UWPA Board Hires Joel Metzger as New General Manager

UWPA Board Hires Joel Metzger as New General Manager

Angels Camp, CA — The Utica Water and Power Authority (UWPA) Board of Directors is pleased to announce that Joel Metzger has been hired as the new general manager of the Authority. The Board unanimously approved the contract at a Board meeting Tuesday May 26, and his first day on the job will be July […]

Bret Harte High District Board Says Thank You To Community For Helping Celebrate Graduates!

Bret Harte High District Board Says Thank You To Community For Helping Celebrate Graduates!

Angels Camp, CA…The Bret Harte Union High School District Governing Board want to extend our appreciation to the caring community members and organizations for donations which allowed us to purchase yard signs for each of our graduating seniors. Deepest thanks go to the Grad Night Foundation of Calaveras County, Supervisor Merita Callaway, Joanne and Casey […]

COVID-19 Testing Coming to Frogtown for Calaveras & Tuolumne Counties

COVID-19 Testing Coming to Frogtown for Calaveras & Tuolumne Counties

Angels Camp, CA…The Calaveras County Fairgrounds is partnering with Calaveras and Tuolumne County. As part of efforts to expand COVID-19 testing throughout the State, a testing site serving people from Tuolumne and Calaveras Counties to be open effective Friday, May 29. The testing site will open at the Calaveras County Fairgrounds located just outside historic […]

CAL FIRE Suspends Burn Permits in Tuolumne, Calaveras, Eastern Stanislaus and Eastern San Joaquin Counties

CAL FIRE Suspends Burn Permits in Tuolumne, Calaveras, Eastern Stanislaus and Eastern San Joaquin Counties

San Andreas, CA…With 2020 starting out with February being the driest month since the 1850’s in California, warming temperatures and winds are quickly drying out the annual grass crop. The increasing fire danger posed by dead grass and hotter, drier conditions in the region is prompting CAL FIRE to suspend all burn permits for outdoor […]

Hospice of Amador & Calaveras Offering Weekly Grief Support

Hospice of Amador & Calaveras Offering Weekly Grief Support

Amador & Calaveras Counties…Please join us for our free, weekly* GRIEF SUPPORT GROUP held every Tuesday, from 10:00am-11:30am. You do not need to have a family member on Hospice service and it does not matter how long ago your Loved One died. If you are grieving, we are here for you. All are welcome. For […]

Adventist Health Sonora Resuming More Surgeries, Procedures & Outpatient Services

Adventist Health Sonora Resuming More Surgeries, Procedures & Outpatient Services

Sonora, CA….Adventist Health Sonora is resuming some surgeries and procedures as well as additional outpatient services, in response to the governor’s executive order, which allows hospitals and other care settings to resume essential procedures that require personal protective equipment, if criteria given by the California Department of Public Health are met. Everyone at Adventist Health […]

Temporary Lane Closure on O’Byrnes Ferry Bridge Friday, May 29, 2020

Temporary Lane Closure on O’Byrnes Ferry Bridge  Friday, May 29, 2020

Copperopolis, CA…The Calaveras County Public Works Department will be making repairs to the bridge railing of O’Byrnes Ferry Bridge at the Tuolumne County line. Construction crews will be working from 7am to 7pm on Friday, May 29th to repair nearly 150 feet of damaged bridge railing in the eastbound lane. Large construction equipment will be […]

Big Trees Market Weekly Ad & Grocery Specials Through June 2nd

Big Trees Market Weekly Ad & Grocery Specials Through June 2nd

Arnold, CA…Big Trees Market is working hard to keep the shelves stocked for you! They have also implemented enhanced safety, cleaning and social distancing procedures in the store. These include plastic shields between staff and public in the checkstands. Due to the supply chain disruptions their normal weekly ad took a bit of a hiatus. […]

Officer Involved Shooting Update…Domestic Violence Call ends with “Suicide by Cop”

Officer Involved Shooting Update…Domestic Violence Call ends with “Suicide by Cop”

Jamestown, CA…From the Tuolumne Sheriff’s Dept…**Officer-involved Shooting Update** Just after 1 o’clock this afternoon, deputies responded to a home on Preston Lane in Jamestown for a domestic violence call. The man refused to leave the home and threatened to engage in a shootout with deputies. Investigators learned there was also an emergency protective order against […]

Valley Springs Man is Fifteenth Case of COVID-19 Confirmed in Calaveras County

Valley Springs Man is Fifteenth Case of COVID-19 Confirmed in Calaveras County

Valley Springs, CA…On Tuesday May 26, 2020, Calaveras Public Health confirmed an additional case of COVID-19 in Calaveras County. This case is an older adult male from Valley Springs. The individual is currently hospitalized. “A person at any age can become seriously ill from COVID-19, that’s why it’s important to do everything you can to […]

New Principal Named for Hazel Fischer Elementary School

New Principal Named for Hazel Fischer Elementary School

Arnold, CA…Dr. Raymond Fausel was appointed by the Vallecito Union School District Governing Board as Principal for Hazel Fischer Elementary School in Arnold, California for the 2020/21 school year. Dr. Fausel brings a range of experience in diverse roles as Director of Teaching and Learning at Del Mar Pines Elementary School in San Diego, California. […]

Upper Hwy 4 Man is Fourteenth Case of COVID-19 in Calaveras County

Upper Hwy 4 Man is Fourteenth Case of COVID-19 in Calaveras County

San Andreas, CA…On Sunday May 24, 2020, Calaveras Public Health confirmed an additional case of COVID-19 in Calaveras County. This case is an adult male who resides along the Upper Highway 4 Corridor. The individual was not showing symptoms at the time of testing. “As people observe Memorial Day weekend this serves as a reminder […]

Traffic Update….1.5 Mile Long Backup to Get Into Lake Camanche…CHP Closing Road

Traffic Update….1.5 Mile Long Backup to Get Into Lake Camanche…CHP Closing Road

Ione, CA…Traffic Update….1.5 Mile Long Backup to Get Into Lake Camanche…CHP Closing Road & Reopening road as traffic dictates… Incident: 00131 Type: Traffic Hazard Location: 2000 Camanche Rd Loc Desc: IFO LAKE FRONT GATE Lat/Lon: 38.293231 -120.927730 Detail Information 11:27 AM 4 [16] A94-003 S3 CLOSING CAMANCHE RD AT CAMANCHE PKWY 10:41 AM 3 [5] […]

Big Trees Market Weekly Ad & Grocery Specials Through May 26th

Big Trees Market Weekly Ad & Grocery Specials Through May 26th

Arnold, CA…Big Trees Market is working hard to keep the shelves stocked for you! They have also implemented enhanced safety, cleaning and social distancing procedures in the store. These include plastic shields between staff and public in the checkstands. Due to the supply chain disruptions their normal weekly ad took a bit of a hiatus. […]

Sender’s Market’s Weekly Ad & Grocery Specials Through May 26th

Sender’s Market’s Weekly Ad & Grocery Specials Through May 26th

Mountain Ranch, CA…In 1950, we started out as a family operation with Erich’s father and mother, August and Freida Sender, in a century-old adobe building. The upstairs was home to the Sender family, and the first floor included groceries, a meat market, a bar, and a small eating place called Opa’s Smokehouse. On Christmas morning […]

All SNAC Locations Are Now OPEN! Helping You Socially Distance for 25+ Years!

All SNAC Locations Are Now OPEN!  Helping You Socially Distance for 25+ Years!

Arnold, Murphys & Sonora, CA…ALL SNAC locations are now OPEN! It’s great to have our entire staff on board and to be “back in business” helping you Socially Distance for 25+ years! Here’s what’s happening at each location. Arnold’s having a Parking Lot Sale this weekend! Pick your season – New Kayaks just arrived and […]