Agriculture, Articles, Crime

Animal Cruelty Charges Filed In Connection With Horse That Died In Fairgrounds Stables

Leave a comment

Thumbnail photo courtesy of dnfair.org

A 20-year-old Crescent City woman faces one count of felony animal cruelty in connection with the death of a horse that was housed at the Del Norte County Fairgrounds.

A complaint Del Norte County District Attorney Katherine Micks filed Wednesday alleges that between Feb. 1 and March 27, Kaydence Rose Farley “subjected the horse to needless suffering” by failing to provide it with the proper food and drink. 

Farley is scheduled to be arraigned in Del Norte County Superior Court at 1:30 p.m. on June 29, Micks told Redwood Voice Community News on Monday.

Continue reading Animal Cruelty Charges Filed In Connection With Horse That Died In Fairgrounds Stables →
Articles, Elections, Local Government

Howard Nets Big Donations, Gutierrez Outspends Opponent In District 3 Supervisor Race; Voting Closes Tuesday

Leave a comment

Thumbnail photo: Del Norte County elections staff began a live-stream as they processed on Monday. | Screenshot

Chris Howard received donations from big local names as he seeks to keep his District 3 seat on the Del Norte County Board of Supervisors.

Howard, who’s running against retired educator Lupe Gutierrez, boasts four-figure donations from Nick and Lisa Rail, Green Diamond Resource Company and Adam Goldstein, an entrepreneur from Burbank who moved to Crescent City.

The amount of the donations Gutierrez received between March 1 and April 23 pales in comparison to her opponent. However, she has spent $6,634.76 in literature, campaign paraphernalia and research, according to her California Form 460. 

Continue reading Howard Nets Big Donations, Gutierrez Outspends Opponent In District 3 Supervisor Race; Voting Closes Tuesday →
Articles, CC Harbor, Crescent City

Rural Human Services Out, Harbor District In As Saturday Market Primary Sponsor

Leave a comment

The Community Artisan Market will make its debut for the 2026 season next week, but it will be under new management — the Crescent City Harbor District.

Harbor commissioners unanimously approved being the primary sponsor of the market after Harbormaster Mike Rademaker said its previous sponsor, Rural Human Services, “decided not to do the farmers market this year.”

RHS employee Angel Hanson has volunteered to run the market for the Harbor District this summer, Rademaker told commissioners on Wednesday. 

“It’s going to be the same structure as it was last year in terms of timing and vendor fees,” he said. “The harbor would be the primary sponsor with Angel being the project manager.”

Continue reading Rural Human Services Out, Harbor District In As Saturday Market Primary Sponsor →
Articles, CC Harbor, Infrastructure

Harbor District Leaders Meet Firms Vying For Citizens Dock, Seawall Project Manager Role

Leave a comment

Thumbnail photo: Harbor commissioners met the firms hoping to provide project management during the reconstruction of Citizens Dock and replacement of its adjacent seawall. | Photo by Jessica Cejnar Andrews

Harbor commissioners met two of the three firms that have offered to fill the project manager role in the rebuild of Citizens Dock and its adjacent seawall.

It’s another step toward construction for the U.S. Maritime Administration-funded project. But, while the project management services fee will be paid for with grant dollars, the firms’ proposals exceed the $250,000 to $350,000 that was originally budgeted for the position. 

However, that budgeted amount wasn’t included in the original request for proposals, Community System Solutions CEO Mike Bahr told commissioners Wednesday.

“We wanted to see what the proposers would propose for what they believed the scope of work for the project manager would be and what those costs would be,” he said.

Continue reading Harbor District Leaders Meet Firms Vying For Citizens Dock, Seawall Project Manager Role →
Articles, CC Harbor, Crescent City, Infrastructure, Local Government

Three CCHD Commissioners Abstain In Vote To Oppose City Water, Sewer Hikes; Bearing Cost Will Be Difficult, Board Chair Says, But ‘Rates Are Valid’

Leave a comment

Thumbnail photo: Crescent City wastewater treatment plant | Photo by James Brooks

Three harbor commissioners declined taking a position on whether or not Crescent City’s water and sewer rates should increase.

Chairman Rick Shepherd, Vice Chairman John Evans and their colleague Gerhard Weber abstained from a vote to oppose the proposed rate increases. Though they toured the sewer plant with City Manager Eric Wier, Shepherd and Evans said taking a position on the issue would be difficult for them.

Shepherd echoed points Wier has made to the Crescent City Council — that it’s been about 10 years since water and sewer rates have increased and that the sewer system is in dire financial straits. But, Shepherd also noted that the increased water and sewer rates may cost the Crescent City Harbor District $10,000 to $12,000 a year.

Continue reading Three CCHD Commissioners Abstain In Vote To Oppose City Water, Sewer Hikes; Bearing Cost Will Be Difficult, Board Chair Says, But ‘Rates Are Valid’ →
Articles, Infrastructure, Transportation

Del Norte Supervisors Extend Deadline On Line of Credit to Airport Authority For Wildlife Fence Project

Leave a comment

Thumbnail photo courtesy of Andrew Goff

County supervisors agreed to a year’s extension of the deadline on a line of credit they offered to the Border Coast Regional Airport Authority to replace roughly 1,800 feet of chainlink fence.

The fence project is in an environmentally and culturally sensitive area along the beachfront at Del Norte County Regional Airport, Director Sean Rosenthal told Redwood Voice Community News on Tuesday. It’s needed to keep elk from getting onto the tarmac, he said.

“Right now we’re in the design phase and that should be approved any day,” he said. “And then we have to get a Coastal (Development) Permit. And, hopefully, we get all of our plant studies done in time for September construction.”

Continue reading Del Norte Supervisors Extend Deadline On Line of Credit to Airport Authority For Wildlife Fence Project →
Articles, Local Government

Del Norte Supervisors Discuss Juvenile Detention MOU With Sonoma County; A Dispatcher’s Salary; District Attorney Staffing

Leave a comment

Thumbnail photo by Paul Critz

Among the items discussed at Tuesday’s Del Norte County Board of Supervisors meeting:

Juvenile Offender Placement: Del Norte County supervisors approved adding Sonoma County Juvenile Hall to the list of potential detention facilities it can use to house youthful offenders in Del Norte’s care.

Del Norte County Probation Chief Lonnie Reyman’s request comes about three years after the Board of Supervisors officially eliminated his department’s juvenile hall division  in 2023. 

The probation department continues to use the Humboldt County Juvenile Hall as its primary detention facility for youth with Mendocino, Shasta and El Dorado counties acting as a backup. According to Reyman’s staff report, contracting with the Sonoma County Probation Department also enables Del Norte youth to access its sexual offender treatment program and secure track treatment program.

Continue reading Del Norte Supervisors Discuss Juvenile Detention MOU With Sonoma County; A Dispatcher’s Salary; District Attorney Staffing →
Articles, Crescent City, Economy, Local Government

Crescent City Faces Tough Budget With Stagnant Revenue, Increased Expenses

Leave a comment

Thumbnail photo: Crescent City Manager Eric Wier told councilors last week that the city doesn’t have the staff to keep its Val Polyanin art exhibit open. | File photo by Amanda Dockter

Crescent City 2026-27 budget workshop

Eric Wier warned councilors to brace for difficult decisions as they and staff look to make Crescent City’s 2026-27 budget and general fund work amid stagnant revenues and increased costs.

At a 3-hour and 18-minute budget workshop on Wednesday, the city manager and his staff recommended holding off on filling several vacancies within the public works, police and fire departments.

Councilors and staff discussed whether the city could contribute funding for airport projects, if sending planning commissioners to League of California Cities training was feasible and whether other funding could be found to avoid skipping special events and swim camps at the pool this fiscal year.

Continue reading Crescent City Faces Tough Budget With Stagnant Revenue, Increased Expenses →
Agriculture, Articles, Community News, Environment, Local Government

Special District Focused On Resource Conservation Expands Boundaries To Include All Of Del Norte County

Leave a comment

Thumbnail photo: The Del Norte Fire Safe Council held a workshop in March 2025 to teach people how to harden their properties against wildfire. | File photo by Ethan Caudill-DeRego

A special district previously focused on agricultural issues in the Smith River and Fort Dick areas received the green light to annex all of Del Norte County into its jurisdiction on Monday.

The Del Norte Resource Conservation District’s expanded boundaries allows for greater collaboration with organizations focusing on wildfire resiliency, stream and forest health restoration and those that support new farmers, District Manager Becky Crockett told Redwood Voice Community News.

The expanded boundaries also means the Del Norte RCD can pursue state and federal grant dollars, which in turn can lead to larger projects, she said.

Continue reading Special District Focused On Resource Conservation Expands Boundaries To Include All Of Del Norte County →
Articles, Health, Local Government

Del Norte DHHS Nets $33 Million State Grant For Behavioral Health Campus

Leave a comment

Thumbnail: This conceptual comparison of a new Behavioral Health Campus versus the current Behavioral Health Branch facility was included in the county’s grant application for BHCIP dollars. | Image courtesy of District 2 Supervisor Valerie Starkey

Shiann Hogan sees many possibilities for Del Norte County’s new Behavioral Health Campus, but one thing it won’t be is a locked facility.

The deputy director for the county Behavioral Health Branch says the new facility will allow for expanded substance abuse and mental health programming. There will be a new sobering center and a mental health crisis respite center and the facility will complement the new EmPATH unit Sutter Coast Hospital is developing.

But those will be voluntary services, Hogan told Redwood Voice Community News on May 11. 

Continue reading Del Norte DHHS Nets $33 Million State Grant For Behavioral Health Campus →

Telling the untold stories of Del Norte and Tribal Lands through amplified youth voices.