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Curry County Seeks Answers for Unaccounted $2.7 Million – Redwood Voice Community News

February 12th, 2025 – For Redwood Voice Community News, a production of Redwood Voice Youth Media, today’s news: roadwork updates from CalTrans District 1; Crescent City City Council meeting cancelled due to a lack of agenda items; DNOES seeks public input on hazard concerns in the county; Curry County tries to figure out what happened with $2.7 million in unaccounted COVID-19 relief dollars; Curry County schedules a Wednesday workshop for an emergency declaration on unmaintained federal land fire hazards; a retrospective on Del Norte’s Night to Shine celebration for the special needs community; Chetco Community Public Library adjusts their monthly checkout limit; USDA announces a new strain of Bird flu in dairy cows; an Indigenous Authors Book Club starts at Crescent Elk Middle School; and a report on California college credentials says the state passes the national average. All this and our regular segments from the Pacifica Radio Network and National Native News.

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Chetco Community Library Adjusts Checkout Limit – Redwood Voice Community News

February 11th, 2025 – For Redwood Voice Community News, a production of Redwood Voice Youth Media, today’s news: roadwork updates from CalTrans District 1; the County’s new Teen Court Program receives its first case; Curry County’s proposition to manage federal lands receives pushback; Del Norte’s Night to Shine shone brightly; Chetco Community Library Adjusts its monthly checkout limit; fishing information from Fishing the North Coast; the Yurok Engine 9462 crew returns home; and information about Crescent Elk’s new Indigenous Authors Book Club and its benefits. 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 newscast image is courtesy of the Yurok Tribe via their Facebook Page, which has been edited.

Del Norte BOS To Consider Transferring Retirement Benefit Assets To Private Trust; Firm’s Rep To Give Presentation

Thumbnail photo by Paul Critz

Del Norte County Supervisors on Tuesday will discuss transferring assets from a California Public Employees Retirement System-managed trust to one managed by a private firm.

Public Agencies Retirement Service (PARS) Senior Consultant Matt Spooner is also expected to give a presentation to the Board about his firm’s 115 OPEB Prefunding Program and Pension Rate Stabilization Program.

The Board of Supervisors last month approved establishing the Section 115 Trust with PARS after Spooner said it would provide greater flexibility when it comes to the county paying its share of its employees pension and other retirement benefits.

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Del Norte Teen Court Receives Its First Case – Redwood Voice Community News

February 10th, 2025 – For Redwood Voice Community News, a production of Redwood Voice Youth Media, today’s news: roadwork updates from CalTrans District 1; the Del Norte County Board of Supervisors puts out a poll regarding their annual strategic plan review and update; the County’s new Teen Court Program receives its first case; Crescent City Councilors discussed turning the Cultural Center into a Redwood Discovery Center; other agenda items discussed at the City Council’s recent meeting; fishy facts & figures from Kenny Priest of Fishing the North Coast; Yurok firefighters return home after aiding in the fighting of the Hughes fire; the Redwood Parks Conservancy announces 2025’s artists in residence; and an announcement from former Del Norte County Supervisor Susan Masten and station manager Paul Critz. 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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Grant’s Pass Homeless Camping Ordinance Temporarily Suspended – Redwood Voice Community News

February 6th, 2025 – For Redwood Voice Community News, a production of Redwood Voice Youth Media, today’s news: roadwork updates from CalTrans District 1; with federal funding up in the air, Open Door braces for the worst; Walmart recalls contaminated broccoli; CDFW and their partners coordinate a fish evacuation; a Josephine County judge temporarily suspends enforcement of Grants Pass’ homeless ordinance; Brookings announces the promotion of their new fire chief; the Coastal Commission to discuss diverting Smith River water for Alexandre Dairy; Grants Pass organization U-Turn For Christ will be hosting a meeting to discuss ways to combat homelessness; and road safety updates from CalTrans and The California Highway Patrol. 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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Yurok Tribe Mobilizes Showers & Laundry – Redwood Voice Community News

February 5th, 2025 – For Redwood Voice Community News, a production of Redwood Voice Youth Media, today’s news: roadwork updates from CalTrans District 1; retired DNUSD Principal faces accusations of sexual assault; FDA announces a recall for Walmart’s packaged broccoli florets; Del Norte County joins Sacramento and San Diego counties in lawsuit against Tech Giants; the CDFW rescue endangered steelhead trout after Southern California fires; PATH begins providing real-time crisis support for mental health and substance abuse crises; conditions of NorCal and Southern Oregon’s atmospheric river; Yurok Tribal Court officially launch their mobile showers and laundry facility in Del Norte County; California school districts reassure parents on immigration authority raids and student data safety; and weather and road condition updates from local services. 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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Former High School Principal Faces Sexual Assault Lawsuit – Redwood Voice Community News

February 4th, 2025 – For Redwood Voice Community News, a production of Redwood Voice Youth Media, today’s news: roadwork updates from CalTrans District 1; the DNUSD is taken to civil court over sexual assault accusations against a former principal; DNUSD joins several other counties in a lawsuit against social media companies; information on the new PATH services here in Del Norte; fish figures and factoids from Fishing the North Coast; Yurok revegetation crews plant native flora in the footprints of the JC Boyle and Iron Gate reservoirs; and information on winter weather conditions in Northern California and Southern Oregon. 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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Planting Trees in the Footprints of Dams – Redwood Voice Community News

February 3rd, 2025 – For Redwood Voice Community News, a production of Redwood Voice Youth Media, today’s news: roadwork updates from CalTrans District 1; a Pelican Bay corrections officer is injured in an attack; some of the items discussed at Tuesday’s Del Norte County Board of Supervisors meeting; Del Norte County joins several other counties around California in their public nuisance lawsuit against social media giants; two public lands bills reintroduced to the senate will make it easier to sell off BLM land; a disability rights advocacy group files suit against Grants Pass following their homeless camp policies; Fish related facts and figures from Kenny Priest of Fishing the North Coast; revegetation crews plant native plants in the footprint of the Iron Gate and JC Boyle reservoirs; and the Siletz tribe receives a grant to aid in the return of sea otters. All this and our regular segments from the Pacifica Radio Network and National Native News.si

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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Pelican Bay C.O. Left Hospitalized – Redwood Voice Community News

January 31st, 2025 – For Redwood Voice Community News, a production of Redwood Voice Youth Media, today’s news: roadwork updates from CalTrans District 1; the Del Norte County Board of Supervisors approves a letter of agreement for the microgrid project; a breakdown of the most recent Board of Supervisors meeting; a new sport fishing data platform is released by the CDFW in select regions; California advocates are speaking out for public access and and conservation of big game migration paths with two new bills; a disability rights advocacy group has sued the City of Grants Pass to stop the closure of a sanctioned homeless camp and the restriction of another; the US Forest Service is holding public meetings on the proposed changes to the Northwest Forest Plan; a Corrections Officer was attacked at Pelican Bay State Prison; and the Siletz Tribe is trying to bring back sea otters to the Oregon and Northern California coast. 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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DNUSD To Seek Public Guidance As It Continues To Develop AI Policies

DNCOE’s director of information network services showed the Board of Trustees this clip of a Morgan Freeman deepfake during a discussion last year about artificial intelligence in the classroom. Thumbnail courtesy of the Del Norte County Office of Education

A year after he showed trustees a YouTube clip featuring a Morgan Freeman deepfake, Ryan Bahten says Del Norte Unified School District will seek public input as it continues to draft policies around artificial intelligence.

The district will deploy a community survey starting next week, said Bahten, the Del Norte County Office of Education’s director of information network services. The input provided will guide him and other district and DNCOE employees as they differentiate between AI as a tool in the classroom and AI as a potential risk to student privacy.

Bahten said he is aiming to get a policy before the Board of Trustees in time for teachers to begin learning how to use AI next school year.

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