Before the start of the summer wildfire season, a two-page mailer was sent to Nevada County residents, reminding them of the critical steps for emergency preparedness. And now the County Office of Emergency Services is mailing out the full Ready, … Read more >

Results from the Ag Mechanics and Junior Livestock Auctions at this year’s Nevada County Fair are described as outstanding. Fairgrounds CEO Andrew Trygg says just under one-point-three million dollars was raised, which is about 100-thousand dollars higher than last year… … Read more >

Work continues on Grass Valley’s Downtown Street Rehabilitation Project this month. Last Friday, the southernmost entrance to the Union Square public parking lot, from South Auburn Street, was reopened, just in time for Labor Day weekend. And the northern entrance … Read more >

Two arrests have been made, and more are being sought, after the attempted robbery of a legal cannabis farm in the Grass Valley area over the Labor Day weekend. Nevada County Sheriff’s Department Public Information Officer, Ashley Quadros, says it … Read more >

Accidents and tickets appeared to be up in Nevada County over Labor Day weekend, compared to a year ago, for the Grass Valley Office of the California Highway Patrol. Officer Sean Armacher says they responded to two more collisions than … Read more >

Nevada County fire departments have, once again, successfully submitted requests for a temporary resource boost from the state. County Consolidated Fire District Chief, Jason Robitaille, says the extra equipment and staffing is provided, when wildfire weather conditions are heightened…. click … Read more >

A major improvement project on a portion of a road leading to the Waste Management Transfer Station begins today (Mon.). But that also means one-way traffic controls. Assistant Nevada County Public Works engineer, Elijah Larimer, says that’ll be on weekdays, … Read more >

The latest monthly Community Forum, hosted by the Sierra College Foundation, focused most of the hour, last Friday, on how the Nevada County Sheriff’s Department would handle any Immigration and Customs Enforcement activities that occur here. But Sergeant Matt Harrison … Read more >

A Grass Valley man has been arrested for a murder-for-hire scheme that was thwarted through a little-known organization. Police Lieutenant Dale Norvell says the suspect, 34-year-old Brandon Painter, got on the organization’s website about hiring someone to kill his second … Read more >

Just before Labor Day Weekend, on Friday, county and school officials, along with some invited community members, celebrated the completion of the new Combie Road Multi-Purpose Trail. The paved, concrete trail stretches three-quarters of a mile, from Higgins Road to … Read more >