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Winter wonderland — An uncharacteristic blanket of snow hugged the eastern hills on Feb.5 as an arctic weather system dropped snow levels to a few hundred feet. The Geysers, Mount St. Helena and other peaks gleamed white in the morning sun as freezing temperatures descended on the area.

The following are excerpted from the log entries of the Healdsburg Police Department, the Sonoma County Sheriff's Department for the Healdsburg area, and the Healdsburg Fire Department

As the race to replace popular incumbent Sheriff Rob Giordano gets underway in the new year, Captain Mark Essick has gained ground with a series of key endorsements – including the nod of Sheriff Giordano himself.

Healdsburg High graduates June 9 at 7 p.m. at Recreation Park

The Sonoma County Library is hosting multiple Community Conversations throughout the county to discuss library service hours. In partnership with the Library Branches Library Advisory Boards and Friends of the Library, each Community Conversation will be held at their respective library branch this spring. As the library prepares its first round of expanding library hours later this spring, these discussions will guide library administration in understanding the needs for each community in Sonoma County. Share your current library use and how you imagine the future of your library.

 Healdsburg Junior High students walked into a completely new school when they started back on Thursday, Aug. 14. The facility has undergone a modernization including construction for new science buildings, a remodeled entrance and redone classrooms and staff offices, complete with robust wireless Internet capabilities.            

During the first week of August a group of Troop 21 Boy Scouts