Articles by Ryan Burns

December 2017

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How Eureka’s Outdated Zoning Code Limits Investment and Housing, and What Can Be Done About It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

(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