Mark Zuckerberg Delivers Harvard Commencement Address

Mark Zuckerberg Delivers Harvard Commencement Address

Cambridge, MA…The following it the full text of his speech. “President Faust, Board of Overseers, faculty, alumni, friends, proud parents, members of the ad board, and graduates of the greatest university in the world, I’m honored to be with you today because, let’s face it, you accomplished something I never could. If I get through […]

Above & Beyond Travel’s Maureen Dinnocenzo Named as Top 100 Agent at Industry Event

Above & Beyond Travel’s Maureen Dinnocenzo Named as Top 100 Agent at Industry Event

Arnold, CA…Travel Weekly and TravelAge West are proud to announce that Maureen Dinnocenzo was selected from among hundreds of recommended travel professionals to attend the fourth-annual Global Travel Marketplace West (GTM West), which took place at the Westin Lake Las Vegas Resort & Spa in Henderson/Las Vegas, Nevada, May 18-20, 2017. GTM West is a […]

Calaveras Community Foundation Supports Meals-on-Wheels!

Calaveras Community Foundation Supports Meals-on-Wheels!

San Andreas, CA…Calaveras Community Foundation awarded Common Ground Senior Services a $10,000 check to help support the Meals-on-Wheels program in Calaveras County. This support comes at a crucial time when there is so much uncertainty as to the future of funding at the federal level for programs aimed at assisting older adults to remain safely […]

CCWD Applauds Supervisor Decision on Blagen Road Bridge

CCWD Applauds Supervisor Decision on Blagen Road Bridge

San Andreas, CA…The Calaveras County Water District joined many members of the Arnold community at the Calaveras County Board of Supervisors meeting Tuesday in urging the Board to purchase a temporary bridge to cross a damaged section of Blagen Road near White Pines Park. Major storm damage in January 2017 made the portion of the […]

Big Trees Fitness Opening In Time For Summer!! Preview Tours This Weekend On Saturday & Sunday!!

Big Trees Fitness Opening In Time For Summer!!  Preview Tours This Weekend On Saturday & Sunday!!

Arnold, CA…In a great addition to the entire Arnold ares it is exciting to announce that Big Trees Fitness is bringing a full service fitness club back to life in Arnold just in time for summer! You many have seen crews working on the health club facility and they have completed enough repairs and upgrades […]

CTC Approves $328 Million in New Transportation Funding

CTC Approves $328 Million in New Transportation Funding

Stockton, CA…In an effort to rebuild and maintain California’s infrastructure, the California Transportation Commission (CTC) has allocated $328 million to 88 transportation projects that will alleviate traffic delays, repair aging roads and bridges and encourage bicycling and walking. This includes 41 biking and pedestrian projects throughout the state that will receive $35.8 million in allocations […]

Supervisors Move To Order Temporary Bridge For White Pines Park On A 5-0 Vote

Supervisors Move To Order Temporary Bridge For White Pines Park On A 5-0 Vote

San Andreas, CA….The Calaveras County Board of Supervisors just voted 5-0 to move funds around enough for the county to order the temporary bridge to get White Pines Park the Moose Lodge and fully operational again. This should allow for full use for the bulk of the summer season. The final resolution varries slightly from […]

Enter To Win At The Cal-Waste Booth At Calaveras Fair

Enter To Win At The Cal-Waste Booth At Calaveras  Fair

Arnold, CA…We would like to say a big Thank You for giving us the opportunity to provide your waste removal and recycling collection service in 2017! We appreciate your continued business. It’s a milestone anniversary for Cal-Waste Recovery Systems. See what’s coming this year as we celebrate 90 Years of Cal-Waste! Our family owned business […]

CCWD Construction Schedule: May 11 – 19 In Arnold Area

CCWD Construction Schedule: May 11 – 19 In Arnold Area

Arnold, cA…May 11-12: Crews will be digging a trench and installing sections of 12-inch ductile iron pipe along Sequoia Road heading east across Manuel Road and along Fir Street toward Dunbar Road. This work will cause traffic delays and heavy construction equipment will be moving in and out of the area. There will be road closures and one-way […]

The Big May Chamber of Commerce Mixer At The Ranch House Is Tonight! Attend, Mingle & Kick Off Fair Season!

The Big May Chamber of Commerce Mixer At The Ranch House Is Tonight!  Attend, Mingle & Kick Off Fair Season!

Angels Camp, CA…(Frogtown, USA).The Calaveras County Chamber of Commerce is excited to announce its May Mixer will once again be hosted by the Calaveras County Fairgrounds as a “Kick Off to the Fair”. This mixer will take place on May 11, 2017 from 5:30pm to 7pm at the Calaveras County Fairgrounds Ranch House located at […]

Record Set for Longest DRONE Urban Package Delivery in the U.S.

Record Set for Longest DRONE Urban Package Delivery in the U.S.

Austin, TX…A new record has been set in long-distance drone delivery. On May 5, 2017, a Nevada UAS Consortium (Team Roadrunner) set the record flying a fixed-wing Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) over 97 miles to Austin, Texas using cellular connectivity. Launched from a central Texas urban location, the UAV flew a preplanned route through the […]

U.S. Foreclosure Activity In April 2017 Drops To Lowest Level Since November 2005

U.S. Foreclosure Activity In April 2017 Drops To Lowest Level Since November 2005

Irvine, CA… ATTOM Data Solutions, curator of the nation’s largest multi-sourced property database, today released its April 2017 U.S. Foreclosure Market data, which shows foreclosure filings — default notices, scheduled auctions and bank repossessions — were reported on 77,049 U.S. properties in April, down 7 percent from the previous month and down 23 percent from a […]

Calaveras County Resident Selected as New Executive Director of InfraGard

Calaveras County Resident Selected as New Executive Director of InfraGard

Murphys, CA…Kimberly Pratt of Murphys, California has been selected to be the new Executive Director of InfraGard, an organization dedicated to partnership between the FBI and members of the private sector. Prior to this appointment, Ms. Pratt was a Business Process Consultant, Information Technology for Wells Fargo. Pratt stated, “I’m very excited to be the […]

Sickness Unto Death: An American Dilemma. Part One ~ By John MacWillie, Ph.D.

Sickness Unto Death:  An American Dilemma.  Part One  ~ By John MacWillie, Ph.D.

Murphys, CA…Introduction: The United States is alone among industrialized nations in using wealth as a gatekeeper for access to health care. The wealthier you are, the more and better health care you get. The national debate that is now taking place focuses on whether every individual, irrespective of their income, should have access to great […]

Four States Led By Washington AG Ferguson Sue Trump Administration Over Coal Leases

Four States Led By Washington AG Ferguson Sue Trump Administration Over Coal Leases

Olympia, WA…Attorney General Bob Ferguson today filed a federal lawsuit against the U.S. Department of the Interior and the Bureau of Land Management over a program to lease coal mining rights on public land, which contributes to significant coal-train traffic through the state of Washington. The lawsuit challenges Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke’s decision to restart […]

Tourism Spending Adds $230 Million To Tuolumne County’s Economy In 2016

Tourism Spending Adds $230 Million To Tuolumne County’s Economy In 2016

Sonora, CA…Tuolumne County benefited from California’s robust and dynamic tourism industry in 2016, welcoming visitors who injected $230 million into the local economy. Visit California released a report produced by Dean Runyan Associates showing visitor spending in the county supported 2340 jobs and generated $17.5 million in state and local tax revenue to propel the […]

Alchemy In Murphys Is Seeking Experienced Servers & Line Cooks For Full & Part Time Work

Alchemy In Murphys Is Seeking Experienced Servers & Line Cooks For Full & Part Time Work

Murphys, CA…Alchemy in Murphys is seeking experienced servers and line cooks for full time and part time work. We are also looking for a salesperson/cashier to work in our wine and beer market. Please apply in person at 191 Main St., Murphys. About Alchemy Chef Jason Wright is pleased to bring his innovative cuisine to […]

International Trade Development Workshop Coming To Sonora On June 7th

International Trade Development Workshop Coming To Sonora On June 7th

Sonora, CA…RCRC, in partnership with the Northern California Regional Center for International Trade Development and Tuolumne County Economic Development Authority, announces a Rural Trade Workshop in Tuolumne County on June 7, 2017, at the Best Western Plus Sonora Oaks Hotel & Conference Center.   The purpose of this trade workshop is to teach the basics […]

Nonfarm Payrolls Jump 211,000 In April, Unemployment Rate At 4.4%

Nonfarm Payrolls Jump 211,000 In April, Unemployment Rate At 4.4%

Washington, DC…Nonfarm payroll employment increased by 211,000 in April, and the unemployment rate, at 4.4 percent, was little changed. Thus far this year, monthly job gains have averaged 185,000, in line with average monthly job growth in 2016. In April, job gains occurred in leisure and hospitality, health care and social assistance, financial activities, and […]

Six Counties Including Calaveras Added to California Major Disaster Declaration

Six Counties Including Calaveras Added to California Major Disaster Declaration

Sacramento, CA…Six California counties impacted by severe winter storms in January 2017, which were not part of the original Disaster Declaration, can now apply for federal disaster assistance, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) announced today. At the request of the State, FEMA has amended the Major Disaster Declaration signed by President Trump on March […]

They Came, They Tasted, They Judged…AND THE RESULTS ARE IN!

They Came, They Tasted, They Judged…AND THE RESULTS ARE IN!

Angels Camp, CA(Frogtown, USA)…The Sierra Foothills Wine Competition results have been tallied and Calaveras County won big! We had a very exciting wine competition last week where 22 esteemed wine professionals arrived from near and far to discover the outstanding wines of Calaveras and the surrounding Sierra Foothills region. Now is a great time to […]

The Fed Holds Rates Steady On Transitory Growth Models

The Fed Holds Rates Steady On Transitory Growth Models

Washington, DC…Information received since the Federal Open Market Committee met in March indicates that the labor market has continued to strengthen even as growth in economic activity slowed. Job gains were solid, on average, in recent months, and the unemployment rate declined. Household spending rose only modestly, but the fundamentals underpinning the continued growth of […]

Saddle Creek CSD & Copperopolis FPD Yes, Copper Cover & Rocky Road CSD No.

Saddle Creek CSD & Copperopolis FPD Yes, Copper Cover & Rocky Road CSD No.

Copperopolis, CA…With the county wide Cannabis Ban measure pulled from the ballot the May 2nd mail in election turned into largely a Copperopolis affair. Measures for the Copperopolis Fire Protection District & Saddle Creek Community Service District moved forward while the measure regarding Copper Cove Rocky Road Community Service District wend down in defeat…   […]

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