Articles by Ryan Burns

November 2017

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How Eureka’s Outdated Zoning Code Limits Investment and Housing, and What Can Be Done About It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

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