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February 2, 2026

State superintendent Jack O’Connell visits North County

State Superintendent of Public Instruction Jack O’Connell

Like it or not, students are heading back to school

Principals and teachers eager for school year to get

Letters to the Editor, Oct. 19, 2017

Job well done

Healdsburg Fire Department open house Saturday

To celebrate Fire Prevention Week, the Healdsburg Fire Department will host its annual open house on Saturday, Oct. 7 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. All families and friends are invited to meet fire department personnel, watch live demonstrations, participate in fire extinguisher training, and have lunch with Sparky the Fire Dog and Smokey Bear. The fire department staff will be available to teach children about fire safety, exiting, smoke alarms, creating escape plans and calling 911. Agencies invited to participate are the police department, Bell’s Ambulance and Cal Fire. Friends and family are invited.

Council adopts $45 fee for residential recycled delivery water program

On Sept. 20, the Healdsburg City Council unanimously adopted a $45 per delivery fee for the city’s residential recycled water delivery program, which will either come to an end on Nov. 5 or Nov. 19.

Final week for special election

Voters urged to return ballots for May 4 special election

Friendship, not fear

This week, in the middle of a calendar encapsulating patriotic 9/11 remembrances, the holiest of Muslim holidays, football players refusing to stand for the National Anthem and a presidential campaign full of racist epithets, our county’s Board of Supervisors passed an official resolution declaring Sonoma County as an “Islamophobia-free community.”

As drought intensifies, state warns users to stop pumping water from major rivers

In a sign of worsening drought, the state on Tuesday warned about 4,300 users to stop diverting water from the San Joaquin-Sacramento Delta watershed, stretching from Fresno to the Oregon border.

North county’s homeless outreach efforts has new leader

Margaret Sluyk is new director at Reach For Home

Pair of council candidate forums this week

Candidates for Cloverdale City Council will have a busy start to this week, with council candidate forums being hosted on both Monday and Tuesday. Here are the details:
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