Articles by Hank Sims
October 2020
(VIDEO) Gangly Teenage Nimrod Steals Biden Yard Sign, Trips, Gets Momentarily Spooked by Incoming Headlights
Alderpoint Road, Ruth Lake in Path of PG&E’s Public Safety Power Shutoff This Evening
Food for People Will be Tearing Down and Rebuilding its Sewage-Damaged 14th Street Headquarters, and it Kicks Off With a Zoom Party at Noon
KSLG’s Sabina Gallier Wins Prestigious National Radio Award for ‘Black Voices of Humboldt’ Series
MEASURE C: Ranked-Choice Voting Would Bring More Democracy and Better Democracy to Eureka, Backers Say, but Citizens Will Have to Get Used to a New Way to Cast and Count Votes
September 2020
FIRE ROUNDUP: Red-Salmon Fire Tops 100,000 Acres; Highway 199 Still Closed Between Del Norte County and Oregon
Positive COVID Test at In-Person Redwood Prep Elementary School Moves One Classroom to Distance Learning
(UPDATE) Toxic Cyanobacteria Discovered in Mad River, Says Blue Lake Rancheria; Avoid Contact With Water Near Blue Lake
FIRE ROUNDUP: The August Complex, Which is Threatening the Southeast of the County, is Now the Largest Wildfire in California History; Red-Salmon, Slater Fires Continue to Grow
Here is Another Reminder That You Need to Fill Out the Census ASAP if You Haven’t Already Done So
HIGHWAY UPDATE: 101 Open at Willits; 199 Still Closed Between Crescent City and Oregon; 96 Closed in Siskiyou County
(PHOTOS) Humboldt Rises to Feeble Dawn as Smoke Chokes Coastal Skies
INTRODUCING: The Outpost’s New and Soon-to-Be Star Reporter Jacquelyn Opalach, Who Wants to Hear Your Stories About Local Schools and School Systems!
August 2020
District Attorney to Bring Reckless Driving Charges Against Person Who Drove Through Mass of McKinleyville Black Lives Matter Protesters in June
LoCO Elections is Back! Put Your Questions to Candidates for Local Office Before You Fill Out Your Ballot
(UPDATE) Sheriff’s Deputy’s Vehicle Strikes Pedestrian in Downtown Eureka This Morning
Want to Know If Your Power Might be Shut Off Soon? PG&E Has a Complicated Tool For Attempting to Figure That Out
Rep. Huffman Meets With Local Postal Workers Outside Eureka’s West Clark Street Station
MORE HOTTER AGAIN: Excessive Heat Watch Issued for Tomorrow, Saturday as Humboldt’s Inland Areas Expected to Top 100 Degrees
HERE COMES THE HEAT! North Coast Interior Forecasted to Roast Early Next Week — and Even the Coast Should Be Sunny, Too
Political Commentator and Prominent Husband Matthew Owen to Seek Eureka City Council Seat
Youth Sports Guidelines Will Soon be Available, Says County Health Officer Ahead of Today’s Media Q&A Session
July 2020
The Bad News and the Good News From LOCO HQ: We are Losing Star Reporter Freddy Brewster … but We’re Hiring!
Lightning-Sparked Wildfires Are Burning in the Far Northeast of the County
(PHOTOS/VIDEO) Large Grass Fire on Samoa Peninsula Sending Clouds of Smoke Into Eureka
Dr. Frankovich on Non-Mask-Wearing Bus Drivers, Large Social Gatherings and the Possibility of Humboldt County Ending Up on the State Watch List
(PHOTOS/VIDEO) That Smoke Rising Up From the Eureka Waterfront Comes From a Big Pile of Trash on Fire
County Debuts ‘Alert Assessment Tool’ to Quantify Humboldt’s COVID-19 Risk
COVID and the Cannabis Industry, the Sorry State of Testing, Weddings and More: Humboldt’s Public Health Officer Takes Media Questions on the Pandemic
COVID Testing Woes and the Risks of Celebrating the Holiday During a Statewide Surge: Questions for Deputy Public Health Officer Josh Ennis
Arcata City Council to Discuss Big Water/Sewer Rate Hikes, Coronavirus-Related Grant Applications and Oh So Much More Tonight
June 2020
‘Our Time of Personal Responsibility’: In Today’s Media Availability, Public Health Officer Talks About California’s Case Spike, COVID in Kids and Pets, Bars, More
Big Paul Bunyan and Babe the Blue Ox Have Masked Up For Your Safety
Youth Sports, Bad Hand Sanitizers and the 2020-21 School Year: Humboldt County’s Public Health Officer Again Takes the Media’s COVID Questions
In Video Address to the County, Humboldt’s Public Health Officer Talks About the New Business Sectors Opening Today and Lays Out a Rough Timetable for the Future
Wildberries Marketplace Notifies Customers That One of Its Employees Has Tested Positive for the COVID-19 Virus
Want to Tune In to Today’s Board of Supes Meeting? Here’s How
(PHOTOS/VIDEO) McKinleyville ‘Stand Against Racism and Police Brutality’ Underway
Humboldt County COVID Modeling, Statistics and Asymptomatic Transmission: Deputy Public Health Director Dr. Josh Ennis Takes Media Questions
Demonstrators Gather on Arcata Plaza, Prepare to March on HSU, to Demand Humboldt State Take More Action on Institutional Racism
At Its Meeting Tonight, the Eureka City Council is Set to Put Ranked Choice Voting on the November Ballot
EPD Issues Public Debriefing on Weekend Protests; Says Acts of Aggression Against Demonstraters Are Being Investigated
COVID and Protests: In Today’s Media Availability, Humboldt County’s Public Health Officer Takes Questions on the Potential Impact of Recent Demonstrations on the Spread of the Virus
May 2020
Sheriff Honsal on Casinos, Sports Leagues, Social Distancing, the Necessity of Mask-Wearing and More
Ready to Reopen? Let Humboldt County’s Economic Development Director Walk You Through the Process of Submitting Your Business Reopening Plan
Humboldt County’s Public Heath Officer Takes Lots Questions on the Current State of COVID-19 Testing in Humboldt County
We’re Moving Fast, But We Can’t Move Too Fast: In Today’s Round of Questions, Sheriff William Honsal Addresses Reopening
Spate of Racist Graffiti Appears Around Eureka; Police ‘Aggressively Investigating,’ Says Chief
VIDEO: In Discussion of Newsom’s Announcement Today, Sheriff and Public Health Officer Say Humboldt Should be Ready to Partially Reopen Friday
April 2020
Testing, Modeling and Staffing Up For the Crisis: Deputy Public Health Officer Dr. Josh Ennis Answers Media Questions on COVID-19
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