March 5th, 2025 – For Redwood Voice Community News, a production of Redwood Voice Youth Media, today’s news: road work updates from Caltrans District 1; DNUSD staff see potential preliminary layoff notices; Del Norte County Public Health encourages measles vaccination as cases rise country-wide; info on last week’s Bertsch-Oceanview water main break; DNOES invites the public for a Hazard Mitigation Plan meeting; Fred Endert Municipal Pool reopens this month after winter repairs; a retrospect on this year’s MMIP Summit; the Tolowa Dee-ni’ Nation attend the annual TSOC Conference Meeting; US Fish and Wildlife encourage eating invasive Nutria; the ODFW adopts changes to sea urchin regulations; Northcoast Marine Mammal Center advises not to handle harbor seal pups; MINT buys one of their leased properties with grant help from AllCare Health; Grants Pass Police Department deploy a mobile surveillance trailer; Rogue Valley Law Enforcement want to remind drivers about Speed Awareness Month; and the Department of Fish & Wildlife are ordered to fire 400 employees by DOGE. All this and our regular segments from the Pacifica Radio Network and National Native News.
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March 4th, 2025 – For Redwood Voice Community News, a production of Redwood Voice Youth Media, today’s news: road work updates from Caltrans District 1; with a decline in students and funding, the Del Norte Unified School District Board of Trustees discussed post-Covid layoffs; last week California hosted its third annual Missing and Murdered Indigenous People Summit; Tolowa Dee-ni’ Nation officials travel to Coos Bay for the Travel Southern Oregon Coast Network Conference; Federal funding freezes pose a threat to the Del Norte Fire Safe Council; Curry County Commissioners appoint Nick Vicino to the treasurer position; the Oregon Department of Fish & Wildlife has changed the regulations for sea urchin harvesting; Grants Pass nonprofit MINT purchases the property that houses their emergency weather shelter; Grants Pass Police deploy security cameras and loudspeakers at the 6th & A St. homeless camp; Rogue Valley Law Enforcement commemorate speed awareness month with increased patrols; and DOGE has ordered the layoff of over 400 Department of Fish and Wildlife employees. All this and our regular segments from the Pacifica Radio Network and National Native News.
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March 3rd, 2025 – For Redwood Voice Community News, a production of Redwood Voice Youth Media, today’s news: road work updates from Caltrans District 1; with attendance rates dropping and funding cuts, DNUSD realigns its budget and adjusts staffing; information on the Tsunami siren tests planned for the end of this month; a dive into Del Norte’s Poetry Out Loud champion; Thursday marked the end of Oregon’s longest healthcare worker strike; the Del Norte Fire Safe Council faces a threat more perilous than fire: budget cuts; Curry County Commissioners appoint Nick Vicino to take Keina Wolf’s seat as treasurer; the American Red Cross is celebrating Red Cross month by offering free A1C tests; a lawsuit to halt the firing of probationary federal workers got a hearing before a district court judge in San Francisco; fishy facts and figures from Kenny Priest of Fishing the North Coast; and a blood moon is expected mid-March. All this and our regular segments from the Pacifica Radio Network and National Native News.
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February 28th, 2025 – For Redwood Voice Community News, a production of Redwood Voice Youth Media, today’s news: road work updates from Caltrans District 1; a special Harbor Fire & Rescue Board of Directors meeting is happening tomorrow; a warning about a tsunami alert system test next month; a weekend weather update from the National Weather Service of Eureka; Supervisor Wilson suggests AI to fill staffing shortages in the County; a profile on Del Norte County’s Poetry Out Loud champion; the Oregon Nurses Association returns to work; Oregon seeks to protect renters from application fees; next month is Red Cross Month; the marine update from Fishing the North Coast; and a blood moon is coming. All this and our regular segments from the Pacifica Radio Network and National Native News.
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February 27th, 2025 – For Redwood Voice Community News, a production of Redwood Voice Youth Media, today’s news: road work updates from Caltrans District 1; Elk Valley road has a major water main break; Oregon seeks to protect renters from application fees and deposits; Del Norte County Sheriff cracks down to stop a possible July 4th repeat; information on the Del Norte backed AB 1014; the Brookings City Council sees a wave of public support for the municipal pool season; AI is suggested by a supervisor to fill the gaps in county staffing at the Board of Supervisors meeting; environmental groups seek reinstating protections against offshore drilling; and Oregon property owners still have time to fill out their intent to appeal recently released wildfire hazard maps. All this and our regular segments from the Pacifica Radio Network and National Native News.
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Norma Williams rejected a suggestion from District 5 Supervisor Dean Wilson that artificial intelligence might allow Del Norte County departments to increase productivity despite struggling to hire and keep staff.
Williams, Del Norte County Employees Association SEIU 1021 president, provided public comment following an update of the county’s 2024-29 strategic plan on Tuesday. She reminded Wilson that many county services are state- and federally-mandated. The technology staff use to provide those services was created by the state or federal government and, therefore, the responsibility to update those systems rests with the state or federal government.
Del Norte’s vacancy rate is still high and AI can’t replace everyone, Williams said.
“I doubt very seriously that the community at large is going to want to talk to an AI,” she told supervisors. “When they walk through the door they want to see a live human being. Someone who can understand them, who can speak with them and who can serve them.”
February 26th, 2025 – For Redwood Voice Community News, a production of Redwood Voice Youth Media, today’s news: roadwork updates from Caltrans District 1; Elk Valley road has a major water main break; Del Norte County Sheriff cracks down to stop a possible July 4th repeat; information on the Del Norte backed AB 1014; David’s Haunted Manor owners suffer from a home fire; Del Norte’s Special Olympics director sheds light on the lack of access to local In-Home Supportive Services; the Brookings City Council sees a wave of public support for the municipal pool season; Environmental Groups seek reinstating protections against offshore drilling; updates on the Eel River watershed and it’s restoration; and Oregon property owners still have time to fill out their intent to appeal recently released wildfire hazard maps. All this and our regular segments from the Pacifica Radio Network and National Native News.
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Del Norte’s new assemblyman is bringing statewide attention to a problem Tamera Leighton says she’s been working on for nearly two decades — cars speeding through the U.S. 199 communities of Hiouchi and Gasquet at 55-plus mph.
Chris Rogers, representative of California’s 2nd Assembly District, introduced a bill Friday that aims to provide more flexibility when it comes to setting speed limits on state highways. Del Norte County is the bill’s sponsor.
Leighton, Del Norte Local Transportation Commission’s executive director, said she and District 3 Supervisor Chris Howard have worked to address residents’ concerns about unsafe speeds since about 2006. According to her, Rogers’ potential piece of legislation means they’ve pushed the issue as far as they can, though she urged supervisors to continue their advocacy.
February 25th, 2025 – For Redwood Voice Community News, a production of Redwood Voice Youth Media, today’s news: road work updates from Caltrans District 1; new discussions on the Crescent City Harbor District’s firework ordinance; the California Commission publicly reprimands a retired Del Norte County Judge on Judicial Performance; disaster strikes the owner-operators of David’s Haunted Manor; the Community’s Struggle with Support Services; information on the third annual Missing & Murdered Indigenous People Summit; the Eel River is on the path to running free once again; and this years winner for the 2024-25 California Upland Game Bird Stamp Art Contest. All this and our regular segments from the Pacifica Radio Network and National Native News.
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February 24th, 2025 – For Redwood Voice Community News, a production of Redwood Voice Youth Media, today’s news: roadwork updates from CalTrans District 1; updates from the US National Weather Service; Crescent City Harbor Commissioners set priorities for the boatyard’s revitalization; a retired Del Norte County judge was publicly reprimanded for statements made during a 2023 domestic violence hearing; owners of David’s Haunted Manor receive support after their recent house fire; DNUSD has been experiencing AT&T interruptions; the Humboldt Area Foundation and Wild Rivers Community Foundation is offering scholarships for the 2025-26 school year; the third Missing & Murdered Indigenous People’s Summit is coming up; Bandon’s West Coast Game Safari Park receives citations for it’s mistreatment of animals; Kathy Holeman of The Dalles, Oregon wins the 2024-25 California Upland Game Bird Stamp Art Contest; a proposed California Assembly Bill will make Bigfoot the state cryptid; and fish themed facts and figures from Kenny Priest of fishing the North Coast. All this and our regular segments from the Pacifica Radio Network and National Native News.
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