Articles by Ryan Burns
March 2020
County Officials Lay Out Plans for Maintaining Essential County Services During COVID-19 Outbreak
Liza Welsh, a Planner at the County of Humboldt, Announces Candidacy for Eureka City Council
MORE COVID FALLOUT: HSU Cancels Spring Athletics, Suspends Face-to-Face Instruction Through April 17
(UPDATE) County Health Officer Answers Questions About Bacterial Meningitis, Says Family of Arcata High Student is Requesting Privacy
Animal Rescue Orgs Say They’re Worried and Furious About Change in Euthanasia Procedure at County Shelter
As the County Looks to Outsource Payroll, Sheriff’s Deputies Say Their Paychecks Are Riddled With Mistakes
February 2020
The County Has Accrued More Than $60,000 in Late Fees From CalPERS, and It’s Looking to Outsource Payroll Duties
(UPDATE) Well, Crap: Sewage Spill in Eureka Forces Food For People to Close Temporarily
PG&E Should Be Able to ‘Island’ Humboldt County This Summer, Saving Us From Public Safety Power Shutoffs, Company Execs Say
Supervisor Candidate Cliff Berkowitz Explains the ‘Racial Epithet’ That May Have Cost Him the Times-Standard’s Endorsement
Supervisor Candidate Sean DeVries Addresses the Rumors and Allegations About His Past
A Delegation of Norwegians is on a Whirlwind Tour of Humboldt, Scoping Green Economic Development Opportunities
HEARTBREAK: Humboldt County’s First Starbucks is Closing Permanently on Valentine’s Day
WATCH: Eureka Releases Video Promoting Itself in Hopes of Being Chosen for HGTV’s Reality Show Makeover
As Coronavirus Cases Multiply Aboard Quarantined Cruise Ship, Former Local Remains Upbeat, Confined in Her Cabin
Former Humboldt Resident Quarantined on Cruise Ship; 20 61 Fellow Passengers Have Tested Positive for Coronavirus
County Looks to Ban Target Shooting on Samoa Peninsula, Plus Anywhere Within 150 Yards of an Occupied Building
Bohn and Berkowitz Trade Jabs During Lunchtime Candidate Forum at the Eureka Elks Lodge
January 2020
At Candidate Forum, Supervisor Hopefuls Talk Climate Change, Needle Exchange, Rex’s Racist Joke and More
Sign Company Owner Threatens Lawsuit as Harbor District Looks to Ban New Billboards, Prohibit Repairs to Old Ones In Its Jurisdiction
Incumbent Supervisors Have a Lot More Campaign Cash Than Challengers, Though the Picture is Incomplete
Terra-Gen Critics Said We Should Wait for Offshore Wind, But Will That Project Spark an Even Nastier Debate?
Nordic Aquafarms Terminates Humboldt-Based Exec After Seeing Photo of Him Posing With a Lion He’d Killed
(PHOTOS) Local Artist Brings Interactive Projects, Supplies and Smiles to Migrant Shelters in Tijuana
Shots Fired in Danco Town: Samoa Residents Unnerved, Distressed by Owner-Approved Shooting Range
December 2019
Two Billboards Recently Fell Over, and the County Will Hold a Public Hearing to Decide if They Can Be Rebuilt
Planning Commission Chair Bob Morris Resigns Following Supervisors’ Wind Farm Decision
The County Has Abandoned Its Attempt to Buy a City Block in Eureka and Turn It Into a Parking Lot
Bass Explains Why She Switched Positions on the Wind Project; Wilson Calls the Whole Experience ‘Devastating’
Four Challengers for Estelle, One for Rex: Here Are Your Supervisor Candidates for the Shortest Primary Season in Humboldt County History
Tree-Trimming Accident Briefly Leaves Man Suspended 40 Feet Above the Ground in Eureka
TODAY in SUPES: County Asks for Assurance That Trinity River Water Won’t Get Diverted to New Central Valley Reservoir
Ten Window Williams Jewelry Store Closing After 92 Years in Old Town Eureka
(UPDATED) Congressman Huffman, County Staff Send Letters Urging Umpqua Bank to Spare Loleta Cheese Factory
Bank Plans to Foreclose on Loleta Cheese Factory This Friday, Ending Local Business’ 37-Year History
November 2019
Planning Commissioners Explain Their Flip-Flops as Supes Prepare to Hear the Terra-Gen Wind Project Appeal at the Adorni Center
In a Wild Meeting, the Planning Commission First Deadlocks, Then Denies the Humboldt Wind Energy Project
The Planning Commission Could Reach a Decision on the Humboldt Wind Energy Project Tonight
TODAY IN SUPES: A Protest Song, a Likely Hemp Moratorium Extension and the End of Columbus Day
Local Businesses are Donating a Car to a Person in Need, With Help From Betty Chinn
Nordic Aquafarms, Which Now Has a Local Office and is Recruiting Employees, Will Host a Community Meeting Tonight
HSU Retains Outside Law Enforcement Firm to Review Allegations Against UPD Chief Donn Peterson
PG&E Says Its Local Plant Can’t Power Humboldt Alone; We Found Documents That Suggest Otherwise
Superintendent Offers Apology for M&M Costume Incident, Says Intent Was Not to Mock Student
October 2019
Supervisor Bohn and Sheriff Honsal Pen Letter to PG&E Execs Demanding a Plan to Keep Local Power On During Future PSPS Events
The Latest Update of Questionable Reliability is That We’ll Start Losing Power at 7 p.m.
Humboldt County OES Doubles Down, Contradicts Official PG&E Statement on Timing of Outage
Here Comes the Power!
Here’s an Updated List of Where You Can Charge Your Phone or Medical Device
About the Whale: Marine Mammal Experts Explain Why Your Rescue Ideas Probably Would Not Have Worked
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