Nevada County remains under local, state, and federal emergency proclamations from the series of winter storms. Speaking earlier this week on KNCO’s “Insight”, County CEO Alison Lehman said over 17-thousand PG and E customers lost power during the deepest snow … Read more >
Nevada City’s first low-income housing project, Cashin’s Field opened in January and yesterday a ribbon cutting ceremony took place. The event featuring a number of local, state and state dignitaries. Shelley Covert, tribal spokesperson for the Nevada City Rancheria Nisenan … Read more >
Nevada County will have a newly-created Code and Cannabis Compliance Director, starting next month. Matt Kelley is being promoted to the position on April 17th. He’s been a senior planner with the Planning Department for the last six years. But … Read more >
At a crowded special meeting Monday morning, the Rough and Ready Fire Department did decide to dissolve. After a consolidation with the Penn Valley Department lacked adequate financial backing, the Consolidation Committee, which also included some Rough and Ready Department … Read more >
The series of winter storms has also pushed back resumption of the Mill Street promenade improvement project by a couple of months. It was originally scheduled to start up again around mid-January. And several merchants again expressed their frustrations at … Read more >
Another notable building impacted by weeks of on and off snow and rain in Grass Valley is the recently-rennovated Center for the Arts. Executive Director Amber Jo Manuel says there’s been extensive water damage for the Marisa Funk Theater… click … Read more >
A proposed Highway 49 evacuation improvement project for the South County is getting additional funding push from area lawmakers. State Senator Brian Dahle and Assemblymember Megan Dahle have sent a letter of support to Cal Trans Director Tony Tavares. The … Read more >
Grass Valley has obtained a fifth federal grant to investigate mine-scarred properties and other underutilized properties for possible contamination. Community Development Director Tom Last says a Community Meeting has been scheduled for City Hall Tuesday evening. He says half-million dollars … Read more >
The IRS is warning taxpayers about new filing season scams. And Raphael Tulino, with media relations, says this one is more sinister. It encourages people to use software to submit false information on a blank Wage and Tax Statement W-2. … Read more >
After two years of cancellations, due to the pandemic, 37th Annual Speech Tournament Finals, for fourth-through-eighth-grade students returned to the Nevada Theatre earlier this week. It’s hosted by the Nevada County Superintendent of Schools. Tournament Coordinator Shannon Rashby says this … Read more >
