July 16th, 2025 – For Redwood Voice Community News, a production of Redwood Voice Youth Media, today’s news: roadwork updates from Caltrans District 1; quillback rockfish is definitely not overfished; California Congressman Jared Huffman to hold a town hall this Saturday at Lucky 7 Casino’s Tolowa Event Center; Battery Point Senior Apartments are expected to be open for occupancy in October 2025, and applications are accepted starting today; the Curry County Evacuation Plan Committee is working to improve public safety and disaster readiness; a PSA from CalFIRE on knowing your evacuation zone; tribal youth complete the first 310-mile descent down the undammed Klamath River; the Tolowa Dee-ni’ Nation is seeking public comment on their Long Range Transportation Plan; the Pacific Northwest is currently battling 15 wildfires; the ODFW put out the final draft of their 2025 State Wildlife Action Plan; further updates from Caltrans District 1; and updates on the Orleans Complex. All this and our regular segments from the Pacifica Radio Network and National Native News.
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July 14th, 2025 – For Redwood Voice Community News, a production of Redwood Voice Youth Media, today’s news: roadwork updates from Caltrans District 1; the Measure R Oversight Committee seeks new members urgently; California Congressman Jared Huffman to hold a town hall this Saturday at Lucky 7 Casino’s Tolowa Event Center; a body was found in the Klamath River that matches the description of a missing person; Crescent City receives $2 million to finish the Tolowa Cultural Trail in Beachfront Park; Battery Point Senior Apartments are expected to be open for occupancy in October 2025; Del Norte County Board of Supervisors discuss preparing Bar-O Ranch for sale; this Saturday is Annual Arts Advocacy Day; high temperature warnings for Oregon this week; an update on the Orleans Complex; and further updates from Caltrans District 1. 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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Thumbnail photo: A $2 million grant from the Mellon Foundation will allow Crescent City to finish the Tolowa Interpretive Trail, city officials said Wednesday. | Screenshot
Crescent City received a $2 million grant that officials say will extend the Tolowa Cultural Trail in Beachfront Park to Battery Point where many Tolowa were imprisoned in the 1850s.
Councilors unanimously accepted the grant from the Mellon Foundation at a special meeting Wednesday. They also approved an agreement with T.B. Penick & Sons Inc. to install lithomosaic basket patterns at the entrance to the visitor center and as a welcome to the Tolowa Cultural Trail.
T.B. Penick & Sons will also create a special lithomosaic pebble pattern at the Tolowa Cultural Trail welcome station, City Manager Eric Wier said.
July 10th, 2025 – For Redwood Voice Community News, a production of Redwood Voice Youth Media, today’s news: roadwork updates from Caltrans District 1; the Measure R Oversight Committee seeks new members urgently; Del Norte County Board of Supervisors discuss the potential sale of Pacific Shores properties; President Trump orders higher fees for foreign visitors to our National Parks; Red Sky Roofing contracted to patch the holes in the Fred Endert Municipal Pool roof; Crescent City Chamber of Commerce recaps the Independence Day festivities; Del Norte County’s No Tolerance campaign makes 4th of July quieter this year; Oregon bans students from using cell phones at school; US Coast Guard changes station designations from numeral to geographical; white sturgeon populations continue to decline according to CDFW; anti-hunger advocates warn that Oregon lawmakers need to backfill SNAP benefits; and further updates from Caltrans District 1. 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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July 9th, 2025 – For Redwood Voice Community News, a production of Redwood Voice Youth Media, today’s news: roadwork updates from Caltrans District 1; Curry County brings on the Rogue Valley Council of Governments for financial oversight; Red Sky Roofing contracted to patch the holes in the Fred Endert Municipal Pool roof; Crescent City Chamber of Commerce recaps the Independence Day festivities; Del Norte County’s No Tolerance campaign makes 4th of July quieter this year; over two thousand pounds of trash were removed during the 5th of July Beach Cleanup; Oregon bans students from using cell phones at school; US Coast Guard changes station designations from numeral to geographical; the Yurok Tribe and Department of Defense collaborate on infrastructure improvements; anti-hunger advocates warn that Oregon lawmakers need to backfill SNAP benefits; and further updates from Caltrans District 1. 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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Thumbnail photo: Crescent City Fire and Rescue held its annual Fourth of July water ball tournament on Friday. | Photo courtesy of Crescent City Fire and Rescue
Among the items discussed at Monday’s Crescent City Council meeting:
Crescent City Fire & Rescue’s 125th anniversary:
After his dad, Rich Wier, accepted a proclamation from the mayor commemorating the local fire department’s 125 years of service, City Manager Eric Wier urged people to take a look through the fire station windows.
“You’ll be able to see some of this legacy,” Wier said. “You’ll be able to see the pictures of the chiefs on the wall and there’s only six — six in 125 years. You’ll be able to see an old fire pump that actually has the two handles where you had the firemen on either side pumping from a cistern. We’re talking 1900 protecting this community. It really says a lot when you say the heart and soul of this is the volunteers.”
Crescent City councilors backed a proposal to recruit local human resources professionals rather than continuing to rely on a third-party consultant after their city manager called the current arrangement effective but not ideal.
The city has had a contract with a Sacramento-based human resources provider following a resignation in December 2023, City Manager Eric Wier said. While that provider was able to meet the city’s HR needs, Wier said the distance proved challenging.
“HR does so many different functions for us as a city,” he said. “Employee relations and having the employees have the ability to go to that person and ask questions about the various HR topics that they might have and having that relationship is very important.”
Crescent City is turning to Red Sky Roofing to fix the seagull problem at the Fred Endert Municipal Pool.
Four month after Public Works Director Dave Yeager told them that the birds had poked hundreds of pinholes in the roof, councilors unanimously approved a contract with the Crescent City-based business to replace it. According to Yeager, Red Sky will replace the asphalt roof that was installed about a decade ago with a steel seam roof “so we don’t have this problem in 10 years.”
“Hopefully it should last 30 to 50 years,” Yeager told councilors on Monday. “It’s the same material that’s on the Cultural Center [and] it’s the same on the wastewater treatment plant.”
The Moala family was next to the firework explosion that sent 14 people to the hospital last year. According to them, it was their video that local news outlets used.
On Friday, they were back at South Beach, and after more than a decade traveling from Medford to Crescent City to celebrate Independence Day, not much has changed, they said. Except for the police presence.
“I am disappointed there are not any illegal fireworks all up and down the beach,” Aili Moala told Redwood Voice Community News.
July 8th, 2025 – For Redwood Voice Community News, a production of Redwood Voice Youth Media, today’s news: roadwork updates from Caltrans District 1; Curry County brings on the Rogue Valley Council of Governments for financial oversight; Curry County also begins filling out its workforce after adopting this year’s budget; public commenters remember the negative experiences with past investors after two new developers pitch their revitalization ideas for Crescent City Harbor’s RV parks; the Del Norte Sheriff’s Department and surfing samaritans save swimmers from the wave break in South Beach waters; over 2,000 pounds of trash were picked up during Crescent City’s 5th of July Beach Clean-Up; the Department of Health and Human Services will be holding their 29th Annual Health Fair at the end of July; the Department of Pesticide Regulation is offering free groundwater testing to Californians; campfire programs have begun throughout the California State Parks’ North Coast Redwoods District; the U.S Coast Guard renames its districts from numerical to their geographical designation; the Yurok Tribe and Department of Defense improve Redwood National Parks’ facilities as part of the Air National Guard’s Innovative Readiness Training Program; more funds are allocated toward the Last Chance Grade tunnel project; and further updates from Caltrans District 1. 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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