Lakeport City Council Meets Tuesday Evening

The Lakeport City Council meets tomorrow at 6, and will hear a request by the Administrative Services Director to extend the $1,000 housing allowance for the successful candidate in the city’s search for a police chief. Chief Rasmussen is expected to retire from his post by year’s end. The Public Works Director will also give … Read more

Sulphur Bank Mine Site to Receive Funding for Cleanup

The Sulphur Bank Mercury Mine in Clearlake Oaks has been included in the third and final round of more than 1 billion dollars of cleanup projects across the country at over 100 Superfund sites. A request for $30 million for cleanup of the site was made, the actual final allocation of funds has not yet … Read more

Mendo Board of Supervisors Votes to Keep Vets Center at House in Ukiah

The Mendocino County Board of Supervisors has reversed it decision to move the Veterans Services office from the house on Observatory Avenue in Ukiah.  The board voted unanimously after a four-and-a-half-hour-long closed session on Wednesday.  The relocation of the Veterans Service office was met with high public complaints when first announced in December, with little … Read more

Laytonville Woman Found Guilty Of Crash That Killed Arcata Woman

A Laytonville woman was found guilty yesterday of misdemeanor vehicular manslaughter in the death of an elderly woman from Arcata. Jane Laycock Barisione appeared in Mendocino Superior Court, with the trial revealing that Barisione was driving an unregistered vehicle in the fast lane at an unsafe speed during a heavy rainstorm, with bald rear tires … Read more