City officials plan to build sports complex

Crescent City officials are seeking community input for a plan to build a sports complex behind Safeway at the old McNamara and Peepe sawmill site.

Teachers say staff reductions will create stress for students

School administrators now face the possibility of being laid off or having their work days reduced.

First cases heard in solid waste mgmt. authority’s blight abatement program

TStephen Anderson’s sculptures, above and bottom, are made primarily of found objects and scrap metal in his front yard. he Daily Triplicate/Bryant Anderson

The Del Norte Solid Waste Management Authority began citing property owners for blight in July of last year, and the first cases of non-compliance were heard Wednesday.

The nuisance abatement hearings  were for two property owners who have failed to clean up after receiving citations under the authority’s nuisance abatement program.

Dept. of Public Health warns of outbreak in Del Norte County

Del Norte County is currently experiencing an outbreak of pertussis, or whooping cough, according to information released by the local Department of Public Health on Thursday.

The first case was reported Monday, and since then three more people have been confirmed as having contracted the potentially fatal bacterial respiratory illness.

Vessel sinks, one person unconscious after rescue

The U.S. Coast Guard hoisted two fishermen from the water after they were forced to abandon ship when it started taking on water 22 miles west of Crescent City on Thursday afternoon, according to a Coast Guard spokesman.

The Coast Guard dispatched an MH-65C Dolphin helicopter from Air Station Humboldt Bay in McKinleyville, a 47-foot motor lifeboat from Station Chetco River in Harbor, Ore., and a 47-foot motor lifeboat from Humboldt County to the fishing vessel Flamingo to assist the fishermen.