Articles by Hank Sims

May 2015

Wildfire Near Benbow This Morning; Calfire Warns of Bad Year to Come

Over 40 Cases of Whooping Cough So Far This Year; Vaccinate Your Damn Kids, Says County Health Department

Rock, Scissors, Crowbar! Clerk Foils Robbery Attempt at McK 76 Station

Big Neighborhood Meeting at Jefferson School Tonight; Eureka Police Kicking Project NOW Into Gear

Eureka Bank Robber Pleads Guilty, is Sentenced to Eight Years in Prison

Arcata Police Arrest Woman Believed to Have Been Involved in Saturday Night’s Home Invasion/Homicide

Homicide in Arcata: Last Night’s Fatal Shooting Connected With Home Invasion Marijuana Robbery, Says APD

Car Takes Out Fortuna Power Pole; Newburg Road Closed For the Morning

(UPDATED) Shooting in Arcata; Police, Medical Responding to Sunset Neighborhood

Pantsless Man Totes Stolen ‘Assault-Style’ Rifle in Downtown Arcata

Drug Task Force Raids Downtown Arcata Drug House; Arrest Teardrop Tatt Twins for Pills, Heroin, Meth

Eureka Police Seek Six to Serve on New Citizen Advisory Panel

Conviction in 2013 Pellet Gun Shooting Near Eureka High

Hoopa Stabbing Victim Recovers, Only to be Transported Straight From Hospital to Jail

Grenade Found Near Arcata Plaza; Police Close Block While Bomb-Bot Descends

Woman Assaults Henderson Center Bank of America Employee When She Finds Her Account Closed

Beware the Young Woman Who Knocks on Your Door And Asks About Flowers, Say Eureka Police

Home Burglaries Down in Eureka, Says EPD, But Overall Crime Rate Still Pretty High

Miserable Trinidad Burglars Knock Over Grocery Store For Booze, Smokes

(UPDATED) Stabbing in Hoopa; Helicopter Called in to Medivac Victim

McKenny’s Building Center — aka Myrtletown Lumber — Closes Its Doors

Man Found Shot in the Leg at Eureka Area Homeless Camp This Morning

(UPDATE) Klamath Boy on Life Support After Being Shot in the Head Dies; Male Juvenile in Custody

Eureka Police Chase Gonzo Motorcyclist Around West Side; Suspect Nabbed After They Give Up Pursuit

OBITUARY: Albert “Al” Leo Braud, 1928-2015

Weed, Guns and Three Serial Burglary Suspects Taken in Yesterday’s Large-Scale Traffic Stop at College of the Redwoods

New General Manager for Humboldt Bay Water District Announced

April 2015

Ten Police Cars Stop Vehicle at CR; Three Taken Into Custody on Warrants Out of Mendocino County

(UPDATE) Sheriff’s Office: Today’s Jail Suicide Attempt Was Committed By Eureka Bank Robbery Suspect

Emergency Medical Personnel Respond to Hanging at Humboldt County Jail

Red Tape for Weed Grows? Water Board Seeks to Bring Sprawling Marijuana Industry Into State’s Bureaucratic Orbit

Myers Flat Man Beaten in the Head With Hammer, Declines to Name His Assailant

Hoopa Valley Shoots Down Marijuana Decriminalization Initiative

In Light of Large Capital Losses, Grand Jury Recommends Major Overhaul of The Headwaters Fund

FROM THE LoCO MAILBAG: How the Internet Works

Sheriff’s Office Releases Name of Phillipsville Homicide Victim

Arson Suspected in Arcata Restaurant Fire This Morning

Two-Alarm Apartment Building Fire at the Corner of Harris and California

Motorcycle Crash on Wabash

Will the California Coastal Act Kill Devil’s Playground Cleanup Plans?

Man Sleeping in Downtown Eureka Bushes Woken, Stabbed

Citizens Spot Duo Jiggling Eureka Car Door Handles; Burglary Bust Ensues

Twelve-Year-Old Missing From Eureka Home Since Last Night

Woman Wanted by Curry County Law Enforcement Located at Garberville’s Lone Pine Motel

(UPDATE) Henderson Center Bank Robbed; EPD Seeking Suspect

Today’s Non-Emergency Near McKinleyville High is Another ‘Every 15 Minutes’ Production

Suspected Heroin House Shuttered; Redway Resident May Have Had the ‘China White’

(UPDATED) Sheriff’s Office Called to Holmes Flat for Report of Home Invasion Robbery Early This Morning

Eureka Police Looks to Pump Up West Side Neighborhood Watch With ‘Project NOW’

Drug Task Force Serving Search Warrant at Henderson and S; Follow-Up to Last Week’s Weed Mega-Bust