Gasquet News

Just two weeks ago a Brookings woman was driving on a winding stretch of Highway 199 northeast of Gasquet when she momentarily lost control of her vehicle.

Breathe deeply, Del Norte County, because your air could be the cleanest around.

Forest Service officials this weekend moved most of the firefighters away from a blaze in southeastern Del Norte County and toward the region's more threatening fires.

Incident Management Teams have taken over management of the Ukonom and Hell Half Acres Complexes.

The small air strip in Gasquet resembled a campground of sorts this week, but its inhabitants weren't kicking back to enjoy campfires and golden-brown marshmallows.

Forest Service officials on Tuesday ordered trail and road closures in the Smith River National Recreation Area as a precautionary move to keep the public away from a raging wilderness fire.

CALFIRE reports that approximately 37 lightning caused fires have started within the last 24 hours within state responsibility area.

Local results from the primary election of June 1968, in which all incumbent Del Norte County supervisors won re-elected, were overshadowed by the assassination of Robert Kennedy as he was celebrating his ...

A Habitat for Humanity garden tour fund-raiser this Sunday offers a peak into five beautiful gardens in Del Norte County: *Teri McCune and Kees Oostra - Located in Crescent City on five acres against the ...

Click this picture to view a larger image. Anna Olson, 5, runs through the waves on South Beach Thursday afternoon. via Triplicate.com

“Then the suspect charged the officer.”

A man driving a car with Oregon license plates was fatally shot Friday afternoon in a confrontation with officers from the Del Norte County Sheriff's Office on the Hiouchi Bridge just west of the Highway ... via Curry Coastal Pilot

“My buddy looks out and says, "Hey, your bike's underneath that truck."' He replied with an enthusiastic "yep”

An overturned log truck on U.S. Hwy. 199, 10 miles northwest of Gasquet, on Wednesday. via Triplicate.com

“These things can get very expensive very quickly”

Eleven weeks after a diesel tanker spilled nearly 4,000 gallons of fuel onto U.S. Hwy. via Triplicate.com

“Instead, they chose an option that was discriminatory.”

A federal judge recently rejected the Del Norte County Unified School District's motion to have a suit alleging racial discrimination dismissed, and a new case against the district was filed in state court. via Eureka Reporter

“The corridor has been set up as a national recreation area”

It seems the battle lines are drawn. On Thursday, community members gathered for an open house regarding improvements to U.S. Hwy. via Triplicate.com

“What would it cost to contract services? How would it look?”

For now the city and county will trade one study for another while the topic of expanding Crescent City's limits still looms. via Triplicate.com

Del Norte County Superior Court felony and misdemeanor sentencings for the week of March 21-27 include: *Kathy Adcock, 42, Gasquet, was sentenced to 10 days jail for probation violation and failure to pay. via Triplicate.com

District Ranger Mary Kay Vandiver would like to invite the public to participate in a collaborative effort to design the Big Flat Project, a proposed vegetation and fuel management proposal in the Smith River ... via Six Rivers National Forest

“Maybe it was her unbelievable selflessness, but she somehow got me to start doing my homework ... and when I complained she always replied with her famous line, 'Doing things you don't want to builds character.'”

It's interesting how the place we set out for and the place we end up can be so different. via Triplicate.com

“But until some kind of assessment is done by a biologist I can't comment on resource loss.”

Removing 4,000 gallons of diesel fuel from the ground along the Smith River could take months, a representative of the California Regional Water Quality Control Board said Thursday. via Triplicate.com