Articles by Ryan Burns
April 2020
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
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
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