Articles by Hank Sims

February 2013

Arcata Storefront Burglary Suspect Slashed, Arrested

Highway 96 Reported Closed in Orleans

Early Morning Stabbing at Sal’s Off-Broadway

Update in Ryan Floyd Investigation: More Drugs, Stolen Property and Sketchy Gun Stuff Found

Arcata Power Outage Leaves About 1,270 Customers Offline

Sheriff’s Office Looking for Wanted Felon Accused of Threatening, Assaulting Housemate

Yes, That Mystery Helichopper Was Doing PG&E Work

Late-Nite McK Traffic Stop Leads to Cache of Weed, Wire, Weird Documentation

Scumbags, Sleazeballs Knock Over Alice Birney School — Again!

Deputies Bust Up Loleta Axe Melee; No Arrests Made

Is a Strange Helicopter Buzzing Your Neighborhood Super-Low?

Hey, HSU Alumni of a Certain Age: This is the End of an Era

Suspects in ‘Dukes of Hazzard’-Style Backwoods Police Chase are Still Running

National Weather Service Upgrades Today’s Sneaker Wave Warning to ‘High’

Moderate Sneaker Wave Warning This Weekend; Stay Safe, Clam Beach Runners

January 2013

Green Diamond: No, We’re Not Shutting Down Korbel, and We’re Not Logging the Strawberry Rock Area (Yet)

Ford Truck Rams Into Myrtle Avenue Pet Center; Ambulances Dispatched

FYI: Trevor Bohn Released From Pepper Spray Case; Former JPR Chief Sues University; Bien Padre Burns

INTRODUCING: The New LoCO Senior VP for Boss Linkage and a Greatly Improved ‘Elsewhere’ Section

Because We Haven’t Had Any Kinetics Drama in at Least a Month: Ferndale Sculpture Museum at Risk

Friends and Family Seeking Jason Lovell, Missing Arcata Man

EPD Finds Heroin, News Channel 3 Camera; Looking for Suspect and More News Cams

Longtime Ferndale Fair Manager Stuart Titus Out; Broadcaster Tag Wotherspoon Speaks Against Decision

Ike Densmore Committed Suicide, Autopsy Rules

KIEM-TV Burglarized; Crooks Make Off With News Cameras, Police Scanner

DEA Spanked by Major Metropolitan Newspaper Over Marijuana Policy

Sheriff Downey: Xtra Guns Found in Last Weekend’s Late-Nite Loleta Melee

HEROIN HIGHWAY: DTF Snaps up Stationary Speedball Right Off The 255

Sheriff Investigators Believe Densmore Was in Humboldt County For Days; Seek Help From Public

Coal Trains Raising Ruckus Up and Down the West Coast

Probation Check at Thief House Unexpectedly Leads to Car Thief, Thieved Car

The Ingoffuration of Pres. Barack Obama

Iowa Traffic Stop Leads to Big-Time Arcata Indoor Bust

Drug Task Force Crew Parks Illegally for Lunch, Goes Ballistic on Tow Truck Driver; Disciplinary Action and Probable Lawsuit Ensues

Jail Inmate Leaps to His Death

Crab On

National Weather Service Issues Sneaker Wave Warning

Eureka Woman Killed in Car Crash Outside Willits

Sheriff: Sorry, Snow-Goers, But You’re Stuck With Horse Mountain

Power Pole Explosion, Bad Car Accident in Southwest Eureka

Suspect Plunges 75 Feet Down Cliff After Evading Traffic Stop, Then Gets Out and Beats Feet

Welfare Check on a Skinny Horse Leads to Moderate McK Weed Bust

Local Man Attached to ‘South Dakota Connection’ Case Taken Into Custody

Feds Serving Arrest Warrant in Bayside; Apparent Follow-Up to Last Year’s South Dakota Weed Trafficking Case

Pistol Stolen in Arcata Burglary Found in Possession of Moderately Tattooed Fortuna Parolee

Former Humboldt State Student Running From Child Molestation Charges

Two Arrested, Over a Pound of Heroin Confiscated in EPD Bust

Sheriffs Chase Suspected Crescent City Auto Thief Through McK-Town Berry Brambles

Run, Danny, Run: Suspect in Last Month’s Taser-Snatch Back in Jail for Burglary

Humboldt State Still Trying to Heal its Jimmy Kimmel Wound