Articles by Ryan Burns
November 2021
The Times-Standard Has Moved From Its Big Sixth Street Edifice to an Office Downtown
County Employees Threaten Legal Action Over ‘Failures’ of Auditor-Controller; Workforce Board Pursues ‘No Confidence’ Vote
TODAY in SUPES: Board Opts to Use Existing Map as Basis for Redistricting, Might Make Minor Tweaks to Lines
October 2021
EPD Texting Investigation is Finalized, Though Not Yet Cleared for Release; Watson’s Retirement ‘Absolutely Not’ Related to Findings, Chief and City Manager Say
TODAY in SUPES: Board Votes to Return to In-Person Meetings Starting in the New Year, Denies Request to Allow Controversial Cannabis Grow Near Blue Lake
County Supervisors to Consider Returning to In-Person Meetings
Honsal Ordered Deputies to Provide 24-Hour Security and Transportation to Visiting Sheriffs. Two of Them Say It Was a Big Waste of Taxpayer Money.
PENINSULA RISING: County Creating a Financing District to Supercharge Development in and Around Samoa
Eureka Councilmember Kim Bergel to Run For County Supervisor in the Fourth District
Amid Behind-the-Scenes Controversy, County Issues a New Call for Proposals to Market Humboldt Cannabis
That Big Orange Ship in the Bay? It’s Laying a Couple of Those Undersea Fiber Optic Cables that Will Stretch to Asia
Supervisors Vote to Create Policy Requiring Weekly COVID-19 Testing of All Unvaxxed County Employees
Board of Supervisors to Consider Vaccination Policy Options for County Employees
Supervisors Pass Resolution Opposing Potential Coal Exports Through Humboldt Bay
Board of Supervisors Set to Appoint Elishia Hayes, a 10-Year Employee, to County Administrative Officer Position
September 2021
Huffman, Thompson Pen Letter to Buttigieg Opposing Federal Loans for ‘Disastrous’ Coal Train Project
‘Coal Does Not Align With Our Values’: Wiyot Tribe Executives Say Proposals Did Not Specify Cargo, Council Would Not Support Project
Consultant in NCRA Rail Takeover Bid Says Project Has Been Misrepresented, But Document Reveals Coal Connections and Wiyot Tribe Involvement
(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
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