A press release from the Del Norte Unified School District:
The Del Norte Unified School District (DNUSD) is moving forward with plans to build a new central kitchen that will enhance student nutrition services across the district.
On June 5, the School Board approved a $400,000 contract for architectural and engineering services, officially launching the planning and design phase of this important infrastructure project.
A press release from the Brookings-Harbor School District:
The Brookings-Harbor School District will offer free summer meals for all children ages 1 through 18 from Monday, June 9, 2025, through Thursday, July 31, 2025, at the Brookings-Harbor High School Cafeteria, located at 629 Easy Street.
Meals are available Monday through Thursday and must be consumed on site. The cafeteria will be closed on Fridays and Thursday, July 4, in observance of Independence Day. View the Summer Meals Information Page.
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Patrick Hollinger appears to have run afoul of the Oregon State Sheriff’s Association, whose executive director says that the Curry County commissioner’s recent recitation of a question-and-answer session he had led incorrectly implies that OSSA supports the county’s position in its conflict with Sheriff John Ward.
Tim Svenson, former Yamhill County sheriff and current OSSA executive director, said he initially wasn’t aware Hollinger was recording him during the presentation he gave at a recent Association of Oregon Counties County College training session.
And though Svenson later gave Hollinger permission to report back to his Board some of the content of the Q/A, the OSSA executive director said the transcript Hollinger read into the record at the Board’s May 20 meeting was taken out of context.
“The transcription of the Q/A was done in a way to attempt to … show a theme where OSSA is supporting Curry County’s position with their argument they’re having down there with the sheriff,” Svenson told Redwood Voice Community News on Tuesday. “And OSSA as a whole has not taken a position on any of the things going on down there. Politics are local. It’s up to the sheriff to deal with that. We don’t get into those types of issues because it doesn’t affect the entire state.”
The Del Norte Unified School District, in partnership with the Klamath Promise Neighborhood (KPN) and True North Organizing Network recently invited the community to discover the wonders of science, technology, engineering, arts, and mathematics (STEAM) at the very first Community Science Festival, on May 3rd at the Del Norte County Fairgrounds.
Russell Walters Jr. (left) and Russell Walters Sr. (right) | Courtesy CCPD
Crescent City police are still searching for 17-year-old Russell Walters Jr. and his father Russell Walter Sr., 65, in connection with last week’s shooting at the Jedediah Smith Shopping Center.
Police have also arrested a third person, 32-year-old Joshua Roberts, who they say helped the two suspects evade police, Crescent City Police Chief Richard Griffin told Redwood Voice Community News on Monday.
“We have evidence of him picking [Walters Jr. and Sr.] up after the shooting and driving away from the house,” Griffin said. “He’s on parole and a search was done and that’s where the firearms, an AR-15 and semiautomatic handgun were located with ammo and he was arrested [on suspicion of] aiding and abetting.”
The day before she accused Mike Rademaker of falsifying public records, Harbor Commissioner Annie Nehmer formally petitioned the courts to halt the release of a report looking into the harbormaster’s alleged misconduct.
Nehmer also states in her petition for a temporary restraining order and preliminary injunction, filed Tuesday in Del Norte County Superior Court, that the Harbor District Board of Commissioners violated the Brown Act by not publicly reporting a May 13 vote to release the report.
The report is based on an investigation conducted by Sacramento consultant HRtoGO, and though Harbormaster Mike Rademaker states otherwise, it is not yet finished, Nehmer told Redwood Voice Community News on Friday.
“We have not received notification that it’s complete or final,” she said.
Before asking her colleagues to consider taking protective action against potential insolvency, Crescent City Harbor Commissioner Annie Nehmer stood at the podium, invoked state and federal whistleblower laws and said the port may run out of cash within four to nine months.
There’s been no spending freeze or emergency budget discussion, Nehmer said, and the Harbor District Board in April gave their CEO a $24,000 raise “without disclosing the financial impact or explaining the decision to the public.”
Nehmer urged her colleagues to think twice about continuing to employ Harbormaster Mike Rademaker and voted no when, at the end of a closed-session meeting Wednesday, they finally approved his five-year contract.
Two days after Curry County voters rejected a property tax levy to fund patrol deputies and dispatchers, the sheriff took solace from the narrower margin of failure compared to the effort the Board of Commissioners spearheaded in 2024.
“It was 70-30 [last year],” Sheriff John Ward told Redwood Voice Community News on Thursday. “And this year, the breakdown was somewhere around 60 percent-to-40 percent.”
According to the results from Tuesday’s election posted on the Oregon Secretary of State’s website, 60.20 percent of the Curry County voters who cast a ballot rejected the proposed “five-year option tax for Curry County law enforcement. According to the results, 39.8 percent approved it.
May 22nd, 2025- For Redwood Voice Community News, a production of Redwood Voice Youth Media, today’s news: Roadwork Updates from Caltrans District 1; Del Norte’s illegal fireworks committee announces their “No Tolerance” Campaign; Items discussed at Monday’s Del Norte Library District Board Meeting; Local transportation officials will hold a meeting Thursday to unveil The South Beach Climate Resilience Plan; The Del Norte Sheriff’s Office warns of scammers calling about unpaid jury duty fines; An update from DNUSD superintendent Jeff Harris; Topics discussed by the Tolowa Dee-’ni Nation during the 2025 Economic Summit; The California Fish & Game Commission adopts the sports fishing regulations for the 2025 season; The Save the Redwoods League recently planted several Sequoia tree seedlings that had orbited the moon; A proposed funding bill will result in cuts to Medicaid, affecting rural hospitals; Governor Gavin Newsom proposes freezing Medi-Cal Enrollment, among other changes; Jackson County Fire District 4 seeks to increase it’s levy by eleven cents; The possibility of a nuclear reactor being constructed in Umatilla County sparks controversy; California State Parks is offering free admission in participating park units this Memorial Day; and Humboldt County Supervisors will appoint a new Director Of Aviation at their next meeting. All this and our regular segments from the Pacifica Radio Network and National Native News.
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May 21st, 2025– For Redwood Voice Community News, a production of Redwood Voice Youth Media, today’s news: Roadwork Updates from Caltrans District 1; Del Norte’s ad hoc firework committee announce their “No Tolerance” Campaign against illegal fireworks; The Del Norte County Sheriff’s Office warns of recent scam calls demanding Jury Duty fines; The Tolowa Dee-’ni Nation share information on projects and contributions at the 2025 Economic Summit; A lifejacket advisory from Curry County Aquatic Safety; The California Fish & Game Commission open Chinook salmon fishing in three Central Valley rivers; A proposed funding bill will result in cuts to Medicaid, affecting rural hospitals; An update on the ongoing investigation into West Coast Game Park Safari; A look at Oakland’s Guaranteed Income Pilot Program; Five proposed Oregon bills will protect customers from predatory business practices; California State Parks is offering free admission for veterans and military members this Memorial Day; and the Humboldt County Board Of Supervisors announce the upcoming appointment of a new Aviation Director. 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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