“EthnoBotany of the Black Americans” by William Ed Grimé is a well-researched, succinct book listing 242 plant species introduced and/or used by Black slaves in the Americas. Among them were okra, peanut, akee, cannabis, African…
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Construction of a new Grocery Outlet on South Franklin Street in Fort Bragg has been pushed back to May, council member Lindy Peters said Monday. “I know a lot of people are concerned about grocery…
A federal judge in the Northern District of California on Thursday affirmed the authority of sheriff’s deputies to enforce criminal laws prohibiting large-scale cannabis cultivation on tribal land. The ruling marked a victory for Mendocino…
KZYX, Wednesday, January 28, 2026. The TKO show, hosted by Karen Ottoboni. Guest: Fifth District Supervisor Ted Williams. Ottoboni: The whole discussion about, they had, was it two years ago? About two years ago? I…
Short answer: Yes. In Mendocino County, we’ve come to expect empty rhetoric from political candidates, from school boards to Congress. The would-be leadership talks about goals and visions and we-shoulds and we-musts and we-need-tos —…
It was disappointing to read that recently declared Third District Supervisor Candidate Buffey Bourasa of Willits has no agenda or plan behind her candidacy. She told the Mendocino Voice: “Change has to come from the…
What began as an ambitious vision to bridge the digital divide and invigorate Fort Bragg’s economy with a municipal fiber-optic broadband network is becoming a morass of construction challenges and public scrutiny. Sarah McCormick, the…
Property taxes collected by the County are the primary funding source for schools, special districts and the County. The majority of the County’s share of property taxes goes to law enforcement. When a core function…
A week before Christmas, interim City Manager Robert Richardson called an all-hands meeting of city employees. “I don’t want to sugarcoat this,” Richardson told them. “There are those of us who will not be here…