Why Your Voice, The Voice Of Small Towns & Villages Matters Now More Than Ever! ~ By John Hamilton

Why Your Voice, The Voice Of Small Towns & Villages Matters Now More Than Ever! ~ By John Hamilton

Arnold, CA…First and foremost I would like to say Thank You!!! Thank you for your visits to our news outlets! Thank you also for living here, visiting here, working here, running businesses here and caring about our area, your friends, neighbors, communities and country!! For over 12 years now it has been an honor to […]

Join The Calaveras Wine Alliance For A Special Wine Tasting & Wine Education

Join The Calaveras Wine Alliance For A Special Wine Tasting & Wine Education

Murphys, CA…The Calaveras Wine Alliance has rebranded and restructured its wine education series previously titled Wines Of The World to Calaveras Uncorked Wine Education Series. Kicking off the new series THIS Thursday, March 9th at 6pm in the Ballroom of The Murphys Hotel, will be winemaker and winery owner Rich Gilpin of Lavender Ridge Vineyards […]

Planning Underway For Tenth Annual Mr. Frog’s Wild Ride In Calaveras County

Planning Underway For Tenth Annual Mr. Frog’s Wild Ride In Calaveras County

Murphys, CA…Murphys resident Wendi Bell has volunteered to head up the planning for the tenth annual Mr. Frog’s Wild Ride to be held in the verdant hills of Calaveras County on Saturday, April 15. “One of the first places I discovered when I moved here three years ago was Feeney Park, the beautiful location for […]

Celebrate Spring Aboard Railtown 1897’s Popular & Fun Wildflower Train: Tickets On Sale Now for Three Dates Only: April 8, 9 & 15

Celebrate Spring Aboard Railtown 1897’s Popular & Fun Wildflower Train: Tickets On Sale Now for Three Dates Only: April 8, 9 & 15

Jamestown, CA…With spring in full bloom, California State Parks and Railtown 1897 State Historic Park (SHP) are proud to provide guests with a unique opportunity to experience spring wildflowers from aboard a train. While the Park is open daily, special Wildflower Train Rides are available on three weekend dates – April 8, 9 & 15 […]

Speaker Ryan Introduces The American Health Care Act

Speaker Ryan Introduces The American Health Care Act

Washington, DC…House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI) issued the following statement on introduction of the American Health Care Act:  “Obamacare is rapidly collapsing. Skyrocketing premiums, soaring deductibles, and dwindling choices are not what the people were promised seven years ago. It’s time to turn a page and rescue our health care system from this disastrous law. The […]

Black Oak Casino Resort Offers Irish Dining Specials For St. Patrick’s Day

Black Oak Casino Resort Offers Irish Dining Specials For St. Patrick’s Day

Tuolumne City, CA… Black Oak Casino Resort is the luckiest place to be this St. Patrick’s Day. Beyond the hottest gaming and entertainment action in the Sierra Nevada Foothills, the property will offer an array of holiday inspired dinning specials on March 17. The following are Black Oak Casino Resort’s St. Patrick’s Day dining specials: […]

Forest Service Seeks Public Comment On State OHV Grant Applications

Forest Service Seeks Public Comment On State OHV Grant Applications

Sonora, CA…The Stanislaus National Forest announced a public comment period beginning March 7 on preliminary 2018 (G16) off-highway vehicle grant applications. Public comments may be submitted until April 3, 2017. Forest recreation specialists have completed two draft grant applications proposing two off-highway vehicle projects for consideration by the California State Parks Off-Highway Motor Vehicle Recreation […]

The 8th Annual Mark Twain Health Fair Is March 11th! PHI Air Med Lands At 8:30am

The 8th Annual Mark Twain Health Fair Is March 11th!  PHI Air Med Lands At 8:30am

Murphys, CA…On Saturday, March 11, 2017, the 8th Annual Mark Twain Health Fair will take place at Ironstone Vineyards from 8 a.m. to noon, featuring the presence of 20 community health related organizations, not to mention a helicopter landing! The free health fair will offer low-cost medical tests as well as free information on topics […]

Slope Repair On SR 26 From Gill Haven Drive To Alabama Hill

Slope Repair On SR 26 From Gill Haven Drive To Alabama Hill

Calaveras County, CA… The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) will perform one-way traffic control on eastbound and westbound State Route 26 (SR-26) from Gill Haven Drive to east of Alabama Hill for slope repair and clearing. Crews will begin work Monday, March 6, 2017, through Friday, March 10, 2017, from 7:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m. […]

Traffic Control On SR 88 From Silver Lake Campground To County Line

Traffic Control On SR 88 From Silver Lake Campground To County Line

Amador County, CA…The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) will be performing one-way traffic control on eastbound and westbound State Route 88 from Silver Lake Campground to the Amador/Alpine County line for pavement repair. Work is scheduled to occur beginning Tuesday, March 7, 2017, through Friday, March 10, 2017, from 8:00 a.m. until 6:00 p.m. Work […]

Tree Work On SR 26 From SR 88 Amador/ Calaveras County line

Tree Work On SR 26 From SR 88 Amador/ Calaveras County line

Amador County, CA…The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) will perform one-way traffic control on eastbound and westbound State Route 26 (SR-26) from SR-88 to the Amador/Calaveras County line for tree work. Crews will begin work Monday, March 6, 2017, through Friday, March 10, 2017, from 8:00 a.m. until 4:00 p.m. Motorists should expect 10-minute delays. […]

Delays On HWY 88 From Ridge Road To Sugar Pine Drive

Delays On HWY 88 From Ridge Road To Sugar Pine Drive

Amador County, CA…The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) will be performing various road work on State Route 88 (SR-88) from SR-104/Ridge Road to Sugar Pine Drive near Barton. Work will occur as follows: One-way traffic control on eastbound and westbound SR-88 from SR-104/Ridge Road to east of Wicklow Way near Martell for utility work on […]

Guard Rail Repair On SR 49 At Carson Hill

Guard Rail Repair On SR 49 At Carson Hill

Calaveras County, CA…The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) will perform one-way traffic control on northbound and southbound State Route 49 (SR-49) at Carson Hill for guard rail repair. Crews will begin work on Monday, March 6, 2017, from 8:00 a.m. until 4:00 p.m. One-way traffic control will also occur on northbound and southbound SR-49 from […]

Vallecito Union School District Regular Meeting, March 8th

Vallecito Union School District Regular Meeting, March 8th

Avery, CA… There will be a regular meeting held by the Vallecito Union School District Governing Board on Wednesday, March 8th starting at 3:00 p.m. The meeting will take place at The Vallecito District Office located at 4545 B. Moran Road in Avery, California. A copy of the complete VUSD agenda is attached below for […]

Calaveras Chamber Of Commerce March Mixer

Calaveras Chamber Of Commerce March Mixer

Angels Camp, CA…The Calaveras County Chamber of Commerce will be hosting its next mixer on March 16, 2017 from 5:30pm till 7pm at Greenhorn Creek Golf Resort located at 711 McCauley Ranch Rd. in Angels Camp. The Chambers mixers are attended by many businesses owners and county leaders. They are a great way to network […]

Week One Op-Ed By Former Calaveras County Supervisor Tom Tryon On The “War On Drugs”

Week One Op-Ed By Former Calaveras County Supervisor Tom Tryon On The “War On Drugs”

Angels Camp, CA….After being elected to the Calaveras County Board of Supervisors I assumed office in January of 1985. A recall effort was initiated against me in the summer of 1985. The recall effort was launched due to my opposition to the “War on Drugs”, most particularly Marijuana. The issues of the summer of 1985 […]

2017 Miss Calaveras: Seven Compete For Title

2017 Miss Calaveras: Seven Compete For Title

Angels Camp, CA…The Calaveras County Fair and Jumping Frog Jubilee is pleased to announce that seven young women are set to compete in the 2017 Miss Calaveras Scholarship Pageant. The Miss Calaveras Scholarship pageant will occur on Thursday, May 18 at 8 p.m. The pageant consists of five categories: interview, health and fitness, talent, and […]

Chuck Duffy 1934 ~ 2017

Chuck Duffy 1934 ~ 2017

Angels Camp, CA…Angels Camp lost one of its angels Thursday, March 2 2017. Chuck Duffy (Country Cloth Shop) passed away suddenly surrounded by family, he was 83 years old. He was a US Navy Veteran. Born in Detroit Michigan, he moved to Los Angeles at the age of 9 then to Alhambra, Calif where he […]

Boil Water Notice Lifted for Customers in Meadowmont

Boil Water Notice Lifted for Customers in Meadowmont

Arnold, CA…The Calaveras County Water District lifted the boil water notice for about 1,000 customers in the Meadowmont Subdivision in Arnold, after state-mandated testing showed no trace of potentially harmful bacteria in the water. The District is hand-delivering written notices to all impacted customers this morning informing them they can return to using water normally. […]

Alberta Mae Castle 1933~2017

Alberta Mae Castle 1933~2017

Angels Camp, CA…Alberta Mae Castle, 84, passed away on March 1, 2017. She was born to James and Mae Chappell of Angels Camp and lived her entire life in Calaveras County. Married 67 years to Howard A.Castle she was preceded in death by a brother Clayton Chappell and son Guy David Castle. Alberta has a […]

Executive Order Protecting The Nation From Foreign Terrorist Entry Into The United States

Executive Order Protecting The Nation From Foreign Terrorist Entry Into The United States

Washington, DC…The revised and toned down Executive Order on travel restrictions has been issued from the White House. It is as follows: Executive Order Protecting The Nation From Foreign Terrorist Entry Into The United States By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, […]

Traffic Update….Vehicle vs Tow Truck On Hwy 4

Traffic Update….Vehicle vs Tow Truck On Hwy 4

Murphys, CA…CHP is reporting a vehicle vs two truck on Utica Grade. Please use caution in the area… Incident: 00252 Type: Trfc Collision-No Inj Location: 1138 Sr4 Loc Desc: Lat/Lon: 38.147603 -120.446916 Close Detail Information 3:08 PM 2 [2] NOW 97 AT THE YARD W/DRIVER OF OTHER VEH 3:08 PM 1 [1] TC OCCD ON […]