Just before Christmas, the California Highway Patrol will have a Maximum Enforcement Period, although this one is lasting only 18 hours. It won’t be in place during some of the worst weather today, beginning at six this evening and last … Read more >

After four previous failures, the Higgins Fire Protection District finally received approval from property owners for a benefit assessment increase this past summer. And the most notable improvement is the re-opening of the third station, on Dog Bar Road, which … Read more >

Although wildfires are still rare during the winter, the colder weather, plus holiday decorations, can mean an increase in home fires. Nevada City Fire Department Division Chief, Sam Goodspeede says candles tend to be used more this time of year … Read more >

A major home fire occurred in the south county over the past weekend. That was Saturday afternoon, on Ocelot Drive, off Wolf Creek Road. But Nevada County Consolidated Fire Battalian Chief, Bill Nunnink, says crews managed to contain the damage. … Read more >

A week before Christmas, and during the busiest time of the year for retailers, Proposition 36 went into effect. It was passed by voters in November, many of whom were concerned, after seeing high-profile stories on the increasing number of … Read more >

An update on the Bear River Library. It’s re-opening on Saturday, four days after it had to be closed, after a plumbing issue that occurred in another part of the building it shares with several other tenants on Combie Road. … Read more >

An estimated 17-hundred elementary school-age children walked through downtown Grass Valley Friday morning, with canned food, for the 140th Donation Day Parade. And this was the fourth year for Grass Valley Charter School Principal Luke Duchene, whose students were at … Read more >

It’s not the Christmas season without the “Nutcracker”. And in Nevada County, they have three different productions, including one that’s happening this weekend. That’s the 20th presentation at Nevada Union High School’s Don Baggett Theatre, from Center Stage Dance Studio, … Read more >

The new Bear River Library, which opened early this year, remains closed, due to what was originally described by Nevada County officials as “urgent facilities maintenance”. It was later called a “plumbing issue” that caused the ceiling to leak. County … Read more >

Final approval has been given, from the Planning Commission, for a six-month pilot program for a wood debris carbonizer processing site in Grass Valley. The carbonizer, on La Barr Meadows Road, will extreme-heat logs, turning them into biochar, a carbon-rich … Read more >