Knights Landing News

It's been on the chopping block before. But this time a push from parents, students and teachers wasn't enough to save Grafton Elementary School -- the only school in Knights Landing.

It was a day filled with emotion as students at Willow Spring Elementary cherished the last day of the school's 69 years of existence.

Today is the last day of school for little Grafton Elementary in Knights Landing.

Sixth Grade student challenge the Grafton Elementary School staff to a game of kick-ball on the last day of school.

County committees, a direct link between the farm community and the U.S. Department of Agriculture, are a critical component of the day-to-day operations of the Farm Service Agency.

Lightning streaks across the sky between Woodland and Knights Landing at about 9:21 p.m. on Wednesday.

Fishing facts: For more information about fishing regulations and permits, visit www.dfg.ca.gov/regulations . Their numbers have never been lower, yet in these troubled times for the Sacramento River's chinook salmon, state fisheries managers have for the second year in a row scheduled a recreational fishing season for late-fall-run salmon between ...

The Central Valley will again experience a curtailed recreational salmon fishing season this year, the result of a historically low population of fall-run Chinook.

The 2009 numbers for Sacramento's fall chinook salmon run aren't as bad as last year's, but offer little else to cheer about.

Lizzie Coakley, a daughter of one Thomas La Flame, a contractor in square timber, has written to the Union Lumber Co that her father left home when she was a little girl and that she has never seen nor heard from him since and that her mother often says that she wishes she could see him once more before she dies.

One birthday cake does quadruple duty Wednesday for the Khamsa sisters from left, Audreana, Melody, Preana and Natalie.

Knights Landing's sole school is scheduled to close after this school year. Grafton Elementary School, which serves student in kindergarten through sixth grade, is in the Woodland Joint Unified School District.

Flood map changes being adopted by the Federal Emergency Management Agency will force more than 1,000 Yolo County landowners to purchase or upgrade their flood insurance coverage.

Two dozen farm and environmental regulators from around the world and the United States stopped by LangeTwins Winery & Vineyards on Monday for lunch and to learn how Lodi winegrape growers are leading the ...

Parents, students, teachers and district staff members filled the Woodland Joint Unified School District boardroom as trustees went through each of the proposed budget cuts.

In my 25 years of covering fishing and environmental issues, 2008 will go down as the one of the most challenging years ever for fish in California and the West.

The limited Sacramento River late fall-run Chinook salmon season in 2008 was successful.

The Knights of Columbus, Woodland Council 2143, will be sponsoring a Turkey Leg Dinner for the public from 4 to 7:30 p.m., Saturday, Jan.

Volunteers from Woodland's Ecumenical Ministries pitched in to provide food for families across Yolo County at the 24th annual Christmas Baskets Project.

For years, the Yolo County Board of Realtors has dedicated their time and energy to a fundraiser called "CanTree." The money collected goes to help feed the hungry in Yolo County during the holidays, according ...