Articles by Hank Sims

December 2015

(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

The Fishing Fleet Needs Extra Blessings This Year; Trinidad Made Sure It Got Them

Panda Rescue! Here’s Where Masala the Red Panda Was Found and How She Was Captured

PANDA HOME

Sheriff’s Office Makes Arrest in Alderpoint Attempted Murder

Weed Bust on the Plaza: Three Very Careless South Carolina Men Arrested With Nine Pounds

Hey, Potential Dog-Adopters: Act Now, Because the Animal Shelter is Dangerously Full

Sheriff’s Office Lucks on Big Weed Cache in Blue Lake Apartment Complex

Election Maps! Here is How NoHum and SoHum Voted in Their Harbor District Contests

HSU President Describes Racist Assault on Students in Downtown Arcata, Calls for Community Action

Pat Higgins Wins Harbor District Race; Penultimate Report Shows 81-Vote Lead for Incumbent

E Street Shooting Suspect in Custody, Eureka Police Say

Another Downtown Car Crash Closes Two Lanes of Fourth Street

Two-Vehicle Crash in Downtown Eureka Closes H Street

Meet Your New, Militarized Eureka Boardwalk

87-Year-Old Suffers Major Injuries After Sideswiping Fellow Driver Last Night

Judge Issues Arrest Warrant for Witness Who Wandered Off During the Warren Trial

SNOW COMING! Also Frost and Hail and Thunderstorms, Maybe! Hazardous Weather Outlook Issued by the National Weather Service

Former Eureka Police Officer (and One-Time Chief-Apparent) Arms His Cops With Nunchucks, Makes National News

Handcuffed Westhaven Man Runs From Sheriff’s Office Arrest Into the Woods; Ensuing Search So Far Comes Up Short

Man Huffing Whip-Its in Downtown Garberville Draws Attention to His Big Hash Stash, Sheriff’s Office Says

Ferndale Police Smell Weed Yet Paradoxically Find Meth and a Rifle on Eurekan Passing Through Town

Arcata Fire Acknowledges Measure A Defeat; Vows to Keep Fighting for Additional Staffing

(UPDATED) Officer, Deceased Suspect From Sunday Afternoon Eureka Shootout Named in Press Conference This Afternoon

Don’t Eat Local Crab! Toxic Bloom Makes Dungeness Unsafe, State Health Department Warns

Drunk 23-Year-Old Smeared With Blood Arrested in Yesterday’s Dog-Killing Arson Incident, Sheriff’s Office Says

NAILBITER! Higgins Barely Pulls Ahead in Election Night Final Report; Dale Cruises to Easy Victory

(UPDATED) Dog Dies in House Fire Off Allard Avenue; Investigators Still Looking at Possibility of Arson

EPD: Murder Suspect Confessed to Detective; Killing on F Street Was ‘Marijuana-Related’

ELECTION DAY! Find Your Polling Place! Read Your Sample Ballot! VOTE!

Overturned City Pickup on Broadway Snarls Afternoon Traffic

Szechuan Sewage Spill Update: Oh, Actually That Shut Down All Oyster Harvesting on the Bay

(UPDATE, REOPENED) Sewage Leak Shuts Down Szechuan Garden Restaurant

Fortuna Man Arrested With 3.5 Pounds of Meth After Months-Long Investigation, Drug Task Force Says

4.3 Quake Strikes Off Cape Mendocino

October 2015

Caltrans on New Willits Bypass Lawsuit: ‘All Historical Preservation Laws are Being Followed’

PULL UP YOUR PANTS, EUREKA! City Council to Consider Illegalizing Public Nudity

Mendo County Tribes Sue Caltrans for ‘Knowingly Destroying’ Historic Sites During Willits Bypass Construction

Two Suffer Major Injuries After Crashing Into Overturned Vehicle Near Redway