Articles by Ryan Burns

December 2019

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

HSU Retains Outside Law Enforcement Firm to Review Allegations Against UPD Chief Donn Peterson

PG&E Says Its Local Plant Can’t Power Humboldt Alone; We Found Documents That Suggest Otherwise

Superintendent Offers Apology for M&M Costume Incident, Says Intent Was Not to Mock Student

October 2019

Supervisor Bohn and Sheriff Honsal Pen Letter to PG&E Execs Demanding a Plan to Keep Local Power On During Future PSPS Events

The Latest Update of Questionable Reliability is That We’ll Start Losing Power at 7 p.m.

Humboldt County OES Doubles Down, Contradicts Official PG&E Statement on Timing of Outage

Here Comes the Power!

Here’s an Updated List of Where You Can Charge Your Phone or Medical Device

About the Whale: Marine Mammal Experts Explain Why Your Rescue Ideas Probably Would Not Have Worked

The Whale is Dead

WEDNESDAY NIGHT WHALE UPDATE: Alive, But Still Beached in the Surf Zone

(UPDATING) A Whale Caught in Fishing Nets has Washed Ashore North of Samoa

Sheriff Says the Number of Illegal Pot Farms is Dwindling, But Many Remaining Outlaws Are Back to Hiding Indoors

Appeal Denied: State Upholds Its Decision to Revoke Liquor Licenses for Arcata Bars Sidelines, Toby & Jack’s

PG&E Executive Admits in Public Testimony That Last Week’s Power Shutdown in Humboldt County ‘Should Not Have Happened’

Amid Wave of Pot Farm Robberies, Mattole Valley Residents Take Security into Their Own Hands

(PHOTOS/VIDEO) Supervisor Estelle Fennell Kicks Off 2020 Re-Election Campaign in Fortuna

Eureka Rescue Mission Could Use Blankets, Water as Volunteers Prepare for Cold-Weather Shelter

Elected Officials Still Can’t Agree on Whether the Risk of Fraud in County Government is High or, Like, Normal

(PHOTOS) Artists Transform Arcata Sidewalks into Colorful Canvases for Annual Pastels on the Plaza

(VIDEO) Young Hoopa Siblings Highlight Healthy Food Traditions as Part of Global Effort to Fight Hunger

Young Man Crashes Stolen Dodge Neon into Parked Boat, Eureka Police Say

Updated Eureka Pet Ordinance Would Limit Residents to Three Cats or Dogs, One Potbelly Pig or Two Mini Goats, Among Other Changes

Auditor-Controller Karen Paz Dominguez Challenges County’s Planned Responses to Civil Grand Jury Report

September 2019

Rep. Huffman on CNN: Republican ‘Cult of Trumpism’ Should Start to Crack With ‘This Betrayal of His Office’

[UPDATED] HSU Police Officers Cast Vote of ‘No Confidence’ in Chief Donn Peterson

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