Articles by Ryan Burns

August 2017

(PHOTOS) Armed With Warrants, EPD and City of Eureka Inspect 11 Squires-Owned Shitholes

(UPDATED) Eureka Police Respond to Bomb Scare in Old Town Apartment Building

Gone From Humboldt, PenAir Declares Bankruptcy and Looks to End Service in Crescent City

Local Agencies Collaborating to Launch New Detox and Residential Treatment Facility

California Department of Justice Agrees to Take Over Investigation of Humboldt County Public Administrator’s Office

Huffman Unveils Bill to Protect and Restore Local Forests and Watersheds, and He Wants Your Feedback

You Had One Jah(b), Reggae Signmaker

Yurok Group Issues Statement Responding to Arkleys’ Indian Island Comments

Covered California Premiums in Our Region Will Jump 33 Percent Next Year, Though Subsidies Could Help Offset Increase

Eureka’s ‘Get to Know a Zone District’ Introduces You to ‘The Peas and Carrots of Compatible Land Uses’

Arkleys Clarify Indian Island Intentions, Say They Want to Buy It to ‘Preserve It for the Entire Community’

July 2017

(AUDIO) Rob Arkley Wants to Buy Indian Island to Keep Eureka From Returning it to ‘The Natives’

Eureka Looks to Develop an RV Park on Waterfront Property Near Samoa Bridge

Huffman Introduces Bill to Protect Local TV From Corporate Consolidation: ‘This is Not the Soviet Union’

Eureka Issues Press Release About Proposed Corp Yard Move, Highlighting Tsunami Zone Danger

These Old-School-Trumpet Players from HSU Performed at New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art

Eureka Looks to Move Corporation Yard Over by the Zoo to Make Way for Costco Expansion, But Neighbors Aren’t Happy

Here’s the Documentation You’ll Need to Keep the Sheriff’s Office From Busting Your Weed Grow

Score Another One for Bomb-Bot! Sheriff’s Office Robot Puts Suspicious Object in its Belly and Safely Blows it Up

Eureka City Council Signs Resolution in Support of Paris Climate Accord

Eureka Police Respond to a Report of Armed Residential Robbery on Sixth Street

(UPDATED) A Team of Rescuers is Trying to Save a Humpback Whale That’s Been Tangled in Fishing Gear Since Last Week

Eureka Mayor Frank Jager Was Employed by Coroner’s Office and Acting as Executor of Estates During Period Under Investigation for Corruption

Fortuna City Manager Mark Wheetley Arrested for DUI, a Year and a Half After His Last DUI Arrest

Eureka Wins Competitive Bid to Have Downtown Area Certified as One of the State’s First Official Cultural Districts

Fire in Fortuna Mobile Home Park Kills 76-Year-Old Resident

(PHOTOS) Check Out The New Mural Being Painted in Old Town Eureka

(UPDATE) (PHOTOS/VIDEO) Sheriff’s Deputy Spots Stolen Truck, Leading to Arrest at Gunpoint Near Nilsen Feed in Eureka

Myers Flat Man Drowns While Surfing in Shelter Cove

DA Maggie Fleming Calls In FBI, State Attorney General for Sheriff’s Office Corruption Investigation

Cutten School District Will Pay $260,000 for Improperly Enrolling Eureka Kids

At Least Four Sheriff’s Office Employees Bought Dead People’s Belongings Through Public Administrator; They’ve Now Been Asked to Return Them

‘Get to Know a District’ Part Eight Explores the ‘Nonsensical Distinctions’ along Eureka’s Waterfront

June 2017

‘No Reason to Think This Hasn’t Gone On For Years’: Sheriff Honsal Speaks on Corruption Inquiry

Open Door Working to Address Local Shortage of Primary Care Providers Through Its Nurse Residency Program

Giddings Convicted of Second-Degree Murder for 2015 Arcata Drug Killing; Huntzinger Acquitted on All Charges

Notorious Landlords Floyd and Betty Squires Challenge Small Claims Ruling, Promptly Get Denied

Dr. Michael Fratkin Let Go as Head of St. Joseph Health’s Palliative Care Program

Local Planned Parenthood Affiliate Lights Up a Redwood Tree in Pink to Show Opposition to Trumpcare

Early-Morning Fire Consumes Several Businesses in Downtown Eureka

County Unemployment Rate Keeps Falling, Hits Lowest Mark Since 1980s (At Least)

Clam Beach Named Most Polluted Beach in California by Watchdog Group

Confessions of a Fair-Weather Warriors Fan (An Over-Serious Response to Devoted Lakers Fan Thadeus Greenson)

Supervisors Consider Changes to Cannabis Ordinance as Public Expresses a Variety of Concerns

Help Eureka Redraw Its Ward Boundaries Now That Wards Actually Matter

Eureka Finally Backs Away From Beach Disposal Approach, Now Plans to Dump Bay’s Dredge Spoils Offshore

Arcata Calls in Outside Investigators, Approves $21K Reward for Info Leading to Conviction of Lawson Killer

Firefighter Cannot Wear ‘Black Lives Matter’ Lapel Pin: Humboldt Bay Fire Board Upholds Chief’s Order

Local Firefighter Files Grievance After Being Told to Remove a ‘Black Lives Matter’ Lapel Pin From His Uniform

Introducing Humboldt’s Flying Squirrel, a Newly Discovered Species of Rodent That Glides Through Our Forests