Articles by Ryan Burns

April 2020

(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

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