Jenn Procacci

December 1, 2024 — For Nikki Ausschnitt and Steve Krieg, owners of Petite Teton Farm in Anderson Valley, farming is more than a livelihood — it’s an art form and a deeply personal endeavor. After 20 years of cultivating their small family farm, they continue to face economic challenges familiar to many small farmers in Mendocino County.

November 20, 2024 — A conversation with Blaire AuClair of Folk Life Farm about the realities of farming in Mendocino County, including whether farmers make a living wage and what tech is appropriate.

November 12, 2024 — As residents of rural spaces, we know at times that these natural wide open places can feel, well, a little spooky. Author Stanley Milford Junior knows that too. And last Thursday, he joined Mendocino County residents via a virtual author’s talk to share his experiences with the paranormal and unexplained in his own rural place, Navajoland.

October 15, 2024 — A $100,000 broadband grant secured by the library finally brings fiber optic connections to Round Valley.

October 8, 2024 — Common Ground, a new film by Rebecca Tickell, highlights the impact of regenerative practices. The film will be shown this Friday, October 11 at 7 p.m. at the Round Valley Library Commons in Covelo.

October 1, 2024 — Round Valley Indian Days took place this past weekend in Covelo, preceded by the annual parade that traveled through the downtown, where a group of local women marched in the parade to represent Khadijah Britain, A Round Valley tribal member who has been missing since 2018, and to raise awareness for missing murdered indigenous women, or MMIW.

September 24, 2024 — at Town Hall in Fort Bragg, the group "Change Our Names" monthly teaching was held, envisioned as a program to educate attendees about the issues involved in the name change, and to hear neighbors' ideas, the teach-in last about one hour and featured 2 speakers and a question/answer discussion period.

September 17, 2024 — The community of Round Valley gathered at the Round Valley Library Commons to celebrate the recent awarding of Best Small library in America to the Mendocino County Public Library branch.

September 5, 2024 — Last Tuesday, August 27th, the Round Valley Project's Development met at the Library Commons in Covelo. Round Valley Projects is a newly formed group that aims to address a lack of environmental focus, awareness, and vocational training coupled with limited opportunities and access to nature, which is causing a disconnect and weakening of environmental stewardship in youth and in the community. This is hindering local development, and neglecting the importance of understanding our histories, differences, climate change, geography, ecology, and conservation of natural resources in Round Valley.