Articles by Hank Sims
October 2019
PG&E Preparing For Another Power Shutoff This Week; But Probably Not for Humboldt; But Yes, That’s What They Said Last Time Too
The City of Eureka is Ready to Transfer Tuluwat to the Wiyot Tribe; Special Council Meeting Called for Next Week
(UPDATE) FACEBOOK IS MAKING YOU DUMB! No, There is Not Another Mass Power Outage Planned This Week!
(PHOTOS/AUDIO) The Five Who Would Manage Eureka! Nice-Sized Crowd Meets Eureka City Manager Candidates at the Wharfinger Last Night
POWER UP! Most of Humboldt County Had Its Electricity Restored Overnight, But There Are Still Patches of Darkness
Sen. Mike McGuire Says Humboldt Will Start Coming Back Online Tonight
THAT’S IT: The Big Power Shutdown is Definitely Going to Hit Humboldt Too
The Power WILL Be Cut Off to a Large Swath of California Tonight … But There’s Maybe a Chance That Some of Humboldt Will Escape That Fate?
(UPDATES) BLACKOUT ALERT: That Big, Upcoming PG&E Shutdown May Well Include Humboldt After All, Says County Office of Emergency Services
September 2019
(PHOTOS/VIDEO) Three Dogs Locked in a Trashed Car For At Least 12 Hours Saved After Vigilant Citizens Unite to Demand Their Rescue
Those Arcata-Area Mountain Lions are Probably Trying to Eat Your Pets, Says Wildlife Biologist
(UPDATES) (PHOTOS) Emergency at the North Jetty; One Surfer Picked Up by Coast Guard After Companions Attempt Rescue
OLD TOWN WOES! Now Third Street is Gonna Be All Messed Up For a While Too
Juvenile Arrested at Cooper Gulch After Running From Cops, Allegedly Drawing Pellet Gun During Chase
August 2019
(UPDATE!) The Most Prominent Mural in Humboldt County is Being Scraped Away — But Don’t Fret Yet
David Hull, General Manager of the Humboldt Community Services District, Has Abruptly Retired
HERE COMES MOUNTAIN MIKE’S! The Chain Restaurant Assault on Eureka Continues, With Pizza Franchise Replacing Vampire Penguin
50 YEARS AGO TODAY: Presidents Richard Nixon and Lyndon Johnson, Future President Ronald Reagan and Others Touch Down at the Humboldt County Airport
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission is in Town, and It’ll Hold a Hearing at the Wharfinger Building Tonight
(UPDATE: FOUND!) Search and Rescue Operation Underway For Missing Blocksburg Man
David Holper Named Eureka’s Poet Laureate
(UPDATE) Eureka’s Sears Store Will Be Closing Its Doors Soon, Though We Can’t Get Corporate to Confirm It
Eureka Development Services Director Rob Holmlund to Resign
July 2019
(VIDEO) Victim-Witness Program Building Briefly on Fire; One Lane of Fourth Street Closed
Here’s What All That Helicopter Noise Was in Rio Dell Earlier This Morning
Federal Agencies Looking to Expand Humboldt County’s Open Ocean Dumping Grounds, Where We Put All the Dredge Spoils
Eureka City Manager Greg Sparks Announces Retirement, Will Leave Office by End of the Year
KHUM Deejay Cliff Berkowitz Will Challenge Rex Bohn for First District Supervisor in the Upcoming Election
‘Lights for Liberty’ Vigils for Refugees to be Held in Eureka, Fortuna and Crescent City Tonight
Cops Swarm Eureka’s West Side Fearing a Shooting, Discover BB Gun
Caltrans Has Settled With Victim of 2011 Broadway Construction Accident for $37.5 Million, Says Victim’s Attorney
INTRODUCING: Veteran Crescent City Reporter Jessica Cejnar Joins the Outpost, Which Will be Covering Your Del Norte News Henceforth
June 2019
Hoopa Valley Tribe Elects New Chair, Rejects Broad Cannabis Cultivation Ordinance
BEACH BUMMER! Clam Beach Named One of State’s Most Polluted For Sixth Year Running
Activists Out at Rainbow Ridge, Attempting to Stop Humboldt Redwood From Logging Doug Fir on a 560-Acre Chunk of Its Land in the Mattole Watershed
(UPDATED) O WHOOPS! Local Oysters Back on For Oysterfest; Earlier Recall Apparently a State Health Department Error
MCKAY RANCH SUBDIVISION: Big Community Meeting in Cutten Tonight to Discuss Proposed 320-Unit Development Around Redwood Fields
Another Court Puts the Brakes on Caltrans’ Richardson Grove Project; Local Judge Orders Agency to Revise Environmental Impact Report
Got Brains and Time to Contribute to Good Governance? The Humboldt County Civil Grand Jury Wants YOU!
Orick’s Palm Cafe Shuttered After Inspectors Find Roaches, Rat Urine, ‘Unapproved Insecticides’ and Numerous Other Violations
May 2019
(VIDEO) Problem Home on Eureka’s Henderson Street Also Burning This Afternoon
(VIDEO) SKI HUMBOLDT! You Can Ski Humboldt in Late May and Here is Proof, Says Champion County Pumpkin Grower and His Crew of Weirdos
Police Arrest Suspect in Slaughter of Pet Pig Earlier This Year
FOLLOW-UP: Citing Work of Review Panel, Staff Recommends City Council Award $370,000 Marketing Services Contract to Eureka Visitors Center
As Eureka’s $370,000 Contract for ‘Marketing Services’ is About to Be Awarded, Text Messages Released by City Show Close Relationship Between City Official and Finalist
Eureka Police Chief Decries ‘Hostile and Threatening Speech’ Directed at Needle Exchange Program; Says EPD Will be on Hand to Ensure Peace at HACHR Picnic Tomorrow
‘Boycott Circus Cruelty’: Protesters to Gather for Second Day of Picketing Outside Redwood Acres
Yurok Tribe Gives Thumbs-Up to Hemp: Tribal Council Moves to Legalize Non-Psychoactive Cannabis on Tribal Lands, Develop Regulations and Explore Business Opportunities Around Newly Legal Crop
INTRODUCING: SPILLBOT!, the Friendly LoCO Robot That Lets You Know When Bad Stuff Goes Where it Should Not Go
Dozens Gather at County Courthouse to Support Supervisor Rex Bohn Against Backlash Over Racist Joke
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