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Local Economy, Condensed Version

Mendocino County’s financial situation is not real good. You may already know this. Everyone does, even the supervisors. Economic convulsions have rocked every industry and business. On one hand the problems are real and dangerous;…

Mendocino County Today: Sunday 3/8/2026

Warm Again | New Roads | Busy Bee | AV Today | Kiger Guilty | Local Events | Caspar Inn | Pet Jockey | Ed Notes | Harlequin Bloom | Yesterday's Catch | Proper Price | Big Pine | Marco Radio | Humco Brothels | Not Broigul | Wine de Whine | Pretense Discarded | Be Strong | Lead Stories | Shitty Boyfriend | Nothing Sacred | Mission Moronic | Epic Fail | Bahrain Base | Iranian Uranium | War-a-Lago | Already Lost | Iranian Strikes | Sixth Reich | Ishi Fishing

Maersk In Mantua: Rigoletto Rising

The north wind was relentless, at our backs but cutting through us as we walked along the harborside to a performance of Rigoletto at the Royal Danish Opera in Copenhagen. Our coats were of wool…

Mendocino County Today: Saturday 3/7/2026

Warm | Albino Salamander | Highway Rescue | AVUSD News | Relocation Talk | Local Events | Mo Intrigue | Snail Shell | Candidate Evans | Dave & Dan | Road Maintenance | ICO Newsroom | Molester Guilty | Adaptation Gardening | Museum Event | CJ Fine | Rummage Donations | Whale Festival | Yesterday's Catch | Lost Coasting | Joe Hill | Marco Radio | Generous Attitude | Help Coming | Ballroom Addition | My Heart | Gross Practice | WNBA Mess | Church Visit | Girl With | Wuthering MAGA | White Smoke | Sold Out | Lead Stories | Apocalyptic Thinking | Delusional Blowhard | Israel's Plan | Beware Terrorists | Iranting Pundit | Exterminate! | Imperial Hubris | Blackberry Picker

Mendocino County’s Structural Deficit Continues To Widen

Mendocino County is facing a deepening structural deficit, with projected expenses continuing to outpace revenues through at least 2030, according to a recent mid-year budget review and preliminary forecasts for fiscal year 2026–27 (July 2026…

Tehran, Iran & The Ugly Americans

When I was a sophomore, attending Montclair High in New Jersey, my father, who was a labor negotiator for the United Auto Workers (UAW)/AFL-CIO, decided he wanted to travel and put in his application with…

Mendocino County Today: Friday 3/6/2026

Milkmaids | Clear | DST Why | Erica Strong | Gas Up | Charles Knipping | Musicians Wanted | Haschak Report | Downtown Mendocino | Desperate Accounting | Local Events | Re-Roofing Permits | County Survey | Tamales Drive-Thru | Crisis Response | Floral Artist | Fish Dinner | PG&E Event | Dinehart Memorial | Celtic Music | Spring Fling | Mendo Cup | Daniel Gobbi | Yesterday's Catch | Immoral & Unethical | Last Hippy | Compleat Deadbeat | Housing Department | Made Me | Lost Coast | Psychedelic Studies | Salmon Season | Adios Esther | Hocus Pocus | Idiotic Scheme | This Life | Actual Prostitutes | Barbarians | Fighting For | Noem's Firing | Rosa Luxemburg | New Meanness | Oh Well | NixonWaves | Worst Condition | Lead Stories | Illumination | Trumptoons | Dumber & Crazier | Incredible Priorities | What Source | Fisk Tire

Money for Lobbyists and Lawyers or for Fixing County Roads?

Should Mendocino County spend $500,000 on legal and lobbying work tied to the decommissioning of the Potter Valley Project — or put that money toward repairing roads? Supervisors wrestled with that question at Tuesday’s board…

Announcements 3/6/2026

DENNIS NORD 1953-2026 Dennis was a recent transplant to the Anderson Valley, even though he had been visiting his in-laws here since 1993. He loved moving out of the big city to this beautiful rural…

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