SUNDAY'S CONTROLLED BURN behind Jack’s Valley Store went off without going out of control, which CalFire's burns have a tendency to do. This burn was practice for our volunteers under the careful direction of Chief…
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ART HATCHER of AV Ambulance sent in the following: “The County of Mendocino is evaluating the feasibility of an Exclusive Operating Area (EOA) for ambulance services. The County's stated goals for Emergency Medical Services (EMS)…
NEED FOR SPEED, the big budget car chase movie, has begun filming in The Valley. Tuesday, they were zooming around the Flynn Creek area, and this weekend they'll be up on the Ukiah Road all…
THE MENDOCINO COUNTY FAIR, based in Boonville, is struggling. State subsidies have been slashed, and the Fair, much anticipated every Fall by thousands of people and central to life in Mendocino County for three-quarters of…
DEBORAH SARSGARD has had to resign from her position as CSD trustee while she fights off cancer. Ms. Sarsgard is presently resting at a nursing care facility in Oakland in between rounds of chemo-therapy at…
ALL THAT GOOD STUFF, in a Herculean weekend move, is now ensconced down the street in the spiffy new street-front structure erected by Aaron Weintraub, complete with an old-timey sign that says "Tindall's Market." Proprietor…
THE SF CHRON of 26 February featured a front-page story on Boontling called "Famous Last Words — Boontling speakers sad to see celebrated local dialect fade away." And, above the fold, a color photo of…
OUR CROWD COUNTER said 120 people attended Monday night's school board meeting in the high school cafeteria. As you probably know by now the school board voted 3-2 not to renew Jim Tomlin's contract as…