Articles by Ryan Burns

November 2023

INTERVIEW: Rusty Hicks, California Democratic Party Chair, on How He ‘Fell in Love’ With the North Coast and Decided to Run for State Assembly

California Democratic Party Chair Rusty Hicks, Now an Arcata Resident, Launches Run for State Assembly Seat Being Vacated by Jim Wood

Open Door’s New Arcata Clinic is Expected to Start Welcoming Patients the First Week of 2024

Oregon Deputies Arrest Fugitive Who’s Wanted in Connection to Missing Humboldt County Woman

Proponents and Opponents of Measure A, the Humboldt Cannabis Reform Initiative, Square Off at a Public Forum in Arcata

Skilled Trades Workers Protest Outside Cal Poly Humboldt as Part of CSU-Wide One-Day Strike

County Supes Vote to Put Measure on March Ballots That, If Passed, Would Create a Department of Finance, Combining Two Elected Offices Into One Appointed Position

(VIDEO) Protesters Gather Outside Huffman’s Office, Demand a Ceasefire in Gaza and Free Palestine

Pressured by Upcoming Ballot Measure, County Supervisors Look to Improve Existing Cannabis Regs

October 2023

Humboldt County’s Economy is Struggling as Home and Retail Sales Decline, Interest Rates Climb

A Cal Poly Humboldt Student Broke the ‘No Candles in the Dorms’ Rule and Started a Fire That Displaced a Dozen Residents

Eureka Council Sends Pro-Parking ‘Housing for All’ Initiative to November 2024 Election Ballots

Eureka City Council Unanimously Decriminalizes Psychedelic Mushrooms and Other Entheogenic Plants

(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