Articles by Ryan Burns
July 2025
Local Bare-Knuckle Fighter Ryan Petersen Looks to Go 3-0 at Main Event Tonight in Philly
Humboldt’s Civil Grand Jury Issues Reports on the County’s Unfunded Pension Liabilities, Animal Rescue Network, Inmate Voting Rights and More
Under Pressure From the State, Blue Lake City Council Adopts an Updated Housing Element; PLUS: New Councilmember Appointed
Blue Lake’s Ex-Mayor Wants Most of the City Council Recalled, But First She Wants Them to Appoint Her to Join Them.
‘It’s Just Gone’: GOP Funding Cuts for Public Media Pose Existential Threat to KEET-TV, Station’s GM Says
Humboldt County Asks U.S. Supreme Court to Deny Review of Cannabis Fine Case
Amid Controversy, Trinidad City Council Narrowly Opts to Pursue a Study on an Alternate Water Supply
Stobaugh’s Release Denied: Judge Reverses Previous Order, Saying Serial Rapist Remains a Threat to Public
Witnesses Testify That Sexually Violent Predator Richard Stobaugh Possessed Child Porn While Confined in State Hospital
‘Devastating’: Local Health Care Leaders and Organizations React to the Passage of Trump’s Big Bill
Trinidad to Reconsider Joining Engineering Study for Water Pipeline Extension as Rancheria Connection Project Moves Forward
Meredith Matthews Leaving Executive Director Gig at Arcata Chamber to Lead Humboldt Lodging Alliance
June 2025
CHP Officer Fatally Shoots a Blood-Covered Man Who ‘Aggressively’ Charged Officers With a Knife, Agency Reports
State Threatens Blue Lake With Hefty Fines and Legal Action for Failure to Adopt a Compliant Housing Element
Eureka City Schools Approves $4M Sale of Jacobs Campus for New CHP Headquarters
Blue Lake City Council Nixes Agreement With Energy Developer for Controversial Battery Storage Facility
The State Wants to Secure an Exclusive Right to Buy the Vacant Jacobs Campus From Eureka City Schools for $4M
‘Know Your Rights’: Centro del Pueblo Hosting Assembly in Arcata Tonight in Response to L.A. Immigration Raids
New Residential Detox Center Planned at Former Hartsook Inn Property Near Richardson Grove
Attorney General Says Providence is Trying to ‘Shirk Its Duty’ to Follow the Law In Emergency Abortion Care Suit
Climate Change and Tariffs are Jacking Up Costs for Local Coffee Roasters and Dick Taylor Craft Chocolates
[UPDATED] Blue Lake City Council Scrutinizes City’s Involvement in Partially Completed Bike and Skate Park
May 2025
BREAKING: Blue Lake City Councilmember Christopher Firor Abruptly Resigns
Blue Lake City Council Approves Nine-Month Timeline to Reach Compliance With State Housing Law
SERVED: Three Blue Lake Council Members Were Handed Recall Notices at Tonight’s Meeting
Former Head of St. Joseph Hospital’s Open Heart Program Doesn’t Appreciate Being Blamed for Reduction in Services
Ospreys Built a Nest Atop Electrical Equipment at PG&E’s Humboldt Generating Station. The Utility Wants to Move It Without Harming the Birds
DA’s Office Will Not Charge Man Who Drove With Unrestrained Toddler on Truck Flatbed, Leading to Death
[UPDATED] There Will Be No Horse Racing at This Year’s Humboldt County Fair
Blue Lake City Council Finalizes Separation Agreement With Former City Manager Mandy Mager, Appoints Finance Manager Dani Burkhart as Acting Replacement
Judge Denies St. Joseph Health’s Motion to Dismiss State Lawsuit Over Emergency Abortion Care
With the City Manager’s Abrupt Exit, Blue Lake Residents Mount Recall Effort Against Three Council Members
Placement Hearing for Sexually Violent Predator Delayed by Missed Filing Deadline; Prosecutor Alleges Stobaugh Possessed Child Pornography in State Hospital
Administrators, Teachers and Staff in Klamath-Trinity Allege Fiscal Mismanagement as Schools Face Possible Funding Cuts from Trump Administration
April 2025
A Major Cascadia Zone Earthquake Could Cause Much of Coastal Humboldt to Rapidly Drop Into the Sea, New Study Finds
Voters Approved a New One-Cent Countywide Sales Tax. Here’s How the Supervisors Decided to Allocate It.
PBS NewsHour Reports From Eureka on the Limits of Reproductive Health Care at Catholic-Run Hospitals
Trial of Man Charged With Making Terrorist Threats to Local Schools Delayed to Evaluate His Competency
Supervisors Approve Letter of Opposition to Bill That Would Redefine ‘Customary Maintenance’ on Billboards
In Bold Smash-and-Grab at Harry Ritchie’s, Thief Makes Off With $20 Worth of Fake Jewelry, Eureka Police Say
Here’s Why Travis Schneider’s Half-Built Mansion Has Yet to be Torn Down
Amid Looming Tariffs, Folding Newspapers and Unpaid Invoices, a Humboldt County Printing Press Struggles for Survival
With Its Maine Project Dead, Nordic Aquafarms is Seeking New Investors and Facing a Longer Timeline for Its Land-Based Fish Factory on the Samoa Peninsula
[UPDATE: Found] Eureka Police Issue ‘Silver Alert’ for a Missing 70-Year-Old Woman
Humboldt Community Services District Agrees to Pursue Annexation of North McKay Ranch Subdivision Site
The Fate of Humboldt County’s Largest Private Housing Development in Decades Could Be Decided Tonight
Former Preschool Administrator Exonerated By State Investigation Into the Reporting of a Child Abuse Incident at Winzler Children’s Center Last Year
New Abortion Care Lawsuit Filed Against St. Joseph Hospital by the National Women’s Law Center
March 2025
[UPDATE: DECISION POSTPONED] College of the Redwoods Poised to Ditch ‘The Corsairs’ Mascot to Become ‘The Wolves’
Man Engulfed In Flames During ‘Flare-Up’ at Scotia Power Plant
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