Category: Del Norte County
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Dedication of Veteran’s Memorial Monument
Saturday, July 13, 2019 at 10 am, the “Point of Honor” will hold it’s official dedication. It’s located at the corner of Front Street and Highway 101. Over a decade in planning it’s nice to see the project completed. Kelly Schellong, instrumental in it’s fundraising, says, ” Redwood Coast Transit will be at the monument…
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Farewell to the “old” Triplicate
By Samuel Strait – July 3, 2019 – It was almost inevitable once Western Communications installed Robin Fornoff as the Triplicate’s editor that changes were coming to the Triplicate and it seems all of the newspapers in the Western Communications stable Newspaper. I use that term loosely, as it has been some time since the…
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Are the Fairground Boards Guilty of Embezzlement?
Email letter to Mr. Quiroz, Branch Chief of Calif. Dept Food and Agriculture, published with permission by Linda Sutter – (letter emailed on April 22, 2019). Publishing this on April 30, 2019 NOTE BY EDITOR, Donna Westfall: Local county resident, Linda Sutter, started her own investigation after reading the 2017/2018 Del Norte County Grand Jury…
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In Honor of former Fire and Rescue Chief, Steve Wakefield
April 30, 2019 – Former Crescent City Fire and Rescue Chief, Stephen Wakefield passed away on Thursday, April 25th. He suffered a first stroke on January 24th last year with a second one striking on February 11th. According to his wife, Debra, “It is with great sadness that I tell you we lost a great…
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Town Hall Issue of Dam Removal
By Samuel Strait – April 7, 2019 – It shouldn’t be much of a mystery why two different people can attend an event and come away with two entirely different perspectives as to what happened, but here we have it. Last Wednesday I attended and participated as a panelist in a Town Hall Meeting hosted…
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Sup. Roger Gitlin, Crescent City and Pelican Bay State Prison Will Get Recognition
Del Norte County Supervisor Roger Gitlin announces Pelican Bay State Prison , Crescent City will be recognized at the California State Association of Counties Legislative Conference in Sacramento., April 24-25. Secretary of Corrections Ralph Diaz will appear on a panel with PBSP Warden James Robertson and Supervisor Gitlin at the Administration of Justice Policy Committee…
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Fine Forgiveness at Del Norte County Public Library
Celebrate National Library Week with a clean slate! From April 7 – 13, 2019, fines associated with overdue items will be waived as long as the items are returned in good condition! Fine forgiveness does not apply to fines that have been sent to collections or lost/damaged books. So, take those overdue books back in…
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LOCAL TOWN HALL MEETING HOSTED BY SUPERVISOR GITLIN
By Linda Sutter – April 3, 2019 – A local townhall meeting was held in the Arts and Crafts building of Del Norte County fairgrounds. Topics of discussion were the following; CRESCENT CITY ORDINANCES REGARDING HOMELESS. Mike Justice of Daily Bread Ministries stated there are a handful of bad apples but that is not the…
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Town Hall Meeting Set for April 3, 2019
March 25, 2019 – Del Norte County Supervisor Roger Gitlin announces a Town Hall inviting the public to discuss local and regional issues affecting Del Norte County. Subjects for discussion on the Agenda include the new City Ordinances addressing the 2018 Court of Appeals ruling decriminalizing resting and sleeping on public lands and the collateral…
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HUMBOLDT MOVING & STORAGE EXPANDS FREE MATTRESS COLLECTION SERVICES
Permanent drop-off location will operate two days a week beginning March 23 Crescent City – March 20, 2019 – Beginning March 23, Humboldt Moving & Storage will accept mattresses and box springs for recycling on Saturdays from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at its Crescent City location, the Mattress Recycling Council (MRC) announced today. This…