November 25th, 2024 – For Redwood Voice Community News, a production of Redwood Voice Youth Media, today’s news: roadwork updates from Caltrans District 1; weather updates from the National Weather Service in Eureka; the Tolowa Dee-’ni Nation’s Natural Resources Department has been training divers as “kelp guardians”; Crescent City councilors approved an updated agreement with Del Norte County on Monday to receive dispatch services from the Sheriff’s Office; Counselors also discussed plans for an entry plaza to Front Street Park; the Commercial Dungeness Crab Fishery in Oregon will be closed until at least December; Brookings hosted the Wild Rivers Mushroom Festival earlier this month; and nautical news from Kenny Priest of Fishing The North Coast.
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Despite a request from Commissioner-elect Dan Schmidt to table most of their Tuesday agenda, current Crescent City Harbor commissioners, including the “lame duckers,” approved their revised bylaws and updated finance and administration policy.
Outgoing commissioner Brian Stone urged his colleagues to vote on the latter item, which was listed on the agenda for discussion only. He said the Del Norte County Civil Grand Jury had asked the Harbor District to approve a credit card policy by Sept. 30.
Stone said he and his colleagues Wes White and Gerhardt Weber had also been working on revising the bylaws since June and urged them to finish up that unfinished business.
Right after the Curry County Board of Commissioners heard a proposal to send another law enforcement tax levy before voters, a North Bank Chetco River Road resident said “unsavory people” frequenting Social Security Bar were destroying his property.
The property owner, whose name is Rob, said those “unsavory people” are known to Oregon State Police and are drug addicts. They have cut down his trees and left their refuse, including needles, behind. He asked commissioners on Thursday if they planned to install gates, recruit hosts or institute “any of that campground stuff” for the gravel bar that’s on the Chetco River four miles from U.S. 101 near Brookings.
“I’m at the point now, when it dries up, I’m going to import some riprap and I’m going to block the lower section of Social Security Bar to vehicle access,” Rob said, adding that the sheriff’s office doesn’t pick up his calls. “I’m at my wits’ end and I was wondering if there’s anything in the works.”
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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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?”
Del Norte County Sheriff Garrett Scott saw the tree limb coming before it shattered his windshield.
Scott was on the 5700 block of Kings Valley Road at about 10 p.m. Tuesday guiding vehicles away from another large tree that had fallen across power lines.
After seeing those motorists safely up Wonder Stump Road to U.S. 101 he returned to Kings Valley where he almost became a casualty of the atmospheric river blowing through Del Norte County. The passenger side took most of the impact from that tree limb, the sheriff told Redwood Voice Community News on Wednesday.
“Glass blew all over the inside. It was a brand new truck too,” he said. “It’s dangerous out there. I feel for those road crews and the people out there with those limbs coming down on them, and the firefighters, I hope everybody stays safe.”
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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