Articles by Ryan Burns
January 2021
State Suspends County’s Purchasing Account for Overdue Payment; Auditor-Controller Takes Responsibility
A Causeway Over the Bay Between Arcata and Eureka? Caltrans Exploring Adaptations For Sea Level Rise
County Planning Commission Forwards Permanent Industrial Hemp Ban to Board of Supervisors for Approval
Bohn Asks Fellow Supes to Consider Joining Call for Fewer State COVID Restrictions, Ability to Open Schools ASAP
What’s the Plan to Get Humboldt County’s General Public Vaccinated? It’s Fluid, Dependent on Supply, Officials Say.
December 2020
Eureka Just Settled Its Decade-Old Court Case Against Floyd and Betty Squires, But Its Battle With the Notorious Slumlords Continues
Humboldt Restaurants Are Suddenly Allowed Indoor Dining Again, But for Many Owners the Decision is Tough
(VIDEO/PHOTOS) Eureka Police Serve Search Warrant, Detain 14 People at Squires-Owned Nuisance Property
Citing Threat from ‘Unhinged’ Colleagues, Huffman Introduces Bill to Prevent Congress Members from Carrying Guns on Capitol Grounds
County Warns of Ice and Snow Atop Horse Mountain; More Expected Along 299 Friday: ‘Everyone Carry Chains’
(VIDEO) Short Documentary Explores How Klamath Dams Have Damaged the Health of Local Tribes and the River That Feeds Them
HACHR Offering Home Delivery for Syringe Exchange Outside Eureka, Backs Away from Plan to Set Up Near City Limits
With No Recycling Redemption Centers Left in the County, Stores Face Fees of $100 per Day Unless They Offer Buy-Back
Eureka Police Investigating Hate Crime After Gay Couple’s Christmas Decorations Were Vandalized
TODAY in SUPES: In Fennell’s Final Meeting, Board Narrowly Agrees to Support Caltrans’ Richardson Grove Project
(VIDEO) A Member of the County’s COVID Vaccine Team Explains Who Will Receive the First Doses
Trinidad May Reinstate a Moratorium on Short-Term Rentals at a Special Meeting Thursday Evening
TODAY in SUPES: COVID Spreading ‘Rapidly,’ Health Officer Warns; Accounting Firm Hired to Help ‘Press the Reset Button’ on Recent Upheaval
HSU Faculty Union Says Budget-Driven Class Cuts are ‘Irresponsible’ and Lecturers Are Being Treated as ‘Disposable’
In Ongoing Conflict With Its Own Auditor-Controller, County Opens Investigation, Looks to Outsource Some of Her Key Fiscal Oversight Duties; A-C Asks to Retain Outside Counsel
Sheriff Honsal Requests Copy of DOJ Investigation, Vows ‘I Will Hold Those Employees Accountable for Their Actions’
Cargo Vessel Loses Six Shipping Containers Overboard; Coast Guard Warns They May Still Be Floating Off the Humboldt County Coast
Eureka Council Set to Give Interim City Manager Miles Slattery the Full-Fledged Gig
November 2020
BREAKING: State Won’t Pursue Charges in Corruption Investigation Into Humboldt County Coroner-Public Administrator Bureau
Video Captures Unidentified Bozos Illegally Dumping a Truckload of Garbage Near Manila
Former Mendo County Sheriff Tom Allman: ‘Shelter Cove is My New Assignment’
Humboldt County is Now in the Purple, Most-Restrictive COVID Tier. Here’s What That Means.
County Department Heads and Local Agency Leaders Voice Frustration, Concern With Auditor-Controller
Supes Call Special Meeting, Say County at ‘Serious Risk of Losing Millions’; Auditor-Controller Says She’s Being Asked to Cut Corners
BREAKING: Michelle Bushnell Takes Commanding 356-Vote Lead Over Incumbent County Supervisor Estelle Fennell
Students and Staff at Ridgewood Elementary Under Quarantine After Positive COVID-19 Case
Humboldt County’s Unemployment Rate Drops for the Sixth Straight Month
Despite Early Setbacks, Cannabis is Becoming Big Business in Rio Dell, and the City is Reaping the Rewards
TODAY in SUPES: Board Discusses How to Confront Anti-Mask Patrons and How to Market Humboldt County Cannabis
County Health Officer on Humboldt Going Red: New Cases Being Driven by Travel, Gatherings
BREAKING: Michelle Bushnell Leads Incumbent Supervisor Estelle Fennell in Latest Vote Tally
(UPDATED) Two Fortuna High School Students Test Positive for COVID-19; Staff, Students Quarantined; Some Classes Switch to Distance Learning
HSU Foundation Purchases Craftsman’s Mall Property, Site of Stymied Housing Project ‘The Village’
TODAY in SUPES: Board Approves Live Concerts, Motorcycle Races at County Fairgrounds Despite Neighbors’ Objections
(PHOTOS) Behold, the Winners of Humboldt’s Students-Only Pandemic Photojournalism Contest
October 2020
Witness Describes Execution-Style Murder of a Man and Dog in a Bathtub During Ryan Tanner Prelim Hearing
Eureka Council Candidates Haul in More Money, But Will it Translate to Votes?
TODAY in SUPES: Reopening County Offices Mid-COVID and Permit-Stacking Cannabis Grows
A New State Law Could Allow Small-Scale Outdoor Cannabis Farmers to Adopt the French Wine Concept of Terroir
BREAKING: Fortuna Police Ask Residents on South Fortuna Boulevard to Shelter in Place Due to ‘Police Incident’
With the State’s Recycling Redemption Program in Shambles, Local Agencies Look to Develop a More Sustainable System
Cause of Death Not Yet Determined for Local 38-Year-Old Man Who Had COVID-19, Sheriff Says
Dot Jager-Wentworth and Scott Bauer Have Raised the Most Money in the Eureka City Council Races Thus Far
Owner of Frankie’s New York Bagels Announces Plans to Close, Hopes to ‘Pass the Bagel Torch’ to New Owner
A Redding Megachurch Leader Came to Humboldt and Flouted Mask Rules. Her Ministry is Now the Source of a Major COVID Outbreak.
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