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Del Norte, Curry Serves Up Spooktacular Halloween Experiences

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Thumbnail photo: Storefront of Salty Dog Grooming. Window art by Amber Taney Art. | Photo by Monique Camarena

From Klamath, Calif. to Port Orford, Ore., there looks to be a bowlful of Halloween-themed events happening in Del Norte and Curry Counties this October. Check them out!

Del Norte County

Oct. 15: The Tolowa Dee-ni’ Nation is hosting its Monster Bash for tribal citizen households from 5:30 to 8 p.m. in the Howonquet Hall Community Center, 101 Indian Ct. in Smith River. Enjoy food, games, and Tolowa Dee-ni’ community. Children must be accompanied by an adult. For more information, call Monica Calvillo at (707) 487-9255 ext. 1191. 

Oct. 16 and 23: The Yurok Tribe is hosting Klamath Halloween Movie Nights from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. in the Ada Waukell Charles Community Center, 225 Klamath Blvd. in Klamath. Light snacks will be provided.  For more information, call Judith Scott at (707) 951-9371 or email Tara Jordan at Tarajordan@yuroktribe.nsn.us. 

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(Updated) Advocates Seek Information About Individual ICE Apprehended In Brookings

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Thumbnail photo shows the individual detained by ICE agents in Brookings on Saturday morning. | Submitted photo

Updated at 9:32 a.m. Monday to correct an error — the Jackson County Sheriff’s Office provided information about the vehicle involved in the ICE detention.

Updated to correct an error — the individual detained by ICE in Brookings was due to check out at Clifford Kamph Memorial Park on Oct. 10.

Updated at 9:12 p.m. from Rogue Valley Migra Watch:

“The person detained has been identified and family are connected to legal support. Thank you for helping share this info so that it reached the right people.”

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Immigrant rights advocates are seeking information about an individual they say was apprehended by Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers in Brookings on Saturday.

The apprehension occurred between 9:26 and 9:31 a.m. near the corner of Redwood and Oak streets, according to a South Coast Equity Coalition volunteer and Brookings community member, who asked not to be named.

After viewing security footage at a nearby business, the volunteer said the male individual had gone into the store, purchased an item and went back to his truck when he was blocked in by a silver Dodge Durango and a black Ford Expedition. He ran up the hill to an area behind the Oak Street Healthcare Center. The South Coast Equity Coalition volunteer said she saw the individual being apprehended.

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Articles, Infrastructure, Local Government, Transportation

Airport Authority Discusses Projects List, FAA Funding and Fuel Farm Rehabilitation

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Thumbnail photo: Inside the Del Norte County Regional Airport terminal. Photo by James Brooks

Sean Rosenthal unveiled a five-year list of capital improvement projects he said may be eligible for $15.5 million in federal funding.

But, while the Border Coast Regional Airport Authority would be responsible for a 5% local match for most projects, things are different for a long-awaited rehabilitation of a fuel farm at Jack McNamara Field, the airport authority director told commissioners Thursday.

About $600,000 in Airport Infrastructure Grant dollars are available for the fuel farm project, Rosenthal said. Though the total estimated cost for the project is $1.2 million, the airport director told commissioners that figure isn’t finalized. Still, BCRAA will be responsible for figuring out how to pay for what the AIG grant doesn’t cover, he said.

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Del Norte Supervisors Appoint Gerry Hemmingsen to Airport Board’s Public Member Seat; JPA Voted For Someone Else

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Four Del Norte County supervisors on Tuesday chose their former colleague, Gerry Hemmingsen, over Cal-Ore Life Flight employee Mark Weaver to serve on the Border Coast Regional Airport Authority’s governing body.

Their action ran counter to a 5-3 vote BCRAA commissioners took after multiple split decisions on Aug. 6 to appoint Weaver to Del Norte’s third seat on the joint powers authority with Hemmingsen serving as his alternate. 

According to District 3 Supervisor Chris Howard, who sits on the BCRAA Board with District 1 representative Darrin Short, there currently isn’t a mechanism for the JPA’s public member to have an alternate. 

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Airport Director Discusses BCRAA’s Reduced 2026-27 Budget, Line Of Credit From Del Norte County

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Two weeks after they extended a line of credit to the Border Coast Regional Airport Authority, Del Norte County supervisors on Tuesday approved an airport authority budget its director said was balanced after “we trimmed and trimmed.”

BCRAA’s 2026-27 budget calls for projected revenues and expenditures of about $6.78 million, down from the $13.73 million the authority’s original 2025-26 budget called for and the $13.74 million that was in its revised budget. 

Fewer grant-funded projects expected this fiscal year is the main reason for the difference, Airport Authority Director Sean Rosenthal told Redwood Voice Community News on Thursday. Those projects include rehabilitation of Runway 18-36 and the purchase of an airport fire rescue truck, both of which were paid for with Federal Aviation Administration dollars, he said.

“It’s those really large projects that make the airport budget fluctuate so,” he said. “Probably this would be one of the leaner years, but that’s, again, due to the fact that we have less projects than we did last year. The next one will be when we do Runway 12-30 in a few years.”

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Fostering Community Through Tabletop Gaming

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Photos by Aisling Bludworth.

The sounds of mirth filled the air at the Brookings Elks Lodge 1934 last weekend, as over 538 people dove headfirst into the world of tabletop gaming. Attendance has been steadily growing since its origin in 2023 at the Chetco Grange. At the Grange Hall people were packed wall to wall for a one-day event they weren’t sure would ever come around again. The event was a way to meet like-minded people, which is sorely needed in an area as isolated as we are. 

Harbor Game Convention devised by Ian Crockett was originally focused on three core areas of tabletop gaming: board games, tabletop roleplaying games, and trading card games. The first year there were so many cosplayers, people who create costumes of fictional characters, at the event that the next year there was a cosplay contest. In this way, the history of the event mirrors the history of tabletop gaming as the convention has greatly expanded its scope in the few years it has been running. Outside vendors have started sponsoring events. The Kobold’s Lair, which I work for, is a local gaming shop that ran two Magic the Gathering events each day of Harbor Game Con that sold out each day. This convention is filling a need in our community, and giving our youth something positive to do. 

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Del Norte Airport Officials Say Flights To Portland May Boost Use, But Will Advanced Air Agree?

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With another runway project pending, more passengers need to fly into and out of Crescent City for the Del Norte County Regional Airport to be sure of the federal dollars needed to make that happen, Director Sean Rosenthal said.

The Federal Aviation Administration provides grant funding every year for capital improvement projects, Rosenthal told Redwood Voice Community News on Thursday. Increasing the number of enplanements from 7,485 to 10,000 annually could not only speed up the process, it could convince the FAA that the airport needs a longer runway.

Convincing Advanced Air, the airline that serves Crescent City, to offer flights to Portland is a viable option for boosting those numbers, the airport authority director says. But there are caveats.

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Articles, Curry, Local Government

Recall Effort Against Trost, Hollinger Fizzles Out; Chief Petitioner Says They’ll Try Again After the Holidays

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Thumbnail photo: Curry County commissioners Lynn Coker, Jay Trost and Patrick Hollinger. | Screenshot

Recall efforts against Curry County commissioners Jay Trost and Patrick Hollinger have fizzled out due to a lack of signatures, André Bay, chief petitioner in the Hollinger recall, told Redwood Voice Community News.

Bay said he and Lt. Jeremy Krohn, chief petitioner in the effort to oust Trost, only received about 1,600 signatures and “ran out of time.” There will be another recall attempt after the holidays targeting the entire Board, including appointed commissioner Lynn Coker, Bay said.

“It will be a much more intensified effort this time,” he said Thursday.

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Articles, Infrastructure, Transportation

Federal Subsidy Del Norte, Curry Relies On For Air Service Is Extended Till Nov. 18, U.S. DOT Says

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The federal subsidy that allows Advanced Air to serve Del Norte and Curry counties will continue through Nov. 18.

If the federal government shutdown extends beyond Nov. 18, the U.S. Department of Transportation states it will “provide notice to air carriers and communities” in advance, according to a Wednesday notice.

“We’re at the mercy of the system at this point,” Border Coast Regional Airport Authority Director Sean Rosenthal told Redwood Voice Community News. “It’s kind of like starting all over again from the last notice.”

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Advanced Air Will Fly As Long As It Can If Shutdown Continues Beyond Nov. 2; No Word Yet On Future of EAS Program, Airport Director Says

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The airline serving Del Norte and Curry counties says it will continue to operate for as long as it can beyond Nov. 2 even if funding for the Essential Air Service program isn’t renewed.

The federal subsidy the community relies on for commercial air service would have been suspended earlier this month if the U.S. Department of Transportation hadn’t secured funding to keep it going through Nov. 2. 

However, with that deadline a little more than a week away, Sean Rosenthal, director of the Border Coast Regional Airport Authority, said he’s yet to receive an update on the program’s status.

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