What’s being touted as a cutting edge Wildfire Early Warning System is getting its first test run in Grass Valley. The City Council passed a resolution of support at its meeting last week. Risk Reduction Manager Duane Strawser told the … Read more >

On this Martin Luther King Day, a longtime traditional event that hasn’t been around in four years is returning to Nevada City. Producer Paul Emery says a Community Choir will be performing at the Nevada Theatre at noon, with a … Read more >

Nevada County’s Superintendent of Schools is retiring. Scott Lay, who’s had the job for nine years, says he won’t seek re-election to a third term in June. And he’s endorsed John Baggett… click to listen to Scott Lay After some … Read more >

Water rates haven’t changed since 2013 in Nevada City and not since 2018 for wastewater. Updated recommendations from a consultants study were part of a lengthy presentation and discussion at the recent City Council meeting.  Any adjustments will be up … Read more >

Peace Lutheran Church once again invites you to spend an afternoon of fun enjoying a silent film, as if you were back in the roaring 20”s. On Sunday, you’re invited to dress up for “My Best Girl”, a 1927 American … Read more >

A 48-year-old Nevada City man has been killed in a solo vehicle accident that started on the Golden Center Freeway near the town. CHP Officer Sean Armacher says Justin Cochetti was reportedly driving his pickup at a high rate of … Read more >

Nevada City’s new City Manager was introduced at Wednesday night’s City Council meeting. Carrie Wright was officially hired earlier this week. Her first day is March second. After Sean Grayson and the city mutually agreed to part ways, Joan Phillipe, … Read more >

Charges against at least two of three teens accused of a racially-charged beating last month in Grass Valley are now also being called hate crimes by the Nevada County District Attorney’s Office.  D-A Jesse Wilson declined to outline specifics for … Read more >

Governor Newsom’s state budget proposal is leaving Nevada County’s Superintendent of Schools “cautiously optimistic”, as he puts it. But Scott Lay says the recent huge deficits and cloudy economic outlook for the state, overall, have left him and his counterparts … Read more >

A bill aimed at strengthening statewide rent control and tenant protections has already failed, early on in the Legislative session. It did not advance out of the Assembly Judiciary Committee. The measure proposed to amend California’s Tenant Protection Act of … Read more >