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Mendocino County Today: May 10, 2012

TUESDAY’S ugly evictions at Lake County’s Robinson Rancheria, Lake County, are being described by the Robinson Tribal Council as simply a matter of five households of deadbeats not paying minimal monthly rent of $175. In…

Letters To The Editor

NO MORE KENT STATES President Obama: Kent State Letter from Allison's Family Kent State Peace May 1, 2012 President Barack H. Obama, The White House Washington DC 20500 Dear President Obama: Last week my mother…

Off The Record

THE CITY OF FORT BRAGG has presented the late Vern Piver’s family with a proclamation honoring the universally popular Piver, known and admired throughout Mendocino County, for his many years of community service. The new…

Valley People

LONG-TIME VALLEY resident Phil Wasson has died. He was 89 and had been confined by illness to his Peachland home for several years where he was cared for by his daughter, Jan Wasson-Smith. Mr. Wasson…

Mendocino County Today: May 9, 2012

A HUGE GOVERNMENT raid on the Robinson Rancheria began early Tuesday morning aimed at removing certain Indians from both the reservation rolls and rez housing. The caller alerting us to the purge declared, “It's a…

Mendocino County Today: May 7, 2012

MASSIVE FISH & GAME interdiction this morning at the Boonville Fairgrounds with as many as 40 game wardens stopping vehicles to search for illegally taken abalone. Look for a full account of Sunday's attempt to…

Mendocino County Today: May 8, 2012

RYANE SNOW has passed away. The popular Coast mycologist was best known for generously sharing his vast knowledge of mushrooms with three generations of locals. Snow, who held a PhD in chemistry, was the go-to…

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