Articles by Hank Sims

September 2015

Stump on Fire at Sequoia Park Trailhead

‘Gang-Involved’: Eureka Police Release Statement on Weekend Homicide at Hammond Park

Calfire Battles Highwayside Blaze North of Redway

Cryptic Hostage Note Left on Willow Creek Windshield Leads Cops to Grow Scene

Careful, Swimmers! Pulse of Fish-Saving Water Will Raise Trinity River Levels Today and Tomorrow

Eureka Police Searching For South Broadway Burglary Suspect

At-Risk Woman Missing From Her Manila Home

Here’s Why Two Suspected Big-Time Heroin Dealers Walked Out of Jail Free Last Week

(UPDATED) Law Enforcement, Coast Guard Searching Hammond Trail for Missing Person

Sheriff’s Office Identifies Man Killed in Shootout With Hoopa Valley Tribal Police Officer

Man Robbed at Gunpoint While Depositing Minimart Receipts at Hoopa Bank; Sheriff’s Office Seeks Suspect

Five Thousand Plants Pulled in Drug Task Force Raids Near Miranda Yesterday

Here’s How Mendocino County Coped With All Its 911 Services Disappearing Yesterday

The Internet is Up! Cable Slasher to Blame for Yesterday’s Outage, Says AT&T

Oily Rags Spontaneously Combust, Set Fire to Eureka Garage

Judge Dale Reinholtsen Publicly Admonished For False Salary Records, Delayed Decisions

Vehicle Recovered, Arrest Warrant Sought in Fatal Hit-and-Run Collision

THE INTERNET IS DOWN!!! Massive AT&T Outage Takes Humboldt County Phones, Internet, Etc. Offline

Huge Heroin Bust in Fortuna Yesterday Resulted From Months-Long Eureka Police Investigation

Half-Acre Vegetation Fire Near Redway Quickly Extinguished

(UPDATED) Vegetation Fire in Valley West; Multiple Agencies Responding

Fortuna Police Bust Burglary Suspects After Pawn Shop Investigation

Rallies and Protests at Eureka City Hall, County Courthouse This Afternoon

August 2015

As Mad River Complex Nears Containment, Last of Humboldt County Evacuation Advisories Lifted

Hoopa Youth Group Protests Planned Natural Gas Pipeline to Coos Bay

RAIN! Humboldt, You Will Be Rained Upon Tonight

Arson Suspected in Early Morning Wildfire on the Hoopa Valley Reservation

Energy Industry Press Takes Note of Blue Lake Rancheria’s New Solar-Powered ‘Microgrid’

(UPDATED) Missing Eureka Man Believed to Have Been Trimming in Burnt Ranch Area

Phonebook Delivery Driver Calls 911 on Eureka Resident Who Didn’t Want a Phonebook

Central Valley Water Interests Lose Round; Clean Cool Trinity Water Coming to Salmon Run’s Rescue

It’s Time For Another Edition of EUREKA’S MOST WANTED

Gunshots in Midtown Eureka Lead Police to Convicted Reckless Shooter

HSU Student Somehow Manages to Get Lost at Mad River Beach; UPD Rescues Him

Man Killed in Yesterday’s Shelter Cove Car Crash Identified

Cops Tiptoe Up on Sleepy Trespass Growers Near Whitethorn; Almost 1,000 Plants Eradicated From Public Lands

Heroin + Meth + Hash Emporium Busted Near the Eureka Waterfront, Police Department Says

Fast-Moving Fire Blazes to Life Outside Weaverville; Mandatory Evacuations Underway

54-Year-Old Man Beaten With Bats at Garberville Homeless Encampment, Sheriff’s Office Says

Inland Smoke Report: Cleaner Air Forecast in Upcoming Days

Fieldbrook Self-Inflicted Gunshot Wound Victim Refuses to Cooperate With Police, Sheriff’s Office Says

(UPDATED) ‘Person of Interest’ Identified in Willow Creek Arson/Burglary

BLM Closes Lost Coast Trail, Other King Range Facilities, Due to 250-Acre Horse Fire

Hoopa Valley Tribe Declares State of Emergency Due to Excessive Smoke

Willow Creek Air Quality Upgraded to Merely ‘Unhealthy,’ as Some River Complex Residents Allowed to Return Home

Broadway All Jammed Up By Crash: Friends Don’t Let Friends Drive Broadway For the Next Little Bit

One Paintball Gun Shooting Suspect in Custody, Says University Police; Three More Sought

(UPDATED) EPD Investigating Report of Gunpoint Assault Near Bayshore Mall

Bad Crash on 101 North of Orick Yesterday Leaves One in Critical Condition

Colorado Resident Dies After Falling From a Cliff at College Cove