Articles by Ryan Burns

October 2017

(VIDEO) Reader-Submitted Footage Shows Hills South of Willits Burning Along Hwy. 101

State Wildfires Knock Out Local Phone Lines, Including Arcata’s 911 Service

Bump Stocks: Why One Local Gun Retailer Decided Not to Sell the Device that Enabled the Vegas Massacre

Mercer-Fraser Workers Post Sign Supporting Toddler Who Nearly Drowned Last Month in Shasta Lake

All Humboldt County Government Offices Will Be Closed Monday (Columbus Day) for Training

Recreational Weed Coming to Eureka After Council Votes to Include Adult Use Canna-Businesses in City Code

‘What if Life Really is All About Waterfront Condos and Tasteful Sweaters?’ A Very Special Episode of Eureka’s ‘Get to Know a Zone District’

Holy Crap, Can It Be True? 18 Years After It Began, The County’s General Plan Update Might Actually Get Completed This Month.

McKinleyville High Football Team Banned From Homecoming For Offensive Locker Room Messages

September 2017

(UPDATE) Fire Burns in Historic Oberon Building in Old Town Eureka

Eureka Woman Sentenced to Seven Years For Robbing Old Town Store With a Knife

Humboldt Creamery Workers Ready to Strike After Voting to Reject Contract Offer From Parent Corporation

A Bill Sitting on Governor Brown’s Desk Could Determine the Future of Broadband in Rural Humboldt and Beyond

Public Invited to Help Plan for the Future of Humboldt’s Fishing Industry

Supervisors Opt to Prorate Cannabis Excise Tax, Place Moratorium on Weed Grows in Coastal Zone

(UPDATED) Eureka’s Marie Callender’s to be Replaced by ‘Swanky Modern’ Mexican Restaurant, According to This Weird Corporate Press Release We Just Got

What’s the Story With That Place? The Underground Scientology Vault Near Petrolia

Eureka Police Arrest Suspect in Gas Station Robbery

Coastal Commission Approves Coast Seafood’s Oyster Farming Expansion Project

Environmental Leaders Say County’s Weed Ordinance and Draft EIR are Fine But Enforcement is Sorely Lacking

Mateel GM Reflects on the Failure of This Year’s Reggae Fest, the Future of the Community Center and SoHum’s Collapsing Weed Economy

Humboldt May Be the Best Place for Californians to Endure the Climate Madness Now Upon Us, Says Sac Bee Writer

A Challenger in the Fifth: Steve Madrone Announces Candidacy for County Supervisor, Taking on Sundberg

County and Betty Chinn Looking to Use PG&E Trailers as Modular Housing Units for Local Homeless

Highly Anticipated 10th Installment of Eureka’s ‘Get to Know a Zone District’ Explains the City’s Hospital-Medical Zone

Gov. Jerry Brown Signs Wood Bill Protecting Residents of Skilled Nursing Homes

If You’re Hoping to Cross Over Hwy. 299 Tuesday, Here Are Your Limited Options

Too Smoky For School: Tuesday Classes Canceled in Eastern Humboldt, Trinity Counties

Parolee Arrested in Garberville on Suspicion of Domestic Violence, Meth Possession

Humboldt’s Air Quality Ranges from Unhealthy to Hazardous; Hwy. 299 to Open Periodically as Heat and Wildfires Continue

Trinidad Man Arrested After Allegedly Threatening His Neighbor With Semi-Automatic Pistol

That Trippy-Looking Kirsten Dunst Movie Filmed Up Here Will Have Special Screenings in Arcata Next Week

(PHOTOS) Playing Hardball, Eureka Demolishes Another Squires-Owned Building

August 2017

Allegedly ‘Doped Up’ Felon at Eureka Trailer Park Threatens Cops With a Knife and Gets Arrested

Eureka Man Arrested After Allegedly Driving Through a Fence in Arcata With Loaded Rifle in the Car

Speed Limit in Eureka School Zones May Soon Drop to 15 MPH

(VIDEO) RIP, Blue Heron Motel! Troublesome Squires-Owned Building Demolished by Eureka

Eureka’s China Buffet Cleared to Reopen Following County Health Department Shut-Down

Harbor District Executive Director Jack Crider Resigns

These Marijuana Bills From Our State Reps Could Shape California’s Legal Weed Industry

McKinleyville Man Calls Sheriff’s Office to Report Being Robbed at Gunpoint of 10 Pounds of Processed Weed

Recently Fired Gas Station Employee Allegedly Returns With Kitchen Knife, Steals Cash and Chew

Humboldt’s New HR Director Committed to ‘Making County an Employer of Choice’

WILDFIRE UPDATE; Plus, Brush Fire on Eureka Waterfront Adds More Smoke Above Our Heads

Outpost Investigation Finds Illegal Sales Through Public Administrator’s Office Date Back to at Least 2013

Humboldt Creamery to Stop Processing Fluid Milk Locally; 10 Jobs to be Eliminated

Eureka’s China Buffet Shut Down After Inspector Finds Major Health Code Violations Including a Vermin Infestation and Raw Chicken Stored Atop Broccoli

Coastal Commission Reverses Course, Renews Coast Seafoods’ Shellfish Permit

County Health Department Shuts Down Arcata’s Taco Faktory Truck After Failed Inspection

DA Investigation Finds Man Who Died in Eureka Police Custody Last Year Overdosed on Meth; EPD Absolved of Responsibility