Articles by Ryan Burns

March 2020

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

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