Students bring home the gold in debate competition
Two Healdsburg locals were the only undefeated team in their division
Schedule revealed for Flatbed Music Festival
The Flatbed Music Festival has announced its lineup of musicians. The festival will feature over 40 Sonoma-grown musicians on 10 intimate stages. By introducing top emerging musicians performing alongside seasoned recording artists, the Flatbed Music Festival will celebrate the diverse musical landscape that characterizes...
Teachers march for higher pay
Healdsburg Area Teachers Association and district to return to negotiating table
Board gives the green light for one elementary program
Healdsburg Charter School and Healdsburg Elementary School will merge into one program for next school year
High School District adopts Microcollege, a new college readiness program
At its board meeting on Jan. 19, the board of the West Sonoma County Union High School District (WSCUHSD) approved an intriguing new program called Microcollege, which helps high school seniors with marginal grades prepare for college.
New director for the Laguna Foundation
Anne Morkill has been named as the new director for the Laguna de Santa Rosa Foundation. She brings to the position more than 30 years of experience working for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and other federal agencies at wildlife refuges all over the United States.
Measure V allocations will look similar this year
Healdsburg City Council set forth budget allocations for fiscal year 2020-21 from 2019-20 Measure V revenues to fund projects and improvements to city streets, police and fire at their most recent city council meeting on Feb. 18.
Saving the senior foot care program
The senior foot care program is a popular, little heralded program of Gravenstein Health Action. Who will fund it once the Palm Drive Health Care District dissolves?
Exhibit explores endangered species through the eyes of students
Every year, local young artists get to participate in what’s possibly their first art exhibition. This year’s Healdsburg Center for the Arts 2020 Young Artists Exhibition features work from students from eight area schools that all focus on a single theme — the endangered environment.
Healdsburg Fire Department recognizes new firefighter of the year
Healdsburg has a new firefighter of the year, reserve engineer, Robert Morris. Morris and Berenice Garcia, who runs the administrative side of the fire department, were both honored at the department’s annual awards dinner on Feb. 7
Arts & Entertainment
Multicultural Center takes shape at Abel de Luna
Bursts of color explode from every corner and every angle of the newly repainted Abel de Luna Community Center on the north side of town. Fuchsia, sunflower, marigold, plum and chrysanthemum abut and juxtapose with one another on the many outside walls and columns, as two muralists work on their own visions of Healdsburg.
