Repairs to the Scotts Flat spillway, which haven’t begun yet, are already getting increasingly expensive. Since its construction in the 1940’s, the spillway has experienced repetitive spalling damage on the chute slabs. The NID Board of Directors approved performing a … Read more >
Preventive burning to reduce the wildfire danger is slowing expanding in Nevada City. The City Council has approved allowing the continued use of Bio-Char kilns, after a problem-free one-time use in March at the City Co-Housing property. That included no … Read more >
Recreational vehicles may soon be another legal housing alternative in unincorporated areas of Nevada County. They’d be allowed on existing residential properties. The County Planning Commission has sent that recommendation to the Board of Supervisors, following another lengthy hearing about … Read more >
Plans for a 16-lot subdivision for Habitat for Humanity are moving forward. The Grass Valley Development Review Committee has recommended that the City Council re-zone a two-acre property near Nevada City Highway and Gates Place. Martin Wood represents the Planning … Read more >
For those who are already in the Christmas mood, Mill Street, in downtown Grass Valley, is the place to go this weekend. The tree-lighting ceremony is happened Saturday evening. The executive director of the Downtown Association and Greater Chamber of … Read more >
A few more details have been released regarding last weekend’s murder at Condon Park. Grass Valley Police Lieutenant, Brian Blakemore, says the victim has been identified as 51-year-old Jason Frost, from Sacramento as well as Grass Valley… click to … Read more >
Hoping to improve parking convenience and proximity, the Grass Valley City Council has adopted a staff-recommended paid plan for three lots. It will be a-dollar-an-hour for the first two hours, then two-dollars an hour, at the parking lots at Pioneer … Read more >
For the first time since its founding 47 years ago, in 1978, Community Beyond Violence will soon own its emergency shelter. Board President Kirsten Dees says KARE Crisis Nursery, which is closing at the end of the month, has donated … Read more >
With PG and E infrastructure repairs described as sufficient enough, the NID Board of Directors has rescinded the water supply shortage emergency. The emergency was declared in February of 2024, when the utility notified the District of a structural failure … Read more >
The agreement to reopen the Federal Government delays a decision on the affordability of the Affordable Care Act to December. That’s when Congress will likely decide whether to extend pandemic-era tax credits, among other issues. The credits are set to … Read more >
