In addition to the upcoming holiday that honors fallen military members, there’s also the annual Peace Officers Memorial Day on Thursday. It was established in 1962 by Congress by resolution. And at their meeting Tuesday, Nevada County Supervisors approved their … Read more >

To help provide better insight into helping people build financial security, a so-called “Real Cost Measure” was created by the United Way of California. It estimates the minimum amount of income required to meet basic needs. And for Nevada as … Read more >

A Penn Valley woman has been arrested, after allegedly attacking two senior family members at the home where they lived on Mother’s Day. Nevada County Sheriff’s Department Public Information Officer, Leslie Williams, says the victims were a 75-year-old woman and … Read more >

So far, it looks like an average wildfire danger for Nevada County and surrounding areas this year. A presentation to the Board of Supervisors, from Cal Fire’s Nevada-Yuba-Placer Unit, included a fire season outlook. Chief Brian Estes said precipitation has … Read more >

Motorized boating resumed at Scotts Flat and Rollins Lakes at the beginning of the month. That’s the first time since last fall, when the highly-invasive golden mussel was discovered at another North State lake. Earlier this year, the Nevada Irrigation … Read more >

Nevada County Superior Court is taking part in National Juror Appreciation Week. Officials say the Legislature passed a special resolution to acknowledge, honor, and celebrate their important contributions. They say it’s also intended to encourage all citizens to support the … Read more >

District Attorneys around the state are supporting a bill moving through the Legislature that’s designed to crack down on buyers of the child sex trafficking industry.That’s after Democratic leaders in the Assembly announced, last week, that they will reinstate a … Read more >

Believe it or not, Memorial Day is coming up soon. And so the South Yuba River Citizens League is gearing up its River Ambassador Program that was established in 2012. SYRCL says over half of the river corridor is public … Read more >

There’s at least one government funding cut by the Trump Administration that’s receiving some bi-partisan blowback in Congress. And that includes from Nevada County’s Republican Congressman, Kevin Kiley. The White House recently laid off the staff of AmeriCorps, but has … Read more >

A community of local contractors and other caring volunteers have come together to help a 70-year-old widow who was burned out of her home in late January. Lori Wiznewski barely made it out of the flames, on Pasquale Road, but … Read more >