Category: Del Norte County
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Let’s play Devil’s Advocate about Federal Funding for Last Chance Grade
Samuel Strait, Reporter at Large – March 27, 2021 I don’t know how many viewers caught the tail end of a recent Board ofSupervisor’s meeting, March 23, 2021, most likely not many. In anyevent, in a discussion between Board members and our lobbyist, GregBurns, the topic of renewed interest by Congress to reintroduce“Earmarks”, now referred…
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Rate Increases at Del Norte Solid Waste
By Donna Westfall – March 25, 2021 On March 23rd, we published an article by Samuel Strait about increased rates due to recycling. the article was titled, “DNSWMA raising rates again.” With that in mind, we’re publishing a Public Service Announcement so that you can be involved in the process addressing Trash and Recycling Rate…
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Boston Tea Party
By Samuel Strait, Reporter at Large – March 25, 2021 – picture credit to history.com I suspect that men like Samuel Adams, Paul Revere, and William Molineuxwould be appalled by what is happening in this country today. Don’tknow who they are? On December 16. 1773, these three men and aboutsixty others moved from a meeting…
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Apology to DA Katie Micks
By Roger Gitlin – March 24, 2021 I owe District Attorney Katie Micks an apology. Some weeks back, I expressed my extreme displeasure with DA Micks on what I perceived as “selective prosecution” of recently-resigned City Councilor Alex Campbell, in a FB post entitled, ” A Tale of Two Alex’s.”I contended the DN District Attorney…
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LIVE DRILL!
By Jaime Yarbrough The annual Tsunami Warning Communications Test in Del Norte, Humboldt, and Mendocino counties will be conducted on Wednesday, March 24th between 11 am and noon. The test will interrupt TV and radio broadcasts and turn on tsunami sirens in some areas. Additionally, local jurisdictions may test their reverse calling systems and the…
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DNSWMA is raising rates again.
By Samuel Strait, Reporter at Large – March 23, 2021 It has been awhile since the Del Norte Solid Waste Management Authority(DNSWMA)has made an appearance in these pages, and it is no surprise it involvesRecology wanting a rate hike. In a small, poor, rural County such asours, recycling is both expensive and makes very little…
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Birds of Del Norte County
By Donna Westfall March 22, 2021 – Picture credit to Birds of Del Norte and Curry County Facebook page Part of the natural beauty around Del Norte County are the huge variety of birds. Were you lucky enough to go around as a kid and have someone point out the different varieties of birds? Did…
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Government Overreach: What’s wrong with the Golden State?
By Roger Gitlin, March 20, 2021 Angela and I just returned from a two month cross country odyssey in our travel trailer. Our route took us south to 1-10 enroute to Jacksonville, Florida and returned on lots of backroads from Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, Florida, and returning via 1-40 thru Arkansas,…
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Return students to schools already
By Samuel Strait, Report at Large – March 18, 2021 Recently the Del Norte Unified School District’s Superintendent, JeffHarris, offered his report to the District’s School Board withfrustrations over the lack of consistent messaging from the Stateregarding policy towards opening schools and getting back to educatingour youth. Part of his complaint is with policies which…
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DEL NORTE LAW LIBRARY CLOSED TO PUBLIC; WHERE DOES THAT LEAVE LEGAL RESEARCH AND WRITING?
By Linda Sutter – March 15, 2021 The Del Norte County law library is closed to the public using Covid as the excuse. However, the Sacramento Law Library is opened to the public Monday through Friday 0900-1600 hours. Masks must be worn. Up until the first of March access to the LexisNexis program for legal…