Jackson News

The Amador County Grand Jury recently released its 2008 report, which included critical findings for the county jail, conservator's office and Mule Creek State Prison.

One of the several fall 2008 courses offered at the Amador Learning Center is Introduction to Early Childhood Education, ECE 300.

Based on the way things have been going, it's almost as if the actors and crew from the Main Street Theatre Works company should invest in tents, group president Mike Phalen told the county's administrative ...

New math curricula may soon find its way into Amador County K-8 classrooms. For the first time since 2001, educators are evaluating a new list of math textbooks adopted by the state to help determine which ones ...

A minor motorcycle accident and the arrest of a suspected drunk driver accounted for the most significant action on area roadways in the past six days.

Assemblyman Alan Nakanishi co-hosted a modestly attended town hall meeting in Jackson on Monday.

We compared Chardonnays in half bottles. Wine of the week 2006 Kendall-Jackson California Chardonnay Price: $8.99. Aroma: Peaches, peach nectar, Rainier cherries, apples, honeysuckle and vanilla.

The battle for the White House has begun in earnest and Amador County is not going to be left out of the skirmishing.

Sometimes you might be hesitant to open a bottle of wine because you don't need or want to drink a whole bottle that night or even over the next couple of evenings.

Craig Harmon, a California Highway Patrol officer with the Jackson unit, gives a motorist a warning for talking on his cell phone while driving Tuesday.

A 60-year-old Pioneer man suffered minor injuries to his face and upper torso when his pickup truck veered off a corner on Climax Road and climbed an embankment Tuesday afternoon.

The 2008 edition of Tehama County Memories, published annually since 1983 by the Tehama County Genealogical and Historical Society, is bigger and better than ever this year, with 120 pages of fascinating ...

Two people were arrested on drug- and burglary-related charges after a sheriff's deputy spotted their vehicle suspiciously parked at the end of Coventry Court Thursday morning.

LAFCO Executive Director Roseanne Chamberlain brought the PowerPoint presentation of the recent Municipal Services Review to the Amador Water Agency Board of Directors meeting last Thursday morning.

Kathy Jackson celebrated her 80th birthday with some of her family and friends at Casa Ramos restaurant.

A little more than two years ago, Ruth Aguila, my partner in love, and I set out to build a home we could share.

One might think Monday night's agenda for the Jackson City Council meeting was pretty benign - updates, appointments and a draft budget.

Hospice of Amador Thrift Store volunteer Michael Nikolai helps a young customer interested in buying a set of headphones.

Bottles of homemade wine, with one heirloom glass and one active winery's logo glass, are now legal in California thanks to a bill signed into law earlier this month.

Cost Less Food Co. is buying two Modesto stores from Richland Markets, the companies announced Friday.