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…
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Harriet Campbell Stanley Rhoades lives on the north bluffs overlooking Noyo Bay. Even in this region of beautiful vistas and peaceful spots, few places can compare with Harriet's. Her back door opens onto an infinity…
Among the issues the Mendocino Coast Healthcare District board dealt with at its Oct. 28 meeting was a long-standing struggle to provide minutes (the written record of its discussions and decisions) for several meetings over…
Difficulty getting appointments and referrals that seems to be getting worse, according to public comments, and a healthcare survey of Mendocino Coast residents, and a long-delayed audit report for the fiscal year before last (the past year's…
Fort Bragg's desalination unit was tested, up and running Monday, waiting for a high tide Tuesday night to start turning the sea — or more accurately the salty Noyo River — into drinking water. The…
Fort Bragg entered an official “water crisis” last week when the city council voted unanimously to raise the town’s phased set of water use restrictions to “Stage 4,” triggering significant new cutbacks on water use.…
The Mendocino Coast Healthcare District, if you measure by the number of people it serves and the size of its voting public, is the second biggest political entity in Mendocino County, behind county government itself.…
Fort Bragg could resume private water sales to the greater Mendocino Coast within two or three weeks, officials from the Mendocino City Community Services District and the City of Fort Bragg said Wednesday. The announcement…