Articles by Ryan Burns
April 2018
Busting Pot Farms From Space, Take Two: Supervisors (This Time) Approve Contract for High-Resolution Satellite Monitoring
Meet Your 2018 Humboldt County Superior Court Judge Candidates, Part Two: Lawrence Killoran
Meet Your 2018 Humboldt County Superior Court Judge Candidates, Part One: Lathe Gill
(UPDATE: NOT YET) Busting Pot Farms From Space: Supervisors (MAY) Approve Contract With Company Offering High-Res Satellite Imagery to Assist With Code Enforcement
Hundreds of Kids and Adults Receiving Free Eye Exams and Glasses in Hoopa This Week
Auditor-Controller Taking Taxpayer-Funded Trip to Tahoe for Conference Days Before Leaving Office
Suspect Wanted for Attempted Murder of a 17-Year-Old in Arcata Last Summer Turns Himself In
Here It Is! The Series Finale of Eureka’s Educational and Entertaining ‘Get to Know a Zone District’ Feature
Supervisors Address Weed Tourism, Crime Laws and Auditor-Controller Drama During Busy Meeting
March 2018
Embattled Auditor-Controller Joe Mellett Resigns Nine Months Before His Term Ends
County Supervisors Ease Tax Burden on Weed Growers, Hire Attorneys to Sue Big Pharma’s Opioid Manufacturers
Here It Comes! Tsunami Preparedness Week Hits the North Coast.
(PHOTOS) These Historical Postcards Show Arcata’s McKinley Statue Through the Years
Here’s What People Had to Say About the County’s Comprehensive New Weed Ordinance, Including the Proposed Cultivation Permit Cap
County Supervisors Met Monday to Start Deliberating on Proposed New Weed Regs, Including a Permit Cap
Eureka Police Officers Respond to Reported Drive By, Find Nothing But Shell Casings in the Road
Congratulations, DA Fleming, Sheriff Honsal and These Five Other Candidates Who Basically Already Won Because They Will Have No Opponents on June’s Election Ballot
‘Extremely Intoxicated’ Man Drives Poorly and Brandishes Sawed-Off Shotgun at Officer Before Being Arrested, Says EPD
(PHOTOS) Five Loaded Assault Rifles Found Along Van Duzen River Bar, Sheriff’s Office Says
Herrmann Spetzler, CEO of Open Door Health Centers for More Than 40 Years, Has Died
Yurok Tribes Files Federal Lawsuit Against Big Pharma Companies Over Opioid Epidemic
Woman Allegedly Shoved to the Ground and Robbed While Walking Dog at Mad River Beach
California Has Already Issued More than 2,000 Cannabis Cultivation Licenses. Are Growers Being Set Up to Fail?
(PHOTOS) Crab Fishermen Rescue Young Deer That Was About to Drown Near Humboldt Bay Entrance
The County Accidentally Issued Incomplete W2 Tax Forms to More Than 1,000 Employees; Most Are Still Waiting for Their Corrected Versions
February 2018
Still Dealing With Declining Enrollment, Eureka City Schools Threatens to Sue Alder Grove Charter School
Body Found Near College of the Redwoods in September Identified as Man Who Went Missing in 2015
Facing a ‘Looming Fiscal Emergency,’ HSU Announces Plan to Slash Budget by $9 Million
(PHOTOS, VIDEO) Brrrr!
Flaws in County System for Reporting Child Abuse and Neglect Triggered a State Investigation. Here’s What’s Changing As a Result.
‘You Are Sucking Us Dry’: Growers Descend on Supervisors Meeting to Protest Cannabis Fees, Taxes
(PHOTOS) Car Knocked Onto Its Side As Accident Closes Two Lanes of I Street in Eureka
County Asking Public for Input on Final Section of Humboldt Bay Trail, Connecting Eureka and Arcata
Supervisors Move to Create a Standing Committee to Address Homelessness; Will Consider Declaring a Shelter Crisis Later This Month
January 2018
With Controversial Project Heading to Board, Mercer-Fraser President Flew County Supervisor and Staff to Sacramento Event in a Private Plane
PHONE SCAM ALERT: Someone’s Impersonating Humboldt Superior Court Staff and Demanding Fine Money
Congressman Huffman Invites Transgender Marine Corps Vet to Trump’s State of the Union Address
Another Humboldt County Judge Retires: John Feeney Stepping Down From the Bench Next Month
California Growers Association Sues State Over Loophole in Pot Farm Size Limits
Supervisors Consider Modifying or Repealing County’s Ban on Raw Milk
Judge Dale Reinholtsen To Retire After Two Decades on Humboldt Superior Court Bench
Man Arrested for Walking Through McKinleyville With Loaded Rifle, Sheriff’s Office Says
Just ‘Cause Weed’s Legal Now Doesn’t Mean You Can Smoke (or Ingest or Vape) It In Public, Eureka Reminds You
Eureka Increases Amount Being Given to Squires Evictees as They Scramble to Find New Housing
Man and Woman Arrested After Being Found Asleep Inside Truck With AR-15, Meth, Ammo, Syringes, Says Sheriff’s Office
Planning Commission Approves Mercer-Fraser Rezone Request, Sending Proposed Marijuana Extraction Plant Project to Board of Supervisors
Water District Says Proposed Mercer-Fraser Marijuana Facility Threatens Health and Safety of Two of Every Three County Residents
If You Want to Weigh In on the County’s Commercial Cannabis Land Use Ordinance, Thursday’s Your Chance
HOMELESSNESS: After Years of Public Pleas to Declare a Shelter Crisis, Supes Form Committee to Consider It
Jesse Crumb, Eureka Resident and Son of Famed Cartoonist Robert Crumb, Dies After New Year’s Eve Car Crash in SoHum