The 134th annual Cloverdale Citrus Fair spanned Feb. 13th to the 16th and two holidays. One hundred and thirty-four years is a lot of history, especially in a country that is only celebrating its 250th…
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A review of recent candidate information for the June 2026 ballot produced some interesting developments: Assistant Assessor Tonya Mounts is the only person running to replace retiring incumbent Katrina Bartolomie for Assessor-Clerk-Recorder. Current Assistant Auditor-Controller…
Mendocino County reviews its budget every six months to ensure projected expenses are tracking with expected revenue. This year’s midyear review showed the county facing trouble. The fiscal year 2025-26 budget assumed department heads would…
County Ag Commissioner Angela Godwin told the Supervisors on Tuesday that the County needs to develop a process and “abatement procedure” to mitigate the possible harm that might come from abandoned vineyards in light of…
The Mendocino County Board of Supervisors recently approved setting aside $500,000 to support the Inland Water and Power Commission’s efforts to secure water supply for the region in the wake of pending Potter Valley Project…
A pivotal moment for the city of Willits may arrive Monday night, when elected officials are preparing to preside over what one council member described as the most consequential meeting in the city’s history. Vice…
If there was one single event every Comptche old timer had a story about it was the September 22, 1931, Comptche fire. If Mother Nature had not cooperated and the hard-working firefighters had not prevailed,…
The north wind was relentless, at our backs but cutting through us as we walked along the harborside to a performance of Rigoletto at the Royal Danish Opera in Copenhagen. Our coats were of wool…
Mendocino County is facing a deepening structural deficit, with projected expenses continuing to outpace revenues through at least 2030, according to a recent mid-year budget review and preliminary forecasts for fiscal year 2026–27 (July 2026…