Thursday, April 30, 2026, Local News

The U.S. Forest Service announced this week that North Bank Chetco River Road in Curry County has been repaired. A landslide and slumping was repaired earlier this month. Also recently fixed the South Fork slump and Forest Service Road 1376.

Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park will play host to “May the Forest Be With You,” celebrating the Star Wars movie franchise on Saturday from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. A local costume club will be in attendance, a self-guided hike and scavenger hunt will be offered, a costume contest is planned and merchandise and food will be available. The event will be held alongside the season’s final Hike and Bike Day on Newton B. Drury Parkway. The event is being put on by Redwood Parks Conservancy and Redwood National and State Parks.

Choir music will be in fashion Saturday and Sunday at the Crescent Elk Middle School auditorium in Crescent City. North Coast Chorale, the North Coast Youth Choir and the Redwood Chamber Singers will perform at 7 p.m. Saturday and 3 p.m. Sunday. Tickets are available at Del Norte Office Supply and Wright’s Custom Framing in Brookings.

The Crescent City Relay for Life is coming soon, this year at Del Norte High’s Mike Whalen Field. The annual event will be Saturday, May 16 at 6 p.m. through 4 p.m. Sunday, May 17. For more information, contact the Del Norte chapter of the American Cancer Society.