Though the outcome of a declaratory judgment against the sheriff is still pending, Curry County’s newest commissioner told his colleagues of a 2007 Oregon Appeals Court ruling that may apply to the current situation.
Referring to an ongoing dispute between the Board of Commissioners and Sheriff John Ward, Commissioner Patrick Hollinger said he and Director of Operations Ted Fitzgerald received information about Daniel v. The Board of County Commissioners for Josephine County.
“A lot of the back and forth, or the lack of back and forth, between the commissioners and the sheriff is [about] who has authority over what and why,” Hollinger told his colleagues Wednesday. “And as we all know, we have a declaratory judgment that we’re still waiting to have happen, but this covers a couple of those items within our declaratory judgment. And that would be positions within the sheriff’s department and who picks and chooses those positions and how those positions are funded.”
April 7th, 2025 – For Redwood Voice Community News, a production of Redwood Voice Youth Media, today’s news: roadwork updates from CalTrans District 1; a look into the successes and struggles of Del Norte’s new Providing Access to Hope program; bunk beds painted with lead paint force Curry County jail to cut down on it’s inmate capacity; Curry County Commissioner Brad Alcorn announced his resignation; the Yurok IT Department erects a 60 foot communications tower to boost signal speeds in the Klamath Glen area; fish related facts and figures from Kenny Priest of Fishing the North Coast; due to assessed entanglement risk, the California Department of Fish & Wildlife announces changes to commercial and recreational Dungeness crab fisheries; and Pacific Power will be applying climate credit to customers’ electricity bills. All this and our regular segments from the Pacifica Radio Network and National Native News.
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Between three and four hundred people, most waving homemade signs, lined the sidewalk in front of the Del Norte County Fairgrounds on Saturday. The gathering was part of a nationwide series of events – a day of action, organizers called it – collectively called Hands Off. Across the nation there were more than 1,300 individual demonstrations coordinated by a coalition of groups headed by MoveOn!, and including the likes of the American Civil Liberties Union, the League of Women Voters and the Planned Parenthood Action Fund, among others. The events were meant to protest what the participants and organizers see as the decidedly authoritarian bent of the second Trump presidency.
Standing in the shade outside Java Hut, Crescent City Councilmember Candace Tinkler explained why she was attending the event: “I’m here because it’s my job, it’s all of our jobs, to make the world a better place for the next generation, and I’m not seeing it going that way. I’m here not so much for me, but for every young person in this community.”
Keven Bingham operates the “Glen’s on 3rd” food trailer that serves as a pop-up mobile storefront from which he sells baked goods to the masses. This small business is the most recent incarnation of a long-standing community institution known to locals as “Glen’s Bakery”.
“I have folks from all faiths and political affiliations who come,” Bingham told Redwood Voice.
Lead paint on bunks at the Curry County Jail prompted commissioners to temporarily reduce the facility’s capacity, cutting its number of beds from 35 to 16.
The Curry County Sheriff’s Office will be more judicious about who they accept into the jail as a result, according to Lt. Jeremy Krohn. But it’s the less drastic of two options he presented to commissioners at an emergency meeting on Friday. The alternative was to completely evacuate the jail, he said.
Some staff have already been relocated, Krohn said.
April 4th, 2025 – For Redwood Voice Community News, a production of Redwood Voice Youth Media, today’s news: an update on when the second installment of the Secured Property Taxes is due; ;aw enforcement talks about the challenges they face with mental health calls, and how PATH will aid them; a Curry County Commissioner announced his resignation; Curry County declared a local emergency after a recent storm; Stephanie Weldon has been named Deputy Director of the Office of Health Equity at the CA Department of Public Health; new programs allow California prisoners and victims to reconcile; CDFW is advancing the state’s management for California’s Gray Wolf population; and the CDFW announces changes for commercial and recreational Dungeness crab fisheries. All this and our regular segments from the Pacifica Radio Network and National Native News.
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Curry County Commissioner Brad Alcorn announced his resignation on Wednesday, telling his colleagues that he had “personal things” he needed to focus on requiring him to be gone for extended periods of time.
“I know that not being present here every day would certainly not be fair to the people of this county, but it also would not be fair to either of you,” he told commissioners Jay Trost and Patrick Hollinger at the end of the Board’s regular business meeting. “You guys show up every day. You work hard trying to solve this county’s problems, and you need someone, a third person, that’s going to be doing the same.”
Alcorn said his resignation will be effective May 1 and the Board’s April 15 meeting will be the last time he serves as its chair.
Thumbnail photo: Concept art of the Del Norte County’s Providing Access to Hope mobile mental health crisis response van. Above: Supervising Behavioral Health Specialist Mariah Coats and two of PATH’s team members, Certified Peer Support Specialist Ryan Downs and Behavioral health Specialist Aaron Matthess. | Photos courtesy of Shiann Hogan
Del Norte County’s Providing Access to Hope, or PATH, program has responded to 27 calls for help since it launched nearly two months ago.
In a majority of those cases, the staff manning the new mobile mental health crisis unit have helped those individuals come up with a safety plan and have followed up with those folks, Behavioral Health Branch Deputy Director Shiann Hogan told Redwood Voice Community News.
But, while it’s a resource anyone, including law enforcement, can call upon, PATH is currently only available from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday due to staffing issues.
April 3rd, 2025 – For Redwood Voice Community News, a production of Redwood Voice Youth Media, today’s news: roadwork updates from Caltrans District 1; the deadline for the second installment of secured property taxes approaches; Del Norte Supervisors discussed the loss of Secure Rural Schools Program funding; cuts to California school nutrition programs won’t be affecting Del Norte schools; following the recent storms, Curry County officials declare a state of emergency; Yurok Citizen Stephanie Weldon is named Deputy Director of the Office of Health Equity for the California Department of Public Health; “Hands Off Protests” against the Trump administration are planned for this upcoming weekend; new programs allow California prisoners and victims to reconcile; experts are concerned the recent Earthquake in Alaska will result in Mt. Spurr erupting; and California’s 2016 Conservation Plan for Gray Wolves moves to Phase 2. All this and our regular segments from the Pacifica Radio Network and National Native News.
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April 2nd, 2025 – For Redwood Voice Community News, a production of Redwood Voice Youth Media, today’s news: roadwork updates from Caltrans District 1; Del Norte County continues to lobby amidst Federal funding uncertainty; DNUSD dodges impact from federal program cuts to free meal services; also the DNUSD Board of Trustees endorse SiteLogIQ energy audits of local school campuses; the Tolowa Dee-ni’ Nation encourages Tribal Citizen feedback on proposed Tribal Community Wildfire Protection Plan; 117 Hands Off protests in California against President Donald Trump’s policies are expected to kick off on Saturday; Chetco Community Library District receives a generous donation of $124,000; Josephine County Judge grants Disability Rights Oregon a preliminary injunction against Grants Pass over designated camping sites; the CDFW releases a progress report on the California Salmon Strategy for a Hotter, Drier Future; and an earthquake creates a volcanic eruption scare in Alaska. All this and our regular segments from the Pacifica Radio Network and National Native News.
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