Category: Del Norte County
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Flying Out of Crescent City
By Samuel Strait – July 23, 2016 – [thumbs-rating-buttons] In a recent Coastal Voices piece printed in the local newspaper, our esteemed director of Del Norte County’s regional airport, Matthew Leitner, waxed poetic about the recent circumstances surrounding the Airport commissioner’s decision to go with PenAir as our lone commuter airline with several flights daily…
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Major Roadwork Scheduled
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE [thumbs-rating-buttons] Major roadwork scheduled Friday, July 15 through Thursday, July 21 The following scheduled roadwork has been verified at time of release. Please keep in mind work is weather permitting and subject to change. For updates to this list, visit:www.dot.ca.gov/dist1/d1rib.htm , or check with the California Highway Information Network (CHIN) at www.dot.ca.gov…
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Grand Jury Report Out of Line With Reality
By Samuel Strait – July 14, 2016 -While I would love to pile on when picking apart some government bureaucracy, or even some woe be gone Supervisor who has trouble being functional as a representative, but both stories, “More Hot Air From Finigan” and “Grand Jury Report Is Not Surprising” desperately need some additional context…
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MORE “HOT AIR” FROM FINIGAN
Under funded and under staffed with clients “falling through the cracks” is how the Del Norte County Grand Jury described what is going on at the Department of Health and Human Services. It told of a staff that is exhausted with more than the normal number of cases being handled by each employee. It detailed…
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GRAND JURY REPORT IS NOT SURPRISING
Opinion Piece by Linda Sutter – July 12, 2016 – The egregious grand jury report, regarding Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) AND THE LOCAL FAIR ISSUE, is not surprising. It is just another window that reveals the lack of leadership that exists in this county by continuing to utilize good ole boys who…
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Grand Jury Problems and Newly Appointed Grand Jurors
By Donna Westfall – July 7, 2016 – Why is there no phone number on the Grand Jury complaint form? Why is there no web site address on the Grand Jury complaint form? Why was the Grand Jury final report for 2016 included in the Del Norte Triplicate newspaper but not included on the Del…
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Department of Health and Human Services
Opinion Piece By Samuel Strait – July 6, 2016 – I am sure by now if you don’t know already, that assembling any sort of coherent story from the agenda driven narratives found in our local print newspaper, the Triplicate, has become almost impossible. In a recent front page series of stories regarding the Department of…
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Proposed Airport Terminal Building May Be Terminal
By Donna Westfall – July 6, 2016 – Just last month, to much fanfare and hoopla, the Border Coast Regional Airport Authority held its much anticipated ground breaking ceremony at the Crescent City Airport. Hosted by the Chairman of the Authority, Del Norte County Supervisor, David Finigan, the event drew speakers from the district representative…
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Why Won’t Martha McClure Do Her Job?
By Donna Westfall – July 4, 2016 – Del Norte County pays McClure to do a job and represent our interests, not only at the regular board of supervisors meetings, but the multitude of committees that she is assigned to. Unfortunately, ever since the election, no one that I know of has seen or heard…
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FIRE TRAGEDY IN KLAMATH
Submitted by Jody Mangum – June 29, 2016 – In the early morning hours of June 25th, Mr. William Clare’s home on Weber Drive in Klamath went up in flames. He was trapped inside and his friend Timmy Maxey bravely attempted to rescue him, sustaining severe burns to 75% of his body. He is currently…