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AT&T will likely have to continue as the carrier of last resort in California, relieving some anxiety about the future of landlines in rural parts of the state. A carrier of last resort, or COLR, is a telecommunications provider that is required to offer basic services, usually a landline, to anyone in its service area who requests it. The service must be safe, reliable, and affordable, according to the CPUC, or California Public Utilities Commission. Last year, AT&T, the largest COLR in the state, filed an application with the Commission to be relieved of that obligation.Now the judge handling the case is recommending that the Commission vote to dismiss the application, which they could do as early as June 20th. -
County of Mendocino website.A narrow majority of county supervisors last week asked for details before they agreed to formally combine a director position for two key departments: Public Health and Behavioral Health and Recovery Services. Dr. Jenine Miller, who is currently the head of Behavioral Health and Recovery Services, would be in charge of the newly configured entity, called Health Services.A letter claiming to demonstrate employee support for the matter led to a union request for an investigation.
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Local NewsSome voters will get a third round of ballots as the elections office scrambles to make sure they are voting in the correct district, according to boundaries that were adjusted three years ago. -
Local NewsSome voters are receiving a second round of erroneous ballots to replace the misprint that every voter in the county received earlier this month. -
Local NewsThe Fort Bragg City Council passed a resolution integrating the CV Starr Community Center into the city, with a compensation plan for employees, effective February 11. Stella Gerkins of KMUD news reports on the presentation by Fort Bragg City Manager Isaac Whippy and Mendocino Coast Recreation and Parks District administrator Moneque Wooden, who is now running the CV Starr center. -
Local NewsThe year of the Wood Dragon is underway, with the lunar new year starting on February 10.On Friday, students from Instilling Goodness Developing Virtue Schools at the City of Ten Thousand Buddhas shared dance, music and artwork with visitors to the Ukiah Library. -
Local NewsCandidates threw punches and got a few laughs at a well-attended forum in Ukiah on Thursday night. -
Local NewsThe vendor the county uses for ballot compilation, printing and mailing services has misprinted ballots in numerous elections in Colorado and Utah. Last week, all 53,000 voters in Mendocino County received Republican ballots for the first supervisorial district. -
Local NewsThe Board of Supervisors voted unanimously last week to look into funding the county museum through a non-profit model, in hopes of expanding fundraising opportunities and freeing up some of the bureaucratic constraints currently in place on the museum.Museum Administrator Karen Mattson advocated for the model in Kern county and elsewhere, where the county would retain ownership of the collections but administration would be through a foundation.Local historians spoke in favor of the proposal. -
Local NewsThe plan to continue a diversion from the Eel River into the Russian after the Potter Valley dams are removed hit a snag last week, when PG&E balked at the proposed permitting strategy. PG&E owns and operates the hydropower facility, and is eager to get rid of it in the wake of mechanical failures and a report of earthquake hazards at Scott Dam, which impounds Lake Pillsbury. But a regional coalition of local governments, CDFW, and conservation organizations is planning for life after dam removal by designing a method to continue diverting water when the Eel River is high. -
Local NewsThe Mendocino Railway, locally called the Skunk Train received a federal loan to repair Noyo Tunnel 1. The Tunnel was initially closed in 2013, reopened briefly, and closed again in 2015. Mendocino Railway shares the 31.4-million-dollar loan with the Sierra Northern Railway. Due to a pending lawsuit between Mendocino Railway vs The City of Fort Bragg and the California Coastal Commission, we were unable to get interviews with the Railway or other local groups. This piece pulls from a June 2021 interview with Robert Pinoli, the president of Mendocino Railway to explain what happened to the tunnel and his plans, at that time, to reopen it. -
Local NewsEvery voter in Mendocino County received a Republican ballot for the first supervisorial district this week. Assessor-Clerk Recorder Katrina Bartolomie said her office first learned of it Wednesday, when voters on the coast began calling her office. Many voters in the rest of the county received their ballots Thursday, but no public communication took place until a press release was issued at 4:30 on Thursday afternoon. KZYX spoke with Bartolomie Friday morning.At 7:20 Friday night, the county sent out an FAQ, addressing more questions.
