Redway News

Local 8th grade student Margo McReynolds Gooch has just returned from four days in San Jose at the National Youth Leaders State Conference.

The Garberville-Redway Area Chamber of Commerce is once again sponsoring a community Halloween Festival, on Saturday, October 31.

Humboldt Transit Authority's plan to increase local service in the Garberville-Redway area and to offer commuter service from Garberville to Eureka, which will require replacement of the current Quail bus service for seniors and disabled residents, has sparked controversy and outright opposition from local senior advocates.

If you're an adult who loves children and loves to read, the Humboldt County Office of Education hopes you'll volunteer for a program now in its second year, designed to help kindergartners become successful readers.

An officer responded to Rohnerville Road concerning a 17 year old having a seizure.

On Oct. 24 at 2 p.m., people from around Southern Humboldt will gather in Richardson Grove as part of the largest day of climate change activism ever.

Redway Elementary students participated in Walk to School Day on October 7. This international event was founded in 1998 with just a few schools.

Jen Rice and Noelle Melchizedek invited the members of Southern Humboldt Working Together to come up with some ideas for improving mobility that will be presented to Humboldt County Public Works for its consideration.

Free to seniors 65 and over who bring Medicare card. Non-seniors may participate, price TBA.

For the first time in several years, Southern Humboldt joined thousands of other high schools across the U.S. and held a Safe and Sober Graduation Party for our students.

On Tuesday, September 29, a fire located at a homeless encampment on Redwood Drive near the intersection with Alderpoint Road consumed about one acre of grass and brush.

On Saturday, October 2, at approximately 2:15 a.m., an accident involving a 15-year-old driver occurred on Redwood Drive south of Alderpoint Road.

Floyd "Buzz" Evans passed away on Sept. 18, 2009, at the age of 86. He will always be remembered for his outgoing friendliness and sense of humor.

8:09 a.m.: Narcotics and cultivation discovered on School Road, Miranda. 10:33 a.m. - The public was assisted on Mattole Road, Mattole.

Humboldt County public schools received their preliminary Academic Progress Reports from the California Department of Education last week.

Free CPR Classes are being offered to the community by the American Red Cross to assist in preparing our residents for emergencies.

One person died and three were injured when a car veered off Highway 199 and struck a tree Sunday south of Grants Pass Sunday.

On Monday, Oct. 5, Mateel Community Center and Wild Rivers 101 Film Festival will present Rivers Of A Lost Coast at the Mateel in Redway.

Doors 7 p.m., curtain at 7:30. For more information call 923-3368. Wednesday * 23rd * 100-mile potluck at the Southern Humboldt Community Park barn, 5 p.m. to dark.

Nine year-old Cameron Varnell touched the hearts of many in the Redway and Garberville community when he was diagnosed with acute Myelogenous Leukemia.