Monthly Archives: October 2024

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Reeling in Ice From Out of Town? – Redwood Voice Community News

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October 28th, 2024 – For Redwood Voice Community News, a production of Redwood Voice Youth Media, today’s news: roadwork updates from CalTrans District 1; a new gateway into Crescent City needs community input; Oregon Medicaid covers traditional tribal health practices in a win for Tribal Health Programs; McDonalds in several states are being investigated for an E. coli outbreak; Crescent City Harbor may buy its ice from Brookings to last the year; information on the upcoming Yurok tribe run-off election; Dungeness crab season opens soon; and wild winter steelhead harvest regulations have been set forth. All this and our regular segments from the Pacifica Radio Network and National Native News.

We’re broadcasting on KFUG 101.1FM and kfugradio.org! every day at 12PM, with a rebroadcast at 5PM. We’re also airing on KZZH 96.7FM at 6AM, and KCIW 100.7FM at 6PM!

Today’s news card image is courtesy of KFUG Station Manager Paul Critz, which has been edited.

Articles, Community News, Crescent City, Infrastructure, Local Government

Crescent City Council Mulls Gateway Design, Say They Want Public Input On Nov. 4

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Crescent City councilors hope the community, especially local businesses, come to their next meeting ready to chime in on four designs they’re considering for an entryway into Beachfront Park and the downtown area.

Their goal is to select a design and decide if Front Street should be renamed to something that’s more reflective of Crescent City. Some options kicked around Monday include Ocean Drive, Oceanfront Drive and Beachfront Drive.

But, according to City Manager Eric Wier, the City Council doesn’t have much time to make a decision. The city needs to spend the $3 million in Clean California Grant dollars it received for the project by June 30, 2026. This means it needs to hire a contractor by early spring 2025 and have the project under construction between May and October, according to Wier’s staff report.

The City Council hopes to decide on a project design by Nov. 4, according to Mayor Blake Inscore.

On Monday, though he noted that his days on the City Council are coming to a close soon, Inscore said if Front Street was renamed, he preferred Beachfront Drive over Oceanfront Drive.

“From a Google analytics [standpoint], if you put in Beachfront Park, you’re going to get Beachfront Drive and you’re going to get businesses associated with that,” he said. “I would use one term from a marketing standpoint. We have two hotels called Oceanfront. Again, from Google analytics, we don’t want to be confused with a hotel.”

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Articles, CC Harbor, Community News, Economy

Harbor Officials, Fishermen Are Still Exploring Ice Plant Alternatives; Special Meeting Set For Tuesday

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A potential agreement between the Crescent City Harbor District and Pacific Seafood to purchase ice in bulk from the company’s Brookings plant may provide a short-term solution for fishermen.

But there are still questions over how much ice the fleet needs over the next year, whether fishermen want it flaked or cubed and how it will get from Oregon to Crescent City, Interim Harbormaster Mike Rademaker told Redwood Voice Community News on Friday.

“That’s still to be determined,” he said, adding that it will be up to the Harbor District or, potentially, a cooperative group from the fishing community to work out transporting the ice. “I sent out another email soliciting the fishermen to anticipate what their needs would be over the next year in terms of ice. We’ll add it all up in a spreadsheet and get an idea of what the aggregate demand will be. It will help us negotiate a discounted rate and determine the right size for storage and transportation.”

There also are other challenges associated with that potential agreement, according to Josh Mims, a local commercial fisherman who’s been working to ensure there’s ice available for the upcoming Dungeness crab season.

“One is the storage of ice,” he said. “If that ice sits on a boat for more than four or five days it becomes rock hard and it’s not usable anymore. If we do set up some kind of transportation situation then we got to make sure we store it and handle it properly or it’ll be a waste of money.”

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Wild Winter Steelhead Harvest Limits – Redwood Voice Community News

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October 25th, 2024 – For Redwood Voice Community News, a production of Redwood Voice Youth Media, today’s news: roadwork updates from CalTrans District 1; Tuesday’s supervisor meeting had a union appearance; a rundown of the meetings regarding lily bulb fields and pesticide use held earlier this week throughout Del Norte; the Del Norte Sheriff shares updates on his new staffing plan; the Yurok Tribe announces the date of an upcoming run-off election; an explanation of California’s Prop 36; wild winter steelhead harvest is being limited temporarily on the Rogue River; and a bit of info about the Curry County Cruisers Car Club from the Curry Pilot. All this and our regular segments from the Pacifica Radio Network and National Native News.

We’re broadcasting on KFUG 101.1FM and kfugradio.org! every day at 12PM, with a rebroadcast at 5PM. We’re also airing on KZZH 96.7FM at 6AM, and KCIW 100.7FM at 6PM!

Today’s news card image is courtesy of NOAA Fisheries, which has been edited.

Articles, CC Harbor, Community News, Elections, Local Government

Race For The Harbor: Annie Nehmer Aims To Re-Center Harbor On Commercial Fishing

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Annie Nehmer is glad she didn’t win her first Crescent City Harbor run.

Nehmer, a registered nurse turned commercial fisherman, said she began asking questions during the COVID-19 pandemic — things like, why were trash cans missing, why weren’t roads getting repaired and what’s with the constant weed eating — looking for answers, she started going to meetings.

Two years later, Nehmer ran against incumbent commissioners Rick Shepherd and Gerhard Weber. In a conversation with KFUG Community Radio’s Paul Critz and Redwood Voice Community News last week, Nehmer said they had experience that she lacked in 2022.

Now, as she nears the end of her second attempt to win a seat on the Board of Commissioners, Nehmer’s optimistic about the Crescent City Harbor District’s future. She has faith in the new interim harbormaster Mike Rademaker. She’s also excited about the impending change on the Board of Commissioners.

“The current Harbor Commission, in my opinion, is very torn or split, and so I think it’s kind of been a stalemate,” she said. “You have some that are very pro-commercial fishing and a couple that are anti-commercial fishing. Most of the candidates that are currently on the ballot will be replacing anti-fishing harbor commissioners, so I’m hopeful in that regard — that we can maybe make the harbor more centered on commercial fishing.”

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Race For The Harbor: Linda Sutter Promises ‘Real Change’

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Linda Sutter can’t say why she wanted to see the former harbormaster’s credit card statements from January through August of this year other than “something hit me wrong.”

Sutter spent three years investigating alleged misuse of public funds at the Crescent City Harbor District. She submitted a complaint to the Del Norte County Civil Grand Jury over their lack of a credit card policy and $75,000 in unapproved credit card use. After the Grand Jury “picked out one transaction” to focus on in its investigation, Sutter said she felt her claim was validated, but was disappointed in the results.

She resumed her investigation in August and filed a writ in Del Norte County Superior Court when Harbormaster Tim Petrick initially refused to let her see his credit card statements. Three weeks later — after the Crescent City Harbor District released Petrick’s credit card statements — the harbormaster had submitted his resignation.

Sutter says Petrick wouldn’t have resigned had it not been for her. As one of six candidates vying for three open seats on the Crescent City Harbor District Board of Commissioners, Sutter said the current commissioners have caused the harbor to “lose so much money.”

“I can no longer stand by without trying to get on as a commissioner because I believe I can bring real change,” she told KFUG Community Radio’s Paul Critz and Redwood Voice Community News last week.

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Race For The Harbor: Dan Schmidt Wants To Help

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Dan Schmidt approaches his candidacy for Crescent City Harbor Commissioner the same way he viewed his job as editor of the Del Norte Triplicate — he wants to help.

That philosophy was emblazoned on the absurdly large wrench he brought into the KFUG studio last week where he sat down with Community Service host Paul Critz and Redwood Voice Community News. The Crescent City Harbor District needs repairs, Schmidt says, but it has potential.

“There are a whole lot of things that were allowed to fall apart in previous years that need to be corrected,” he said. “The whole Fashion Blacksmith fiasco — where the Harbor ended up owing millions and millions of dollars because they neglected their job to maintain and repair the harbor facilities. That should never have happened, and worse, they allowed a very hard-to-get permit to do that work to expire. Somebody wasn’t paying attention, and they allowed that to happen, and then they got embroiled in the lawsuit.”

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The Sheriff’s Office Staffing Plan – Redwood Voice Community News

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October 24th, 2024 – For Redwood Voice Community News, a production of Redwood Voice Youth Media, today’s news: roadwork updates from CalTrans District 1; Tuesday’s supervisor meeting had a union appearance; a rundown of the meetings regarding lily bulb fields and pesticide use held earlier this week throughout Del Norte; the Del Norte Sheriff shares updates on his new staffing plan; the Tolowa Dee-ni’ Nation enters year two of its free food program; an explanation of California’s Prop 35; Curry County announces its Halloween candy map still has vacancies; and a bit of info about the Curry County Cruisers Car Club from the Curry Pilot. All this and our regular segments from the Pacifica Radio Network and National Native News.

We’re broadcasting on KFUG 101.1FM and kfugradio.org! every day at 12PM, with a rebroadcast at 5PM. We’re also airing on KZZH 96.7FM at 6AM, and KCIW 100.7FM at 6PM!

Today’s news card image is a screenshot from Google Maps, which has been edited.

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Del Norte Supervisors Sign Off On DNSO Staffing Plan; Sheriff Says He’s Already Received Interest From Potential Recruits

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Experienced officers have already begun inquiring about working for the Del Norte County Sheriff’s Office, Garrett Scott told Redwood Voice Community News the day after the Board of Supervisors unanimously approved his staffing plan.

The Del Norte County sheriff said his proposal to freeze positions that have been vacant for more than a decade in an effort to increase salaries for new and existing employees won’t be the answer to all of his office’s problems, but it will help.

“I [plan] to send five locals to the academy in January,” Scott said Wednesday. “I anticipate several of those being current staff members of the Del Norte County Sheriff’s Office. For example, jail deputies that want to work [as] patrol deputies or bailiffs.”

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A Sea of Purple Shirts in the Board Chambers – Redwood Voice Community News

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October 23rd, 2024 – For Redwood Voice Community News, a production of Redwood Voice Youth Media, today’s news: roadwork updates from CalTrans District 1; County workers confront Del Norte’s Board of Supervisors; Curry County struggles to figure out a proposal for opioid settlement money; two missing hunters in Josephine County have been found; a missing boy from Cave Junction has also been found; Curry County’s Chamber of Commerce is still seeking participants for the county’s Halloween Candy Map; CDFW officially opens Quail Hunting season; info on California’s Prop 34; CDFW also announces adult fall-run chinook salmon have begun to occupy and spawn in former dam locations on the Klamath River; and information on CPSC’s marine flare exchange events. All this and our regular segments from the Pacifica Radio Network and National Native News.

We’re broadcasting on KFUG 101.1FM and kfugradio.org! every day at 12PM, with a rebroadcast at 5PM. We’re also airing on KZZH 96.7FM at 6AM, and KCIW 100.7FM at 6PM!

Today’s news card image is courtesy of Redwood Voice Reporter Aisling Bludworth, which has been edited.