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Letters To The Editor

GRAND JURY FAILS AGAIN To The Editor: Another Toothless Grand Jury Report. The Mendocino Grand Jury completed their report on the Ukiah City RDA (Redevelopment Program) and it is really a disappointment. As one local…

River Views

On the Fourth of July the branches of the chokecherry trees in the yard bent nearly to the ground, heavy with fruit. The next morning proved to be a race against robins, warblers, blue jays…

Salt & Song

“Things filled men with fear: the more things they had, the more they had to fear. Things had a way of riveting themselves on to the soul and then telling the soul what to do.”…

H.L. Gaylord

As my hometown of Fertile, Minnesota celebrated its 125th anniversary last weekend, I found myself in a goofy outfit out in the cemetery playing the role of one of the town's old pioneers, H.L. Gaylord.…

Richmond, Virginia

My brother lives in Charlottesville, Virginia, so I'm visiting in the south, always creepy and exciting together -- the Confederacy, the other country inside the United States. We've been civil warring up and down the…

Mendocino County Today: July 11, 2012

INTERIM COUNTY COUNSEL DOUG LOSAK submitted his resignation to the Board of Supervisors late Monday afternoon. Reliable sources say the Sheriff and District Attorney were prepared to force the issue by declaring a conflict of…

Off The Record

INTERIM COUNTY COUNSEL DOUG LOSAK submitted his resignation to the Board of Supervisors late Monday afternoon. Reliable sources say the Sheriff and District Attorney were prepared to force the issue by declaring a conflict of…

Valley People

THE MAN killed early Tuesday morning when a logging truck crashed on Flynn Creek Road near Navarro has been identified as Alan D. Kincheloe, 61, of Fort Bragg. According to CHP spokesman Officer Steve Krul,…

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