Articles by Ryan Burns
June 2017
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
May 2017
(PHOTOS, VIDEOS) Behold! Duane Flatmo Reveals His Latest Flame-Throwing Art Car Design, ‘Rabid Transit’
Peninsula School Superintendent-Principal Comes Out as Transgender
Amid Funding Troubles, County Library Struggles With Increased Crime, Drug Use and Homelessness
TICKS! County Explains How to Protect Yourself From These Disgusting, Blood-Sucking, Disease-Ridden Hellspawn
Humboldt’s Homeless Numbers Down More Than 40 Percent From Two Years Ago, According to Preliminary Count
Eureka Councilmember Marian Brady Says ‘Cowardly’ Trinity Supervisors ‘Wimped Out’ and Ruined Humboldt’s Bright Future
In Email to Sundberg, EPA Reaffirms Opposition to Beach Disposal of Dredge Spoils, But Eureka Official Insists It’s the Best Option
Supervisor Ryan Sundberg Appeals to National EPA Official on Marina Dredge Disposal
Senator McGuire to Hold Hearing on Collapse of Local Salmon Fishery
Check Out The Arcata High Student’s Digital Art Piece That Won This Year’s Congressional Art Competition
DA Finds No Wrongdoing in Last Year’s Fatal Officer-Involved Shooting in McKinleyville
New Marijuana Trade Group Introduces Itself: ‘We Are the Seed Hunters, Carriers of the Torch, Innovators and Pioneers’
State Kicks Down $1.5M for Cleanup of Illegal Weed Grow Operations in the Emerald Triangle
St. Joseph Hospital President Dr. David O’Brien Announces Resignation
Supervisors Ponder How Strict to Be With Cannabis Cultivators
Local Students Win State History Day Competition, Head to Nationals
EPA Says Eureka, Harbor District Should Have Known Dredging Disposal on the Beach Wouldn’t be Allowed
Rep. Huffman Slams Passage of TrumpCare; Protests Planned at County Courthouse
EPA Rejects Eureka/Harbor District’s Plan to Dump Dredge Spoils on the Beach
Meet Michele Stephens, the County’s New Director of Public Health
Yay! Part Six of Eureka’s ‘Get to Know a Zone District’ Has Landed
April 2017
(PHOTOS/VIDEO) CR Protesters Demand Reinstatement of Beloved Staff Member, Storm President’s Office; Respectful Conversation Ensues
Supervisors Vote to Fine-Tune Civil Rights & Diversity Resolution
Sheriff’s Office: Heroin Sales Operation Discovered in House With Small Children
United by Tragedy, HSU Community Celebrates the Life and Mourns the Death of David Josiah Lawson
The Slide on 101 Just Keeps Sliding; Still No Estimated Date for Reopening
Zoellner Pleads Not Guilty to Arcata Stabbing Murder; Bail Set at $1 Million
‘He Was the One’: Josiah Lawson, Humboldt State Student and President of Brothers United, Remembered at Campus Prayer Service
Supervisor Rex Bohn Suggests Placing Liens on Properties With Weed-Related Code Violations
Cat Found Partially Skinned Alive in Eureka; Vet Says No Evidence It Was Caused by Human
Arcata Police Seeking Witnesses to HSU Student’s Stabbing Death
Community Votes to Spend Weed Tax Revenue on Children and Family Mental Health Services
(UPDATE) HSU Student Fatally Stabbed in Arcata
In Response to $1.44 Million Claim in Adult Protective Services Case, County Counter-Offers Less than $2,500
Gonsea Restaurant Reopens Five Days After Public Health Shut It Down
Attorney Allison Jackson Files $1.44 Million Claim Against County Over Adult Protective Services Case
Sheriff’s Deputies Arrest Wanted Felon After Finding Him Asleep in a Poorly Parked Car With a Loaded Gun in His Waistband
(UPDATED: Suspects Detained) Police Respond to Reports of Armed Men Running Through Arcata Neighborhood
County Public Health Department Shuts Down Eureka’s Gonsea Restaurant Due to ‘Imminent Health Hazards’