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The Nome Cult Walk is an annual trek that happens each September from Chico to Round Valley in memory of indigenous people who were forced to walk the trail in 1863.

PIO John Allison of Westport Volunteer Fire Department and Chief Dave Latoof of Mendocino Volunteer Fire Department discuss funding mechanisms and the challenges of volunteer fire and rescue.

From September 18-24, Mendocino libraries and bookstores celebrate Banned Books Week, an national event sponsored by the American Library Association. Banned Books Week celebrates the freedom to read by spotlighting efforts of censorship.

Private landowners in Laytonville are working with the Eel River Recovery Project, using EPA money distributed by the State Water Resources Control Board, to remediate over 600 feet of erosion on four creeks that feed into the South Fork of the Eel River

Coho salmon spotted to Mill Creek surprising the leading fisheries biologist and coastal communities.

The City of Fort Bragg is the lead agency for an environmental review of property owned by Mendocino Railway, which is disputing the city's permitting authority in court.

The Board of Supervisors received a verbal lashing from Auditor-Controller Treasurer-Tax Collector Chamise Cubbison during a discussion about timely financial reports.

Redwood Valley, which got no agricultural water this year and is on a human health and safety conservation mandate, accepted 400 acre feet of water relinquished by Rogina Water District.

The city of Ukiah recognized the contributions of Latinos and Latino culture issuing the proclamation of September as the Hispanic Heritage month.

The village of Mendocino assesses their water situation.

Ukiah High School’s burgeoning Women’s Empowerment Club, continues to hold weekly meetings to address systems of oppression that prevent women’s rights to thrive as realities on their campus and in society.

SB 369 would have deleted landowner recourse to seek damages for trees cut down by utility companies. It was defeated shortly before the holiday weekend.