It was unintentional, but I’m happy to have taken the summer off from writing my blog for theAVA.com. I know some of you feel the same but that’s not the point. It was a period…
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“We have chosen as our first topic of discussion the reality of the business — cash. Everything we do eventually finds its way back to this common denominator. That is, cash in and cash out.…
Local judges are all getting a paid holiday for Labor Day, but the clerks and court reporters are not.
The county owes millions of dollars back to the state for expensive mental health services that are technically not reimbursable.
This Week: Lisa's sulcatas, Measure C, privatizing Mendo's trash and much more...
Marge Handley, the prominent Willits heiress and Republican philanthropist, owns a modest new home in a struggling subdivision off East Hill Road in South Willits called Haehl Creek. Mrs. Handley, 70, can retreat to her…
Visiting various homesteads around the Valley, tracking my kids around and what not, I'm seeing baskets of lemon cucumbers, tomatoes, even buckets of fresh eggs. Friends are trading hams, sausage, bacon. In the kitchens my…
The US census recently finished its national population count leaving rural residents restless over fears of undercounting since the census data is used to determine how much a tax-paying community receives in federal funding. “In…
Greetings one and all. If you are sitting comfortably then I shall begin. First let’s get to the very important list of Senior Birthdays in September. Many Happy Returns! to Gloria Abbott, James Gowan, Garth…