November 22nd, 2024 – For Redwood Voice Community News, a production of Redwood Voice Youth Media, today’s news: roadwork updates from Caltrans District 1; information on the atmospheric river storm system from Eureka’s National Weather Service; the Del Norte Office of Emergency Services is giving out sandbags; the Harbor’s eligibility for their grant to reconstruct citizen’s dock is in peril following the former Harbormaster’s misuse of the credit card; the Tolowa Dee-’ni Nation will be offering free online screenings of the film A-’ti Xwee-Ghayt-Nish (Still We Live On) this next week; the Nation’s Natural Resources Department has been training divers as “kelp guardians”; insight on how the recent storms have affected Del Norte; Crescent City and Brookings sign a pool pact; the Commercial Dungeness Crab Fishery in Oregon will be closed until at least December; the Oregon Department of Transportation receives a grant for clean and sustainable construction; Josephine County forms a new rural fire protection district; and tomorrow will be one of California’s two free hunting days. All this and our regular segments from the Pacifica Radio Network and National Native News.
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Photo courtesy of the Del Norte County Sheriff’s Office
Four Crescent City councilors approved an updated agreement with Del Norte County on Monday to receive dispatch services from the sheriff’s office.
The Council’s decision comes roughly a week after the Board of Supervisors agreed to the updated agreement on Nov. 12. According to Del Norte County Sheriff Garrett Scott, the arrangement between the city and county hadn’t been updated since 2009.
Councilor Jason Greenough was absent on Monday.
The city’s costs will be based on the actual staffing levels in the county dispatch center, with Crescent City paying for two dispatchers, City Manager Eric Wier told councilors. The sheriff’s office will provide dispatch services for the Crescent City Police Department and Crescent Fire & Rescue.
Cultural Center concept art designed by Greenworks Planning Consultants architect Ben Johnson, courtesy of Crescent City.
Crescent City councilors applauded the friendlier Cultural Center architect Ben Johnson and his team at Greenworks Planning Consultants presented them on Monday.
Johnson’s vision removes the second of two staircases and adds a walkway that takes visitors to an entry plaza. But rather than incorporating a Tolowa basket pattern into the entry plaza — a proposed introduction to the interpretive walk at neighboring Beachfront Park — councilors wanted a design that represents the whole community.
“The entryway needs to be communicated that this is an entry point for all people,” Mayor Blake Inscore said. “None of this is meant to undermine or take away from the amazing work or this being the ancestral home of the Tolowa people. The point is we’re talking about an entryway going into a public building that’s for everyone, including people from all over the world.”
November 21st, 2024 – For Redwood Voice Community News, a production of Redwood Voice Youth Media, today’s news: roadwork updates from CalTrans District 1; storm information from the National Weather Service; power outage tips from the Tolowa Dee-ni’ Nation and National Weather Service; the former harbormaster’s misuse of the Harbor’s credit card makes their acquisition of a Port Infrastructure Development Grant much more difficult; the Tolowa Dee-ni’ Nation will be offering a free screening of their film A-’ti Xwee-Ghayt-Nish (Still We Live On); the Del Norte High School marching band gets their highest ever score at the Festival of Bands in Eugene; Crescent City and Brookings sign a pool pact; Gold Beach City staff break ground on the new veteran housing units; the Oregon Department Of Transportation receives an over $31M grant to fund cleaner construction; South Western Oregon and North Western California are under a flood watch; and Josephine County Commissioners approve the formation of a new fire district. 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!
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Crescent City Mayor Blake Inscore supported a partnership with South Coast Community Aquatics in Brookings to give Del Norters a place to swim while the Fred Endert Municipal Pool undergoes renovations starting next month.
But he said he was apprehensive about committing $35,000 toward the arrangement without having a better sense of how many people would actually be willing to swim in an outdoor swimming pool from December through February.
“When we talked about this initially with the extended closure we talked about how we were going to do some cost adjustments whether that is to not renew people’s passes or give them that extra period of time that we’re closed — are we still going to do that?” Inscore asked city staff Monday. “What if a person goes up and goes for a couple of times and realizes it’s not warm enough [or] it’s too far? How are we going to track that for a person who tries this and it doesn’t work for them and other people are now getting a three-month, four-month bump on their annual pass?”
November 20th, 2024 – For Redwood Voice Community News, a production of Redwood Voice Youth Media, today’s news: roadwork updates from CalTrans District 1; storm safety tips from the Tolowa Dee-ni’ Nation and National Weather Service; following last night’s power outage, Del Norte schools are to operate as usual; St. Paul’s Episcopal Church will be holding a candle-lit vigil tonight to commemorate the Trans Day of Remembrance; Del Norte High School gets their highest score yet at the festival of bands; a new juvenile justice system wing will allow first time offenders to be judged by a jury of their peers; last week was the groundbreaking ceremony for Gold Beach’s new veteran housing units; the City of Brookings is offering sandbags to residents and businesses in flood prone areas; and Southwestern Oregon and Northern California are on flood watch. 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!
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November 19th, 2024 – For Redwood Voice Community News, a production of Redwood Voice Youth Media, today’s news: roadwork updates from CalTrans District 1; the Del Norte Sheriff’s Office gets new hirees at a higher step in the salary schedule; a look at items discussed at last week’s Board of Supervisors meeting; tomorrow St Paul’s Episcopal Church will be hosting their Trans Day of Remembrance Vigil; the Tolowa Dee-’ni Nation conducted a necropsy on a beached whale near Yan-na-svt’; the Yurok Tribe completes restoration of Indian Creek; first-time nonviolent offenders under Del Norte County’s juvenile justice system will be given legal representation through its new wing; Crescent City Harbor’s plan of trucking in ice from Brookings serves as a temporary solution to the ice plant shutting down; tips on safe driving in wet weather from the California Highway Patrol; and king tide season is here. 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!
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St Paul’s Episcopal Church in Crescent City will be hosting a candlelight vigil in observance of Transgender Day of Remembrance (TDOR) and Resilience this Wednesday, November 20th at 7pm. The event honors the memory of transgender and gender-variant individuals who have lost their lives to violence, while also focusing on cultivating community and resilience among the LGBTQIA+ population.
The event will feature several speakers from various backgrounds, including Christie Lynn Rust – a local woman who transitioned after retiring from her decades-long career as the beloved Music Director at Del Norte High School. The names of trans individuals in the United States who lost their lives in the past year will be read, with a candle lit for each of them. Unfortunately, as hate crimes often go unreported, there is no way of knowing the true number of victims lost to anti-trans violence.
The official flier for the Transgender Day of Remembrance 2024 Service.
Statistics about the unique challenges faced by transgender individuals paint a worrisome picture. A 2011 National Gay and Lesbian Task Force survey revealed that anti-transgender biases perpetuate discriminatory practices and attitudes towards gender-variant individuals. 63 percent of transgender respondents reported having experienced at least one form of significant discrimination, 35 percent said they were physically assaulted, and 41 percent reported attempting suicide.
November 18th, 2024 – For Redwood Voice Community News, a production of Redwood Voice Youth Media, today’s news: roadwork updates from CalTrans District 1; the Del Norte Sheriff’s Office’s new staffing plan draws in new hires; a look at the items discussed during last week’s Board of Supervisors Meeting; the Yurok Tribe completes the restoration of Indian Creek; the Tolowa Dee-ni’ Nation conducted a necropsy on a recently beached whale; Nautical News from Kenny Priest of Fishing the North Coast; a re-cap of Cal-Ore Life Flight’s History serving our area; with ice currently being trucked in from Brookings, Crescent City fisherpeople search for a long term solution; tips for safe driving in wet conditions from the CHP; and King tide season has arrived. 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 Aaron Martin via the Yurok Tribe’s Facebook Page, which has been edited.
November 15th, 2024 – For Redwood Voice Community News, a production of Redwood Voice Youth Media, today’s news: an update on roadwork from Caltrans District 1; Assemblymember Jim Wood urges supervisors to reach out to his successor “sooner rather than later”; a dive into Cal Poly Humboldt’s Bachelor program at Pelican Bay Prison; the Wiyot Tribe sees 357 acres of their ancestral land returned; the marine update from Fishing the North Coast; the final wrap on the fall health checks from the Condor Restoration program; and the US Forest Service’s SRS funds are approved by the US Senate. 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!
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