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Posted: Nov. 7, 2023 5:24 PM PST

Hoping to it’ll help provide more reliable consumer access to regulated, tested cannabis on the legal market, Nevada County Supervisors have approved a resolution accepting a 275-thousand dollar grant from the state. The California Department of Cannabis Control says by … Read more >
Posted: Nov. 7, 2023 5:22 PM PST

Nearly a-quarter of those experiencing homelessness in California report having a serious mental illness. So the state recently established what’s called the Behavioral Health Bridge Housing Program, allocating one-and-a-half billion dollars. And Nevada County Supervisors have approved a resolution accepting … Read more >
Posted: Nov. 7, 2023 12:27 PM PST

A traffic stop has led to a Grass Valley man being arrested on five related felony charges. Police Lieutenant Clint Bates says 31-year-old Donald Garcia was pulled over Monday evening in the area of Timberwood Drive and Jack Rabbit Road… … Read more >
Posted: Nov. 7, 2023 12:29 AM PST

The Nevada County Sheriff’s Department recently remembered its first sheriff of three in its history to die in the line of duty, with a Facebook posting. It says on November 2nd, 1856, an outlaw with a penchant for escaping jails … Read more >
Posted: Nov. 7, 2023 12:26 AM PST

Some people are already wanting to put up their Christmas tree. And starting today (Tues.), Public Affairs Officer Lauren Faulkenberry says you can get a permit to cut one down in the Tahoe National Forest for only ten dollars… click … Read more >
Posted: Nov. 7, 2023 12:15 AM PST

What’s described as a groundbreaking podcast event on alzheimer’s and dementia is happening this (Tues.) evening at the Nevada County Media studios. The Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital Foundation and the Alzheimer’s Outreach Program have joined forces to have it recorded, … Read more >
Posted: Nov. 6, 2023 6:52 AM PST

Changes are coming to how Medi-Cal benefits will be offered in Nevada County, but it should not have a major impact on how you get services. County Public Information Officer Lisa Renner says local Medi-Cal recipients will be served under … Read more >
Posted: Nov. 6, 2023 12:35 AM PST

With the end of daylight savings time, and it getting dark earlier, the number of vehicle-wildlife collisions on roads and highways tend to spike up for a little while. California Department of Fish and Wildlife Public Information Officer, Tim Daly, … Read more >
Posted: Nov. 6, 2023 12:11 AM PST

A little over a month before Nevada County Supervisors consider the vested rights petition for the Idaho Maryland Mine proposal, opponents are fine-tuning arguments against it. That includes the Community Environmental Advocates Foundation. The group’s president, Ralph Silberstein, says since … Read more >
Posted: Nov. 3, 2023 5:35 PM PDT

Highway 49, between Grass Valley and Auburn, will remain the most critical evacuation corridor for Western Nevada County residents needing to drive away from a wildfire. And now the California Transportation Commission is getting ready to give the go-ahead for … Read more >