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Fred Endert Pool’s Seagull-Battered Roof to Soon Be Patched – Redwood Voice Community News

July 9, 2025 Redwood Voice Leave a comment

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!

Today’s news card image is taken as a screenshot from Google Maps, which has been edited.

Articles, Community News, Crescent City

Crescent City Fire Celebrates 125 Years; Council Approves Reserve Officer Program; Beach Fires Revisited

July 9, 2025 Jessica Cejnar Andrews Leave a comment

_{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.”

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Articles, Crescent City, Local Government

Crescent City Starts Search For Local HR Professional

July 8, 2025 Jessica Cejnar Andrews Leave a comment

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.”

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Articles, Crescent City, Infrastructure

Crescent City Uses Local Contractor To Replace Swimming Pool Roof

July 8, 2025 Jessica Cejnar Andrews Leave a comment

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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.”

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Articles, Law

Law Enforcement, Fire Officials Say No Tolerance Campaign Paid Off This July Fourth

July 8, 2025 Heather Polen Leave a comment

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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.

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5th of July Volunteer Cleanup Removes Over a Ton of Trash – Redwood Voice Community News

July 8, 2025 Redwood Voice Leave a comment

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!

Today’s news card image is courtesy of the Redwood Parks Conservancy via their Facebook Page, which has been edited.

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Last Chance Grade Tunnel Project Moves Forward – Redwood Voice Community News

July 7, 2025 Redwood Voice Leave a comment

July 7th, 2025 – For Redwood Voice Community News, a production of Redwood Voice Youth Media, today’s news: roadwork updates from Caltrans District 1; Curry County begins filling out its workforce after adopting this year’s budget; the spectre of bad deals looms over new developers at Crescent City Harbor; sheriffs and samaritans save swimmers from South Beach; the Department of Health and Human Services will be holding a health fair at the end of July; the Department of Pesticide Regulation is offering free groundwater testing to hundreds of Californians; campfire programs have begun throughout the northern redwoods; updates about the Last Chance Grade tunnel; 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!

Today’s news card image is courtesy of Caltrans District 1, which has been edited.

Articles, Curry, Local Government

Curry County Looks Outside Organization For Financial Oversight

July 6, 2025 Jessica Cejnar Andrews Leave a comment

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Curry County commissioners took the advice of their director of operations Wednesday and finalized an agreement with the Rogue Valley Council of Governments, which will provide third-party oversight to their finances.

Ted Fitzgerald compared the services RVCOG can offer Curry County to the services it received when it worked with the Lane Council of Governments following a ransomware attack in 2023. The county did just hire a new employee in its finance department and the department is getting stronger, Fitzgerald said, but he still wanted professional oversight “to make sure we’re doing things right.”

“The different specialties that exist within the Rogue Valley Council of Governments will be able to help us on a variety of levels,” he told commissioners. “I think it’s going to be a thing [where] we learn how much we need them as we go along, but I want to be sure that we really give it a good chance because every time we have reached out for help from outside entities we’ve gotten it.”

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Articles, Curry, Local Government

Budget Adopted, Curry County Commissioners Discuss Job Descriptions

July 6, 2025 Jessica Cejnar Andrews Leave a comment

Two days after they adopted the county’s 2025-26 budget, Curry County commissioners wanted to get started on finalizing job descriptions and finding people to fill those positions.

New positions include a public works director, an investigator in the District Attorney’s Office, a community resource officer in the Sheriff’s Office and a part-time civil processor and animal control officer, according to Board Chairman Jay Trost.

Added on as a last-minute agenda item on Wednesday, Trost said he wanted to get a consensus from his colleagues to allow human resources to create those job descriptions and bring them back to the Board by its next meeting in July for approval.

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Articles, CC Harbor, Economy

OC Developers Unveil Grand Plan For Harbor District RV Parks Amid Lingering Skepticism Over Previous Efforts That Failed

July 3, 2025 Jessica Cejnar Andrews 2 Comments

_{Thumbnail photo: A few RVs linger in a nearly-deserted Bayside RV Park in this photo from June 2023. | By Jessica Cejnar Andrews}

After hearing a pitch from two Orange County-based developers who want to revitalize the Crescent City Harbor’s RV parks, public commenters resurrected memories of a previous investor whose grand design never materialized.

Many are still bitter over the Harbor District’s experience with Alex Lemus, Henry Geiger told the new developers, Sean McGraw and Scott Lawhon following their proposal on June 25.

Geiger said he liked their proposal, which includes improving deteriorated pavement, broken electrical outlets and outdated restrooms at Bayside and Redwood Harbor Village RV parks, but wished they had made their pitch to the Harbor District seven or eight years ago.

“The problem is you’re coming in behind an individual who made promises in the past,” Geiger told McGraw and Lawhon. “I have no doubt you’re committed, but I also heard the same commitment from the previous individual who promised the world and stuck [the Harbor District] with some big bills.”

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