Articles by Ryan Burns
September 2019
People Thought There’d Been a Toxic Spill in Trinidad Harbor. It Turned Out to be Naturally Glowing Marine Life.
PETA Buys Bus Ads Opposing Fish Farm on Samoa Peninsula: ‘You Can’t Be a Fish-Eating Environmentalist’
(PHOTOS + VIDEO) The Yurok Tribe is Leading a Massive Restoration Project on the Trinity River, and the Fish are Coming Back
(MAPS) Here’s Where the County Might Allow You to Grow Industrial Hemp
TODAY in SUPES: Bohn Expresses Worry Over Voter Fraud and Cybersecurity; Hoarding Task Force Offers an Update
(UPDATE: NOT A DRUG LAB) Humboldt Bay Fire Responds to Blaze at Possible Drug Lab in Eureka
Local Enviro Groups Demand Changes to Proposed Terra-Gen Wind Energy Project Slated for Ridges South of Rio Dell
(VIDEO) Here’s a Li’l String Band-Infused Joy for Your Thursday Afternoon
Times-Standard Publisher Says, ‘We’re Just Fine.’ His Recently Terminated Reporters Say Otherwise.
August 2019
(UPDATE: CLEARED TO REOPEN) County Health Department Shuts Down Eureka’s China Woks 88 Buffet After Inspection Reveals Cockroach Infestation
Despite the Drug Dealing, Plaza Bars Sidelines, Toby & Jack’s Might Get to Keep Their Liquor Licenses
WEED IS BACK! Humboldt County Growers Say They’re Having Their Best Season in Years
Jockey Seriously Injured, Horse Euthanized After Accident at Humboldt County Fair
County Makes ‘Bold Choices’ to Address Affordability and Homelessness in Newly Adopted Housing Element
Eureka-Born Avant-Rock Legends Mr. Bungle Announce Reunion Shows with Members of Anthrax, Slayer
That Coastal Commission Meeting Was a Confusing Mess. Did They Even Mean to Advance the Hotel Project?
Coastal Commission Gives Green Light to 100-Room Hotel on Trinidad Rancheria … as Long as the Tribe Can Find a Reliable Water Supply
Coastal Commission Approves Eureka-Arcata Highway 101 Corridor Improvement Project
Trump, Republicans Sue California Over the McGuire-Initiated Law Forcing Candidates to Release Tax Returns
Coastal Commission Preview: Trinidad Hotel, Arcata-Eureka Corridor Project on Agenda for Meeting in Eureka
KHSU Exploring Partnership With Capital Public Radio
July 2019
OUTPOST INTERVIEW: Jim Wood Talks Universal Health Care, Bipartisanship and the Uphill Battle for Change
The County is Set to Buy Most of This Eureka Block, Including Raliberto’s Taco Shop, and Turn It Into a Parking Lot
County Agrees to Pursue Infrastructure Funds in Hopes of Landing Fish Farm on Samoa Peninsula
Eureka Police Surrounded a Problem Property and Knocked on the Door. The People Inside Ran. Then They Got Caught.
Tribes Say They’ve Been Left Out of the Process on Potter Valley Project, but Congressman Huffman Begs to Differ
Nordic Aquafarms Set to Ask County for ‘Financial Incentives’ Before Committing to Indoor Fish Farm Project
Grand Jury Finds County Has ‘High Risk of Fraud,’ Poor Communication and Insufficient Accounting Training
(UPDATED) Humboldt County Supervisor Mike Wilson to be Appointed to the California Coastal Commission
Local Approach of Criminalizing the Homeless is Counterproductive, Grand Jury Report Finds
The Governor’s Deadline to Pick a Local Rep for the Coastal Commission Has Expired With No Selection
The State Corruption Investigation Into Humboldt’s Public Administrator Bureau Seems to Have Fallen Into a Black Hole
Famed Investment Banker Offering $10K Reward for Contents of Briefcase Lost at Eureka’s Carter House Inn
(VIDEO) SHARK SIGHTING! Apparent Great White Spotted Near Trinidad
A New State Law is Changing How Courts Treat the Mentally Ill, But in Humboldt It’s Not That Easy
June 2019
Board of Local Energy Agency Unanimously Directs Staff to Pursue Agreement With Terra-Gen Wind Project
ACLU Sounds Alarm on Religion-Based Health Care Denials Ahead of Public Meeting on St. Joe’s Deal
Brush Fire Breaks Out on Samoa Peninsula
In Passionate Exit Interview, HACHR Founder Brandie Wilson Defends Needle Exchange, Blasts Critics and Explains How She Reached the End of Her Fucking Rope
(UPDATED) Reggae on the River Has Been Canceled
A Fight Between Humboldt Stakeholders Over the Klamath Dams is Impacting Environmental Protections Across the Country
Eureka’s Third Street Closed as Firefighters Respond to Blaze in Hotel Room
(VIDEO) Checking in With Peninsula Superintendent Lark Doolan, the First Openly Transgender Public School Administrator in the Country
(UPDATE: Letter Approved) Supes May Ask State Officials to Close ‘Loophole’ Allowing High-CBD Cannabis to be Grown as Hemp
May 2019
Humboldt Wind Energy Project Proponents Give Presentation to Skeptical Crowd in Ferndale
‘No Room for Hate at Reggae’: Sizzla Performance Canceled
Sigh. We’re Doing This Again? Gay-Bashing Doofus Sizzla Once Again Invited to Headline Reggae on the River
TODAY IN SUPES: Hemp Moratorium Reinstated
County Ag Commissioner Accepting Hemp Registration Forms Ahead of Moratorium Vote
Will a Lapse in the County’s Hemp Moratorium Inadvertently Open the Floodgates for Industrial Cultivation?
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