Fort Bragg News

A farewell party was given at Mrs. Nelson's, corner of Kasten and Little Lake streets on the occasion of the departure of Perley Maxwell for Shelter Cove, where he will spend the winter with his brother-in-law and sister, Mr.

The U.S. Army said Friday it would open Sarah Palin's appearance on Fort Bragg to media, a reversal from earlier in the week when the military wanted the event closed out of fears it would prompt political grandstanding against President Barack Obama.

On Feb. 1, an interactive map showing new areas of the ocean off Mendocino County to close to fishing is "due." By Nov.

My tales about people I meet at the Fort Bragg Food Bank could consist only of loving great-grandmothers, small business people who can't quite make ends meet and wholesome families struggling with low wages, unemployment and foreclosure.

The U.S. Army now says it will allow media limited access to Sarah Palin's appearance at Fort Bragg.

A late-night walk on the Mendocino Headlands ended in the death of a renowned 22-year-old Canadian athlete early Saturday.

Yes, the holiday season is upon us. If you're celebrating early say, December 6 and you're traveling to the San Francisco Bay Area, you'll find a special kind of fun about three hours north across the Golden Gate Bridge.

A 39-year-old Piercy man who pleaded guilty to possession of marijuana for sale in an alleged Bell Springs Road marijuana deal in April was arrested by police a second time in Fort Bragg last week.

A project close to Michelle Obama's heart is the well-being of military spouses.

Motorists passing through town on Main or Franklin streets Saturday and Sunday were fortunate enough to get stuck at the railroad crossing and witness a "train" of 23 unconnected vintage track speeders.

Information continues to come in about the blue whale that washed ashore Oct. 19 south of the Botanical Garden.

IN THE LATE summer of 2002, four soldiers returned to Fort Bragg from a tour of duty in Afghanistan.

Due to the Thanksgiving Day holiday on Nov. 26, The Beacon and the Fort Bragg Advocate-News will be published a day early, on Wednesday, Nov.

It's not another "Star Wars" sequel, it's not DMV on Thursday afternoon or the post office at Christmas.

Published: Thursday, November 5, 2009 at 6:31 p.m. Last Modified: Thursday, November 5, 2009 at 6:31 p.m. The skeleton of a great blue whale that washed onto the rocky Mendocino Coast Oct.

Most of Leggett Valley School's students hopped on buses Friday, October 20, to observe and learn from a rare event: the beaching of a 70-foot Blue Whale in Fort Bragg.

State Farm Fire and Casualty Company is going to have to pay the defense costs of the two former agents the insurance company fired, and then sued, according to a court decision handed down last week.

His friends had almost give up ever hearing from him, as all efforts to locate him had failed.

The American Legion Post 96 and Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 1166 will be holding a joint memorial service at the Fort Bragg Veterans Memorial Building at 11 a.m., Wednesday, Nov.

Walking west on Schoeffer Lane over the last two weeks, it was easy to detect that there was something different in the air - and it got worse as you walked closer to the ocean.