Articles by Ryan Burns
May 2020
(VIDEO) This Spike in Cases is Likely Due to People Ignoring the Shelter-in-Place Order, County Health Officer Says
Fennell to Appoint Former Harbor Commissioner Ronnie Pellegrini to the Planning Commission
Against Public Health Advice, Bear River Casino Plans to Reopen a Week From Sunday
County Officials Agree to Ask State for Permission to Loosen Restrictions and Open More Local Businesses
Local Coalition Advances Plan to Remove Scott Dam on the Eel River, Acquire Potter Valley Project From PG&E
(UPDATED) The Planning Commission Approved a $1.5M Trail Through Manila, But Critics Say They May Appeal
Planning Commission Denies Permit to Rebuild a Fallen Billboard South of Eureka
‘Don’t Let My Mom Die Alone’: Local Man Distraught as COVID Policies Prevent His Dad from Visiting His Mom in Hospital
Supervisors Quibble Over Details of Eviction Moratorium, Agree to Form Groundwater Agency for Eel River Basin
(VIDEO) Beware of Unreliable Products in ‘the Wild West of Testing’ Available Commercially, County Health Officer Says
California Can Begin Reopening This Week, Gov. Newsom Announces
(VIDEO) Sheriff Honsal Addresses His Claim to be the County’s ‘Protector of Constitutional Rights’
April 2020
Nordic Aquafarms Expands Aquaculture Facility Plans, Releases Images Showing What the Fish Farm Would Look Like
(VIDEO) The County Tested 230 People Today and Expects to Keep That Rate Up, Health Officer Says
Supervisors Pass Eviction Moratorium, Preventing Landlords from Kicking Out Tenants Who’ve Suffered Economic Losses from COVID-19
Why Is Humboldt County’s $17M Windfall in CARES Act Funding for COVID Relief Going to the Airport, Of All Places?
(VIDEO) Locals Will Soon Be Able to Sign Up Online for a COVID-19 Test, Without Needing a Referral, County Health Officer Says
With Final Election Results In, Supervisor Fennell Faces Runoff With Bushnell, Local Dems See Power Shift
Hoopa Valley Tribe Receives Limited Supply of Rapid COVID-19 Tests, Which Give Results in Under 15 Minutes
(VIDEO) Loosening Shelter Restrictions Will Increase COVID Cases, But We Can’t Stay Like This Forever, County Health Officer Says
Eureka Target Employees Dispute Company’s Claims About Safety Precautions Following COVID Case
Confined and In Conflict? Humboldt Mediation Services is Offering Help Via Videoconferencing During Shut-In
(VIDEO) Supervisor Mike Wilson Recruits Friends for Quarantine Singalong ‘Alone Together’
An Employee at Eureka Target Tested Positive for COVID-19; Worker Had No Contact With Customers, Public Health Says
(VIDEO) County Will Start Providing Numbers for People Released from Quarantine Starting Next Week
COVID Has Hit the Local Economy Hard, But Officials Say There’s Still Cause for Optimism
(VIDEO) 170 Inmates Have Been Released from Jail, But Crime is Down During COVID Outbreak, Sheriff Says
New Testing Method Could Allow the County to Run 160 COVID-19 Tests Per Day, County Health Officer Says
In Their First-Ever ‘Virtual Meeting,’ County Supervisors Address Community Complaints About COVID Response
Local Business Owners Struggling Through Confusion, Delays in Effort to Secure Federal Relief Funds
(VIDEO) How Do You Know We Haven’t Hit Peak COVID? Also, Why Does Trump Lie? County Health Officer Responds to Latest Media Questions
(VIDEO) Sheriff Honsal Says COVID-19 Rules Can Be a Bit Looser in Our Rural Region
(VIDEO) Local Band The Oyster Baes Practice Social Distancing in Pajama Pants in New Music Video
(VIDEO) Sheriff Billy Honsal on Whether Criminals are Sheltering in Place, How Many People Have Been Released From Jail Due to COVID-19 and More
(VIDEO) Is Takeout Essential? Are Homeless People Being Tested? Should Older Supervisors Stay Home? County Health Officer Answers Media Questions
‘I Worry I Could Be Spreading It’: Local FedEx Drivers Say They’re Not Getting Enough COVID-19 Protections
Driver Runs Stop Sign, T-Bones Eureka Police Cruiser, EPD Says
Tour of the Unknown Coast Cycling Event Canceled Due to (You Guessed It) COVID-19
Humboldt Has More COVID-19 Cases Per Capita Than Two-Thirds of the Counties in California
March 2020
Lawsuit Accuses Humboldt County Judge of Drunkenly Attacking an Attorney, Throwing Him Off a Boat, and Says County Employees Tried to Cover It Up
Trinidad Passes Moratorium on Short-Term Rentals During COVID-19 Outbreak; County May Consider a Similar Move
Local Artist Creates ‘Flatten-the-Curve’ Graph With Stained Glass to Honor Community Sacrifices
At Special Supervisors Meeting, County Officials Give Update on Local Response to COVID-19 Outbreak
HSU Sent Buses to Pick Up Students From L.A. and S.F., Where COVID-19 is Spreading, and Brought Them Back to Campus
(VIDEO) Creative Fortuna Woman Cures Shut-In Boredom by Recording These Funny ‘Shelter in Place Tunes’
As Local Businesses Lay Off Employees and Close Up Shop, Owners Worry About Long-Term Financial Impacts
County: Yes, Local and State Shelter-in-Place Orders Differ Slightly, But Message is the Same: STAY HOME
What is Humboldt County’s Surge Capacity? Region Has Limited Number of Hospital Beds and Ventilators.
(AUDIO/VIDEO) Here’s How Many COVID-19 Tests Are Available Locally and the County’s Criteria for Using Them
County Officials Lay Out Plans for Maintaining Essential County Services During COVID-19 Outbreak
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