Articles by Ryan Burns
February 2025
Members of Service Workers Union Protest Republican Budget Resolution That Would Slash Medicaid Funding
Local Federal Employees Were Fired Over the Weekend. Agency Spokespeople Can’t or Won’t Say How Many.
Tenants at Eureka’s Hillsdale Apartments Successfully Fight Back Against Illegal Rent Hikes
St. Joe’s Abortion Care Lawsuit: In a Packed Courtroom, Hospital’s Attorneys Ask Judge to Dismiss the Case
‘Our Roads Absolutely Suck’: Supervisors Debate How to Prioritize Spending Revenues From Measure O, the New Countywide Sales Tax
TODAY in SUPES: Board OKs Agreement on Potter Valley Project Decommissioning and New Eel-Russian Diversion Facility
[UPDATED] Anonymous ‘Students Against Nazi Extremism’ Leave Notes Threatening to Damage Tesla Vehicles in Arcata
Eureka Apartment Tenants Say They Were Manipulated Into Big Rent Hikes; Landlord Says They Freely Chose to Help Him Make Ends Meet
TODAY in SUPES: ‘Dismal’ Budget Update, Plus: Messages of Solidarity With Local Immigrant Community Amid ICE Fears
January 2025
Local Trainer and Her Search and Rescue Dog, Rowdy, Earn Elite Certification for Finding People in Disaster Zones
State Responds to St. Joseph Health’s Attempt to Get Emergency Abortion Lawsuit Dismissed
TODAY in SUPES: How Should County Management Be Organized? Also: How Will These Trump Dictates Impact Us? The Board Discussed These and Other Matters.
Trump Order Results in Dismissal of Cases Against Two Locals Who Participated in Jan. 6 Capitol Attack
Previously Announced Health Care Education Hub Will Go Near Arcata High, Not on Samoa Boulevard as Planned
Court Battle Between Former Judge Gregory Kreis and Blogger John Chiv Raises First Amendment Questions
TODAY in SUPES: Arroyo Delivers Presentation on Local Medical Provider Challenges, Board Approves Letter of Concern Over Proposed Wood Pellet Biofuel Project
(VIDEO) Suspect’s Erratic Behavior Prompts Big Police Response After Slow-Speed Chase in Eureka
North McKay Ranch Subdivision Stymied by Inaction on Request to be Annexed Into Humboldt Community Services District
TODAY in SUPES: With Some Apprehension, Board OKs Potential Path to Legitimacy for Yee Haw Communal Living Property
Ridgewood Heights Residents Up in Arms Over Opening of New Residential Mental Health Treatment Facility
December 2024
Appeals Court Reverses Dismissal of Class Action Suit Challenging Humboldt County’s Cannabis Abatement Penalties, Sending the Case Back to District Court
Citing Religious Freedom and Catholic Doctrine, St. Joseph Health Challenges State’s Emergency Abortion Care Lawsuit on a Variety of Legal Grounds
Eureka’s Siren’s Song Tavern Searching for New Location After Landlord Opts Not to Renew Lease
Judge Says the Sale of Redwood Meat Co. to Ray Christie Did Not Violate Restraining Order
OUTPOST INTERVIEW: Huffman Voices Frustration With ‘Feckless Republicans’ as Government Shutdown Looms
BRING THE NOISE! The Victory Parade for Your Arcata High Football State Champs Rides This Afternoon
TODAY in SUPES: County Budget Outlook Slightly Less Dismal Than Expected, Though $15M Structural Deficit Persists
Here’s Why U.S. Coast Guard Station Humboldt Bay Has Been Wrapped in Plastic for Weeks On End
Arcata High Tigers Win State Championship in Overtime
Facing Declining Enrollment, McKinleyville Union School District May Consolidate Sites, Eliminating Morris as an Elementary Campus
Humboldt County Auditor-Controller Cheryl Dillingham to Resign at the End of January
[UPDATED] ‘A Nightmare on Replay’: New Lawsuit Accuses St. Joseph Hospital of Denying Emergency Abortion Care to a Woman With Serious Medical Condition
Providence Plans to Drastically Reduce the Availability of Open Heart Surgery in Humboldt County Next Year, According to Employees at St. Joseph Hospital
NAPIER DEFEATS JONES: Blue Lake Election Tie Resolved By Pulling a Name From an Envelope Pulled From a Box
TODAY in SUPES: A New Disaster Response Plan Just Dropped, and So Did Some Overnight Parking Restrictions
Sheriff’s Office Releases Body Cam Footage of a Deputy Fatally Shooting an Armed Man in Cutten in April
(VIDEO) Popular YouTuber Peter Santenello Explores the Lost Coast in His Third Humboldt-Focused Mini-Doc
Blue Lake’s City Council Election Tie Will Be Resolved By Pulling a Name From a Hat, Essentially
TODAY in SUPES: County Agrees to Pursue Settlement of Kernen Construction’s Permit Issues as Employees Pack the House
November 2024
The Blue Lake City Council Race Could Very Well End in a Tie. Here’s How It Would Get Decided.
Humboldt County Agrees to Pay $150K to Settle Lawsuit Accusing a Sheriff’s Deputy of Excessive Force
Appeals Court Rejects Coastal Commission’s Approval of Trinidad Rancheria’s Planned Hyatt Hotel Project
(UPDATE: It Has Been Removed) Motorhome Loses Brakes on Fickle Hill and Comes to Rest Dangling Over a Bluff’s Edge in Arcata
VOTE COUNT UPDATE: Blue Lake City Council Race Still Undecided
(VIDEO) New Documentary Short ‘High Country Murder’ Explores Unsolved Shooting Death of Rancher Dick Drewry
[UPDATE: Just the Offramp!] Hookton Road Offramp is Closed, Caltrans Reports
Providence Not Accepting Referrals for Routine Procedures From Providers at Practices They Don’t Own
Tofu Shop to Close After More Than 40 Years in Arcata
California is Renaming 43 Places, Including This Fieldbrook Bridge, to Remove a Derogatory Term for Native Women
Judge Tosses the Latest Injunction From Environmental Groups Over Caltrans’ Richardson Grove Improvement Project
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