Editorial

The Russian River flowed for millions and millions of years, eons before the earliest of Pomo people established fishing villages here 10,000 years ago and called the river Ashokawna.

Not afraid of the dark

Free breakfast for high schoolers

Changing with the times?

Give council plan a shot

My husband and I are about to be left behind. I’m talking about something more predictable than the apocalypse: our son will be leaving home in the fall to go to college. We will still have two younger kids at home, so we’re not yet empty nesters, but I nonetheless have a strong sense of nostalgia as I contemplate how quickly time flies and the inevitable changes that are upon our family life.

It’s “back to school” time again and that means shopping trips for new school clothes, buying new notebooks, pens and erasers for the backpack and complaining about how early the first class bell is scheduled to ring.

Furch speaks out on Fifth District race

Marijuana in the mainstream

At a public forum held on July 28 at the Villa Chanticleer, four community members participated in a panel discussion about possible changes to Healdsburg’s Growth Management Ordinance. Their prepared statements are reprinted below. The Tribune welcomes letters to the editor on this important topic, which will be on the Nov. 8 ballot.