Category: Del Norte County
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Our Daily Bread Ministries on track to become a Rescue Mission
By Donna Westfall – February 22, 2017 – Submitted by Mike Justice, Executive Director – Who we were: Our Daily Bread Ministries (ODBM) began in 2006 from humble beginnings, with a simple idea to feed people and meet basic needs of acceptance, safety and love. we rented our building on Harrold Street; a few year…
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Triplicate gets it wrong AGAIN!
By Donna Westfall – February 18, 2017 – Let’s talk Last Chance Grade again. Talk, talk, talk, talk, yak yak yak……… that’ s what you hear from Supervisor’s Cowan, Howard and Hemmingsen. All talk and no action. And then there’s Editor Fornoff from a local newspaper who needs a lesson on the Brown Act…
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The plan to fix Last Chance Grade
By Bob Berkowitz, Supervisor 5th District – February 18, 2017 – Over 40 years ago, when Last Chance Grade fell into the ocean and killed Kurt Stremberg’s parents, we knew that this section of Hwy 101 needed to be replaced. And yet here we are 4 decades later saying the same thing. It’s become a…
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The Daily Town Hall Meeting
By Donna Westfall – February 17,2017 – 6 am to 7 am FREE FISHING, NO LICENSE REQUIRED: Last year I asked Supervisor Gerry Hemmingsen if he could do anything to see that the two free fishing days a year were expanded to more free fishing days without the need to purchase a fishing license. Nothing…
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The Board of Supervisors Meeting’s
By Donna Westfall – February 14, 2017 – Sometimes one has to wonder why something is or isn’t on the agenda. take for example; Last Chance Grade and Sup. Bob Berkowitz disclosing his plan. NOT on the agenda because Chair Chris Howard was in Japan and he wanted to be part of the discussion. In…
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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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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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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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A fine mess we’ve got here at the Solid Waste Board
Opinion Piece by Samuel Strait – February 3, 2017 – It had been awhile since I last caught a live meeting of the Del Norte Solid Waste Management Authority, (DNSWMA) in all its awkwardness. The comments below are from my take on the January 10th “emergency” meeting of that Commission via its posted video. It has…
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IT’S YOUR TURN
By Donna Westfall – February 3, 2017 – Supervisor 5th District, Bob Berkowitz, welcomes everyone to join his 6 am to 7 am informal meeting held at Fisherman’s Restaurant. This morning, Calvin Clark, from Nevada County joined in to discuss the State of Jefferson. What other elected government official in our town has made themselves accessible…