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As massive die off of sunflower sea stars devastates North Coast fisheries, international nonprofit lists species as critically endangered

ByLana Cohen, Staff Reporter |February 25, 2021

Since 2013, billions of sunflower sea stars have disappeared. Late last year, the International Union for the Conservation of Nature added the species to their Red List, an international catalog of species threatened with extinction.

Who gets a California stimulus check? When? (CalMatters)

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Our partners at CalMatters delve into the issue.

Ukiah High to hold community meeting about new sports field on March 2

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Adventist Health has administered over 11,500 vaccine doses in Mendocino County

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The hospital chain is organizing several vaccine clinics this week.

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Historical Society of Mendocino County launches crowdfunding to digitize local history collection

Miller Report: A look at your heart’s health (Feb. 24)

Local nonprofits & conservation districts fund fire mitigation on private property — applications open

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Coyote Valley Band of Pomo request consultation with Cal Fire over Jackson Forest logging plans

ByLana Cohen, Staff Reporter |February 18, 2021

Jackson Demonstration State Forest has nine timber harvest plans lined up for the next few years. The Coyote Valley Band of Pomo Indians wants to ensure Cal Fire’s logging does not harm Tribal ancestral archaeological sites or contribute to climate change.

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Ft. Bragg police ask for help in finding woman missing since July
FORT BRAGG, 2/25/21 — The Fort Bragg Police Department has issued a press release seeking information on a 48-year-old Willits-Fort Bragg woman, Barbara Zhan Crane/Shealor, who has not been seen by her family since May 2020. Her last known local contact was in July 2020, the press release said. Police said all leads had been […]
Point Arena opens applications for local poet laureate
Apply and help promote the literary arts!
Local radio, Facebook, help Adventist distribute late arriving vaccines in Fort Bragg on Sunday
A few lucky people got some spare vaccine.
Adventist Health holding mass vaccination clinic in Ukiah on Feb. 24 for residents aged 70 and up
For those 70 and up.
NCRA takes major step forward with Redwood Trail, files for railbanking — McGuire hosts town hall expounds on senate bill
At a town hall meeting over Zoom this evening, Senator Mike McGuire announced major steps forward in his plan to build a 320 mile trail from Marin to Humboldt.

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Ukiah City Council seeks members for diversity committee, hears about new FEMA flood maps
ByFrank Hartzell |February 18, 2021
The new FEMA maps are not final, but could have substantial implications for insurance rates.
Politics & Government
Marcia Rafanan Meadlin will fill vacant Ft. Bragg City Council seat — she’ll be the first Native councilmember in recent memory
ByFrank Hartzell |February 17, 2021
The new councilmember will fill the seat left vacant by ex-mayor Will Lee.
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Mendocino Cannabis Alliance to hold member elections for policy committee (column)
ByCasey O'Neill |February 16, 2021
In which the author, Casey O'Neill, gives an update on the MCA.
Adventist Health Mendocino Coast
Vaccine availability on the Mendocino County coast: Miller Report for February 16
ByWilliam Miller, M.D. |February 16, 2021
An update on the current state of COVID-19 vaccine distribution.
Environment & Natural Resources
Sen. McGuire holding town hall on Great Redwood Trail Thur. Feb. 18
ByLana Cohen, Staff Reporter |February 16, 2021
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Teresa Sholars came to study the pygmy forest in the 1970s, the one of a kind ecosystem has kept her busy for 50 years
ByLana Cohen, Staff Reporter |February 16, 2021
Only around 2000 acres of pygmy ecosystem remains on the planet and all of it lies on the North Coast. We interviewed local botanist and pygmy expert Teresa Sholars to learn more about this one of a kind landscape.
Two COVID-19 vaccine clinics for 2nd doses only happening February 17 & 18
ByMendo Voice Staff |February 15, 2021
The clinics are for people who received vaccines at the Ukiah Fairgrounds Jan. 27 - 29.
Schools are re-opening and students will traveling — a safety reminder to drivers from Ukiah Unified
ByMendo Voice Staff |February 15, 2021
It has been nearly a year since many students traveled to school each day.
Focus on a livable, pedestrian friendly Ft. Bragg (letter-to-the-editor)
ByMary Rose Kaczorowski |February 13, 2021
A letter to the editor.
Mi experiencia en una clínica de vacunación en el condado de Mendocino (letter-to-the-editor)
ByPatricia Fernandez Baumann |February 13, 2021
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Catherine Lair says cannabis grows degrade the beauty of our land (letter-to-the-editor)
ByCatherine Lair |February 13, 2021
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Ukiah library to launch Discord server for teens on February 26
Know a local teen looking for virtual meeting place?
M1 Road will be temporarily closed due to culvert work in Mendocino National Forest
Plan your trips accordingly.
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In which the author advocates for fewer trees to be cut down as a measure against forest fires.
Casey O’Neill: Sustainability Before Expansion (opinion)
In which O'Neill, a prominent local cannabis farmer, ponders the permit size and recommends expansion up to an acre, for two years and then reevaluation.
Save the Redwoods pays $24.7 million for conservation easement in Anderson Valley — large parcel of redwood forest protected from development
A $24.7 million conservation easement between Save the Redwoods League and the Mailliard family protects 15,000 acres of redwood forest in Anderson Valley.
Mendocino Co. seeks dismissal of suit filed by Skunkworx owner, says grower can’t be compensated for federally illegal plant
The case in federal court stems from a 2018 raid in which the MCSO destroyed a large amount of cannabis that was potentially legally grown.
Ft. Bragg Council ditches plan to switch trash collectors, re-ups with Waste Management — protocol for councilmember selection adopted
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New conservation group pushes back on Jackson Demonstration logging plan, advocates for 20k acre reserve
The Mendocino Trail Stewards want to turn 41% of Jackson Demonstration State Forest into a preserve, closing the area off from logging.