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Recount of Crescent Fire Protection District Ballots Narrowly Favor Proposed Benefit Assessment; Results go to Directors for Certification July 12
Crescent City Fire & Rescue trucks move down H Street during the 2019 Fourth of July parade. File Photo: Jessica Cejnar
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A second tabulation of ballots following a miscount showed that the Crescent Fire Protection District eked out a narrow victory in its most recent effort to pass a benefit assessment.
The results were flipped from the previous count with the benefit assessment effort claiming a victory of $17.80 over those that voted against it, Fire Chief Bill Gillespie told the Wild Rivers Outpost on Tuesday. However, the results are preliminary and will be taken to the Crescent Fire Protection Board of Directors for certification on July 12, he said.
Body Found After Barn Fire Identified As Tamera Sanders, Known Crescent City Area Transient
This flier, posted on the Facebook page Creeps of Crescent City, calls for answers into the death of Tamera Sanders.
Del Norte County Sheriff’s deputies have confirmed the identity of a Crescent City woman whose body was found inside a barn that burned down near Howland Hill Road and Bertsch Avenue on May 2.
Deputies are investigating the death of Tamera Sanders, 29, as suspicious “until we know otherwise,” Undersheriff Randy Waltz told the
Wild Rivers Outpost on Tuesday. The cause of death is undetermined, he said.
Jessica Cejnar / Yesterday @ 4:40 p.m. / Education
DNHS Principal Hopes New Schedule With Fewer Classes, More Time With Teachers, Will Help Students Get Back on Track After COVID
Del Norte High School principal Alison Eckart unveiled a new schedule that focuses on fewer classes, but more time with teachers. File photo: Andrew Goff
Citing an increase in students with failing grades or who are “off-track to graduate,” Del Norte High School principal Alison Eckart unveiled a new schedule that will, hopefully, make up for what her students lost during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Starting this fall, DNHS is trading in the six-period schedule for four periods, each lasting 90 minutes, Eckart told the Del Norte County Unified School District Board of Trustees on Tuesday.
For Klamath Residents, Getting to McKinleyville, Arcata, Eureka is Easier Than Traveling to Crescent City
Traffic rolls through the Last Chance Grade area on U.S. 101 in March. File photo: Jessica Cejnar
Many motorists are frustrated at having to wait two hours to continue up U.S. 101 through Last Chance Grade, but for Klamath residents, getting to Crescent City has become such an ordeal it’s easier to head south for groceries, health care, even work.
Debbie Perry, who works at a hotel in Crescent City, is often an hour late to her afternoon shifts because of the ongoing construction at Last Chance Grade. She’s also a driver with Door Dash, but operates out of Eureka.
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