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Covelo has a downtown area that sits on either side of Highway 162, and which is about to receive a facelift from Caltrans. With grant funding from the Clean California Act, a beautification project has already been funded which aims to beautify Covelo as well as make it safer and more user friendly. Community members had a chance to walk the project area last Tuesday when representatives from Cal...

The Mendocino Council of Governments is run by private enterprise.  It was originally created to respond to regional transportation needs, later it took on state mandated housing allocations and now is adding planning for regional climate change impacts. Mendocino is one of three California counties that hires a private firm to manage its state transportation funds according to Supervisor Dan Gjer...

November 15, 2022 - - The 15th day of November is the last day to receive electoral ballots in Mendocino and county Election officials are moving forward counting the ballots to present the official elections reports. California state law gives election officials 30 days from election day to complete the canvass and certify the election. But this year's election calendar may present a delay on the...

November 11, 2022 -- The Arts Council of Mendocino County is one of 19 Upstate California Arts Councils that will soon receive over 3 million dollars in grant funding from a statewide program called the California Creative Corps. The California Creative Corps is a pilot program aimed to help communities recover from the impacts of the pandemic. The grant program invites artists to identify areas o...

November 10, 2022 -- Members of the Willits Teachers Union appeared at the November school board meeting for the Willits Unified School District to demand the need for a living wage. Under the slogan of "Professional pay for professional services" the union members, parents and students packed Willits High School's media center to present their discontent with the current situation at the school d...

November 9, 2022 — The Mendocino County Board of Supervisors attempted Tuesday to close in on who and what is responsible for the multi-million shortfall in the health plan, which has caused as-yet unknown damage to the county’s fiscal health. The county has set aside $4.6 million from the American Rescue Plan Act, or ARPA funds, to patch the hole in the health plan deficit, which accumulated over...

November 08, 2022 - - Today marks the end of this year's election cycle. In California, the electoral contest has at stake the governorship and several congressional positions at the state and national levels, in Mendocino county, voters in several localities will decide positions of city councils and measures for libraries and fire department funding. But for election officials and voter support...

November 7, 2022 — The Board of Supervisors adopted a resolution proclaiming a local emergency related to tree mortality last week. The Board also agreed to prioritize one water project per district and hire a consultant to organize what it will take to carry out the projects. Supervisor John Haschak noted that trees are dying off at an alarming rate in all the county’s ecosystems, due in large pa...

November 4, 2022 — The Planning Commission Thursday discussed a resolution that seeks to clarify the interpretation of how a single-family residence can be used as a short-term rental. The four commissioners present did not make a decision, since Commissioner Marie Jones, who is half of an ad hoc committee that prepared a report on the issue, was unable to attend the meeting. The committee was con...

The City of Fort Bragg is looking at an innovative way to set up a second desal plant that uses ocean waves for power.  John Smith the Director of Public Works is with us today to talk about the pilot project.

November 2, 2022 — The Board of Supervisors passed an ordinance establishing an appeals process for cannabis cultivators whose permits have been denied, over the objections of advocates who found it inadequate. Much of yesterday’s morning session was spent in a discussion with Treasurer Tax Collector Auditor Controller Chamisse Cubbison, about financial reports and how to speed up recruiting staff...

November 1 , 2022 — Cannabis growers are frustrated with the latest delay in processing the paperwork they need to renew their annual county permits, which they fear could lead to missing deadlines for full state licensure. Many growers continue to operate under provisional licenses or even embossed receipts, as they work to come into compliance with state and county regulations. The majority of g...

October 27, 2022 — Measure B, the half-cent sales tax to fund mental health, is heading into its fifth year, when the tax will be reduced from a half-cent to an eighth of a cent. The behavioral health training center in Redwood Valley and the critical residential treatment center in Ukiah are now open. A crisis respite center in Fort Bragg could be open by the end of the year, and preparations to...

October 31, 2022 - This past weekend Mendocino county started the celebration of the spookiest holiday of the year, Halloween, n ancient celebration tied to the harvest and in many cultures also has a connection with the spiritual world. In modern western cultures, Halloween is a time when people of all ages have the opportunity to dress up as their favorite characters and go door to door collecti...

October 26, 2022 — The Surface Transportation Board, the federal entity that regulates railroads, issued another ruling on the Great Redwood Trail this week, deciding that the agency can convert 176 miles of line to a trail. The Great Redwood Trail Agency will be allowed to railbank the track, which means filling it in with aggregate or dirt so that the railroad ties serve as a frame for the trail...

October 25, 2022 — The Board of Supervisors is working on amending the cannabis cultivation ordinance to add a new ordinance that will establish an appeals process for applicants whose permits have been denied. The amendment could go live as soon as December, after a fee hearing and a second reading. The effort to craft the appeals ordinance is taking place concurrently with an attempt to clarify...

October 24, 2022 — Drug overdose deaths increased dramatically last year, with the availability of ever more powerful synthetic and addictive drugs. Dr. Jeanine Miller, the director of the county’s Behavioral Health Department, told the Board of Supervisors last week that opioids and synthetic drugs are taking a heavy toll.* “We went from 43 (overdose deaths) in 2020 to 72 in 2021,” she said. Thre...

October 21, 2022 — The Great Redwood Trail overcame a major hurdle late yesterday afternoon, when a federal regulator turned down the Skunk Train’s offer to buy 13 miles of track north of Willits. The Great Redwood Trail Agency, which owns the track, had asked the Surface Transportation Board, which regulates railroads, to allow it to abandon the track so it could start the process of converting i...

October 18, 2022 — With harvest season underway, cannabis is in the spotlight at the Board of Supervisors chambers. Earlier this month, at a meeting that dragged on until after 7:00 pm, the Board discussed a dozen recommendations by the cannabis ad hoc committee, consisting of Supervisors John Haschak and Glenn McGourty. Several of the recommendations were passed to the General Government standing...

A new documentary called Tending the Garden made it's premiere in Covelo at the Library Commons last Friday. The film weaves the stories of three regenerative cannabis farms who integrate practices into their gardens that sequester carbon and improve life on the planet. Covelo's Blaire and Daniel AuClaire of Radicle Farms were one of the families featured.

California is one of the states where undocumented students can get access to higher education, this week the California Community College Foundation is holding the 6th annual Undocumented Students Action Week. In Ukiah, the Mendocino College's Dream Center is organizing activities for students and staff.

October 17, 2022 — The City of Ukiah and a private developer spoke to a citizens group last week about a variety of plans to increase housing stock in the Ukiah Valley. Plans for a housing project on 171 lots at the south end of town are getting closer to breaking ground. And the city is updating its general plan for 2040, with an eye toward land use, infrastructure, and agriculture, among other e...

Conversaciones cívicas es un espacio para explicar como funciona nuestro gobierno local. En este episodio hablamos con el Supervisor del Distrito tres del Condado de Mendocino John Haschak quien nos cuenta que hace los supervisores del condado y cuál es la participación de los ciudadanos en las tomas de decisiones en Mendocino.

Indigenous People's Day was celebrated Friday at the Round Valley High School. The event was well attended by all facets of the community, and traditional music, food, art, and culture was shared.