Articles by Hank Sims

December 2015

Revolver Stolen in Florida Two Decades Ago Emerges, Brandished, in Fortuna Bar

Stolen Car Twofer at Downtown Fortuna Gas Station

Multiagency Rescue Operation on Humboldt Bay for Disabled Boat

At Ease, Eureka! That Unholy Caterwauling Was Only Cops Going Christmas Shopping

Local Woman Busted With 180 Pounds Near Kansas City, Platte County Sheriff’s Office Reports

Cackle Along With Plaza Bystanders at This Rare Repeat Cold-Cocking

House on Fire in King Salmon; Humboldt Bay Firefighters at the Scene

THE BIG, DUMB THREAD: What is an ‘Assault Weapon’?

Smith River Just About All Full Up as Rain Expected to Dump All Week

AT&T Says: Yes, Our New North Coast ‘Network Upgrade’ Will Include Emergency Access to East-West Fiber

Assault Weapon Found Under the Hood of Pickup After EPD Drug Dog Alerts to Weed

CULVERT FAILURE! Trinidad’s Stagecoach Road Closed Until God Knows When, Says County

Traffic Backed Up Coming Into Eureka From the North Due to Caltrans Bridgework

County Health Department Says: We Can Help You Get Home For the Holidays, But You Have to Stay There Forever

Did You See a Long Line of People Parading Through Eureka Late Friday Night? Here’s What That Was

Fortuna Man Suffers Head Trauma in Last Night’s Hydesville Car v. Pedestrian Crash, Says CHP

Two More Guns From Pac Outfitters Heist Found on Redway Man With Felony Warrants

Simultaneous Freakazoid Car Crashes in Hydesville, Loleta

(UPDATE) Single-Family Home Engulfed in Flames on Patrick’s Point Drive

Board of Supervisors Appoints Two Longtime Staffers as Interim Heads of County Government, Health and Human Services

Those Pernicious Phone Scammers Who Pretend to be From the IRS Are Still At It, Sheriff’s Office Says

SNOW! State Nears Normal as White Powdery Stuff Blankets Humboldt Hills and Roads

Man Stabbed While Spectating at a Trinidad Bar Fight After Hours

These Are the Eight Dudes That the Arcata Police Department Wants Most

STATE OF THE WEED: Here’s What the Board of Supervisors Needs to Know About Cannabis and Zoning

(UPDATE: OPENED) Fishing Closed in Big Lagoon Due to Weekend Fuel Spill; Officials Confirm That Ducks Were ‘Oiled’

HARDIN: This Kind, Wonderful Community Called SoHum

Tell-Tale Hot Dog Bun Gives Away Burglary Suspects, Says Ferndale Police Department

Yurok Police, Del Norte Sheriff to Cross-Deputize Tribal Police Officers

Still Steamed About the Latest AT&T Blackout? The County of Humboldt Wants to Hear It

STATE OF THE WEED: Can You Guess Where Most of the Weed in Humboldt County is Grown?

AT&T Up! Power Down! Top O’ The Morning!

Armstrong Found Guilty in 2014 Dean Creek Resort Murder; Faces 40 to Life

She’s Gonna Blow! ‘Atmospheric River’ Set to Pummel Humboldt

STATE OF THE WEED: How Many Grows Are There in Humboldt County?

McK Man Bleeding From Face Arrested for Meth Sales Near McKinleyville High

(UPDATE) Eureka Police Raiding Home Near Cooper Gulch

Mystery Pickup With Stolen Plates Catches Fire, Possibly Explodes on Fortuna Offramp

(UPDATED) Traffic Backed Way Up on Southbound Broadway Before the Mall

Two-Vehicle Wreck Closes West Buhne Street For a Time

Measure Z at One: On the Anniversary of Tax Measure’s Passage, County Recaps Work Done to Date

County Health Department Says: Get Your Flu Shot Up Your Nose This Year!

School’s Out For Weather: List of Schools Closed Due to Today’s Power Outages

High Winds Knock Out Electricity Around the County

Don’t Freak Out About That Light on the Hill, Arcata and McKinleyville

Eureka Police Dismantle Alleged Devil’s Playground Drug Dispensary, Find Stolen Property

Youravish Sentenced to Life in Prison Without Parole For 2013 McKinleyville Murder

Big Early Morning Boom on the West Side of Arcata

November 2015

(UPDATE) One Person Arrested Following Two-Car Collision at Henderson and Union

(VIDEO UPDATE) Grenade Found in Downtown Arcata; Streets Closed While Police Await Bomb Squad