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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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Del Norte Board of Supes Recap, Oct. 28, 2025

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Among the items discussed at the “Halloween edition” of the Del Norte County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday:

County roads update: County supervisors endorsed a plan to reach out to emergency responders as the Community Development Department prepares its list projects on non-maintained county roads for the next fiscal year.

County Engineer Jon Olson said the feedback he hopes to get in late November or December will help him evaluate which roads are in public right-of-ways but are not county maintained. He will then put together an estimate to present to the Board of Supervisors before the 2025-26 budget cycle starts.

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Del Norte County Follows City’s Foot Steps, Establishes Alternative Process For Publishing Public Notices

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Thumbnail photo: Del Norte Triplicate owner Dan Schmidt addresses Crescent City’s proposed policy for creating an alternative process for publishing public notices at the Council’s Oct. 20 meeting. | Screenshot

Despite Dan Schmidt’s assurance that Del Norte has a newspaper of general circulation, county supervisors followed the city’s footsteps Tuesday to create a plan B for posting public notices.

Schmidt pointed out that the Del Norte Triplicate has served Crescent City and Del Norte County for since 1879. Though he recently purchased the newspaper from previous owners Country Media Inc., Schmidt said he is in the process of putting his sixth publication out.

“The adjudication status as a newspaper of general circulation is the most valuable and perhaps the only asset a newspaper has. It’s the asset that I drained my 401k to acquire,” he said, handing a copy of that adjudication to the clerk of the Board on Tuesday. “We know the circumstances of why it was shut down. I could have stopped for three or four weeks and taken time to get my act together. I decided to keep on going. Keep on publishing and just today we’re putting together our sixth issue.”

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Cal Fresh Benefits Set to Pause For 3,900 Del Norte Families Saturday, Local Food Safety Net Braces For Impact

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Thumbnail image: Marina MacNeil and Dominique Richcreek, staff members at Pacific Pantry, visited Smith River in this photo from September 2024 with the pantry’s mobile market. | Photo by Jessica Cejnar Andrews

Some 3,900 Del Norte County families could find themselves without their CalFresh benefits by the end of the week, according to Health and Human Services Director Ranell Brown.

The notice that Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits will not be issued on Saturday due to the federal government shutdown has a handful of organizations scrambling to address the sudden need. 

Marina MacNeil, food bank director at Family Resource Center of the Redwoods said she’s ordering extra food for the Pacific Pantry while the FRC gears up for its annual holiday drive.

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Articles, Crime, Local Government

Hooper Pleads No Contest to DUI With Injury; Plea Bargain Would Reduce Charge To Misdemeanor

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Thumbnail photo: Randy Hooper’s hit and run and DUI charges stem from a collision that took place near Sand Mine Road and U.S. 101 on April 19. | Photo by Heather Polen.

Randy Hooper pleaded no contest to felony DUI causing injury as part of a plea bargain that would reduce the charge to a misdemeanor if he follows its terms, attorney Keith Morris told Redwood Voice Community News on Tuesday.

Del Norte County’s assistant county administrative officer changed his plea on Oct. 9 and will be formally sentenced in November, said Morris, who prosecuted the case on behalf of the California Attorney General’s Office.

If the judge approves the plea deal, Hooper will be required to finish the Humboldt Addictions Services Program (HASP) for DUI offenders, attend two Alcoholics Anonymous meetings, showing proof of attendance, and “obey all laws,” Morris said. Hooper will have six months from Oct. 9 to meet the terms of the plea bargain.

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Schmidt Cited For Trespassing at Roger Gitlin’s House; Harbor Commissioner Is Contacting Proponents of Now-Paused Recall Effort

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Thumbnail photo: Roger Gitlin (left) and Dan Schmidt (right)

Crescent City Harbor Commissioner Dan Schmidt was ready to go to jail for trespassing at Roger Gitlin’s house on Wednesday.

Schmidt, who last month bought the Del Norte Triplicate from Country Media, Gitlin’s previous employer, wanted to hand over his rebuttal to a now-rescinded recall effort against him. Gitlin wouldn’t answer the door, so Schmidt stayed on the porch for about half an hour knocking and ringing the bell. 

“I guess Roger got tired of me being there so he called the police to have me arrested for trespassing,” Schmidt told Redwood Voice Community News on Sunday.  He said the officer who responded gave him the choice of leaving or being arrested. 

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Del Norte Seeks $20 Million Grant For Behavioral Health Clinic; Supes Also Support Regional Mental Health Services Project

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Thumbnail: Del Norte County Department of Health and Human Services employees and their clients commemorated Mental Health Awareness Month with a ceremonial walk to the Flynn Center in May. | File photo by Monique Camarena

Though her department is pursuing the same grant to build a local outpatient behavioral health clinic, Ranell Brown urged supervisors to support a Shasta County project that she says will provide services Del Norte County can’t.

Brown, director of the Del Norte County Department of Health and Human Services, said her department’s application for $20 million in Behavioral Health Continuum Infrastructure Program (BHCIP) seeks to expand the services Del Norte offers. 

The “True North” Behavioral Health Campus, a collaboration between Signature Health Care, Arch Collaborative and the Shasta Health Assessment and Redesign Collaborative is a more regional project, she said.
“The project includes triage and crisis stabilization and inpatient psychiatric care, residential treatment for children and youth and partial hospitalization and social rehabilitation,” Brown said of the proposed “True North” facility. “It’s a much broader project than what we can do in Del Norte County.”

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Del Norte Supes Weigh In On Salary Placement, Juvenile Custody Issues, Prop. 50

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

Salary Schedule and New Hires: Though she said new employees are welcome, the president of the Del Norte County Employees Association pointed out that the county is establishing a standard when it comes to placement on the salary schedule.

Norma Williams referred to the proposed hiring of four employees at Step C on the salary schedule — items that appeared on the Board’s consent agenda and were approved without comment.

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Del Norte County Finalizes Line of Credit to Airport Authority; Elk Valley Rancheria Chairman Defends Joint Powers Authority Model

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Del Norte County supervisors approved an agreement that extends a line of credit to the local airport authority, enabling it to weather a cash flow emergency as it completes three grant-funded projects.

The Board of Supervisors’ decision comes after they authorized staff to draft an agreement with the Border Coast Regional Airport Authority in August. 

The agreement also comes after BCRAA members at a meeting earlier this month were dismayed to hear District 4 Supervisor Joey Borges question the effectiveness of the joint powers authority model to operate the Del Norte County Airport, his District 3 colleague Chris Howard told Redwood Voice Community News on Tuesday.

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Del Norte Supervisors Discuss Budget, Challenges of Providing State-Mandated Services, Charlie Kirk

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District 1 Supervisor Darrin Short was absent. Among the items discussed at Tuesday’s Del Norte County Board of Supervisors meeting:

Board Approves 2025-26 Final Budget: Four county supervisors approved Del Norte County’s 2025-26 final recommended budget about two weeks after they learned that 25% of its positions are vacant and overall base salaries are 10% under market median.

The final step in a process that included a 14-day public hearing window and two budget workshops, the total 2025-26 recommended budget is $249,475,247 with a general fund budget of $45,460,804, according to a staff report from County Administrative Officer Neal Lopez and Auditor-Controller Clinton Schaad.

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