WITH APOLOGIES TO JENNIFER POOLE of The Willits News who was assigned to announce the town's interim school boss, the kind of assignment that can drive a reporter cross-eyed. DEBRA PEARSON, former superintendent for uninspiring…
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FOR THE SECOND DAY running, the North Pass Fire, northeast of Covelo, has remained at 42,000 acres. Containment was holding at 68% Thursday morning, according to CalFire. Lightning started the fire on August 18th some…
ALICE BERNICE CARRISON, 62, hometown not confirmed, died Wednesday at about 11:30 when she jumped, mid-span, from Fort Bragg's Noyo Bridge to the river mouth below, a distance of nearly 100 feet. Ms. Carrison's body…
THE UKIAH PD is looking for a man involved in a stabbing that injured three people at Denny's restaurant in Ukiah last Saturday. The other man believed to have been involved has been arrested. According…
THE BASSLER MATTER continues to create an undercurrent of vague recriminations. Bassler, you will certainly recall, was the young Fort Bragg mountain man who shot and killed Matt Coleman and Jere Melo in the fall…
AN OLD, OLD TIMER COMMENTS: “My grandfather would set fires every year after the first rains to clear out the grass and brush on his ranch. The Indians did it regularly as well - it…
AN ANONYMOUS READER WRITES: “Your attack on Gary Hudson is unwarranted. Gary was one of the most intelligent, dedicated and hard working employees that Mendocino County will ever see. He was blindsided when Craver retired…
AS OF SUNDAY NOON, the North Pass Fire had consumed 40,885 acres but is 58% contained. The blaze was begun by lightning strikes on Saturday, the 18th of August and is not expected to be…
DEPUTY COUNTY COUNSEL DOUG LOSAK entered no contest pleas Friday morning to illegally carrying a concealed firearm in a motor vehicle, and an infraction violation of illegal possession of marijuana while driving. Previous media reports…