Articles by Ryan Burns

September 2021

(WATCH) 29-Year-Old Mom With COVID, Struggling to Breathe, Posts Videos From Hospital Bed, Urges Community to Get Vaccinated

Regional Coalition Looking to Take Over Potter Valley Project Hits Snag as FERC Denies Request for Extra Time

TODAY in SUPES: Board Allocates $1M for Micro-Grants in an Effort to Help the ‘Failing Cannabis Industry’

North Coast Journal Buys Ferndale Enterprise, Plans to Expand Paper’s News Coverage to Entire Eel River Valley

TODAY in SUPES: Weed Growers Seek Help, Airline Traffic Takes Off and Hoffman Offers Advice for the Unvaxxed

Larry Doss, Eureka Realtor and Harbor Commissioner, Planning Move to Orick to Run for Fifth District County Supervisor Seat

With Plans to Buy 10 Hydrogen-Powered Buses, Humboldt Transit Authority Takes One on a Test Drive

Aiming to Ship Coal Out of Humboldt Bay, Shadowy Corporation Makes Bid to Take Over NCRA Line

Help Wanted: Humboldt County Employers Struggle to Find Workers Amid a Smaller Labor Force, COVID Fears, Child Care Needs and the Remote Work Revolution

August 2021

Federal Judge Rules For Caltrans in Lawsuit Over Road-Widening Project Through Richardson Grove

Natalie Arroyo Officially Launches Humboldt County Supervisor Campaign

County Moves Payroll Back Under Auditor-Controller’s Office Despite Serious Concerns Voiced by Employees

Escaping Outreach: Former Members of Eureka Church Say It’s a Cult With a History of Hiding Sexual Abuse

Critically Ill Patients Are Being Transferred Out of County Due to COVID Cases, Staffing Shortages at Local Hospitals

Investigation by The Guardian Reveals More Details of Sheriff Honsal’s Warnings of Nonexistent ‘Antifa Bus’

TODAY in SUPES: Board Launches Water Quality Grant Program and Talks Redistricting; Bass Offers a Tearful Homage to Her Late Mom

Humboldt County Supervisors Appoint Luke Brownfield as Public Defender

(UPDATE: REOPENED) Eureka Vietnamese Restaurant Pho Thien Long Closed by Health Department After Routine Inspection Finds Evidence of Rodent, Cockroach Infestation

YESTERDAY in SUPES: Local Drought Conditions Harmful to Humans and the Environment, Task Force Reports

Biden Cabinet Member Joins Huffman, White House Official and Others to Highlight Offshore Wind Developments Planned Off the Humboldt County Coast

(GRAPH) Humboldt’s Unvaccinated Are Contracting COVID at Two and a Half Times the Rate of the Vaccinated

County Supes Ratify County Facility Masking Order, Voice Frustration With Those Still Unvaccinated

Rex Bohn Has COVID

County Supervisors to Reconsider Planned Return to In-Person Meetings Due to This Delta Variant Nightmare

July 2021

(VIDEO) Sheriff’s Office Seeks Help Identifying Man Caught on Camera Abandoning Dog

In Response to Spiking COVID Cases, State Joins CDC in Urging People to Resume Masking in Public Indoor Settings

Woman Drowns in Trinity River After Getting Swept Under by the Current at Kimtu Beach

(PHOTOS) Nordic Aquafarms Execs Lead Tour of the Corroding Remains of the Pulp Mill Property Where They Plan to Build a Big Land-Based Fish Farm

In Latest Audit Committee Meeting, Paz Dominguez Asks for Help and Gets It

TODAY in SUPES: County Proclaims Drought Emergency But Backs Away From Curbing Cannabis Cultivation

Four Years Ago, an Outpost Investigation Found Law-Breaking Within the County’s Public Administrator Bureau. To Date, No One Has Been Held Publicly Accountable.

Let’s Take a Closer Look at the Sun Valley Weed Grow and How the Supervisors Reached a Decision

County Supervisors Opt to Form an Advisory Commission to Redraw the Map of Their District Boundaries

Supervisors Deny Appeal, Approve a (Downsized Again) 5.7-Acre Weed Grow on Sun Valley Property in Arcata Bottoms

As County’s Fiscal Fiascoes Mount, Feds Impose Tax Liens, Contractors Plead for Their Money and Department Heads Sound the Alarm

Sheriff’s Office ID’s Suspect, Serves Search Warrant in Connection With Peacock Killer Investigation

[UPDATED] Beloved McKinleyville Peacock, a ‘Neighborhood Mascot,’ Found Dead After a Craigslist Ad Ordered the Hit

June 2021

TODAY in SUPES: Farewell to Amy Nilsen, Hello to New Vets Hall Plans in Garberville

Dueling Church Signs in Ferndale Spark Controversy Over LGBTQ Inclusion

The Fate of Sun Valley’s Weed Farm Appears to Hinge on Size and Smell

Divided Board of Supervisors Punts Decision on Sun Valley Cannabis Farm to a Future Date

County Supervisors Set to Consider Appeal of Sun Valley’s 8-Acre Weed Farm in Arcata Bottoms

(VIDEO) Anti-Vax Protesters Disrupt Huffman Town Hall

TODAY in SUPES: With the State About to Reopen, Humboldt Still Has ‘Work to Do’ on COVID Prevention, Hoffman Says; Plus a Half-Billion-Dollar Proposed Budget and a Pilot Program for Laura’s Law

May 2021

In a Surprise Move, Nordic Aquafarms Agrees to Conduct Full Environmental Impact Report for Its Land-Based Fish Farm on the Samoa Peninsula

TODAY in SUPES: An Apology, Some Vaccine Hesitancy, a Climate Action Plan and a Code of Ethics, Oh My!

Entrepreneurs Unveil Plans to Convert Former Sierra Pacific Mill Into a Cannabis Compound With Eight Acres of Cultivation

County Administrative Officer Amy Nilsen Submits Letter of Resignation

TODAY in SUPES: Board Agrees to Spend Another Half-Million Dollars Trying to Fix Its Ongoing Fiscal Shitshow

Court Orders Glendale-Based Kernen Construction Co. to Pay $2M Penalty for Toxic Stormwater Runoff