Category: This Weeks News
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Fisherman’s Restaurant Closing for Remodeling
By Donna Westfall – February 13, 2017 – Troy Grant, owner of Fisherman’s Restaurant, let everyone know that there’s work to be done. Everything from re-doing the ceiling, to installing new lights, upgrading the electrical and breaker boxes, edging, molding, painting, carpet cleaning and new plants. The majority of the work will be on the…
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On their way to Japan
By Donna Westfall – February 11, 2017 – Wish our officials a safe journey to sister city, Rikuzentakata, Japan. Crescent City Councilwoman, Heidi Kime, Crescent City Mayor, Blake Inscore, Crescent City Clerk, Kymmie Scott and Del Norte County Supervisor 3rd District, Chris Howard.
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Guilty until proven innocent – Judy Ranger’s story – Part 3
By Donna Westfall – February 11, 2017 – Quick synopsis – In 2012, 62 year old Bryan Ranger was arrested and placed in jail on $1/2 million bail for allegations of sexually abusing and molesting his children who were all minors at the time. His wife, Judy, had her family ripped apart from her. Her…
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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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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…