Articles by Hank Sims

March 2015

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

(EPD UPDATE) Stabbing at the Bayshore Mall Monday Night

Environmental Groups Fire First Salvo in Their Supreme Court Battle Against North Coast Railroad Authority

Big Ol’ Power Outage Out Highway 36; Hydesville, Bridgeville Without the Juice

Motorcyclist Killed in Collision on 299 Last Night; CHP Faults Unsafe Passing by Car Driver

(UPDATE: FOUND) Eureka Police Seeking Large, Suicidal Man Currently Roaming South Eureka in his Underwear, Bleeding and Possibly Drugged

The Man in This White Van Just About Drove Himself into Humboldt Bay

[UPDATED] Myrtle Avenue Closed While Bomb Squad Investigates Suspicious Object Found Near Healthsport

Rash of Arson Fires in Eureka Last Night; Humboldt Bay Fire Responds to Wharfinger, Multiple Dumpsters Ablaze

Emergency! Sheriff Declares Son of Rainageddon a County-Wrecker, Will Seek State Funds to Rebuild

(UPDATE, VICTIM ID’d) Man On Three-Day Rafting Trip Drowns Near Orick

City of Eureka Cracks Down on Balloon Track Zombie Trains; Their Days, it Seems, are Numbered

Henderson Center Gas Station Robbed by Crowbar-Wielding Suspect; Eureka Police Seeking Leads

Fleeing Cops, Driver Heads Wrong Way Down Safety Corridor, Reaches Speeds of Up To 100 Miles Per Hour

County Health Department: It’s Preteen Vaccine Week! Get Yer Kids Their Tdap Shots!

More Coast Guard Badassery: Chopper, Night Vision Goggles Deployed to Save Man Stranded By Rising Eel River Waters

Stranded Motorists Help Clear Tree Blocking 101 Near Peg House

Chaos on the Roadways: The Slippery Friday Morning Roundup (UPDATING)

Person Found Dead on Highway 101 Near Ferndale Exit

January 2015

Jackknifed Big Rig on 299; One-Way Controlled Traffic West of Willow Creek

Eureka Police Find Stolen Car, Get a Bonus Heroin Bust

SHERIFF’S LOG: Fights, a Burglary and Animals Behaving Badly

(UPDATED With Info for Pharmacy Customers) Major Fire in Downtown Fortuna; Main Street Closed

SHERIFF’S LOG: Knifepoint Robbery in Hoopa, Vandalism at SoHum Clinic, Attempted Suicide in McKinleyville

Humboldt Bay Fire: Arson Suspected in Saturday’s Eureka House Blaze

[UPDATE] ‘Suspicious’ Fire Engulfs Home Just Off Broadway

Male Unconscious After Vehicle v. Pedestrian Collision on Broadway

Eureka Brothers Plead Guilty to Megagrow Charges in Federal Court

EPD Releases Description of Fresh Freeze Robbery Suspect

High-Speed Chase Through Arcata Bottoms Last Night Ended With Multiagency Foot Search in Manila

EPD: Despite High Murder Rate, Violent Crime Way Down in 2014

Rep. Huffman to Hold Town Hall Meeting on Veterans’ Issues in Eureka Tomorrow

(UPDATED) Large-Scale DEA Raids in Eureka, Hoopa Today

Arcata Police: Stabbing Suspect Arrested, Victim in Stable Condition

(UPDATED) Shots Fired Near Old Town This Morning; No One Injured, Police Investigating

McKinleyville Travel Trailer Goes Up in Flames; Fire Department, Sheriff’s Office Investigating

Man Killed in Humboldt Bay This Morning

INTRODUCING: The Lost Coast Outpost’s New Publisher, Local Boy Shane Mizer