Last October, the City of Fort Bragg filed a lawsuit challenging Mendocino Railway's status as a Class III railroad and a public utility, with power of eminent domain - that the railroad used last year…
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Sherwood Oaks, the Mendocino Coast's only nursing home, appears to have a new lease on life after announcements made at a special Mendocino Coast Healthcare District board of directors meeting Feb. 17. The 75-bed facility…
Many of the Mendocino Coast's key medical care decision-makers, along with state and local elected officials and a large community audience, met by Zoom on Feb. 3 to talk over questions facing the region's hospital,…
Mendocino Coast District Healthcare District directors began 2022 in open conflict, judging by their first meeting of the year on January 27. The meeting featured denunciations of board treasurer John Redding by board secretary Sara…
Fort Bragg's name was up for discussion before the city council Jan. 24 as a citizens commission delivered its report - but no recommendation on renaming the town. Instead, after working for nearly a year…
When Tabatha Miller started as Fort Bragg’s city manager in March 2018, getting the city to stick to a consistently balanced budget and handle its pension obligations better was at the top of the to-do…
An Interview with Robert Pinoli: When Mendocino Railways announced in October that it had bought the remaining land on the Fort Bragg millsite and along the banks of the Pudding Creek estuary for about $1.2…
Sherwood Oaks Health Center, the only convalescent hospital on the Mendocino Coast, could be shut down in a matter of weeks unless state health authorities send emergency nursing staff, Dr. William Miller told a meeting…
Fort Bragg City Council members squared off Monday night with managers and owners of Mendocino Railways, operator of the Skunk Train, over the railroad’s recently announced acquisition by eminent domain of the remaining 270 acres…