March 10th, 2025 – For Redwood Voice Community News, a production of Redwood Voice Youth Media, today’s news: road work updates from Caltrans District 1; a look at the Del Norte Fire Safe Council’s prescribed burn workshop; the school district has a surplus of creepy old baby dolls; DNUSD tables the discussion of the installation of a solar microgrid; the Yurok tribe partners with the US Army Corps of Engineers for a ecosystem restoration feasibility study; Yurok Tribal Health and Wellness issues a measles outbreak advisory; information on Brookings’ US HWY 101 sidewalk and pedestrian crossing project; items discussed at the Brookings City Council’s recent meeting; fishy facts and figures from Kenny Priest of fishing the North Coast; and just four mega corporations control a majority of America’s livestock production. All this and our regular segments from the Pacifica Radio Network and National Native News.
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March 7th, 2025 – For Redwood Voice Community News, a production of Redwood Voice Youth Media, today’s news: road work updates from Caltrans District 1; a hail warning from the National Weather Service of Eureka; a report on Del Norte Fire Safe Council’s Burn Workshop; despite community outcry DNUSD continues with layoff notices; DNUSD tables SitelogIQ proposal at recent meeting citing budget concerns; when and how to attend the Permanent Local Housing Allocation and Prohousing Incentive Program meeting; updates on Pacific Power’s Electric Mobility Grants; information on ODOT Construction in Brookings; DNACA is hosting Susan McKay’s “Light Upon the Water”; fishing information from Fishing the North Coast; the Trump Administration plans to sell Medford’s federal courthouse; the Josephine County Board of Commissioners voted to file an appeal against the statewide wildfire hazard map; and advocates for independent farmers warn about the effects of corporate agriculture. 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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March 6th, 2025 – For Redwood Voice Community News, a production of Redwood Voice Youth Media, today’s news: road work updates from Caltrans District 1; beware that small hail and dark clouds are rolling in; Del Norte County Public Health encourages measles vaccination as cases rise country-wide; info on last week’s Bertsch-Oceanview water main break; DNOES invites the public for a Hazard Mitigation Plan meeting; Crescent City will be holding a meeting on the Permanent Local Housing Allocation; a local artist showcases the extraordinary beauty of the Smith River; Fred Endert Municipal Pool reopens this month after winter repairs; US Fish and Wildlife encourage eating invasive Nutria; Pacific Power awards 11 Oregon organizations Electric Mobility Grants; Northcoast Marine Mammal Center advises not to handle harbor seal pups; Trump’s Administration is looking to sell Medford’s Historic Courthouse; and the Josephine County Board of Commissioners voted to file an appeal against the statewide wildfire hazard map. 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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March 5th, 2025 – For Redwood Voice Community News, a production of Redwood Voice Youth Media, today’s news: road work updates from Caltrans District 1; DNUSD staff see potential preliminary layoff notices; Del Norte County Public Health encourages measles vaccination as cases rise country-wide; info on last week’s Bertsch-Oceanview water main break; DNOES invites the public for a Hazard Mitigation Plan meeting; Fred Endert Municipal Pool reopens this month after winter repairs; a retrospect on this year’s MMIP Summit; the Tolowa Dee-ni’ Nation attend the annual TSOC Conference Meeting; US Fish and Wildlife encourage eating invasive Nutria; the ODFW adopts changes to sea urchin regulations; Northcoast Marine Mammal Center advises not to handle harbor seal pups; MINT buys one of their leased properties with grant help from AllCare Health; Grants Pass Police Department deploy a mobile surveillance trailer; Rogue Valley Law Enforcement want to remind drivers about Speed Awareness Month; and the Department of Fish & Wildlife are ordered to fire 400 employees by DOGE. All this and our regular segments from the Pacifica Radio Network and National Native News.
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Crescent City Public Works and Tidewater Contracting crews responded to a water main break on Elk Valley Road at about 6 a.m. last Wednesday and had drinking water restored to about 3,000 customers in the Bertsch-Oceanview area by approximately 5 p.m. the next day. | Photo by Amanda Dockter
A defect in a 20-year-old C900 PVC pipe may have caused the water main break that left taps dry for about 3,000 customers in the Bertsch-Oceanview area last week.
City Manager Eric Wier was notified of the big leak on Elk Valley Road at about 6 a.m. last Wednesday. He thought it was going to be a run-of-the-mill leak, but found that the break lifted the pavement and destroyed the sidewalk.
The water main was about 8 feet underground, below the city’s storm drain system, Wier told Redwood Voice Community News on Tuesday. Crews with Crescent City Public Works and Tidewater Contracting had to replace 20-feet of pipe, he said.
“Cannonball Chaos” will reign supreme when the Fred Endert Municipal Pool reopens on March 22.
There will be contests, games and giveaways, and a ribbon-cutting ceremony to celebrate the facility’s new flooring and heating systems. But the pool’s three-month closure this winter revealed a problem — actual rain was getting inside the building. Crescent City Public Works Director David Yeager blamed it on seagulls.
“We’ve had the roofer up there a couple times and the thought is what’s going on is we’ve got about 150 holes in the roof and they’re very small and so the water only comes through after long periods of rain,” he told councilors on Monday. “It rains a little bit, sheds off and gets trapped between the membrane, but it basically has become completely saturated under the shingles and the plastic there. If you get enough water it will actually create a little bit of pressure and come through the membrane.”
March 4th, 2025 – For Redwood Voice Community News, a production of Redwood Voice Youth Media, today’s news: road work updates from Caltrans District 1; with a decline in students and funding, the Del Norte Unified School District Board of Trustees discussed post-Covid layoffs; last week California hosted its third annual Missing and Murdered Indigenous People Summit; Tolowa Dee-ni’ Nation officials travel to Coos Bay for the Travel Southern Oregon Coast Network Conference; Federal funding freezes pose a threat to the Del Norte Fire Safe Council; Curry County Commissioners appoint Nick Vicino to the treasurer position; the Oregon Department of Fish & Wildlife has changed the regulations for sea urchin harvesting; Grants Pass nonprofit MINT purchases the property that houses their emergency weather shelter; Grants Pass Police deploy security cameras and loudspeakers at the 6th & A St. homeless camp; Rogue Valley Law Enforcement commemorate speed awareness month with increased patrols; and DOGE has ordered the layoff of over 400 Department of Fish and Wildlife employees. 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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March 3rd, 2025 – For Redwood Voice Community News, a production of Redwood Voice Youth Media, today’s news: road work updates from Caltrans District 1; with attendance rates dropping and funding cuts, DNUSD realigns its budget and adjusts staffing; information on the Tsunami siren tests planned for the end of this month; a dive into Del Norte’s Poetry Out Loud champion; Thursday marked the end of Oregon’s longest healthcare worker strike; the Del Norte Fire Safe Council faces a threat more perilous than fire: budget cuts; Curry County Commissioners appoint Nick Vicino to take Keina Wolf’s seat as treasurer; the American Red Cross is celebrating Red Cross month by offering free A1C tests; a lawsuit to halt the firing of probationary federal workers got a hearing before a district court judge in San Francisco; fishy facts and figures from Kenny Priest of Fishing the North Coast; and a blood moon is expected mid-March. 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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February 28th, 2025 – For Redwood Voice Community News, a production of Redwood Voice Youth Media, today’s news: road work updates from Caltrans District 1; a special Harbor Fire & Rescue Board of Directors meeting is happening tomorrow; a warning about a tsunami alert system test next month; a weekend weather update from the National Weather Service of Eureka; Supervisor Wilson suggests AI to fill staffing shortages in the County; a profile on Del Norte County’s Poetry Out Loud champion; the Oregon Nurses Association returns to work; Oregon seeks to protect renters from application fees; next month is Red Cross Month; the marine update from Fishing the North Coast; and a blood moon is coming. 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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February 27th, 2025 – For Redwood Voice Community News, a production of Redwood Voice Youth Media, today’s news: road work updates from Caltrans District 1; Elk Valley road has a major water main break; Oregon seeks to protect renters from application fees and deposits; Del Norte County Sheriff cracks down to stop a possible July 4th repeat; information on the Del Norte backed AB 1014; the Brookings City Council sees a wave of public support for the municipal pool season; AI is suggested by a supervisor to fill the gaps in county staffing at the Board of Supervisors meeting; environmental groups seek reinstating protections against offshore drilling; and Oregon property owners still have time to fill out their intent to appeal recently released wildfire hazard maps. 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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