Local News

• Ukiah Unified School District Loses Federal Funding for Mental Health in Schools
  The Ukiah Unified School District has learned that it’s federal School-Based Mental Health Grant has been cancelled by the U.S. Department of Education under the Trump administration. The funding, which supports critical student support services, is scheduled to end December 31st of this year despite the fact that two and a half years remain on […]
• Middletown Teachers and School Board Reach Agreement
  At the most recent meeting of the Middletown Unified School District Board of Trustees, the board voted unanimously to accept and ratify a final agreement with the Middletown Teachers Association. The new agreement will allow the approval of new stipends for the current school year and includes a contingency for a potential 1% salary increase […]
• Personal Use Firewood Permits On Sale for Mendocino National Forest
  The Mendocino National Forest is selling permits for personal-use firewood. Permits are $2 per cord with a minimum purchase of 10 cords, and a maximum of 12 cords per household. Permits can be purchased at Forest Service district offices in Willows, Stonyford, Upper Lake, or Covelo. Firewood collected within Lake and Mendocino counties is subject […]
• Prescribed Burn In Clearlake Today and Again Next Week
  The Lake County Fire Protection District, City of Clearlake and the Cal Fire Sonoma-Lake-Napa Unit are conducting a controlled burn today and that will continue again on the 14th through the 16th between Walmart and Cache Creek Apartments. Expect smoke and fire equipment near Dam Road. There will be crews removing vegetation and pile burning.
• Recent Counts By Fish and Wildlife Show Slight Increase in Clear Lake Hitch Population
  Good news for the Clear Lake Hitch…biologists from the state fish and wildlife department doing counts of select streams and areas of Clearlake have said that in five weeks of sampling, week five resulted in a record 556 of the Hitch recording during electrofishing, which is one of the methodologies used to count the little […]
• Possible Strike by Middletown Teachers Association Now In the Hands of the School District
  The Middletown Teachers Association and the School District have avoided a strike after coming to a tentative agreement. A strike vote in mid-April readied the Association to be able to walk out if the district didn’t respond to a request for negotiations. The strike vote was the first taken since the association formed over three […]
• Five Acre Vegetation Fire Near Willits Caught and Put Down Quickly
  Firefighters were able to put down a vegetation fire before it spread near Willits yesterday. The fire was seen in the area of Ridgewood Road just after 1:30 pm. Fire crews and a helicopter were requested to fight the blaze. Crews were able to put down the fire with about five total acres burned.
• Lake County Official Concerned As Little Input Received on New Fire Map of County
  The public comment period on the proposed fire hazard severity zone map that would place Lake County in the highest severity zone closes on the 13th. The map, released in early February added 14,000 acres of the county to the highest ranking for fire, an over 850% increase. County and city officials have stated that […]
• Missing and Murdered Indigenous Peoples Day Observed in Lake County
  The Lake County Tribal Health Consortium hosted its annual Missing and Murdered Indigenous Peoples Day event this past Friday in Lakeport’s Xabatin Park. Over 1600 attended the event, meant to memorialize those lost and to raise awareness of the high number of missing and murdered indigenous people each year. 
• Mendocino County Bracing for Another Wildfire Season
  Mendocino County is preparing for another wildfire season. While most of the northern part of the state has been benefiting from consistent rain and snow over the past year, the seasonal outlook calls for an early onset of the season, with significant potential for fire in June, July, and August. So far, grass is drying […]