Copperopolis News

The future appears brighter for the once-beleaguered Calypso Bay development. Amy Alonzo Rozak/Union Democrat Glenn Butelo couldn't be happier with his new home in Calypso Bay.

Kathy Northington, superintendent of the Mark Twain Union Elementary School District, has chalked in her name as a candidate for county superintendent of schools.

California Department of Transportation engineers are preparing to design a straighter, smoother highway between Copperopolis and Angels Camp that would replace a section of Highway 4 that winds along the contours of a historic wagon road.

Several years ago, reader Ken Moore of Ripon called suggesting that I do a column on Lost City.

Calaveras County Public Works Director Tom Garcia will give a review Tuesday of the department's accomplishments during his first five months as head, as well as its goals for the future.

Calaveras County public health officials announce this week that they have received a supply of vaccine for the H1N1 influenza virus, also known as swine flu.

The Calaveras County Council of Governments and Caltrans are now in the initial stages of the Hwy 4 Wagon Trail Realignment Project.

Calaveras County officials on Tuesday will consider whether to join a statewide program that allows local governments to sell bonds to compensate for property taxes state officials are planning to use to help close California's billion-dollar budget hole.

A Lodi resident suffered a compound fracture to his tibia and fibula of his left leg as a result of a two vehicle accident on Pool Station Rd.

According to the CHP report the Copperopolis resident was injured at 1:45 when due to his unsafe speed he lost control of his 2003 Yamaha.

Owners of unkempt Copperopolis property which has been under county watch for more than a decade due to code violations avoided a $5,000 fine Tuesday and earned a few more weeks to clean up.

An 80-year-old Copperopolis man was jailed after he allegedly hit one man in the head with a metal pipe and fired his gun at a second man, causing a grazing wound, during a dispute over gold coins.

There are about eight jagged, round holes in the wall next to Copperopolis Fire Protection District Chief Keith Cantrell's desk.

This time, Grant-Lee Phillips did it the "old-fashioned" way. "I just kind of rolled out of bed in my most comfortable attire one day," he said.

An 80-year-old Copperopolis man has been arrested for allegedly holding a pair at gunpoint and striking one with a metal pipe.

Calaveras County Sheriff's reports MONDAY 3:44 p.m., Rail Road Flat - Someone was drunk in public at Pine and Main streets.

You're driving home on a Saturday, round a corner and come upon this scene: Two of your fire department's engines are parked in front of a bar with lights flashing.

A catalytic converter on a deer hunter's vehicle was the cause of a five acre fire in the 2800 block of Willow Creek Rd.

Lurline Bird, 99, of Sonora is still active and drives herself to the grocery store and doctors appointments inside the city limits.

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