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Thank you for standing against the tobacco industry

Since its very beginnings, this community has had a very proud tradition of military service. Healdsburg area citizens have stepped forward to serve their country’s military, beginning with the Mexican War when less than two months after the declaration of war on May 13, 1846 local militias supported United States Marines and sailors for the occupation of Sonoma on July 9, 1846 after California had been declared part of the United States. Area residents have served in every major and most of the lesser wars and military deployments since.

Addressing questions from families and students about where to find resources to address mental health, as well as financial assistance and support and community counseling, the Cloverdale Unified School District (CUSD)  has created an online resource center. The website, put together by the district’s wellness team, is a trove of resources and links that are both district and community-specific. The website will also be available in Spanish.

The United States (and Sonoma County) is in the middle of a tectonic opinion shift on the question of face masks. Last week, the controversy centered on the question of who should wear one — just frontline workers like doctors or nurses or everyone who goes out in public — and what masks should be made of? Are cloth masks OK?

The following snippets of history are drawn from the pages of the Healdsburg Tribune, the Healdsburg Enterprise and the Sotoyome Scimitar, and are prepared by the volunteers at the Healdsburg Museum & Historical Society. Admission is always free at the museum, open Wednesday through Sunday, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Nonprofit looking for more support as holiday season approaches

Cloverdale police arrested a suspect in connection with the armed robbery of the town’s Quick Stop convenience store on Wednesday, Dec. 8, according to a Nixle alert from the Cloverdale Police Department.

A recent records request from Healdsburg Police Department shows that Ryan Howard was fired from the force for distributing marijuana that was in police evidence to a resident that did not have rights to it, and for providing false information to the department in a subsequent report.

Sonoma County’s conversation over commercial cannabis cultivation hit a big reset Tuesday morning, May 17, when the Sonoma County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously to require themselves to conduct a full-blown programmatic environmental impact report (EIR) prior to completing any updates to the current commercial cannabis cultivation ordinance first adopted in 2018.