Articles by Hank Sims

January 2016

(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

If You Want to Be a Bookkeeper, Landscaper or Construction Worker, the County Can Hook You Up With Training

Walnut Drive Closed After Bad Two-Vehicle Crash

YOU AIN’T GOING TO REDDING RIGHT NOW: Rockslide Closes Highway 299 at Junction City For the Next Few Hours

Henderson Street to be Closed for the Next 6-12 Hours After Crash; Possible Power Outage Coming

EARTHQUAKE! Li’l 4.5 Shaker Ushers in 2016

(UPDATED) Standoff on Broadway; Eureka Police Surround El Milagro Rancho Viejo Market With Guns Drawn

Fortuna Motorcyclist Takes Cops on High Speed Chase in the Wee Hours of 2016, is Arrested on Bevy of Charges

December 2015

(UPDATED) Fire at Ridgewood’s Greenlot Nursery

Cub Scouts Stand Ready to Haul Away Your Old Christmas Tree

Dumpster Fire at Bayfront One, Garage Fire in Myrtletown Keeps Humboldt Bay Fire Busy

Infant Suffers Major Injuries in Highway 101 Crash Last Night

An Accidental Activist Driver Took Down a Safety Corridor Billboard This Morning

Eureka Police to Push Palco Marsh Campers Back From Foot of Del Norte; Protest Scheduled for Tomorrow Morning

Eureka Police — With Help From Sole Savers — Take Unpermitted Car-Borrower Into Custody at Safeway

Sheriff’s Office Tries One More Time to Stop People Going to Kneeland for the Snow

McK House Alarm Leads Sheriff’s Deputies to Big Indoor Grow

Commercial Burglary Suspect Popped Popcorn and Took a Nap Mid-Theft, Fortuna Police Say

Christmas Morning House Fire Claims Life of Pet Bird, Frog

Couple Mace Good Samaritan, Make Off With Wallet and Phone, Sheriff’s Office Says

(UPDATED) Two People Stabbed in Separate Incidents in Hoopa, McKinleyville