Articles by Hank Sims
October 2022
IT’S ON: Humboldt Offshore Wind Leases to Go Up For Auction on Dec. 6
(VIDEO) Sheriff’s Office Releases Body Cam Footage From July Car Chase, Exchange of Gunfire in Eureka
They’ve Whittled it Down to Three New Wiyot Names for 20/30 Park, and You Can Vote on Your Favorite
Eureka is Budgeting $75,000 in Walking Around Money for a Select Group of Citizens to Spend on Local Projects, and It’s Offering a $100 Stipend to Up to 50 People Selected to Serve
It’s CAMPAIGN FORUM Season! Here’s an Updating Schedule of Events Featuring Your Candidates for City Council and More
INTRODUCING: Eduardo Ruffcorn-Barragán, the Newest Addition to Team LoCO!
September 2022
Sheriff William Honsal Offered Deputies a $40 Dutch Bros Gift Card to Find Supervisor Mike Wilson’s Stolen Vehicle
Eureka Police Investigating Shots Fired Into a Residence Near St. Bernard’s Last Night
HUMBOLDT BAYWATCH: It’s Migratory Shorebird Season!
HUMBOLDT BAYWATCH: Elks in Rut!
HUMBOLDT BAYWATCH: Egrets? I’ve Had a Few
August 2022
LoCO Elections is Back! Here is a Convenient Forum to Grill Candidates for Local City Councils and More!
EUREKA COUNCIL RACES SET! Castellano to Run Unopposed; Head-to-Head Races in Third, Fifth Wards; Another Week for Mayoral Nomations
The Outpost’s John Ross Ferrara Has Logged Off
Big Public Meetings on Nordic Aquafarms and Arcata’s Gateway Area Plan Tonight
The Dolos is Still There, But The Trees Are Gone
July 2022
The Fishing Boat Miss Katie Briefly Threatened to Sink to the Bottom of the Woodley Island Marina, but She Has Risen Again
A Big Week for the Arcata Gateway Area Plan: Planning Commission, Historical Landmarks Committee to Look at the Area’s Past and Future
The Humboldt Chronicles, Your Monthly Roundup of Cannabis News and Features, Talks About the Changing Regulatory Landscape
The NWS’s Local Doppler Radar Station is Back Online and Stronger Than Ever, Just in Time for Fire Season
Buhne and Harrison Fully Blocked Following High-Speed Chase, Reportedly With Shots Fired
ELECTION REDUX: It’s Almost Time to Take Out Those Papers to Run For City Office!
June 2022
ELECTION UPDATE: With a Little More Than 6,000 More Ballots Counted Since Last Week, Natalie Arroyo a Lock for Next Fourth District Supervisor
BROADWAY POP-UPS! Caltrans is Gonna Test Some Stuff to Maybe Improve the Hellscape That is Eureka’s Southern Gateway, and There’ll be a Virtual Meeting About it Next Week if You Want to Check That Out
ELECTION UPDATE! With 9,080 More Votes Counted, Arroyo Scoots Way Up Into No-Runoff-Needed Territory
Grand Jury Calls For Easier Ways to Report Elder Abuse in Humboldt County, Plus a Greater Emphasis on Shelters for Homeless Senior Citizens
A Plane Made an Emergency Landing in the Arcata Bottoms This Afternoon
(VIDEO) Firefighters Scrambling to Put Out Series of Roadside Blazes Along Vance Avenue in Samoa
ELECTION UPDATE! Arroyo’s Lead Ticks Back Up After Elections Office Counts About 3,600 More Votes
Let’s Fix Up Hydesville! Caltrans Will Host a Public Meeting Next Week, and it Would Like Your Ideas on How to Spruce Up Highway 36 Through the Town That I Just Realized Has No Nickname
(VIDEO) An Orca Pod Cruised Humboldt Bay on This Blessed Day
ELECTION NIGHT FINAL! Dillingham, Eads, Madrone, Stillman With Big Leads; Fourth District Supervisor Race Teetering on Runoff for Arroyo; Reports From Campaign Parties and More!
It’s ELECTION DAY! If You Haven’t Voted Yet, You Need to Do That By 8 P.M. Celebrate Democracy!
(LIVE) Karen Paz Dominguez Addresses Critical Grand Jury Report on the Courthouse Steps
COAL TRAIN NOT DEAD: Shadowy Corporation Files its Paperwork After the Deadline Due to ‘Vacation Travel Delays,’ Hopes Federal Surface Transportation Board Will Give it a Pass
May 2022
Thieves Steal Old-Growth Redwood Logs From McKay Community Forest; County Environmental Services Asks For Public’s Help in Getting Them Back
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
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