When an organization like the Del Norte County 4-H Council has 230 active members and supports another 1,000-1,200 students through classroom curriculum, leadership thinks big when raising funds to support its programs.

College of the Redwoods in cooperation with the Cal Fire Humboldt-Del Norte Unit will hold its first Basic Firefighter Academy graduation at 7 p.m. Jan. 19, in the CR Theater on the Eureka main campus. Local firefighters Matt Berry, from Fort Dick Fire Department and Justin Campanoli from Cr…

Concerned that a new state mandate to recycle food and organic waste would be too costly to implement, Del Norte County Board of Supervisors directed staff last week to work with the Del Norte Solid Waste Management Authority to devise best or alternative solutions to meet the state’s requirements.

Paul Critz has long been in the business of telling other people’s stories.

Del Norte High School alum Nick Rail, working through the Wild Rivers Community Foundation, has donated more than $70,000 for local student band instruments.

More than 100 people crowded Crescent City sidewalks Sunday, from Crescent Elk Middle School to U.S. Highway 101, sporting pink hats and spirited signs for the annual nationwide Women’s March. 

A new wrinkle has cropped up in the labor dispute between the Del Norte Unified School District and the Del Norte Teachers Association.

Vicki Mizel and Doctor Siggy are lucky to be alive.

While Del Norte County Unified School District faculty contract negotiations continue, a community member is offering his solution to the stalemate.

Short- and long-term pay increase options are at the heart of a mediator’s factfinding report issued Tuesday to the Del Norte County Unified School District and the Del Norte Teachers Association.

At 10 a.m. Tuesday, Del Norte County Board of Supervisors Chairwoman Lori Cowan was scheduled to give a “state of the county” presentation. Here’s the text of her speech:

Yurok Tribal Police Chief Greg O'Rourke and four officers of the Yurok Tribal Police Department will be sworn in as reserve county deputies during Tuesday’s Del Norte County Board of Supervisors meeting in Crescent City.

Del Norte County teachers spent Friday afternoon drenched by rain as they walked the sidewalk in front of the Del Norte County Fairgrounds and waved signs declaring “Stronger Together.”  

Cash, a German shepherd/Malamute mix puppy, was found some months ago in a banana box with five other littermates on South Beach by Del Norte County Sheriff’s Department deputies.

Del Norte County is taking part in the national Point in Time Count from 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Jan. 28 at the Veterans Hall, 810 H St. in Crescent City.

The Crescent City Harbor District should be solar powered by June 30, 2020, a year and a half later than originally intended. If American Diversified Energy, LLC (ADE), the contracted company, fails to complete the project by that date, they will have to pay a $350,000 penalty. 

The Crescent City Council approved plans earlier this week to increase the police department’s staffing by adding two sergeant positions.

The Crescent City Housing Authority said it received a $52,512 grant in December to assist local homeless veterans in finding housing. 

Efforts are underway to tie the turning of the new year’s calendar to a local fundraising effort.

The Del Norte Animal Control Shelter has cancelled its upcoming Second Saturday adoption event because of a lingering outbreak of giardia.

Patients of Crescent City’s Sutter Coast Hospital, a subsidiary of not-for-profit Sutter Health, headquartered in Sacramento, may well have more billing and pricing options thanks to the resolution of a class-action lawsuit that has been percolating in the courts for more than five years.

Since last fall, caution tape has surrounded Raliberto’s Taco Shop’s vibrant red and yellow building as electricians and repairmen came and went. Now after more than three months of work, the caution tape has come off and Raliberto's Taco Shop opened its doors this morning to continue cookin…

The Del Norte County Republican Party hosted an open house Saturday for the community to meet candidates it has endorsed for the March election.

As the calendar turned over to a new decade, The Triplicate asked Blake Inscore, now in his fourth term as Crescent City’s mayor, about the year just ended and what’s next for the city in 2020.

January 1’s arrival often is accompanied by steadfast New Year’s resolutions.

California’s unemployment rate maintained its record-low 3.9% in November, as the state’s employers added 28,400 nonfarm payroll jobs, according to data released Dec. 20 by the California Employment Development Department.

Press release from the Yurok Tribe

A $4-million project to improve Crescent City’s aging storm drain system was authorized Dec. 23 during a special session of the City Council. Mayor pro tem Heidi Kime was not present to vote.

Although the warmer months usually are considered the housing market’s prime time here, winter can bring its own set of customers to Del Norte County, say local realtors. 

Monarchs from Brookings are making a big impression, as the butterflies are being counted in overwintering areas of California.