For the first time since just a month before the pandemic, the Chinese Lunar New Year’s Festival and Parade is happening in Nevada City. It’s organized by the Community Asian Theatre. Executive Director Jeannie Wood told the City Council, at … Read more >
Nevada County’s District Attorney is outraged by the sentence of a Grass Valley man who pleaded guilty to child pornography charges. Richard Colombini, 75 at the time of his arrest in late 2020, has been given 180 days in the … Read more >
The final funding step has been taken for another wildfire fuels reduction project in Nevada County. The Wildlife Conservation Board has voted to grant close to two-point-four million dollars for implementation of the 625-acre Sierra Foothills Resilience Project. That’s after … Read more >
A walkaway inmate from the Washington Ridge Conservation Camp has been apprehended. 19-year-old Malachi Thomas was taken into custody over the past weekend in Fresno without incident, according to the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. He’d been missing since … Read more >
The Love Walk returned to Grass Valley Sunday morning as part of the the frst Local for Locals event on the Mill Street Plaza. Prior to walking around the Plaza and finishing with a flute lead procession back down the … Read more >
A congressional resolution has been introduced to honor Grass Valley veteran Lou Conter. He’s the last living survivor of the attack on the USS Arizona at Pearl Harbor, in 1941, and will celebrate his 102nd birthday on September 13th. And … Read more >
Rise Gold is now giving its side of why they can resume operation of the Idaho Maryland Mine without needing a conditional use permit, which was rejected by the Nevada County Planning Commission back in May. Their attorney, Braiden Chadwick, … Read more >
In light of recent wildfires, an evacuation forum with Nevada County Sheriff Shannan Moon ended up being even more timely. And it attracted a mostly full house at the Sierra College multipurpose auditorium Friday morning. Overall, the sheriff seemed to … Read more >
Grass Valley officially opened the Mill Street Plaza for the Fourth of July parade and the Greater Grass Valley Chamber of Commerce, and the Grass Valley Downtown Association are holding another gathering event this Sunday. Chamber CEO Robin Galvin-Davies says … Read more >
It’s the peak of fire season and there have been several instances in and around Nevada County that have required a group of residents to evacuate. A combination of evacuation warnings and orders were issued with the Highway Fire near … Read more >
