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Eureka will host dozens of free recreation activities next Saturday the 27th, and the city council adopted changes to its Ranked Choice Voting ordinance without discussion on advice it received from legal experts on the matter...

Ray Hamill brings us details of all of this week's big local sports stories, including news of how one Humboldt County Little league All-Star team will begin playing for a state title this weekend, as well as updates on the Humboldt Crabs and the local American Legion baseball teams, and news of where three South Fork student athletes will continue their playing careers.

KMUD's Matt LaFever has the headlines out of Mendocino County for this Friday, July 19th. Telephone scammers are claiming to be local cops, in-home healthcare workers are celebrating a victory, and a federal lawsuit against a fired Ukiah Police chief is moving forward.

The organizers of the Reggae on the River music festival have extended a gracious offer to Sierra Nevada World Music Festival ticket holders who were informed that due to insufficient funds, the SNWMF organization would not be able to issue refunds for the cancelled event. Lisa Music reports.

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On Wednesday, July 17th, Senate Leader Mike McGuire and other local community leaders met in Rio Dell to Celebrate the Groundbreaking of Rio Dell’s new Water System Rebuild. During the earthquake of December 2022, Rio Dell experienced intense damage to their 75 year old water system, which was already hanging on by a thread. Days after the earthquake, Sen. McGuire helped secure a $12.9 million dollar investment by the State of California to rebuild Rio Dells water system, at no cost to local residents. Standing underneath a dated and leaking redwood water tank at the end of Douglas St in Rio Dell, Senator McGuire spoke on this great achievement.

A Redway resident found what appears to be a human tibia bone north of Redway in the South Fork of the Eel River on July 6. Though initially believed to not be of human origins, an anthropologist has deemed the bone may belong to a human, prompting further testing. A search of the area where the bone was located occurred on July 16, ten days after the initial discovery. Lisa Music reports.

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