UPDATE 11-19 3:35PM Unofficial Election Results

Click Read Full Story for links: The Nevada County Elections Office is providing updates at 4:00PM on Tuesday and Friday of each week until final results are certified. The most recent update is Friday November 8th. Click on the link … Read more >
Sheriff’s Holiday Card Contest Has Winner!

A fifth-grader from Penn Valley is this year’s winner of the Sheriff’s Department’s second annual Children’s Holiday Card Contest. 10-year-old Makenzie Pitts goes to Ready Springs Elementary School. Public Information Officer Ashley Quadros says there were 73 drawings submitted to … Read more >
Medical Cannabis Advocate Honored By Supes

Following another lengthy discussion on the cannabis ordinance, last week, Nevada County Supervisors approved a Certificate of Recognition for Wade Laughter. That was for his dedication as a medical cannabis researcher, mentor, educator, and advocate. In 1999, Laughter became a … Read more >
Gas Prices Expected To Stay Lower

With no hurricane forming in the Gulf of Mexico after all, no gas price spikes are expected, as we get closer to Thanksgiving. John Treanor, with Triple-A, says prices in the North State are the lowest, for November, since 2020. … Read more >
Sylvesters Contribute To SNMH ICCU Campaign

As the campaign continues to find the remaining funding for upgrading the Intensive Critical Care Unit at Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital, it’s received a boost. Our own Ed and Bernadette Sylvester, who have been dedicated supporters of both the Hospital … Read more >
Local Ag Production Second-Highest Last Decade

It was an exceptionally good year for agriculture production in Nevada County last year. The 2023 Crop and Livestock report showed that the total gross value of products was over 24-million dollars. That’s up approximately 30-percent from the previous year … Read more >
Latest Jobless Rate Stays Stagnant

The latest unemployment rate in Nevada County is nothing to be alarmed about. It only rose one-tenth-of-a-point, in October, at four-point-three-percent. That’s also only three-tenths-of-a-point higher than a year ago. And it generally hovers between four and five-percent for most … Read more >
NevCo Seeks Public Comments Housing Designation

Public feedback is being sought on Nevada County’s “Prohousing” designation application with the state that officials hope will provide a new funding avenue. The Board of Supervisors approved a resolution, last July, supporting the application, which was submitted in late … Read more >
Nevada City Boosts Undergrounding Funding

A major utility undergrounding project near Nevada City, that we told you about a couple of months ago, is now getting a bit of a financial boost from the town. At their meeting last week, the City Council approved 346-thousand … Read more >
Fire Safe Council Future Unclear Amid Allegations

After two scathing grand jury reports in two years, and now a criminal investigation underway by the District Attorney’s Office, the Fire Safe Council of Nevada County appears to be struggling for survival. In April, the Grand Jury’s latest allegations … Read more >



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