Articles by Hank Sims
May 2022
The City of Arcata Will to Have to Live With Brett Watson for a Few More Months, as the Councilmember Refuses to Allow Himself to Feel Shame or Remorse
Brett Watson, You Must Resign: An Open Letter From 50+ Local Women Leaders
Surface Transportation Board Ruling Issues Serious Blow to Annie and Mary Trail Efforts, Opens Door for Coal Train Interests to Make Their Case to Scuttle Great Redwood Rail-to-Trail
We Would Like to Point Out, in the Gentlest Possible Fashion, That This Times-Standard Story is Incorrect
(UPDATE: POLE TO BE MOVED BEHIND THE GAZEBO) Eureka Installs Surveillance Tower at the Gazebo; Four More Permanent ‘Lot Cops’ to be Built Around Town
(UPDATE) Investigation Sustains Sexual Harassment Allegations Against Arcata City Councilmember Brett Watson; Former Mayor Was ‘Obsessed’ With Staff Member, Report Finds
It’s Been a Busy Few Days on LoCO Elections. Here’s a Roundup of Your Questions Recently Answered by Local Candidates for Office
(VIDEO) AHOY! The Seven Seas Mariner Has Rolled Into Humboldt Bay
April 2022
DON’T CALL IT A DEBATE! Here is a List of Upcoming ‘Candidate Forums’ With Candidates for Local Office
LOCKED DOWN in ITALY: NoHum High School Students on a Spring Break Tour of Europe Contract COVID, Wind Up in a Secure Facility in Rome; Their Parents are Very Angry
LoCO ELECTIONS: Candidates for DA, Supervisor, Judge and Arcata City Council Answer Numerous Questions on Their Platforms and Experience
Huge USA Today Investigation Explores Why a Cal Poly Humboldt Professor Continues to Teach, Even After the University Upheld Sexual Harassment Complaints Against Him Years Ago
First Election Limerick Roundup! Wowza, You People are Really Terrible at Writing Limericks
ANNOUNCEMENT: LoCO Will Publish Your Letter in Support of a Local Candidate for Office, But Only if You Write it in the Form of a Limerick
Humboldt County Planning Commission Makes Some Progress on the Question of Which of its Members Should Sit Where
No Longer LEAVING for LAS VEGAS: Avelo Shuts Down Humboldt —> Sin City Direct Flights Effective May 2
Cheryl Dillingham Officially Announces Bid For Auditor-Controller in Front of Romano Gabriel Sculpture Garden
(UPDATE) Arcata’s Mayor Can’t Participate in the City-Defining Gateway Area Plan; These Two Current Candidates for City Council Probably Can’t Either, for the Same Reason
Looking to Get Back on Your Feet After an Arrest? Some Experts are Coming Up From the Bay Area in a Couple of Weeks, and They’re Eager to Help You With That
HUMBOLDT BAYWATCH: Those Gray Whales are Hanging out in Humboldt Right Now, and We Should Talk About Them
March 2022
Now They’re Selling KIEM-TV to An All-Western Cable Channel That Used to Be Jim and Tammy Faye’s ‘PTL Television Network’
VIDEO POSTCARD FROM ISTANBUL: Outside the Russia-Ukraine Peace Talks
HARD TRUTHS: Everyone Please Stop Spreading the Lying Lie That Ferndale’s The Palace Bar is the Westernmost Bar in the Continental United States
LoCO Elections is Back! Get Your Questions Ready, Because Your Chance to Grill the Candidates on the June 2022 Ballot Has Arrived
GULCH THOUGHTS? The City of Eureka Would Like Your Views on the Town’s Gulches and Greenways, in Advance of Developing a New Citywide Policy
In Annual Report, Humboldt County Drug Task Force Says it Took an Estimated $1.4 Billion Million Worth of Illegal Substances Off the Market Last Year
TSUNAMI PREPAREDNESS TEST! The Sirens Will or Should Be Rip-Roaring on the Peninsula Tomorrow, and Manila Residents Are Urged to Practice Getting to Higher Ground
Paz Dominguez Supporter Thomas Edrington Takes Up His ‘Old, Bloodstained Tools,’ Explains Why He Engineered Auditor-Controller Document Dump
No Local Tsunami Threat From Big Earthquake That Struck Near Fukushima, Japan This Morning
February 2022
Here, We Propose, is the New Rule: If a Worker is Wearing a Mask, Then You are Wearing a Mask
INTRODUCING: The Lost Coast Outpost’s Newest Pixel-Slinger, Isabella Vanderheiden!
Eureka Police Release Body Cam Footage From the Dec. 30 Shooting Behind the Red Lion
EaRTH Center a Go: Eureka Council Approves Ambitious Housing/Transit Development Downtown, Despite Parking Concerns
January 2022
Once Again, A Flotilla of Military Helichoppers Has Shocked and Awed the County
IT’S OFFICIAL: As of Today, Cal Poly Humboldt is a Real Thing
(UPDATING) Eureka High on Lockdown After Report of Possible Firearm
NEWMAN! Former Eureka City Councilmember Files Papers Indicating He Will Run For Fourth District Supervisor
Corps of Engineers, U.C. Berkeley Return Remains of Wiyot People Presumed Killed in the Indian Island Massacre
Dr. Ian Hoffman Resigns as Humboldt County Health Officer
TONIGHT in CITY COUNCIL: Eureka Land Swap, Meet the New Police Chief, Vacation Rentals and More!
Avoid Broadway at the Turn! Flipped Big Rig Forces Southbound Traffic Onto Waterfront at the Fourth Street/Broadway Intersection
December 2021
PG&E Says Progress is Being Made on Willow Creek-Area Outages; Don’t Read Too Much Into Those Mid-January Estimated Restoral Times
TOP 25 of 2021! Here Are the Most Clicked-Upon Posts of the Last Year. BONUS: The Most Deeply Read Stories of the Year!
Sheriff Declares Local Emergency in Snow-Bound Hills, Asks Residents for Reports of Local Damage
SNOW! Highways 299, 36, 96 Currently Closed; More of the White Stuff Coming
Lights and Sirens Downtown? That is Only Shop With a Cop
(UPDATES) HOLY MOLY: 6.2 Quake Rocks and Rattles Humboldt
Yes, Hillary Clinton Was in Humboldt Over the Weekend — and, Who Knows, Maybe She Still Is — For Reasons No One Cares to Talk About
Hiring a Waterfront Development Consultant, Cracking Down on Shopping Carts, COVID Bonus Pay for City Workers and More Highlights From Tonight’s Eureka City Council Agenda
Eureka Man Arrested Yesterday on Charges Connected to Jan. 6 Capitol Insurrection
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