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Weed Whackers Win One

The whisper came from behind me. “How might one have an opinion on the facts witout having heard the facts?” I looked up from jotting…

Stuck in Soledad

Dear AVA:

My name is Glenn Scott. I am serving time in Soledad’s Level 1 South Yard prison largely for crimes which I did not commit. My wife and three children live in Carmel Valley California and I am stuck in prison. With the bad economy, my wife is having a hard time out there raising our three beautiful children alone. Needless to say, I have no money on my books and my family can't afford to send me quarterly packages.

THE REAL EZ-CARD STORY

To The Editor: This concerns the EZcard money machines in the lobby of the County jail. I had $20 put on my account. After the…

Boonville Lodge To Close

Friends of the Boonville Lodge and the Anderson Valley community at large: It is with much disappointment, sadness and regret that Carroll Pratt and I,…

Off the Record 11/25/2009

A COUPLE of phone calls to Fort Bragg officials were not returned, silent confirmation that an outside investigator based in Danville has been hired by…

Private Club Or Public Airport?

The unspeakable was spoken at last Wednesday's Community Services District board meeting, beginning with an oblique suggestion that airport access fees be increased. Airport Manager…

Saving Mendo’s Throne

You might call it an institution — a haven of freedom and liberty in that bourgeois airy-fairyland known as Mendocino Village. Or maybe you call…

Panther Soccer 2009

For the third time in the past five seasons (and the fifth time in the program’s 15-year history) the AV Boys Varsity Soccer team reached…

Humboldt Urged to Rush New Pot Ordinance

Marijuana cultivation is among the many issues Humboldt County’s covering in its General Plan Update but the chairman of the Planning Commission has said that…

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