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June 17, 2025 — The city of Ukiah will hold a town hall Thursday at 5:30 p.m. at the Civic Center to discuss a sweeping annexation proposal that would roughly triple the city’s acreage and shift property and sales tax revenues from Mendocino County to the city.
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June 16, 2025 — The City of Willits is facing a financial reckoning after years of fiscal mismanagement and lack of oversight, city leaders revealed during a public meeting last week.
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Local NewsJune 15, 2025 — Saturday's demonstrations in support of constitutional goverment drew record crowds in Ukiah and Fort Bragg with crowd estimates pegging both protests at a minimum of 1,500 attendees. Video footage and photographs suggested that Fort Bragg was the bigger of the two events. The protests were also well attended in places like Booneville, Gualala and Point Arena. Attendees reported a peaceful, upbeat atmosphere as old friends from around the county reconnected with each other and with the knowledge that political power in a democracy resides with the people. Indivisible was the lead organizer.
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Local NewsJune 13, 2025 — For generations, the Yuki people lived by the Eel River — a lifeline flowing through their ancestral lands. That changed in 1908, when the river’s natural course was interrupted by the Potter Valley Project, disrupting their way of life, fish populations, and culture. Now, with the impending decommissioning of the project’s dams, a new chapter is beginning.
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Local NewsJune 12, 2025 — What if fishermen came to Fort Bragg to catch legal king salmon for the first time in two years — and instead hooked illegal silver salmon?
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Local NewsJune 12, 2025 — Reports of elder abuse are rising sharply in Mendocino County, with self-neglect and financial scams emerging as major concerns, according to Jesse Vanvoorhis, deputy director of Adult and Aging Services at Mendocino County's Department of Social Services.
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Local NewsJune 11, 2025 — The Fort Bragg City Council on Monday approved a resolution accepting the Mill Site Development Strategy Draft Report as a guideline for future planning on the city’s oceanfront mill site, a former Georgia Pacific lumber mill now under scrutiny for its toxic legacy.The vote was 3-1, with Councilmembers Chris Hockett and Marcia Rafanan voting in favor, along with Mayor Jason Godeke.
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Local NewsJune 10, 2025 — In local news, private developers are in early talks with the owner of the Albion headlands, Ukiah is planning to hold a town hall on a controversial annexation proposal, and Chamise Cubbison’s civil suit against the county is taking an unusual twist as it moves forward.
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June 24, 2025 • 5pm
Willits Art Center
71 E Commercial St, Willits
This is also the Annual Membership Meeting. All are welcome.
Willits Art Center
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