Articles by Ryan Burns

October 2023

(VIDEO) Violent Arrest by Sheriff’s Deputies in Hoopa Prompts Allegations of Excessive Force

(UPDATE) Arkley-Affiliated ‘Citizens for a Better Eureka’ Files Two More Lawsuits Against the City, Aiming to Block Linc Housing Developments

Capital Public Radio, Which Manages KHSU, Is in Chaos Following ‘Disastrous’ Audit, Mass Board Resignations

Rob Arkley is Refusing to Comply With the Senate Judiciary Committee’s Supreme Court Ethics Inquiry

Four of Eureka’s Busiest Streets Are Being Rebuilt, With H and I Losing a Car Lane Apiece to Allow for Bike Lanes

Local Tribe Backs Out of Hosting ‘Freedom Conference’ Led by Inflammatory Ferndale Pastor Tyrel Bramwell

September 2023

Enviro Groups Accuse County of Undermining Climate Action Plan With an ‘Accounting Trick’; Planners Say That’s False

INTERVIEW: Gordon Clatworthy, First District Supervisor Candidate, Can’t Discuss His Rex Bohn Investigation While It Is Still Ongoing

IHOP is Still Coming to the Former Eureka Denny’s Location, But It’s Gonna Be a Minute (Or a Few Months)

With $2M in State Grant Money, Humboldt County DA’s Office Will Create a Retail Theft Prosecution Team

McGuire and Wood Announce $28M State Investment Toward New Student Housing at CR’s Main Campus

Local Animal Rescue Group Sees Influx of Sea Lions Suffering From Potentially Fatal Bacteria Infection

State Dismisses Lawsuit Against the County and Paz Dominguez; Auditor-Controller Cheryl Dillingham Says Her Office is Catching Up on Fiscal Reporting

Pale Moon Brewing Company, a Nanobrewery and Pub Focused on Freshness, is Set to Open in Arcata’s Uniontown Shopping Center Later This Month

JACKPOT! The $15M Winning Ticket From Last Night’s SuperLotto Plus Drawing Was Sold at Fortuna’s Riverwalk Shell Station

BOLLYWOOD in HUMBOLDT: Local Man Convinces Theater Chain to Bring Hindi Cinema Premiere to Eureka

Northbound Traffic Was Unexpectedly Blocked From the Samoa Bridges Today, and Caltrans Says to Expect More Closures in Coming Weeks

August 2023

Amtrak Now Allows Bus-Only Travel to All Stops Between Arcata and Martinez, No Train Ticket Required

A Rex Challenger Emerges: Gordon Clatworthy Announces Candidacy for Humboldt County Board of Supervisors’ First District Seat

Supervisor Rex Bohn is Soliciting Donations for Re-election Campaign Without the Required Paperwork

Following Owner’s DUI Arrest, Former Singing Trees Employees Report Unethical Behavior to the State

Cannabis Mega-Firm StateHouse to Take Over and Expand Willow Creek Cultivation Facility

Car Smashes Into Power Box in Arcata, Knocking Out Electricity to Mad River Hospital

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