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

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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

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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

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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

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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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Budget Adopted, Curry County Commissioners Discuss Job Descriptions

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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

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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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Articles, Education

DNUSD Leaders Adopt 2025-26 Budget Amid Warnings Of A Structural Deficit, More Cuts

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(Updated at 5:41 p.m. to clarify that Elizabeth Calleja is a parent of Redwood School students. Calleja said Wednesday afternoon that while she’s a long-time teacher with Del Norte Unified School District, she currently teaches at Castle Rock Charter School.)

Superintendent Jeff Harris pointed to another single-county school district to illustrate what could befall Del Norte Unified if its financial situation didn’t improve.

During a budget presentation where trustees learned that DNUSD faces a structural deficit over the next three years, Harris said the other single-district county took out a state loan and, five months later, was facing state receivership.

“What that means is the Board loses a lot of [their] authority. Everything is directly reported to the state,” Harris told trustees Monday, adding that student enrollment and revenues have declined statewide. “So it’s really critical that we all keep an eye not only on what’s going on next year, but the two years after that because they ended up owing $10 million on a $40 million budget and they didn’t have enough cash left to cover any of it.”

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Crews Working Four Fires Within the Gasquet Ranger District; Six Rivers Officials Report 282 Lightning Strikes On National Forest

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Firefighters are working to douse four lightning-caused fires within the Gasquet Ranger District, the Six Rivers National Forest reported Tuesday.

The blazes were caused by a series of thunderstorms that passed through the region Monday evening, resulting in about 282 lightning strikes as of about 7:30 a.m. Tuesday, according to a news release. In addition to the four blazes within the Gasquet Ranger District, firefighters are also responding to a fire reported in the Marble Mountain Wilderness within the Orleans/Ukonom Ranger District, according to the release.

Within the Gasquet Ranger District, the blazes include the Myrtle Fire at about 0.1 acres northeast of Crescent City on Low Divide Road near Forest Route 17N21 near top of the ridge. According to the press release, firefighters have the blaze under control and are “in patrol status.”

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Articles, Local Government

Compensation Study Continues as Del Norte Supervisors Begin Budget Process

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The county’s latest compensation study isn’t yet finished, but from what she’s seen of the preliminary data, Norma Williams said it validates much of what the Del Norte County Employees Association SEIU 1021 has been saying for years.

Still, speaking with Redwood Voice Community News nearly a week after county administration began the 2025-26 budget process with the Board of Supervisors, Williams, the association’s chapter president, said she would urge the public to ask their own questions.

“Regardless of wage increases, Del Norte County is still under market when compared to other similar counties, or the counties they chose to compare ours against,” she said Monday. “We’re still below average. At some point, the rubber has to meet the road and you have to figure out what path you’re going to drive on.”

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Articles, CC Harbor, Infrastructure, Local Government

Harbor District Board Drops Property Insurance On Marina Docks To Save $181,500

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Crescent City Harbor commissioners took Sandy Moreno’s advice and decided not to renew property insurance that covers damage to the docks in the marina from fire and collision.

Moreno, who became the Harbor District’s financial advisor in April, urged commissioners to hold off on renewing the Commercial Property — Inner Boat Basin Docks portion of their coverage with Redwood Leavitt Insurance Agency. She proposed taking the $181,500 premium it would have cost, putting $50,000 of it toward maintenance and using the remainder to keep the Harbor District solvent through the fiscal year.

“I’m giving you guys a year to get your shit together and if we do this one thing it does that,” she said Wednesday. “We will get through a year and if revenue generation and our cost savings and all the things we’re looking at doing — you will be in a really good place come July 1 of next year.”

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