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Fireworks Suspect Delays Entering Plea
Illegal Fireworks suspect Levi Mills, 33, asked for a continuance at his plea entering for his arraignment. September 17, in Department 1 of the Del Norte Superior Court. Mills and co-defendant Megan Warner, 32 are charged of several felonies causing injuries related to the explosion of illegal fireworks and mortars, July 4th evening on South Beach. Then. Three year old Baby B, William Lupan, was severely injured and nearly died enroute to the Oregon Pediatric Intensive Care, in Portland. The family reports Baby B is recovering and has undergone several multiple grafts on his back. The continuance was requested by Mills’ legal team and presented to Judge Robert Cochran in an effort for both suspect and District Attorney can come to an agreement on the plea arrangement. The Judge approved the continuance. The possible plea proposals must be approved by the Court.
City Introduces Ordinances on Parking and RV’s
The City introduced two Ordinances involving restricted parking on B Street, approaching the pier and a separate Ordinance on RV Occupancy on private property. • Police Chief Richard Griffin expressed concern with vehicles parking along the portion of B Street that extends from the mainland into the bay. The section of the road is a single lane with no shoulder. Vehicles are unable to move all four tires off the roadway. If cars park opposite each other, it is difficult to move a single vehicle...
Letter: Love for St. Timothy's
As someone who grew up in St. Timothy’s Church, was married there, and attended for several years as an adult as well, I am pleased to see the recent front page article detailing how the City of Brookings will be paying their dues back to St. Timothy’s! I am one of the founding members of the Love Your Neighbor Sunday sack lunch program. We started with $25 in our coffers and had to figure out how to make that stretch to feed 50 people sack lunches after church on Sundays. Within weeks, more donations of both food and money poured...
Community invited to Brookings SOCOMI Sports Complex dedication
BROOKINGS, Ore. – The Brookings-Harbor School District and the Bruin Booster Club are inviting the community to check out their brand new sports complex Friday. The festivities begin with a free open house and barbecue at 3 p.m. at the new SOCOMI Sports Complex located on Fern Avenue in Brookings. The Brookings-Harbor High School marching band is set to perform live, plus students and community leaders will be giving speeches.
Volunteers Participate in Coastal Cleanup
The Redwood Coast Conservancy partnered up with Smith River Alliance to recognize the 40th Annual California Coastal Cleanup event, this past week-end Autumn Subers and Kyle Buchanan of the Conservancy and co-Director Grant Werschkull of Smith River Alliance helped organize the event and welcomed about 25 volunteers at Crescent Beach. The City sent several staff who helped clean up Elk Creek Estuary, on their own time. Redwood Coast Conservancy Executive...
Del Norte Unemployment Rate Remains High
The California Employment Department (EDD) reports unemployment in Del Norte County for the month of August, 2024 was 6.1 percent. The State reports a 5.9 percent unemployment rate. San Mateo County reports the lowest unemployment rate for the month at 4.0 percent. Imperial County is the State’s highest rate at 20.2 percent. EDD reports the Del Norte labor force at 9510 through August 31. 8930 individuals were employed; 580 individuals are or remain unemployed. Government-related employment in the County was 3770, approximately, 39.6 percent of the Del Norte workforce.
Feds postpone auction of two wind energy sites off the Oregon coast
Amid mounting opposition to offshore wind development off the coast of Oregon, the federal government announced Friday, Sept. 27, it is delaying a planned auction for the development of two wind energy sites as Gov. Tina Kotek urged the federal agency to halt all leasing plans and stop the auction. The developments call into question the potential for future development of offshore wind energy off the Oregon coast. The state’s coastal communities, seafood industry and tribes fiercely opposed the federal agency’s plans, which concerned the...
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