Articles by Ryan Burns
June 2020
(VIDEO) Sheriff Wants to Prove to the Community and the Country that Law Enforcement Officers Aim to Serve and Protect, Honsal Says
County Receives $300K in EPA Funding to Continue Toxic Cleanup and Development on the Samoa Peninsula
‘District in Decline’: With Enrollment and Budget Woes, SoHum Schools Need New Ideas, More Effective Leadership, Civil Grand Jury Finds
(UPDATE) Body Found on Hwy. 101 Safety Corridor Near Mid-City Motor World
County to Start Collecting More Data to Inform Discussions About Whether McKinleyville Should Maybe One Day Incorporate as a City
(UPDATED: CHP Cannot Confirm Antifa Buses) Sheriff Honsal Stands By ‘Antifa Bus’ Reports Despite Evidence That It Was All a Hoax
(VIDEO) Bars, Gyms, Campgrounds, Zoos and More Are Next Up for Modified Reopening, Dr. Frankovich Says
That Big Orange Ship Moored in Humboldt Bay is a World-Class Science Vessel Whose Crew Has Been Studying Glaciers in Antarctica
The Coast Guard Plans to Remove The Old Marine Railway at Station Humboldt Bay. Local Historians Are Unhappy.
Local Artist’s ‘Flatten the Curve’ Stained Glass Was Purchased as a Gift for Dr. Anthony Fauci
Winfred Grissom, Former T-S ‘Paper Man’ and Docent at Humboldt Bay Maritime Museum, Dies from COVID-19
(VIDEO) Salons and Barbershops Could Possibly Reopen as Soon as Next Week, Local Officials Say in Latest COVID Update
Police Fire Less-Lethal Projectiles at Protesters in Eureka; Two Arrests Made
May 2020
HSU Announces Unexpected Retirement of University Police Chief Donn Peterson
(UPDATING) Protesters Clash With Traffic, Demand Justice as They March Through Eureka, Demonstrating Against Racism and Police Brutality
(VIDEO) County Health Officer Says She Probably Won’t Be Eating Out, Advises Seniors and Immunocompromised to be Wary
(PHOTOS) Educators Deliver Hand-Made Yard Signs to Celebrate McKinleyville High Grads
(VIDEO) There Are Three or Four Active Chains of COVID Transmission in Humboldt Right Now, County Health Officer Says
Civil Grand Jury Issues Glowing Report on Local Prison Camps, Suggests Training Jail Inmates to Fight Fires
Bear River Casino Touts ‘Virus-Killing’ Spray Ahead of Reopening; There’s No Evidence the Spray Does Any Such Thing
(VIDEO) ‘Trimmigrants’ Not Welcome This Year; Stage Three of Reopening Likely Coming Soon, Sheriff Says in Latest Media Availability
Times-Standard Dismantles Printing Press, Lays Off Production Staff; Papers Now Being Trucked From Chico for Delivery
County Awards $180,000 in Cannabis Micro-Grants via Project Trellis
(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
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