Articles by Ryan Burns

December 2017

Ring in the New Year by Preparing For Inevitable Disaster, County Health Department Suggests

(VIDEO) CNBC Show ‘The Profit’ Comes to ‘The Marijuana Capital of America’ (Guess Where That Is)

Recreational Weed Sales Start Monday Statewide; Here’s Where You Can Buy It Locally

[UDPATE: Victim Wants to Press Charges] General Manager of Shelter Cove Resort Improvement District Resigns Following Alleged Assault

Saying They’ve Been ‘Maligned,’ Trinidad Rancheria Calls for ‘Cooperative Body’ to Resolve Trinidad Lighthouse Dispute

Sheriff’s Deputies Allegedly Find Meth, Heroin, Weed and a Loaded Revolver During Probation Check

Garberville Man Allegedly Assaults Another Guy Verbally, Then With a Rock to the Head

HOLIDAY JOY: Anonymous Local Donates $5,000 Worth of $100 Gift Cards Now Being Handed Out by Eureka Police Officers

Wanted Eureka Man Arrested With Drugs After Being Spotted on Cell Phone While Driving, Says EPD

Eureka Police Make ‘High-Risk’ Traffic Stop and Arrest Driver of Stolen Tacoma at Gunpoint

Winter Shelter Will Be Available Wednesday Night at the Healy Senior Center in Redway

SNOW! Chains Required on Hwy. 36; 299 Clear.

Supervisors Say ‘Thanks But No Thanks’ to Safe Drug Injection Program, and Other Highlights From Today’s Meeting

‘It’s Appalling’: McGuire Vents About State Weed Regs, Then Weighs in on Opioids, Homelessness and More in LoCO Interview

Loleta School District Signs Resolution With U.S. Dept. of Education Agreeing to Address Racial Discrimination Against Native American Students

The County Might Buy the Old Eureka Kmart Property and Put Three Government Departments Inside

Citing Cost, Eureka Calls Off Search for New Corp Yard Location, Possibly Jeopardizing Costco Expansion

(VIDEO) Watch a CHP Officer Use the Nose of Patrol SUV to Push a Flipped Car Off Hwy. 299

(UPDATED) Missing HSU Student Erin Henry Likely Fell to Her Death, Arcata Police Chief Says

Anxiety Runs High as Marijuana Legalization Puts Humboldt County’s Economy at a Crossroads

Man Found Dead of Gunshot Wound Inside Car in Manila Driveway Saturday; Sheriff’s Office Investigating as a Homicide

County Looking to Purchase Eureka Kmart Property

Humboldt County Supervisor Virginia Bass Elected First-Vice President of California State Association of Counties

November 2017

PenAir Pulling Out of Crescent City, Leaving Del Norte County Without Any Air Service

Here’s Former Humboldt County Public Defender David Marcus’s Letter of Resignation

(UPDATED) With Embattled Public Defender David Marcus’s Sudden Resignation, Attorney Drops Lawsuit Against the County

It’s a Beautiful Day Out, So the Navy Decided to Practice Landing Planes

Firebrand Assistant Auditor-Controller Karen Paz Dominguez Files Candidate Papers for Head Position

Wanted Fugitive Allegedly Found Sitting Inside Idling Car With an AR-15 in the Back

Eureka Breaks 87-Year-Old Temperature Record Before 10 a.m.

Man Robbed at Knifepoint in Eureka Bank Parking Lot, EPD Says

Missing Young French-Canadian Man Found Dead at Arcata Marsh

Man Allegedly Attacks Tip-Top Club Security, Hides in Brush, Then Grabs Deputy’s Groin and Refuses to Let Go

What’s Wrong at the Auditor-Controller’s Office? Understaffing? A Vendetta? Or Is It the Man in Charge?

Local Environmental Group Submits Ballot Initiative to Recommend Clearcutting Ban in Humboldt County

County Government Wins Awards; Supervisors Dole Out More Measure Z Funds

Were You Affected by Corruption in County Coroner/Public Administrator Office? If So, the State Attorney General’s Office Wants to Hear From You.

‘Loudest, Stinkiest and Most Impactful’: Get a Look at Eureka’s Heavy Industrial Areas in the 12th Installment of ‘Get to Know a Zone District’

Eureka Has $1 Million to Loan to Low-Income Folks Looking to Buy a House (or Fix One Up)

Here We Go Again: Fifth Lawsuit Filed Against Caltrans’ Richardson Grove Project

October 2017

How Eureka’s Outdated Zoning Code Limits Investment and Housing, and What Can Be Done About It

CR Trustee Says His Election Challenger is ‘Extremely Naive’ About Process, Rules

(VIDEO) Eureka Surgeon Wins Prestigious Rural Doctor Award from California Medical Association

Oprah Visits Pelican Bay State Prison for ‘60 Minutes,’ Investigating the ‘Failed Experiment’ of Long-Term Solitary Confinement

Cannabis Consultant Dani Burkhart to Challenge Supervisor Virginia Bass in Fourth District

Humboldt County’s Absurdly Long-Delayed General Plan Update is Finally Complete (Sort Of)

Challengers Aim to Unseat College of the Redwoods Trustees, Who They Say Have Been Asleep at the Wheel

Local Volunteers Drove Loads of Donated Supplies to Help Santa Rosa Fire Victims Last Night

Air Quality Could Get Unhealthy Tonight as Wildfire Smoke Descends Across the Region

(UPDATE! HALT GIVING!) Donations for Displaced Fire Victims Being Accepted Today at Humboldt Bay Fire Station One in Eureka