Articles by Hank Sims

October 2015

Bank of America Retreats From Humboldt; Arcata, Fortuna, Henderson Center Branches Will be Taken Over by Tri Counties Bank

SHAKER IN ARCATA! A Li’l 3.4 Quake Just Shook a Lot of People

Political Sign Theft in McK: Prominent ‘Rotwein for Harbor’ Sign Prematurely and Illegally Upcycled

(UPDATED) Eureka Police Detain Three at Gunpoint on Fifth Street

Is ‘80s Crack Kingpin ‘Freeway’ Ricky Ross Buying Land Outside Fortuna?

52-Year-Old Man Stabbed to Death at Arcata’s Courtyard Circle Apartments Tonight

MYRTLETOWN: You Have No Water, Possibly Due to Water Main Break

Fire at Mad River Community Hospital Contained

Homicide in Eureka; One Person Dead, Another Injured Following Shooting Near F and 15th

Police at the Scene of Suspected Commercial Burglary in Downtown Eureka

Ferndale Police Stop Car For Tinted Windows, Find Meth and Weed and Hash

Hung Jury in Trial of Fieldbrook Homicide Suspect; Case Scheduled to be Retried in December

Federal Court Sentences Eureka Trespass Megagrow Bros to Seven Years Each

Hoopa Man Arrested After Struggle With Sheriff’s Deputy, CHP Officer

Rare Fire at Lanphere-Christensen Dunes Today

Fortuna Fire Assessment Passes; New Revenue Will Fund Prevention Efforts, Volunteer Retention, District Says

Shaky Stabbing Stories Land Two in Jail, Sheriff’s Office Says

Fortuna Police Catch Suspected Mailbox Burglar Hiding in Port-a-Potty

That’s Not Tacos, That’s a Lot of Meth! EPD Officer Discovers

So Close! Drug-Toting Weott Teen Tries, Fails to Ditch SoHum CHP

(UPDATED) Apartment Building Fire Near Samoa Bridge Pisses Off Cats

Los Angeles Times Reports on Fraught Relations Between Hoopa Valley Tribe, Sheriff’s Office

Devil’s Playground/Palco Marsh Maintenance Plan on Tomorrow’s Eureka City Council Agenda

(UPDATING) Firefighters Tackle Two Small Fires in Arcata and Cutten, Even as Rain Dumps Out of the Sky

Two Rifles Taken in McKinleyville Ace Hardware Break-in, Sheriff’s Office Says

Last Chance for Fortuna-Area Property Owners to Vote on Fire Assessment Fees Tonight

Big Rig Loses a Wheel at Broadway and Fifth

Burning the Land to Restore It: A Yurok Tribal Council Put the Flame to Dozens of Acres Last Week

IT’S FLU SEASON! County Health Department Runs Down Your Flu Shot Options

Two Hoopa Men Arrested in Wyoming Traffic Stop With 57 Pounds in the Hyundai

National Weather Service Ups the Chances of a Wet Humboldt Winter

East Eureka Crash Slows Southbound 101 Traffic

(UPDATED) Man Missing in Remote Area of Trinity County

Willow Creek Man Arrested on Weed Charges After Basically Begging Deputies to Get a Search Warrant, Sheriff’s Office Says

Two Arrested With Suspected ‘Home Invasion Kit’ In a U-Haul Near Willow Creek

Fortuna Man Named as Suspect in Mother-in-Law’s Murder; Sheriff’s Office Makes Arrest After Eight-Year Investigation

Eureka Sexual Assault Suspect in Custody After Brief Foot Chase

SMOOTH MOVE: That Oregonian Map of Firearm Deaths Making the Rounds is Tremendously Misleading

Sheriff’s Office Investigating Fickle Hill Home Robbery

Electrical Fire at Dementia Care Facility in Henderson Center

(UPDATED) Sheriff’s Office SWAT Operation Underway at Pine Street and West Del Norte in Eureka

Big Waves Coming! Hurricane Oho to Bash Our Shores With Monster Breakers

The Humboldt Bay Power Plant Is Not Exploding

RESCUE SQUAD! Humboldt Bay Fire Launches Two-Man Lifesaving Team w/ Tricked-Out Truck

King Salmon Woman Found Guilty of Battering Her Neighbor With Baton, Pepper Spray

(UPDATED) ‘Armed and Dangerous’ Murder Suspect From Salinas May Have Spent Last Night Behind Bayshore Mall, Eureka Police Say

LoCOLLOQUY: Leo Sears Writes LoCO About His Lawsuit’s Timing, and of His Alleged Train Non-Buffdom

On the Eve of Harbor District Election, Rail Buffs File Conflict of Interest Suit Against Sitting Commissioner

The Boom to End All Booms Just Hit Eureka

A Guy Tried to Break Into a Car Across the Street From Tonight’s Anti-Crime Rally, EPD Says