Mark Twain Medical Center Foundation Volunteers Hosted Their Spring Fling Bazaar

Mark Twain Medical Center Foundation Volunteers Hosted Their Spring Fling Bazaar

San Andreas, CA…On Tuesday, April 11 the hard working Volunteers held their annual Spring Fling Bazaar at Mark Twain Medical Center. They had great handmade items including Easter baskets, Easter wreaths, floral arrangements and a variety of crafts and baked goods. The Spring Fling was a fundraiser to support their Scholarship Program for students embarking […]

Calaveras Business Resource Center Is Ready To Help The Business Community Grow & Thrive

Calaveras Business Resource Center Is Ready To Help The Business Community Grow & Thrive

San Andreas, CA…The Calaveras County Chamber of Commerce, California Association for Local Economic Development (CALED) and Central Sierra Economic Development District (CSEDD) celebrated the Grand Opening of the Calaveras Business Resource Center on April 13. The CBRC is a project that was developed by the 2015 Leadership Calaveras Program and as a result of the […]

Caltrans Used 20lbs Of Explosives To Blast Debris On State Route 26

Caltrans Used 20lbs Of Explosives To Blast Debris On State Route 26

West Point, CA…In this News Flash, Caltrans takes us on location as emergency maintenance contractors perform a controlled explosion to remove potentially hazardous rocks and debris while repairing State Route 26 (SR-26) near the Amador/Calaveras County line. On February 10, 2017, a roadside slip-out occurred on SR-26, followed by a rockslide on February 11, 2017, […]

Minor Injuries In Collision On SR-16 When River Pines Man Turned In Front Of Plymouth Woman

Minor Injuries In Collision On SR-16 When River Pines Man Turned In Front Of Plymouth Woman

Drytown, CA…A 45 year old River Pines man was driving his 92 Honda westbound on SR-16. His vehicle was having mechanical problems. He decided to make a u-turn. He turned his vehicle onto the shoulder and then made an immediate u-turn, directly into the path of that was following his vehicle. He failed to observe […]

Meet Susan Wright an Occupational Therapist That Specializes in Hand therapy care and Humankindness at Mark Twain Medical Center

Meet Susan Wright an Occupational Therapist That Specializes in Hand therapy care and Humankindness at Mark Twain Medical Center

San Andreas, CA…Susan Wright’s career as an Occupational Therapist spans some 31 years and she says it has never seemed like work. “It’s more like helping out a friend,” she notes. “OT helps people be independent by figuring out ways for them to handle the activities of daily living.” Susan joined the Mark Twain Medical […]

The 2017 Dogwood Festival At Big Trees State Park

The 2017 Dogwood Festival At Big Trees State Park

Arnold, CA…The 2017 Dogwood Festival featuring Midsummer Mozart Chamber Players is Sunday May 14, 2017 2 pm. This is a rare opportunity to hear music from these renowned San Francisco musicians in the intimate rustic setting of Jack Knight Hall among the giant redwoods. Celebrate the amazing season of the Dogwood and join us in […]

John Aurthur Hubbell 1938 – 2017

John Aurthur Hubbell 1938 – 2017

Angels Camp, CA…On April, 19th 2017 at 10:44am John Aurthur Hubbell passed away peacefully in his home surrounded by his loved ones. Born in Coquille, OR on August 7th, 1938 he spent his childhood and early adult life growing up in South West Oregon. He came to Calaveras County in 1962, moving from Oregon on […]

Tourism to Yosemite National Park Creates $686,339,500 in Economic Benefits

Tourism to Yosemite National Park Creates $686,339,500 in Economic Benefits

Yosemite, CA…A new National Park Service (NPS) report shows that 5,028,868 visitors to Yosemite National Park in 2016 spent $520,629,100 in communities near the park. That spending supported 7883 jobs in the local area and had a cumulative benefit to the local economy of $686,339,500. “Yosemite National Park welcomes visitors from across the country and […]

Electrical Work On Hwy 12 West of Valley Springs

Electrical Work On Hwy 12 West of Valley Springs

Calaveras County – The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) will perform one-way traffic control on eastbound and westbound State Route 12 from Messing Road to Evans Road, west of Valley Springs, for electrical work. Work will begin Monday, April 24, 2017, through Friday, April 28, 2017, from 7:00 a.m. until 3:30 p.m. Motorists should expect […]

Striping & Drainage Work On Hwy 4 In Arnold Area

Striping & Drainage Work On Hwy 4 In Arnold Area

Calaveras County – The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) will perform a moving closure on eastbound and westbound State Route 4 from Lakemont Drive near Arnold to the Alpine/Calaveras County line for striping operations. Work will occur beginning Monday, April 24, 2017, through Wednesday, April 26, 2017, from 9:00 a.m. until 3:00 p.m. Also, one-way […]

Striping Operations In Alpine County On April 27th

Striping Operations In Alpine County On April 27th

Alpine County – The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) will perform a moving closure on northbound and southbound State Route 4 from Closure Gate #2 to the Alpine/Calaveras County line for striping operations. Work will occur on Thursday, April 27, 2017, from 9:00 a.m. until 3:00 p.m. Motorists should expect 5-minute delays. Alternate routes should […]

Major Injuries To Valley Springs Man & Stockton Woman In Sunday’s SR-88 Collision

Major Injuries To Valley Springs Man & Stockton Woman In Sunday’s SR-88 Collision

Ione, CA…A 36 year old Valley Springs man was driving his 2006 Toyota westbound on SR-88, east of Eggiman Lane at an unknown speed. A 26 year old Stockton woman was driving her 2010 Chevy eastbound on SR-88, east of Eggiman Lane at approximately 55mph, to the west of the Toyota. For an unknown reason, […]

The 2017 Calaveras Saddle Queen Contestants

The 2017 Calaveras Saddle Queen Contestants

Frogtown, CA…The 2017 Calaveras Saddle Queen Contestants are already practicing and getting ready for their competition on Opening Day of the 2017 Fair & Frog Jump Jubilee. These ladies are also great ambassadors for our area as they enter parades and other events all year long!! Thank You Ladies!!! Calaveras Saddle Queen is a competition […]

Guardrail Work On Hwy 108 In Twain Harte Area

Guardrail Work On Hwy 108 In Twain Harte Area

Tuolumne County – The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) will perform one-way traffic control on eastbound and westbound State Route 108 from County Dump Road to Twain Harte Drive for guardrail work. Crews will be working Sunday, April 23, 2017, through Friday, April 28, 2017, from 6:00 p.m. until 9:00 a.m. Motorists should expect 10 […]

Dyemusica Live At Bistro Espresso April 22nd

Dyemusica Live At Bistro Espresso April 22nd

Arnold, CA…Tonight Dyemusica will be live at Bistro Espresso starting at 7pm. Bistro Espresso has expanded and is now not only a great morning coffee house but an afternoon and evening destination spot. Dyemusica is a band Formed in the Sierra Nevadas in NorCal in 2011 By friends who love reggae, and the freedom of […]

Get Your Tickets Now For The 11th Annual Taste of Calaveras At Ironstone On April 22nd! It Showcases the Finest Wine, Culinary Treats & Art

Get Your Tickets Now For The 11th Annual Taste of Calaveras At Ironstone On April 22nd!  It Showcases the Finest Wine, Culinary Treats & Art

Murphys, CA…(Tickets Available At The Door!! Don’t miss this Great Event!!) The 11th Annual Taste of Calaveras Is April 22nd At Ironstone & Showcases the Finest Wine, Culinary Treats & Art. More than 40 of Calaveras County’s most acclaimed winemakers, restaurateurs and plein air artists will converge at Ironstone Vineyards, 1894 Six Mile Road, Murphys, […]

USFS Says Mokelumne River Canyon Access Roads Closed Indefinitely Due To Storm Damage

USFS Says Mokelumne River Canyon Access Roads Closed Indefinitely Due To Storm Damage

Pioneer, CA…All 3 roads that provide access to the Mokelumne River Canyon are closed indefinitely due to storm damage: Salt Springs Road, Ellis Road, and Panther Creek Road. There is storm damage on all 18 national forests in California with a total of 557 damage sites on forest service roads regionally as of April 5, […]

Sierra Pacific Industries Donates 5,000 Seedlings For Tree Mortality Give Away

Sierra Pacific Industries Donates 5,000 Seedlings For Tree Mortality Give Away

Murphys, CA…The Calaveras County Tree Mortality Task Force will be giving away tree seedlings on Sunday April 23, 2017 from 11am to 4pm at Sierra Hill Market in Murphy’s for those affected by “Bark Beetle Killed Trees” within Calaveras County. The seedlings have been generously donated by Sierra Pacific Industries. Species to be given away […]

Draft Commercial Cannabis Ban Ordinance Has Been Released

Draft Commercial Cannabis Ban Ordinance Has Been Released

San Andreas, CA…The Calaveras County Planning Department has released the draft of the Commercial Cannabis Ban Ordinance. Its’ intent….”It is the purpose and intent of this chapter to prohibit, to the maximum extent allowed under state law, with limited exceptions, the commercial, medical, and recreational cultivation, manufacture, testing, distribution, transportation, and storage of cannabis in […]

“Care For God’s Creations” Battery Collection For Earth Day

“Care For God’s Creations” Battery Collection For Earth Day

Calaveras County, CA…Through “Care For God’s Creations” we are holding a Household Battery Collection for Earth Day. People can drop off old household & rechargeable batteries at following locations: (there will be buckets available for drop off if no one is present) St. Ignatius Church , Poker Flat Community Center, Sunday,April 23 @ 8 a.m. […]

Camp Connell “Gold Mine”

Camp Connell “Gold Mine”

Camp Connell, CA…Camp Connell “Gold Mine” “It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye” Antoine de Saint-Exupery. This quote seemed appropriate because since buying the store in January, many people have come in and met me, and many have said this; “This place is […]