Articles by Ryan Burns
April 2016
How the Harbor District Found Itself in the Middle of Humboldt’s Most Bitter Political Fight
At Heated Meeting, Former Planning Commissioner Asks Harbor Commissioner to ‘Step Outside’
Wood’s Proposed Weed Tax Clears Committee; Fees Would be Levied on Buds, Leaves and Immature Plants
Tree-Trimming Company Cited for Fatal Accident in Weitchpec
Beware, Recreational Opioid Users! Super-Potent Drug Fentanyl Making the Rounds
About That Stat: No, the Average Humboldt Resident Does Not Take 14 Vicodin Per Day
Eureka Business and Property Owners Threaten Lawsuit Over Shipping Container Homeless Camp
Bullock Withdraws Plea of Not Guilty By Reason of Insanity, Bringing Trial to an Abrupt End
Inside the New Plan to Move Homeless People From the Palco Marsh Into Metal Shipping Containers
Sidestepping a Legal Threat, County Counsel Agrees to Ignore Reproductive FACT Act
Bullock Found Guilty on All Counts
Wing Inflatables Lands $25 Million Department of Defense Contract
Jury Misses a Day; Deliberations in Bullock Trial to Continue Next Week
Man Sues Wild Planet For Allegedly Under-filling Tuna Cans
CSU Strike Avoided; Faculty to Receive 10.5 Percent Raise Over Three Years Under Proposed Deal
HSU Faculty Strike to be Postponed Pending Tentative Agreement
Still Deliberating, Bullock Jury Reviews Security Video Clip in Open Court
Attorneys Finish Closing Statements; Bullock Case Now in Hands of Jury
Deliberate Crime or Psychotic Breakdown? Attorneys Make Closing Arguments in Bullock Murder Trial
CSU Faculty Set to Strike After Independent Fact-Finder Report Supports Call for Raises
March 2016
Humboldt Creamery Strikes Deal With Walmart to Carry Organic Ice Cream Nationwide
Arcata to Require Sewage Pipe Inspections When Selling Older Properties
Bullock’s Insanity Defense Undercut as Drug Abuse History Revealed in Court
Autopsy Photos Show Brutality of Father Freed’s Death; People Rest Their Case Against Bullock
Bullock’s DNA Found on Father Freed’s Body; Freed’s DNA Found on Bullock’s Clothes
Anti-Abortion Organizations Try to Strong-Arm Local Officials Into Ignoring State Law
Jurors See Photos of Father Freed’s Battered Body; Bullock’s Fingerprints Found Nearby
Jury Watches Chilling Security Camera Footage of Bullock on Night of Father Freed Murder
‘Bullock Intentionally Killed Father Freed,’ Prosecutor Argues in Priest Murder Case
Yurok Tribe Names New Chairman After Tuesday’s Sudden Resignation
Eureka City Council Unanimously Passes Anti-Panhandling Amendments
Attorney Threatens Lawsuit Over Eureka’s Anti-Panhandling Ordinance Amendment
Man Confronts Group of Guys Peering Into Cars, Gets Assaulted, Says EPD
Man Arrested for Domestic Violence and Child Endangerment in Garberville
California Assembly Approves Bill to Raise Legal Smoking Age to 21
Karuk Tribe and Environmental Groups File Lawsuit Over Logging Plan in Klamath National Forest
Hey, Fortuna, Do You Want a Dairy Queen?
Witnesses Retrace Trail of Evidence in Bullock Murder Trial
Huffman Introduces Bipartisan Bill That Would Keep Eureka Postal Facility Open
February 2016
In Recorded Phone Call, Bullock Pleaded With His Grandma to Put Her House Up for His Bail
Jury Selection Begins in Trial of Gary Lee Bullock, Accused of Murdering Catholic Priest
Three Men Dressed as Sheriff’s Deputies Allegedly Tie People Up and Rob Them in Weitchpec
(VIDEOS) Local Man Uses Spherical Camera Technology to Immerse Viewers in Humboldt’s Beauty