Articles by Ryan Burns

May 2018

(UPDATE: Girl Appeared Uninjured) Missing Toddler Located

A Grenade Just Got Lobbed Into the Humboldt County Auditor-Controller Election (Metaphorically)

Supervisors Pass County Weed Ordinance Version 2.0

Eureka’s First Utility Box Art Installation is Finished and, Naturally, It’s a Giant Donut Cheeseburger

(UPDATE) HIV Cases Are Spiking Amid ‘Unprecedented’ Number of Sexually Transmitted Diseases in Humboldt

(VIDEO) U.S. Coast Guard Rescues Crab Fishermen After Their Boat Loses Steering in 10-Foot Seas

Jury Convicts Bank Robber Ezra Keith Williams on Three Felony Counts

April 2018

County Planning Commissioner Kevin McKenny Cited For Alleged Violations of the Federal Clean Water Act and Other Environmental Laws

Eureka NAACP to HSU: Stop Recruiting Students From Communities of Color Until Substantial Support is Implemented

HSU Faculty Members Say a Proposed Budget-Cutting Measure Will Cost Jobs, Erode Benefits and Harm Student Learning. Are They Right?

Local Agencies Form Partnership to Lure Cruise Ships Into Humboldt Bay and Give Passengers Phenomenal Experiences

Happy 4/20! Supervisor Estelle Fennell Elected President of Multi-County California Cannabis Authority

Local Immigrant Rights Groups on Red Alert After Receiving Report That ICE Agents Are in Town

Mercer-Fraser Withdraws Controversial Plans for Glendale Cannabis Extraction Plant and Rezone Request

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