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State public health officials announced their public health guidance last Thursday for the 2022-2023 K-12 school year, with no mask requirement for students or staff.  The guidance, which officially went into effect last Friday, includes recommendations that students get vaccinated against COVID-19 and wear a...

Petaluma Gap wines are said to have a bit more balance and refinement because the wind hardens and thickens the grape skins, producing more tannins, which render the feeling of texture in your mouth. The microclimate produces wine with a combination of freshness, refinement...

Healdsburg’s Public School Success Team, PSST!, has called an end to its 13-year program to mentor the city’s secondary school students, from junior high through graduation. Though many things have impacted education in recent years, none has done more than COVID. “With the onset of...

The agreement, between Sonoma County and two groups representing county law enforcement employees, the Sonoma County Deputy Sheriffs’ Association and Sonoma County Law Enforcement Association, will expand the authority of the county's Independent Office of Law Enforcement Review and Outreach (IOLERO).  Established in 2015 as...

Healdsburg has a new heart; it’s called Little Saint.  In the luminous glass and steel building on the corner of North and Foss streets, which until 2018 housed the gathering space and eatery SHED, Little Saint has taken up residence with the same passionate mission...

An important city position was filled this week as Andrew Sturmfels was introduced to the City Council at their June 21 meeting as the new assistant city manager, to aid in the administration of Healdsburg’s city business and staff.  The crucial position has been vacant...

U.S. stock markets responded negatively, moving into bear market territory for the first time in more than 10 years. This happens when indexes fall by 20% or more. The Fed lifted interest rates to try and cool off inflation which rose to 8.6% in...

Just  before 8am on Thursday morning, June 9, a fire broke out in an older home on Prince Street near downtown Healdsburg, which proved fatal to a resident and several pets. The house, built in 1910, a three-bedroom wood frame structure with a walk-up front...

Three white utility trucks spread out through Healdsburg’s residential streets last week, stopping to send a lineman up in the basket for a few-minute adjustment, then speeding off to another utility pole. It was the first physical step in bringing Healdsburg deeper into the...

The deadline for the roughly 1,500 Upper Russian River watershed water rights holders to join a novel water sharing program organized by local stakeholders and approved by the California State Water Board is June 20.  After that date, local water rights holders will no longer...