An Algerian government plane believed to be returning the nation's president, Abdelaziz Bouteflika, home from Switzerland has landed at Boufarik military airport, southwest of the capital Algiers, as demonstrators have turned out to protest his quest for a fifth term in office.

Bouteflika has been receiving medical treatment in Switzerland since February 24. Protests began two days earlier, demanding that the 82-year-old leader not seek re-election next month.

In the midst of a presidential budget proposal destined to generate controversy for its expected drastic spending cuts, White House senior adviser and first daughter Ivanka Trump wants to have a conversation about increasing the availability and affordability of child care.

NPR has learned that the 2020 White House budget set to be released Monday will call for increased spending on child care and propose an initiative to address shortages.

The Packhorse pub sits in the tiny village of South Stoke in the west of England amid rolling hills dotted with sheep. For more than a century and a half, it played a crucial role in the village and marked milestones in the lives of local families.

Gerard Coles, who was born half a mile from the pub and now brews cider nearby, started coming to the Packhorse when he was 15 and underage, sometimes with his school teacher for lunch.

When Erin Gilmer filled her insulin prescription at a Denver-area Walgreens in January, she paid $8.50. U.S. taxpayers paid another $280.51.

She thinks the price of insulin is too high. "It eats at me to know that taxpayer money is being wasted," says Gilmer, who was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes while a sophomore at the University of Colorado in 2002.

The diagnosis meant that for the rest of her life she'd require daily insulin shots to stay alive. But the price of that insulin is skyrocketing.

Pakistan's ambassador to the U.S., Asad Khan, says India is hastily and unfairly blaming his country for a Feb. 14 suicide bombing that killed more than 40 Indian security force members in the disputed Kashmir region.

"India pointed the finger at Pakistan within minutes. The Indian government and media went into overdrive, whipping up war hysteria against Pakistan," Khan said recently in Washington.

When high school senior and wrestler Brendan Johnston realized he had to face Jaslynn Gallegos, a high school senior, and Angel Rios, a high school junior, in last month's Colorado state wrestling championship, he knew his shot at a state title was over.

Johnston refused to compete against Rios and Gallegos because they are both women.

Gallegos went on to place fifth place in that tournament and Rios was fourth — marking the first time girls have placed at a Colorado state wrestling tournament.

The House on Friday approved a sweeping measure that would, among many others things, expand voters' access to the polls. But Senate Republican leaders say that chamber will not take up the bill, calling it a power grab.

Updated at 11:32 a.m. ET

Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 crashed Sunday morning shortly after takeoff from Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, the airline said.

The plane had 149 passengers and eight crew members on board, the airline said. There were no survivors.

The cause of the crash remains unknown. The U.S. National Transportation Safety Board said it will send a team to help with the investigation.

European Union officials have moved to clarify travel regulations for U.S. citizens, following erroneous reports this week that Americans will soon be required to apply for visas.

As the Democratic Republic of Congo continues to experience a deadly Ebola outbreak, armed assailants attacked an Ebola treatment center in the eastern city of Butembo early Saturday morning. A police officer was killed, according to The Associated Press, and health workers were wounded.

The violence comes less than a week after the center reopened following a previous attack last month that led the aid group Doctors Without Borders to suspend work in parts of the region.

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This month the Mendocino coast is celebrating the annual migration of California Grey Whales. I get really excited about seeing whales so I went on a whale watching walk hoping to see some! Lorrie Lagasse, a former park ranger led fifteen people and two dogs to a bench overlooking the ocean at Navarro Point Preserve. At the end of the walk four questions were answered: How are whales like us? Where are they going? Where are they coming from? Why should we care? Full story Below!

February 26, 2019 — In this montage, we remind our listeners of what we’ve done, and how much more we will do, provided our future is well-funded by listeners like you.

We’ll listen to clips from recent stories about people doing just that: looking into their history and figuring out how to make the future a place to be optimistic about.

 

BoS Adopts Moratoriums on GMOs & Hemp

Feb 27, 2019

February 27, 2019 — The Board of Supervisors unanimously agreed to adopt two

urgency ordinances establishing 45-day moratoriums on certain cultivation activities.

 

February 26, 2019 — A pop-up culture club in Ukiah has started putting on free events at various venues throughout town. The most recent was the 2013 film, “Winter in the Blood,” from a novel of the same name by James Welch. Welch was an influential author in the “Native American Renaissance,” a literary upwelling of works about indigenous lives, by indigenous writers.

 

The Mendocino Rebuilding Our Community group recently issued their one year anniversary report detailing the charity response to the Redwood Complex Fire in the county. In the first year following the Redwood Fire in October of 2017 over 4 1/2 million dollars was raised and distributed for individual assistance to those impacted.

Rose Bell, the M-ROC project manager summarized the report to the Redwood Valley Municpal Advisory Council on February 13th.

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Program Showcase

Rob Dunn - NEVER HOME ALONE

Mar 7, 2019

To hear this interview with North Carolina State University Professor of Applied Ecology, Rob Dunn, click on this link:  https://forthright.media/2019/03/07/rob-dunn-never-home-alone/

Promise of Paradise Episode 17: Diana Wiedemann

Mar 6, 2019
Diana Wiedemann

 

Today we’ll be hearing from Diana Wiedemann, an Albion architect and Fifth District Mendocino County Planning Commissioner. In the early 70s, Weed, as she’s known, helped found Trillium, an all-women’s commune in Albion.

 

As a girl in the 50s, Weed was forced to give up her dream of becoming a professional athlete. And as a college student in the late 60s, she saw how men, white men, came to dominate the anti-war movement. It was a time, Weed says, when the playing field for women was very narrow.

 

Child & Family Services

The Caring Kitchen is hosting an Open House Event in our new Caring Kitchen location on the Ukiah campus of Mendocino College. Enjoy this community event on Friday evening, March 15th from 4-6pm. The event will feature kitchen tours, music, appetizers, wine, beer, spirits, and great conversation.

And of course, the entire community is invited to celebrate this new chapter in the development of the Caring Kitchen Project! Please stop in to the Open House, enjoy great food and drinks, and see what the Caring Kitchen is all about!!

Address: 1000 Hensley Creek Rd., Ukiah, Rm. 6230
Directions to our Kitchen: From North State Street in Ukiah, turn west on Hensley Creek Road. Once you enter the Mendocino College campus, turn right at the first stop sign (towards the Ag. Dept). Park in the parking area there, then enter the quad area in the group of grey buildings. You'll see the Caring Kitchen there in Room 6230.

MCPB Meetings

All Board of Directors meetings and committee meetings are open to KZYX members and the public.  However, since attendance tends to be low for most meetings, the Board will hold several special meetings each year to encourage attendance and receive feedback from our members and the public. 

Board meetings are posted here

Committee meetings are posted here