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Guilty until proven innocent – Judy Ranger’s Story – Part 2
Opinion Piece By Donna Westfall – February 11, 2017 – My husband and I spent the last few nights watching the OJ “Juice” Simpson trial produced by John Travolta on Netflix. It brought back memories of the Trial of the Century along with learning things we had never paid attention to before like all of…
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Klamath River flooding
BY Donna Westfall – February 10, 2017 – Friday, 2pm, Klamath has a long way to go before things go back to being normal. The entrance to Klamath Beach Road is completely flooded. That’s a playground that is now the middle of the Klamath River. I met with many folks who remarked that the county…
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UPDATE on Pelican Bay State Prison
Roger Gitlin, Supervisor 1st District – February 10, 2017 One of ther more enjoyable aspects of my job as Del Norte County District 1 Supervisors is sitting on the Pelican Bay State Prison Advisory Board. Tuesday, the Board held its quarterly meeting superbly chaired by Tom Cochran. It is at this meeting, selected members of…
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Update on Cooper Repairs
Roger Gitlin – February 9, 2017 – In an effort to keep the public informed on egress and ingress through all the construction going on Cooper Ave and Cemetary Hill, there is good to report and some not so great news to report. City Public Works Director Eric Wier announced at Monday ‘s City Council…
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Town in Massachusetts rejects fluoride
By Donna Westfall – February 9, 2017 –Credit to The Recorder – In Greenfield, Massachusetts only the Board of Health has the authority to authorize community fluoridation. The Board has already rejected fluoridation 3 times; 1968, 1976 and 1996. In October 2016, a dental hygienist found significant amounts of tooth decay and oral health problems…
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Guilty until proven innocent – Judy Ranger’s story- Part 1
By Donna Westfall – February 9, 2017 – Ordinarily you hear that when you’re arrested and awaiting trial you are innocent until proven guilty. But in this sad saga, the deck has been stacked against a very nice, moral, fundamentalist Christian couple trying to raise their large family with old fashioned values. The husband has…
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People v. Duncan Oliphant
February 9, 2017 The Del Norte District Attorney’s Office announced that the Honorable William H. Follett sentenced Duncan Oliphant (21) of Crescent City this afternoon to 9 years in state prison following a guilty plea to Negligent Discharge of a Firearm and Possession of Methamphetamine for Sales While Armed with a Firearm. The case resulted…
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Yahoo! Anglers Can Retain Canary Rockfish in 2017
California Department of Fish and Wildlife – February 7, 2017 – Starting in 2017, anglers will be allowed to retain canary rockfish for the first time in more than a decade. Canary rockfish was declared overfished in 2000, but the population rebuilt to healthy levels quicker than anticipated based on a combination of conservation efforts…
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2X2 GOVERNMENT MEETING; CRESCENT CITY’S NEW FINANCE PROGRAM
By Linda Sutter, February 8, 2017 – Monday, February 6th, 2017 at 3:00 p.m. a 2 x 2 meeting between Supervisor Cowan, Supervisor Howard, City Council Member Darrin Short and Mayor Blake Inscore, as well as Del Norte County, CEO Jay Sarina and City Manager, Vandermark, took place at the Flynn Center Chambers. The only…
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The good works of Assemblyman Jim Wood
By Donna Westfall -February 8, 2017 Speaker Anthony Rendon announced the reappointment of Assemblymember Jim Wood (D-Healdsburg) as chair of the Assembly Health Committee in late December. Wood said, “I am grateful to be given the privilege of continuing to serve as chair of the Assembly Health Committee,” said Wood. “We tackled some difficult issues…