Articles by Hank Sims

September 2013

New State Law: Highway Bicyclists Get Three Feet of Personal Space From Passing Motorists

National Weather Service Issues Hazardous Weather Outlook on That Beautiful, Beautiful Rain

THE BIG, DUMB THREAD: Where is Manila, and Where is Samoa?

Eureka POP Stings Internet-Based Prostitutes

Major Injury Traffic Collision on Highway 36

TWO MAKES IT TRUE: What Was That Giant Flash and Boom in Eureka Last Night?

Karuk Tribe Looks Set to Win Big Broadband Grant; New Fiber to Orick, Weitchpec, Orleans

Big Section of Old Town Eureka Being Evacuated

BOYFIGHT! Novato Mayor Pro-Tem Announces Challenge to Arcata’s Chris Lehman Vis a Vis the State Senate

Environmental Groups Applaud Coastal Commission Decision on Caltrans’ Safety Corridor Project

Eureka City Manager Bill Panos Resigns

Eureka Business Robbed by Suspect With Plaid Hoodie, Big-Ass Gun

Victim Named, Crossbows Found in Recent Manila Homicide

Big Ol’ Busted Arcata Grow House Dumped its Waste Straight Into Jolly Giant Watershed

Motorcycle Accident on 101 in Eureka; Traffic Backed Up Northbound [UPDATE]

Sonny Wong Stars in Debut of New Chuck Johnson Video Series With His ‘Art Life’

(UPDATED) Manila Slaying Suspects in Custody (PHOTOS)

‘Soft Closure’ at Ma-le’l Dunes, Manila Effective Now

Crossbow Killing Suspect Phoenix King Worked Temp Jobs in Humboldt Last Week, A Few Years Ago

33-Year-Old Woman Killed in Car Crash on California Street in Eureka

HOMICIDE IN MANILA; Manhunt Underway; Sheriffs, CHP Out in Force North of Samoa Bridge

Heroin, Meth, Sawed-Off Taken in EKA Drug Task Force Bust

Megagrow Taken Down on the Hoopa Valley Reservation

Logging Truck Rolls Down Embankment in Lost Coast Backwoods; One Person Trapped With Major Injuries

Fire Near Downtown Fortuna; Planes Bombing Area by Newburg Park

Water Thieves Close Bridgeville School; More Than 10,000 Gallons Stolen Over Labor Day Weekend

Tom Stienstra Weed Arrest: SF Chronicle Columnist Sues Blog Over Three-Year-Old Report

August 2013

Blue-Green Algae Found on Lower Mad River; County Department of Public Health Issues Stay-Away Warning

The Humboldt County Courthouse Is Being Evacuated

Fortuna Motel Bust = Six Pounds of Weed, Ounce of Meth, Pills of Various Stripe

Highway 101 Closed at Big Lagoon; Overturned Semi Spills Big Boulders Everywhere

Sheriff Briefs Rep. Huffman, Media on This Year’s Marijuana Season

Crescent City Robbery Suspect Eludes EPD; Fresno Murder Suspects Picked Up in Humboldt

Suspect Identified in North Spit Animal Abandonment Case

Chad Johnson Quadcopters the Trees of Mystery!

HALLELUJAH! The Trinity Restraining Order is Lifted, and the Water Will Flow

MEDIA MAVEN: ‘Can’t We All Just Beat Each Other Senseless?’

Craigslist Posting Leads to Rescue of Abandoned Dogs; Sheriff’s Office Seeking Creep Who Ditched Animals at the Beach

Yesterday’s Lightning Sparks Numerous Small Fires; Butler Fire Up to 20,000 Acres, Still Uncontrolled

Tribes, Fishermen, Allies Protest in Fresno; Decision on Trinity River Releases Expected Today

‘IMMEDIATELY MOVE TO SHELTER’: National Weather Service Issues Severe Thunderstorm Warning for Eastern Humboldt County

EPIC’s Gary Graham Hughes on the Fortuna Chamber of Commerce Meltdown

Nuclear Regulatory Commission Holds Meeting on Humboldt Bay Decommissioning Tonight

Combination Bridgeville/McKinleyville Bust Results in Three Arrests

Meet Your Next State Senator: Chris Lehman Announces, Basically Already Wins Bid to Succeed Noreen Evans

LoCO Media Alert: Huber and Me

(UPDATED and UPDATED AGAIN) Summerfest Completely Canceled

(UPDATE) Gas Main Break Near Christie’s Motel in Eureka Shuts Down the Streets

State Sen. Noreen Evans Will Not Run for Reelection

Serial Car Thief Suspected in Sequoia Park Crash