Articles by Hank Sims

March 2015

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

(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