FirstGen college counseling students accepted to prestigious summer programs
FirstGen College Counseling announced last week that 29 of 32 participating students at Healdsburg High School have been accepted to academic residential summer programs in California and beyond. The remaining students are still eligible for summer programs, pending later acceptance dates.
County issues joint statement from sheriff and supervisors
Last week in an open letter to Sonoma County residents, published on Facebook, Sonoma County Sheriff Mark Essick announced that his department would no longer enforce the county’s shelter-in-place order.
Former Healdsburg Police Chief Kevin Burke dies at 55
Former Healdsburg Police Chief Kevin Burke has died, the Sonoma County Sheriff’s Office confirmed on April 6.
Budget comes due at June 16 WUSD meeting
It’s a packed agenda at the June 16 meeting of the Windsor Unified School District Board of Trustees, and no one will be busier than chief business officer Lois Standring, who will be leading the items related to all the budget woes.Â
Annual fire department report: Medical calls for service on the rise from previous years
Healdsburg Fire Department also busy with mutual aid, vegetation management projects
The Ruse Pulls Its Appeal of City’s Denial
The owners of The Ruse, the luxury bed and breakfast formerly known as Honor Mansion, have withdrawn their appeal to the city council of the city’s denial of their proposed use for the three-acre property. The hearing had been anticipated to take place at...
With California salmonids facing extinction, conservation group identifies dams to remove in state
In response to statewide fish extinction crisis, which indicates 74 percent of California’s native salmon, steelhead and trout species are likely to be extinct in the next century, the fish and watershed conservation non-profit organization California Trout (CalTrout) today released its list of the top five dams prime for removal in the golden state. The dams identified in the report were carefully selected: dams that provide the least benefit for people and caused the greatest hazards for imperiled native fish rose to the top.
