September 2023

« August 2023 · All months · October 2023 »

CHP Opens U.S. 199 to Commercial Traffic Sep. 1
Parents Lose Contact With Mentally Ill Son After A Del Norte County Judge Released Him From Jail; Ogden Had Allegedly Crashed A Stolen Car Into A Crescent City House Sep. 1
Weather Change Aids New Incident Command Team Working Smith River Complex; Residents Return Home Sep. 1
U.S. 199 Reopened Over The Weekend! Sep. 5
Curry Commissioners Say They're Seeking Someone With 'Lived Experience' to Enforce New Homeless Camping Regs Sep. 5
Crescent City Councilors Still At Odds Over Tobacco Sales, Though They Approve Retail Ordinance's First Reading Sep. 6
Comedy For A Cause Will Benefit Del Norte's New Hospice Program Waiting for its Ability to Bill Medicare to Kick In Sep. 7
Red Cross Shelter Stands Down; Pac Power Says Transmission Lines Will Be Fixed Soon Sep. 7
Zelda Provides A Helping Paw to Crews Battling Local Wildfires, Needs Votes in 'Calendar Dog' Contest Sep. 8
Local Officials Seek Electric Redundancy As Pacific Power Brings Del Norte's Substations Back Online Sep. 8
Curry's Constitution Week Proclamation Leads To COVID, Second Amendment Discussions Sep. 11
Smith River Complex Update: Landslide Closed 199 Sunday Night; Pac Power Re-energizes Transmission Lines; Tri-Agency Releases 'Electric Redundancy Letter' Sep. 11
Jacob Ogden — 22-Year-old Who Allegedly Crashed A Stolen Car Into A Crescent City House — Arrested in Humboldt With Order to Appear in Del Norte on Friday Sep. 12
Del Norte Supervisors Officially Eliminate Juvenile Hall; Transition to Youth Opportunity Center Will Take Effect Next Month Sep. 12
Curry County Sheriff Issues Level 2 Evacuation Warning for Sixes Area Ahead of Anvil Fire Sep. 13
Proposed Changes To California's Mental Health Services Act Could Hurt Existing Programs, Del Norte Health Officials Say Sep. 13
Residents Along Elk River Road Near Port Orford Told to Evacuate As Anvil Fire Burns Toward Fish Hatchery Sep. 14
Local Animal Rescue Group Sees Influx of Sea Lions Suffering From Potentially Fatal Bacteria Infection Sep. 14
BOEM Is Exploring Wind Energy Potential Off the Southern Oregon Coast, Seeks Public Input Sep. 14
Despite Impassioned Testimony from Del Norte Anglers and Others, Pacific Fisheries Management Council Lets Groundfish Closure Stand Sep. 15
Yurok Tribe and Others are Preparing a Stretch of the Klamath River to Flow Freely for the First Time in a Century Sep. 18
With 100 Percent Fire Containment In Sight, Local Officials Look Small Business Administration, CalOES for Economic Recovery Assistance Sep. 20
Brookings City Council To Review Planning Commission Decision Concerning St. Timothy's Next Month Sep. 20
Front Street Reconstruction From G-I Should Be 'Paved Out' in November; City Set to Receive COVID Relief, Community Project Funding Dollars For I-Play Street Stretch Sep. 21
Del Norters Affected By Smith River Complex Shielded From Insurance Cancellations; Fire Highlights Local Concern Regarding California's Insurance Crisis Sep. 21
Three NorCal Tribes Announce Nation's First Indigenous Ocean Protection Area Sep. 22
Caltrans: Rain May Force 199 Closure Through Burn Area Sunday and Monday Sep. 22
Del Norte Dispenses More Opioid Prescriptions Than All But Five Other California Counties, Telemedicine Provider Finds Sep. 22
Curry County Sheriff Reduces Evacuation Levels for Anvil Fire Sep. 25
Offshore Wind Energy Open Houses Scheduled For Gold Beach, Coos Bay, Brookings This Week Sep. 25
Following Groundfish Fishery Closure, Del Norte Fishermen Plan Community Meeting to Advocate For Next Year's Season Sep. 25
Del Norte Supervisors Deny Free COVID-19 Vaccines for the Uninsured; Motion to Participate In Bridge Access Program Dies Sep. 26
Redwood National Park Releases Burn Plans for Bald Hills Road Area Sep. 26
As Opioid Settlement Dollars Trickle Into Del Norte, Leaders Need to Figure Out How To Use Them Sep. 27
Forest Service Begins Burned Area Emergency Response Assessment For Smith River Complex Sep. 27
Del Norte's Emergency Communications System Needs Upgrading, Consultant Says, But Sheriff Says Improvements Could Be Costly Sep. 28
'We Will Buckle Up, Grab Some Shovels and Start Over'; Sustainable EcoVillage Founder Starts GoFundMe, Plans Post-Fire Revival Sep. 29