Articles by Hank Sims

March 2015

Sheriff’s Office Picks Up Meth, 15 Pounds of Weed at Garberville Supermarket

(UPDATING) Shooting in Hoopa; Several People Gravely Injured; Suspects Spotted in Eureka

Bad Crash on Northbound 101 at Sunny Brae Exit; Lanes Closed, Person Ejected From Car

OBITUARY: Mary A. Ivancich, 1917-2015

Sheriff’s Office Responds to Grand Jury; Says it Is and Will Be in Compliance With the Law

Drive-By Shooting in Eureka Last Night; Unknown Parties Blast Two Shotgun Holes Into Side of Apartment Building

District Attorney: Ferndale Man Found Guilty of Felony Domestic Violence, May Face Four Years in Prison

Grand Jury Reminds Poor People That They Can Demand a Ride Home After Being Arrested

(UPDATED) Two People Shot in Fortuna Suburb This Morning

With Robert Durst Murder Arrest, National Attention Returns to Karen Mitchell’s Disappearance

Sheriff’s Office Arrests Man Wandering Through Eureka With Stolen Assault Rifle, Knife

(AUDIO) Sheriff’s Office Chases Stolen Truck Through Fernbridge, Fortuna, Hydesville, Carlotta; Eventually Gives Up the Chase

EPD Raids Devil’s Playground Campground Again; Finds Guns, Meth, Chickens, Fully Stocked Bike Shop

Loleta Man Arrested in Connection With Klamath Falls Murder

OBITUARY: Katherine Louise Cox, 1975-2015

Watch Out For This Harassing Person Who Seems Unable to Stay Away From Campus, HSU Says

Woman Unresponsive After Being Rescued From Humboldt Bay

Sheriff’s Office ‘Maximum Enforcement’ in SoHum; Eight Arrested on Narcotics Charges, Child Endangerment, Etc.

Soil-Hauling Peterbilt Overturns and Dumps Load, Fails to Fertilize 101

Hoopa Valley Tribe Will Vote Whether to Repeal Marijuana Prohibition on Tribal Lands Next Month

70 Years Later: Remembering the Japanese Attack on Hayfork

Highway 101 Closed at Weott Last Night After Collision

Eureka Police, Fire Responding to Fire Behind Bayshore Mall; ‘Shots Heard’ Believed to be Dumb, Not Scary

Downey Bumped Up: Supes Approve Sheriff-Coroner Pay Hike Unanimously

(UPDATE: FOUND!) Search Underway for 16-Year-Old Missing on Bluff Creek Trail

Eureka Residents Indicted in ‘Operation Southern Postal Powder’ Appear in Georgia Federal Court, Plead Not Guilty

Board Set to Approve 10 Percent Raise for Sheriff-Coroner Mike Downey

Injury Car Crash at Harris and C Streets Closes Intersection for a Time

The Eureka Police Department Wants YOU: Neighborhood Watch Training Day This Weekend

Man Falls From Ladder, Dies While Attempting to Battle Fire at His Eureka Home

Family, Law Enforcement Need Help Locating Runaway 14-Year-Old Girl

Traffic Stopped Briefly at Tompkins Hill as CHP Detains Man at Taserpoint

39-Year-Old Hoopa Man in Critical Condition After Being Shot at His Home

County Beats Back FEMA-Mandated Flood Insurance for Residents of Orick and Parts of Blue Lake

Sheriff’s Office Investigating Myrtletown Scene After Citizen Discovers Bloody Knife, Shoe

(UPDATED, DECEASED PERSON IDENTIFIED) Highway 101 Pedestrian Killed After Running Into Path of Oncoming Jeep, Says CHP

Called to Manila on Sheriff’s Office Emergency, Coast Guard Air Search Finds Abandoned ATV

OBITUARY: Bill Swackhamer, 1922-2015

(UPDATE) Early Morning Fire at Eureka ‘Problem Motels’ Sends One to Hospital

Sheriff’s Office Still Seeking Two Suspects in This Morning’s Violent Home Invasion in East SoHum

Arcata Must Allow ‘Free Speech Event’ in Redwood Park on 4/20, Says Constitutional Rights Center

Humboldt County Juvenile Corrections Officer Arrested on Child Pornography Charges

Dateline NBC Reports on Missing Humboldt Women; Fortuna Chief Says ‘Person of Interest’ Identified

Kneeland Man Found Guilty of Murder for 2010 Marijuana Farm Slaying

The Main McKay Tract Trail is Going to be Walled Off Wednesday

Eureka Needs Your Ideas About How to De-Uglify Its Southern Gateway

February 2015

Power Out at Bayshore Mall; ‘Negative Emergency,’ Says EPD on Scene

Want to Donate to Help the Dog Trapped in the Car Fire Tuesday? Here’s How

Big, Big Boom in Midtown Eureka

Three Eureka Residents Indicted in Large Drug Trafficking Case Out of Georgia