A full-court press on Congressman Kevin Kiley, by regional officials, to reinstate federal funding and staffing cuts to the Tahoe National Forest office, was recently conducted in Truckee. That was just before Congress was set to hold budget hearings this … Read more >

Hoping it’ll help clear more remote private evacuation routes, in addition to public roads, a microgrant program has been launched by Nevada County. Office of Emergency Services Forestry Projects Manager, Alex Geritz , says it’s funded through a U.S Forest … Read more >

There was another notable drop in homeless people in Nevada County, compared to a year ago. It fell by 50, to 466, according to the so-called Point in Time count. It was conducted this year on January 28, with teams … Read more >

This (Tues.) evening, locally-acclaimed ghost storyteller Mark Lyon returns to the Grass Valley Library with “True Encounters with the Fairy Folk”. And Adult Programs Coordinator, Brittany Blake, says they’re far from the glittering, benevolent fairies of popular lore… click to … Read more >

Updated reservoir storage and snowpack numbers continue to reflect a third straight winter of near or above-average precipitation in the Nevada Irrigation District. The most recent snowpack measurement was 98-percent of normal. Reservoir storage was at 109-percent. But PG and … Read more >

It’s 45 years to life in prison for a Nevada County man who sexually abused his young daughter for nearly a decade. That’s after Robert Goodman pleaded guilty to three of the most serious and violent crimes a week before … Read more >

After some last-minute opposition from skateboarders, plans for a new skatepark in Grass Valley have been delayed. And the City Council has scheduled a special meeting this (Mon.) evening. Many of those skateboarders also attended several community meetings about the … Read more >

The topic of the latest monthly Community Forum, from the Sierra College Foundation, was “Keeping Our Arts Venues Viable and Sustainable”. Nevada County Supervisor and former Grass Valley City Councilmember, Lisa Swarthout, is also on the Center for the Arts … Read more >

It’s believed to be the first murder case of the year for the Nevada County Sheriff’s Department. Few details are available so far. Captain Sean Scales says it began with a welfare check at the home of the victim, on … Read more >

While motorized boating is set to resume at Scotts Flat and Rollins Lakes next week, NID is now closing Jackson Meadows and other upper-division reservoirs to such activity through the summer. The district implemented a free red tag quarantine program, … Read more >