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Mendocino County Today: October 12, 2012

COURT TO RULE on evidence of possible motive in Norbury murder trial. — Evidence bearing on murder suspect Billy Norbury's relationship with his estranged wife and their divorce will show his motive for allegedly killing…

Letters To The Editor

SHY OF THE TRUTH Dear Editor, I can't remember when the Manchester Union Elementary School District has had an election but lo and behold since I was asked to be a board member by not…

Mendocino County Today: October 11, 2012

NORBURY MURDER TRIAL BEGINS with opening remarks. Tearful girlfriend testifies. In his opening statement Tuesday in the murder trial of Billy Norbury, Mendocino County District Attorney David Eyster described for the jury the “nightmare” scenario…

Mendocino County Today: October 10, 2012

IT TOOK the better part of three days but a jury is seated for the Billy Norbury murder trial. Opening statements began Tuesday morning. Norbury, 34, faces a murder charge with a special allegation that…

Off The Record

IT TOOK the better part of three days but a jury is seated for the Billy Norbury murder trial. Opening statements began Tuesday morning. Norbury, 34, faces a murder charge with a special allegation that…

Valley People

THE FLYNN FIRE was declared fully extinguished late last Thursday. A small army of CalFire vehicles still packed the parking lot of the Boonville Fairgrounds early last Wednesday morning, but from everything we'd heard from…

City-States

My brother, a successful Internet Technology person living in San Mateo, recently wrote, “I know the Bay Area is back because for about three years no one was going out to dinner and a concert,…

Fire In The Backyard

In Comptche there’s nothing like a wave of fire exploding across your neighbor’s fields headed for your home to instill a love for friends, CalFire, and your local volunteer fire department. At home alone, with…

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