On a Tuesday afternoon, June 26, Gregory Lee “Vinny” Devaney died in his home in Sunny Brae with the women who were his closest loved ones nearby. With his passing, in Arcata, the town he called home most of his life, a shining light went out. Brain cancer took his life. Born August…
KHSU’s community advisors: ‘no confidence’ in station manager
Kevin L. Hoover Mad River Union HUMBOLDT STATE – It’s hard to tell which emotion the KHSU staff and volunteer community feels more strongly – love for dismissed Operations Director Katie Whiteside or loathing for the man who fired her, General Manager Peter Fretwell. The station has been in severe turmoil ever since Whiteside’s May…
Vinny Devaney ill, getting treatment at UCSF
Mad River Union ARCATA – Former host of KHSU’s Fogou show, Gregg “Vinny” Devaney, has been diagnosed with two brain tumors. Friends have been assisting Devaney and his wife Kirsten Lindquist, spending time with the popular musician and bon vivant man-about-town as he prepares for surgery. One tumor is located in his left frontal lobe,…