Articles by Hank Sims

September 2013

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

Sheriffs Searching for Fieldbrook Skeedaddler; Suspect Nearly Mowed Over Two Bicyclists While Running From Cops

Ripoffs Home-Invade, Pistol Whip Victim at McK Trim Scene

Kmart Makeup Shoplifting Incident Leads to Meth/Gun Arrest

The LoCO Grill: Questions for Supervisor Mark Lovelace?

Eureka Woman Fights Back, Disarms Alleged Kidnapper; State Parolee Taken Into Custody

Big Guns and Moderate Dope Taken in Double McKindbudleyville Indoor Bust

EPD Recovers Stolen Car. And That Is All

Eureka Musician and All-Around Good Person Josephine Johnson Comes Home to Find All Her Stuff Stolen

Butler Fire to Nearly 5,000 Acres, 8 Percent Containment; Thunderstorms Coming

Former Eureka Family Doctor Confirmed as New St. Joe’s President

Eureka Man Threatens To Blow His Own Head Off Unless Cops Bring Him More Heroin

Driver Piloting Stolen Vehicle Runs, Is Spike-Stripped, Tased

Vehicle Fire on Salmon Creek Road Threatening Forest Lands [Now w/PHOTOS]

With an Angry Letter, Michael Johnson Withdraws His Candidacy For Eureka Police Chief

Big Power Outage in Eureka

Butler Fire Up to 1,463 Acres; Still Burning Out of Control

Stream Diversion, Pollution, Clean Water Act Violations in Big Kneeland/Maple Creek Bust Yesterday

The LoCO Grill: Eureka Mayor Frank Jager Answers Your Questions

July 2013

Dance Fire 90 Percent Contained

Meth, Heroin, Weed, Nine-Day-Old Child Taken Out of Christie’s Motel