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At the Dec. 15 meeting of the Windsor Unified School District Board of Trustees, the final school sites presented their reports on the implementation of the 2019-20 School Plans for Student Achievement and presented their goals for the coming school year.

In the wake of the heroic battle to save Windsor during 2019’s Kincade Fire, local Denise Dixon launched a scholarship fund and eventual nonprofit to help fund potential firefighters in training at the Santa Rosa Junior College.

Just when the full breadth of its services could be most needed, the staffing and some departments of Healdsburg District Hospital (HDH) are being cut back due to sudden and steep revenue losses.

Sonoma County Economic Development Board looking for ways to respond to economic uncertainty

Sonoma West Publishers was among the first recipients of a COVID-19 related newsroom assistance grant from the Google News Initiative Emergency Relief Fund. More than 12,000 news organizations applied for an undisclosed number and amount of the grants

Since the outbreak of COVID-19, many people in Sonoma County and around the world have taken to creating masks for healthcare workers, frontline personnel and community members. Longtime Healdsburg quilters Denise Feldman has put a pause on her quilt making to join the cause. She now makes between 15-20 masks a day, which she distributes from her front porch to community members. 

'Donner Dinner Party' graphic novel author to visit Healdsburg Library

On Sunday, Nov. 10, 20-year-old Ashlee Smith and her mother Erika, both Reno, Nevada residents, pulled up to the Healdsburg Community Center with a trailer of toys, board games and stuffed animals and gave away hundreds of toys to kids who lost their homes in the Kincade Fire.

Pursuit and standoff closes Highway 101 at Shiloh Road