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County Issues Notice of Violation to Skunk for Oil Spill

On December 1, 2021, Mendocino County Environmental Health received a report from a private citizen of an oil discharge at the Mendocino Railway yard, located at 100 W. Laurel Street, Fort Bragg....

Fort Bragg Officials Object to Skunk Acquisition of Mill Site

Fort Bragg City Council members squared off Monday night with managers and owners of Mendocino Railways, operator of the Skunk Train, over the railroad’s recently announced acquisition by eminent domain of the remaining 270 acres…

Reported Oil Spill on Skunk Train Tracks

I wanted to pass on a report from Mendocino County Environmental Health of an oil spill this morning on the Skunk Train tracks along Pudding Creek.  Will Nalty from the County reached out to make…

Off the Record (December 1, 2021)

CURIOUSER AND CURIOUSER. Poor Old Joe goes to the doctor last week and the White House announces that not only was the colonoscopy positive but Joe's brain was fully capable of handling his (light) duties…

Valley People (December 1, 2021)

THESE endlessly beautiful late Fall days are a mixed blessing, eerily dry when it should be wet. The October deluge is already running low in the streams and rivers it had fleetingly revived. Another two…

Grace Hudson Art Comes Home

A prized collection of artist Grace Hudson’s paintings are returning home to Mendocino County in a unique agreement reached with the Palm Springs Art Museum in Southern California. The pact provides for the direct gift…

NaphCare in the Spotlight

At the October 26 Mendocino County Board of Supervisors (BOS) meeting, the consent calendar contained an item to approve an extension of a contract with NaphCare in the amount of $3,484,847.76. How does almost three…

County Notes (November 25, 2021)

The Supervisors unanimously approved the appointment of an LA law firm for the Sheriff on Monday, despite the fact that the Sheriff wasn’t even in the County at the time, nor has Judge Moorman ruled…

Skunk Train Buys Fort Bragg Mill Site

Skunk Train Owner’s Acquisition Of Fort Bragg Mill Site Upends City Plans Amid Growing Conflict, Mistrust by Mary Callahan The owner of Fort Bragg’s iconic Skunk Train now owns nearly the entire west side of…

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