2025 could also be a year that Nevada County takes a major step toward addressing critical gaps in care for residents with serious mental illness. Sometime this spring, the county is expected to get word on whether they’ve qualified for … Read more >
The first baby born in Nevada County for 2025 has been announced by Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital. Hector Daniel Patino Romo was born at 9:23am on Wednesday, New Year’s Day. To celebrate, the hospital says the family received a wagon … Read more >
The holiday season doesn’t necessarily lighten the mood for homes where domestic violence has been occurring. But Community Beyond Violence Executive Director, Jessica Nunn Provost, says their call volume doesn’t actually vary that much from other times of the year. … Read more >
Flu cases tend to pick up after the holiday season. But the Chief Medical Officer of Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital, Doctor Tyler Hill, says he hasn’t noticed any particular patient surge at their Emergency Room, so far. And he says … Read more >
Two wanted fugitives from the state of Nevada were arrested early Thursday in Nevada County on numerous theft and burglary charges. Sheriff’s Captain Sean Scales says it began with a traffic stop of 40-year-old Michael Gunter, of Portland, Oregon, and … Read more >
The first official snowpack survey of the season have been made. And it’s robust for the Northern Sierra, at this point of the season, at 161-percent of average. A year ago, it was only about a-third of that number. It’s … Read more >
As the County Intern Program finishes its second year, Bright Futures for Youth is touting its growing success. Executive Director Jennifer Singer says young people earn a paycheck, while learning valuable career skills. And she says they’re now preparing for … Read more >
There was something even more different about the 13th Annual Muppet Launch in the Little Town of Washington that kicks off the holiday season, or the day after Thanksgiving. This year’s muppet was actually found and returned. Amy Lee is … Read more >
The tributes continue to pour in, after the recent passing of former president Jimmy Carter. And that includes from the local chapter of Habitat for Humanity. The international organization was founded in 1976. Then, in 1984, Carter and his wife, … Read more >
Nearly four years after it was filed, a federal court has rejected a lawsuit that contended that Nevada County’s enforcement efforts against two local restaurants during the pandemic amounted to retaliation. County Counsel Kit Elliott says Friar Tucks in Nevada … Read more >
