Does the ERC need to refocus its mission?

The Union - Sat Nov 07

Should the Economic Resource Council be focused on bringing one business to Nevada County when seven businesses are closing or moving away? That was the question asked by a board member at the ERC meeting earlier this week.

Phone technology trips up accused burglars

The Union - Sat Nov 07

A sleuthing victim, a cordless phone and the proximity of the alleged thieves to the scene of the crime ended in the arrest of three people in connection with a Lake Wildwood burglary.

County mining history adorns new UC-Davis center

The Union - Sat Nov 07

One of nine pieces of the famous Round Hole Shaft, bored for the Idaho-Maryland Mine in 1936, is on display at the new Earth and Physical Sciences Building at the University of California, Davis.

Nevada Dem. leader pleads guilty to hitting son

Sacramento Bee - Fri Nov 06

The head of the Democratic Party in a Nevada county has pleaded guilty to hitting his teenage son and throwing him on the hood of a car.

Search for pot ends with meth lab bust

The Union - Fri Nov 06

Department of Justice officials were busy Thursday disposing of chemicals from a meth lab discovered by accident at a North San Juan residence.

a Multi-tasking' car burglar suspect caught red-handed

The Union - Fri Nov 06

Police say they caught a man in the act of burglarizing cars and packing a concealed revolver early Thursday.

Truckee police arrest man on suspicion of home burglary, prowling

RGJ.com - Thu Nov 05

Truckee police arrested a man after he was confronted by residents in a home he was allegedly burglarizing.

McClintock proposes bill axing WAPA bail-out provisions

The Union - Thu Nov 05

Today, House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Doc Hastings, of Washington, and Water and Power Subcommittee Ranking Member Tom McClintock, R-Elk Grove, introduced The American Taxpayer and Western Area Power Administration Firm Power Customer Protection Act .

Credit union reopens after evacuation

The Union - Thu Nov 05

The Sierra Central Credit Union had to temporarily closed due to an unknown odor that was irritating staff and customers.

Twenty mile commemorative museum coming to Donner Summit

Sierra Sun - Wed Nov 04

Most history museums don't allow visitors to drive through them, but that's the plan on Donner Summit.