Friday, April 26
The Brookings City Council reiterated its opposition to offshore wind energy development on Monday.
Before he and his colleagues approved a resolution, Mayor Isaac Hodges accused the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management of a “flippant lack of respect toward U.S. Citizens.” This was the second resolution the Brookings City Council voted on since BOEM identified two areas off Curry and Coos counties for potential floating wind farms.
The resolution and letter to BOEM representative Jean Thurston-Keller comes after the agency designated 133,808 acres roughly 18 miles off shore from Brookings and Gold Beach as one of two wind energy areas. The second wind energy area consists of 61,204 acres 32 miles off Coos Bay. If fully developed, the two could support 2.4 gigawatts of energy production, BOEM stated in February.

The Del Norte Unified School District Board of Trustees eliminated 36 vacant positions on Thursday. According to Greg Bowen, the district’s director of fiscal services, many of the positions were created using Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief dollars issued during the COVID-19 pandemic. Most went unfilled and are no longer able to be funded, he said.
The 36 positions account for about 32 percent of DNUSD’s overall vacancies, Bowen said. There are currently 114 positions in the general fund, child development and nutrition departments that are unfilled, he said.

Crescent City’s Walmart store will cut the ribbon on its newly transformed Supercenter at 900 E. Washington Boulevard today. The event includes the presentation of grants to local organizations as well as vendors hosting giveaways for the public.

Oregon residents will have a chance to comment on Pacific Power’s efforts to increase its revenues by $322.3 million, or 17.9 percent “for all customer types combined, the Oregon Public Utility Commission stated Thursday.
Residential single-family Pacific Power customers could see their monthly bill increase by $30.66. Those living in a multi-family home could see an increase of $18.51 per month, according to the PUC. If approved the new rates will take effect Jan. 1, 2025.
The Public Utility Commission is hosting a virtual meeting from 6-7 p.m. Monday. Customers an also provide comment in writing or by phone through June 14. For more information, email call (503) 378-6600