Articles by Ryan Burns
August 2023
Ferndale’s Foggy Bottoms Boys Say Local Business Owner Lobbed Anti-Gay Slurs at Their Employees, Destroyed Property During Chili Cook-Off at Humboldt County Fair
(PHOTOS) ‘1 More Time!’ Rex Bohn Launches Campaign for Fourth Term on Humboldt’s Board of Supervisors
(UPDATED) Board of Supervisors Chair Steve Madrone Cut Off a Public Commenter for Using ‘Hate Speech.’ Is That Legal?
SEC Accuses Timothy Overturf, Owner and CEO of Local Investment Firm Sisu Capital, of Defrauding Clients With Help From His Dad
Offshore Wind Development Will ‘Redefine Life on the North Coast,’ Politico Story Posits
Two Dead, Including a 16-Year-Old, After Vehicle With 15-Year-Old Driver Hits Embankment Near Willow Creek
19-Year-Old Dies After Vehicle Collides With a Tree Near College of the Redwoods Campus South of Eureka
(UPDATED) Sudden Closure of Redwood Harley-Davidson in Eureka Leaves Customers Surprised and Frustrated
(VIDEO) CITIZENS’ ARREST: Wabash Avenue Closed in Eureka After Reports of Gunfire; Motorist Flees and Crashes Into Parked Car
U.S. News & World Report Names St. Joseph a ‘Best Regional Hospital,’ Though the Full Report Card is Mixed
July 2023
A Bear Got Out to Tuluwat Island, Messed Up a Plum Tree and Dumped Over a Trash Can Full of Chicken Feed
Labor Board Orders Arcata Theatre Lounge to Offer Bartender’s Job Back After Owner Fired Her for Complaining About Company Tipping Policy
Betty Chinn Says the Vibrant New Mural Being Painted on Her Homeless Day Center Coincidentally Depicts Her Own Life Story in a Symbolic Way
Wiyot Tribe Makes Its Case, Convinces Eureka Council to Reject Staff Pick and Award Affordable Housing Development Projects to Tribal Land Trust Agency
Southern Oregon Wildfire Brings Smoky Skies to Coastal Humboldt, Del Norte Counties
Recently Closed Dispensary Humboldt Patient Resource Center Owes Nearly $1M in State Taxes
U.S. Senators Ask Rob Arkley and Other Donors for Itemized Lists of Gifts to Supreme Court Justices
Harbor District to Host Public Meeting Kicking Off Environmental Review of Offshore Wind Heavy Lift Marine Terminal Project
OOPS! The County Misspelled ‘Samoa’ on a Pair of Road Signs
Schneider Offers Emotional Apology as Planning Commission Approves Tear-Down of His Permit-Violating, Half-Built Family Dream Home
New Owner of Singing Trees Recovery Center Arrested for DUI and Child Endangerment, and in Odd Interview She Denies That the State Revoked Her Therapy License. (It Did.)
Humboldt County’s Child Abuse Services Team Works Hard But Suffers From Understaffing and Could Use Some More Training, Civil Grand Jury Finds
June 2023
Planning Commission Set to Rescind Permit for Controversial Schneider Home as Developer Prepares to Tear it Down, Remediate Damage to Property
Humboldt Cultivators Win Multiple Cannabis Awards, Including ‘Best of California,’ at State Fair
‘Not Adequately Prepared’: Civil Grand Jury Says Humboldt County Must Improve Its Disaster Planning
Retired Owners of Fortuna Restaurant Tom’s Sourdough Killed in Arizona Double Homicide; The Suspect, a Eureka Man, is in Custody
Judge Sides With Publishers of Rio Dell Times in First Amendment Ruling Against Arcata Attorney and Client
Caltrans Breaks Ground on Indianola Undercrossing and Half Signal at Airport Road
Facing a $17.7M Deficit, County Supervisors Make Recommendations for Next Year’s Budget and Disperse Dwindling Unclaimed Measure Z Revenues
Humboldt County Supervisors Honor Juneteenth and LGBTQIA+ Pride Month in Emotional Meeting
Civil Grand Jury Finds ‘Appalling and Dangerous Conditions’ at Humboldt County Animal Shelter
Inside Hoopa’s ‘Pill Mill’: State Medical Board, Former Employees Accuse Doctors of Over-Prescribing Opioids
Civil Liberties Groups Demand Sheriff’s Office, Other Agencies Stop Sharing License Plate Data With Cops in Anti-Abortion States
May 2023
What the Heck’s Going on With Broadway in Eureka? Caltrans’ ‘Pop-Up Demonstration,’ Explained
Who is Precious Velvet Mayes? TV Producer, Soap Star and Likely Next CEO of Mad River Community Hospital.
Hey, Where Did Our Bird E-Scooters Go? Struggling Company Has Flown From Eureka, Fortuna.
After 50 Years in Eureka, Humboldt County’s Last Denny’s Will Close May 31, Soon to be Replaced by an IHOP
Groundbreaking Ceremony Celebrates Start of Construction on Humboldt Bay Trail South, Which Will Finally Connect Eureka and Arcata
[VIDEO] With ‘Chalk Talk,’ an Unknown Author Addresses Eureka’s Homelessness Issues One Word at a Time
Federal Judge Tosses Class Action Suit Challenging Humboldt County’s Cannabis Code Enforcement Processes
[UPDATED] Eureka Woman Dies at Moonstone Beach One Day After Graduating From Nursing School
Lab Specimens Lost in Recent Car Crash are Byproduct of a Larger Problem, Former Hospital Employees Say: Providence’s Corporate-Style Consolidation is Causing Longer Turnaround Times and Lower Quality
Cal Poly Humboldt to Hold Its First Regional Commencement Ceremony in Beverly Hills Next Monday
Disabled Cal Poly Humboldt Student Files Class Action Suit Against University and Entire CSU System Over Accessibility Issues
April 2023
[UPDATED] Hate-Filled Blog Comment Prompts Official County Response, Even Though It Was Evidently From a Troll
[PHOTOS, VIDEO] The Carcass of Juvenile Gray Whale Washed Ashore and Is Now Rotting on the North Spit
Once Poster Boys for Legal Weed in Humboldt, Emerald Family Farms is Being Sold for Parts
Breathe a Sigh of Relief: Humboldt County May Have the Cleanest Air in the State, Report Finds
A Driver Carrying Pathology Specimens From St. Joe’s Patients Crashed in a Recent Winter Storm. The Samples Have Not Been Recovered.
March 2023
‘I Was Treated Brutally’: McKinleyville’s Jeff Woodke Speaks Publicly For the First Time Since His Release From Six and a Half Years as a Hostage in Africa
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