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Sonoma County land conservation plan receives approval

By Benjamin Kibbey | Feb 7, 2021

The Sonoma County Agricultural Preservation and Open Space District Board of Directors recently voted to approve the Vital Lands Initiative, a move that the district hailed on Facebook as an important milestone.

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Safeway works with Sonoma County to distribute COVID-19 vaccine

By Benjamin Kibbey | Jan 24, 2021

Sonoma County and Safeway are working together to help with the distribution of the COVID-19 vaccine for both frontline workers and the general public.

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Coyote Valley Band receives $200,000 EPA grant

By Benjamin Kibbey | Jan 24, 2021

The Coyote Valley Band of Pomo Indians recently received a two-year, $200,000 grant for the development of a plan related to educating the community on mitigation of air and water pollution in times of disaster.

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Rotary seeks to help local businesses with grant funding

By Benjamin Kibbey | Jan 24, 2021

The Sonoma Valley Rotary Foundation, which has given out approximately $115,000 in grants to local businesses, is still gathering funds and dispersing grants to help offset some of the troubles created by the COVID-19 economic crisis.

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Williamson wines doesn't back down from pandemic, fires

By Benjamin Kibbey | Jan 5, 2021

Facing the challenges of the economic crisis created by COVID-19 restrictions, and of the pandemic itself, thrown in during a season of wildfires, Williamson Wines in Healdsburg, Calif., has worked hard to keep operations going and workers employed.

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Papapietro Perry Winery toasts the New Year after COVID, California wildfires

By Benjamin Kibbey | Jan 5, 2021

Most California wineries had to overcome the multiple challenges of COVID-19 restrictions plus summer wildfires in order to safely navigate the business into 2021.

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Arts Council of Mendocino County finds ways to promote art, culture amid COVID-19 crisis

By Benjamin Kibbey | Dec 14, 2020

As organizations and communities across the nation continue to adjust to the realities of COVID-19, the Arts Council of Mendocino County has come up with a number of innovative answers to continuing engagement with the arts community.