Nevada County Supervisors received another tutorial on how speed limit changes are determined, during their Tuesday meeting before approving some minor adjustments to three roads. A five mile-an-hour increase is ahead for a stretch of Cement Hill Road, northwest of … Read more >
After officially joining Pioneer Community Energy in January, Grass Valley and Nevada City have now decided to opt up to 100-percent renewable energy for their municipal operations. The standard product they started out with already had 40-percent. But Nevada City … Read more >
Major steps toward implementing yet another important wildfire fuels reduction project have been taken by Nevada County Supervisors. At their Tuesday meeting, they approved a resolution accepting a total of 858-thousand dollars for a Phase One planning grant for the … Read more >
Nevada County appears to be one of the hardest-hit North State counties, regarding State Farm’s recent announcement to discontinue thousands more fire insurance policies. Three zip codes were listed on the Facebook page of County Fire Insurance Information. The highest … Read more >
What’s called a Meet Your Match Job Fair is happening at the Grass Valley Veterans Hall Thursday afternoon, April 11. Maryanne Connelley is a business services representative for the local office of the Alliance for Workforce Development, which is partnering … Read more >
You’ve likely noticed another surge in gas prices. Many stations are getting closer to charging five-dollars a gallon. The pace of the increases appears to have slowed down. But Triple-A spokesman John Treanor says don’t expect prices to drop anytime … Read more >
Nevada County Media has revived its Community Meet and Pitch. It’s tomorrow (Wed.) evening. Executive Director Ramona Howard says it’s designed to foster collaboration and networking between media professionals, artists, filmmakers, musicians, and storytellers…. click to listen to Ramona Howard … Read more >
A retired teacher from Nevada Union High School has been selected for a first-of-its-kind shared position focusing on enhancing youth leadership development and career technical education. Jeff Dellis has been selected by Nevada County and the Nevada Joint Union High … Read more >
About a year and a half after the first-ever annual benefit assessment was passed, the Peardale-Chicago Park Fire District is looking to annex more property owners to pay it. Appearing recently on KNCO’s On the Town, Chief Jim Bierwagen said … Read more >
The California Heritage Indigenous Research Project, also known as CHIRP, is nearing completion of upgrades of its 32-acre property along Deer Creek, in partnership with the Sierra Fund. CHIRP supports the Nevada City Rancheria Nisenan Tribe. Sierra Fund Project Manager, … Read more >
