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Tough times will test volunteers” spirits, safety network
Jerry Smith hates to see good stuff thrown into the trash. That”s one reason the big man loves his volunteer…
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FERC official to explain hydrokinetics
A top official from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) will appear in Fort Bragg on Tuesday, Jan. 13 to…
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Season of Sharing: Many homeless put pets” well-being first
Recently, a man walked into the real estate office where I was working the desk, to look for rental housing.…
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SoCal developer granted wave energy permit off Mendocino
On Tuesday, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) granted a Southern California development company exclusive rights to 17 square miles…
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No bailout for Heritage House: Doors close after 59 years
It”s more than simply ironic that just as the national economy was hitting a new bottom last week, Little River”s…
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Season of Sharing fund drive nears the $7,000 mark
Jacob Whalen wasn”t looking forward to a Christmas beneath a plastic tree. So he was thrilled to get a real…
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Season of Sharing: Vitamin conspiracy punishment funding brings good food to Food Bank
I knew getting names wouldn”t be easy but I didn”t want anonymous sources in this week”s story on how the…
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Season of Sharing: U.S. economic turmoil brings new clients to Food Bank
The smiling Latina woman told me how the Wall Street crisis is being felt by people who never had stock…
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Season of Sharing: Reporter returns for second year in Food Bank line
I chose to sit next to the diminutive well-dressed brunette because she was alone in a Fort Bragg Food Bank…
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Ocean dead zones multiplying, fertilizers one cause
Two recent studies blame farm runoff for separately causing problems in rivers and the ocean that have injured fishing around…
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Fort Bragg is ground zero in wave energy fight
Like a Golden Age explorer staking a flag into a remote beachhead, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, or FERC, has…
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State expresses doubts about wave energy viability in rejecting Eureka funding
The California Public Utilities Commission plans to reject funding for the first-ever wave energy contract in the United States —…
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Heritage House foreclosure sale postponed
Little River”s Heritage House has won another last minute reprieve from a foreclosure sale on the courthouse steps. The sale,…
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This Just In … U.S. candidates ignore wave energy global news
Wave energy is making a splash around the world from Tasmania to Ireland. The biggest news was in Portugal on…
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This Just In … U.S. candidates ignore wave energy global news
Wave energy is making a splash around the world from Tasmania to Ireland. The biggest news was in Portugal on…
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Wall Street crisis hits WaMu, Wachovia but impact is less locally
Like many middle class Americans, Anna Marie Stenberg of Fort Bragg suffers with an adjustable rate mortgage and still hates…
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Wall Street crisis hits WaMu, Wachovia but impact is less locally
Like many middle class Americans, Anna Marie Stenberg of Fort Bragg suffers with an adjustable rate mortgage and still hates…
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Fishermen get financial relief, launch study of disaster impacts
For Telstar Charters owner Randy Thornton, federal salmon disaster relief money will literally be salvation for his charter boat business.…
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Local advisers comment on Wall Street crisis
With the stock market in turbulence and a baffling federal bailout package on the table, the newspaper asked two busy…
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PG&E gets $1.2 million for local wave energy study
The Pacific Gas and Electric Company expects to be granted $1.2 million this week by the U.S. Department of Energy…
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