Government is Still Tallying Up the Damage to Eureka’s Lloyd Building; at Least Two Homes in the Town Red-Tagged

(UPDATING) Power Out Across the County Tuesday Morning, Schools Closed, Fernbridge Currently Closed Following Early Morning Quake