Articles by Ryan Burns

December 2024

Blue Lake’s City Council Election Tie Will Be Resolved By Pulling a Name From a Hat, Essentially

TODAY in SUPES: County Agrees to Pursue Settlement of Kernen Construction’s Permit Issues as Employees Pack the House

November 2024

The Blue Lake City Council Race Could Very Well End in a Tie. Here’s How It Would Get Decided.

Humboldt County Agrees to Pay $150K to Settle Lawsuit Accusing a Sheriff’s Deputy of Excessive Force

Appeals Court Rejects Coastal Commission’s Approval of Trinidad Rancheria’s Planned Hyatt Hotel Project

(UPDATE: It Has Been Removed) Motorhome Loses Brakes on Fickle Hill and Comes to Rest Dangling Over a Bluff’s Edge in Arcata

VOTE COUNT UPDATE: Blue Lake City Council Race Still Undecided

(VIDEO) New Documentary Short ‘High Country Murder’ Explores Unsolved Shooting Death of Rancher Dick Drewry

[UPDATE: Just the Offramp!] Hookton Road Offramp is Closed, Caltrans Reports

Providence Not Accepting Referrals for Routine Procedures From Providers at Practices They Don’t Own

Tofu Shop to Close After More Than 40 Years in Arcata

California is Renaming 43 Places, Including This Fieldbrook Bridge, to Remove a Derogatory Term for Native Women

Judge Tosses the Latest Injunction From Environmental Groups Over Caltrans’ Richardson Grove Improvement Project

Pacific Seafood Halts All Processing in Eureka, Laying Off an Undisclosed Number of Employees

(VIDEO) Leopard Sharks Swimming in Mad River Slough Inspire Mallard Ducks to Seek Dry Land

TODAY in SUPES: Board Suspends 2025 Weed Taxation, Directs Staff to Explore ‘Repeal and Replace’ Options for Measure S

[UPDATED] Highly Contentious Blue Lake City Council Race is a Nail-Biter, With Many Votes Yet to Be Counted

Rebuked by Voters, Arkley-Affiliated ‘Citizens for a Better Eureka’ Resumes Court Battle Over 5th and D Parking Lot

TODAY in SUPES: Inspection Reveals ‘Urgent Safety Risks’ From Exposed Sewage at Yee Haw Communal Living Property

Lawsuit Accuses Humboldt Sheriff’s Deputy of Assault, Battery and Excessive Force in Arrest of Unhoused Man

Trinidad Rancheria’s Proposed Hyatt Hotel Project Dealt Setback as Appeals Court Issues Tentative Ruling Finding Insufficient Evidence of Adequate Fire Protection Services

October 2024

Would Measure F Actually Preserve Eureka’s Downtown Parking? Nope, State Law Would Override It, Staff Says

Judge Signs Order Committing St. Joseph Hospital to Providing Emergency Abortions, At Least For the Duration of AG Lawsuit

TODAY in SUPES: Board and Public Voice Concerns About Wood Pellet Biofuel Project; Sheriff Proposes Advisory Council in Lieu of Oversight Committee

BREAKING: St. Joseph Hospital Denies Allegations in State Abortion Care Lawsuit But Agrees to Follow State Health Care Laws as the Case Proceeds

A Bat-Killing Fungus Has Escaped Humboldt to Infect at Least Four Other California Counties

[UPDATED] Eureka Campaign Finance Roundup: Kenny Carswell Leads All Candidates; Security National Surpasses $1.6 Million Spent

Humboldt County is VOTING! Elections Office Sees Huge 95% Increase In Early Mail-In Ballots

Redwood Coast Energy Authority to Reconsider Its Decision to Decline ‘Free’ Nuclear Power

A Local Doctor Urged St. Joseph Hospital to Change Its Anti-Abortion Policies Long Before State Lawsuit, According to Court Declaration

(PHOTOS) Humboldt Bay Trail South Completion Delayed Until May, But This Thing Is Looking Badass

Meet Jack and Wil, Candidates for the Humboldt Bay Harbor District Board of Commissioners Division 5 Seat

Humboldt County Supervisor Mike Wilson Seriously Pissed Off Elon Musk

State Housing Official Weighs in on Measure F; Security National Dumps Another $363K Into Campaign

Looking to Recover From Scandal, Alan Bongio Seeks Re-election to Humboldt Community Services District Board

Eureka and Arcata Tie for No. 1 Spot in L.A. Times Ranking of Best Places to Retire in California

Providence Offers ‘Profound Apologies’ to Woman Denied Emergency Abortion Care at St. Joseph Hospital

TODAY in SUPES: Board Passes Two New Ordinances to Increase Flexibility in Housing Development

September 2024

Eureka Campaign Finance Roundup: Security National Passes $1.2M Spent on ‘Yes on F’; Carswell Leads in Fundraising Among Eureka Council Candidates

Attorney General Sues St. Joseph Hospital for Denying a Woman Emergency Abortion Care

NO MORE MUGSHOTS: Ninth Circuit Appeals Court Decision Limits the Right to Release Pre-Trial Booking Photos

Conflicted Board of Redwood Coast Energy Authority Declines to Accept ‘Free’ Nuclear Power From Diablo Canyon

BREAKING: Eureka Police Responding to Fatal Traffic Collision on West Harris Street

TODAY in SUPES: County Looks to Rein in Yee Haw, the Trinidad-Area Commune With a Long History of Health and Safety Code Violations

The Billboard That Face-Planted Along the Arcata-Eureka Safety Corridor Last Winter Will Not Be Rebuilt

Ten Years In, Redwood Coast PACE is Providing Humboldt Seniors ‘The Model of Care That Everyone Should Have’

Eureka City Schools Announces Vacancy on Its Board of Trustees

The Measure F Campaign Called Him a Criminal and a Cheat. He Has a Different Story to Tell.

Former Auditor-Controller Karen Paz Dominguez Facing Up To $61K in Fines for Failure to File Campaign Finance Forms on Time

With $1.15M From Security National, Measure F is Now the Most Expensive Ballot Initiative in Eureka History