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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 >

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 >

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 >

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 >

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 >

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 >

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 >

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 >

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 >

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 >