Articles by Hank Sims

February 2016

Bohn, Swearengin Get Behind DUF SUNDHEIM For Senate — the Kamala-Slayer!

Early Morning Fire Claims Garage on West Buhne

(PICS) Things Got Wet at Yesterday’s Annual Trinidad-to-Clam Beach Run

District Attorney: No Charges Will Be Filed in September’s Officer-Involved Shooting Near Weitchpec

Don’t Panic, Carlotta! The Sheriff’s Office is Blowing Up a Tree at Pamplin Grove

Man Who Fled Arrest Last Month Picked Up With Weapons, Narcotics

Citing Danger to Civilians and First Responders, Humboldt Bay Fire Institutes New Policy for Battling Hash Lab Fires

(UPDATED) House Cat Perishes in Fire on Eureka’s Union Street, Near the Corner of Buhne

Two Arrested For Weapons, Heroin, Meth After Garberville Traffic Stop

Burglary Suspect Spotted By Garberville Citizens’ Watch Group, Taken Into Custody

Eureka Police Officer Shoots Loose Dog on City’s West Side

DOES THIS SUCK? Humboldt County Releases New Interactive Budget Visualization Thingy

Citing ‘Personal and Professional Obligations,’ Wheetley Withdraws From Supervisor Race

Highway 299 Closed Again! Trinity County Slide Bums Out Redding-Goers One More Time

January 2016

(UPDATE) Highway 96 Fully Closed By Tish Tang Slide; No Estimated Time of Reopening

DOES THIS SUCK? Humboldt County Library Offers Free Digital Magazines for All

(VIDEO) Masked, Armed Men Go On Gas Station Robbery Spree

CHP Releases Statement on Today’s Benbow Crash Investigation, Rescue Operation

PROGRAMMING NOTE: Your Lost Coast Outpost is Much Zippier Than Before, But There is a Downside

Sheriff’s Office Seeks Information on Man Who Went Missing in October

(UPDATING) Police Officer Shoots Man After Being Fired Upon; Investigators Still at Scene Off West Harris in Eureka

Another Humboldt Judge Regularly Submitted Fake Paperwork to Get Paid, State Commission Finds

Fortuna House Burglary Suspects Found At Nearby School, Police Say

(UPDATED) Explosion in Eureka’s Rosewood Neighborhood; Hash Lab Believed to be at Fault

Internet-Fueled Busload of Vagabonds Rolls Into Town Tonight, Looking for Good Deeds That Need Doing

WEDNESDAY ROADS UPDATE: Praise Be, For the McCann Ferry is Back Up and Running!

Suddenlink Outage Hits Eureka, Arcata, McKinleyville

Crash on Broadway Impedes Southbound Traffic

Boil Your Water, Redway! Slight Oopsie at Treatment Plant May Have Introduced Untreated Water Into the Tank

Eel, Mad Rivers Bust Banks After Weekend Downpour; More Rain Coming This Week

Here’s the Most Recent List of Roads Closed, Reopened or Generally Impacted by the Rain

(UPDATED) Roads Closed, Flood Warnings Issued as Rain Continues to Pummel North Coast

Eureka Man Sentenced to Seven Years for Killing Pedestrian in Hit-and-Run DUI

(UPDATED) Chase of Suspected Stolen Jeep Results in Bayside Car Smash; Suspect Identified

It’s Really Windy in Humboldt Today

Water Main Bursts in Eureka, Leaving Gaping Hole in Buhne Street

OBITUARY: Donald Lent Boltzen, 1923-2016

Man Found With Guns Stolen in SoHum Commercial Burglary Attempts to Flee Arrest; More Firearms Still Missing

Shot Fired Into Cutten Home Last Night; Sheriff’s Office Says No Suspects Identified Yet

Proposed Law Would Require Caltrans to Keep Maps of Fiber-Optic Lines

(UPDATES) Eureka Police Surround Humboldt Motorsports After ‘#EpicFail’ Motorcycle Burglary Attempt

Highway 96 Crash Kills 24-Year-Old Orleans Woman; Two-Year-Old Infant Survives Uninjured

Sneaker Wave Warning in Effect! Plus: Wind, Weather and … Warmness?

Yes! Those WERE Military Helicopters Hovering Over Your Home!

Deputies Put the Taser to Man Crashing Out in Unfinished McK Home

Humboldt County Fair Board Pays Former Manager $150,000, Settles Wrongful Termination Lawsuit

Maid Finds Heroin-Toting Trespasser Sleeping With Pistol in Unrented Hotel Room

Watch the Waves! Coastal Flooding, High Surf Today and Tomorrow

Early Morning Fire Empties Creamery District Apartments; Police, AFD Investigating

Eureka Woman Arrested for DUI, Child Endangerment After Smashing Into Tree, Bush, Parked Cars