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
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
Jail Inmate Leaps to His Death
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
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