Mokelumne Hill News

Ten groups have recently been awarded a combined $19,000 in grants from the Calaveras Community Foundation.

Parents and teachers in this tiny rural hamlet are organizing resistance after learning that award-winning Rail Road Flat Elementary School may close next year.

The Calaveras Public Utility District has scheduled an interruption in water service for a number of communities Tuesday, December 1. According to C.P.U.D. Manager John Ornellas, crews will be repairing a water main between San Andreas and Mokelumne Hill from 8am to 5pm.

Earlier this week the Calaveras County Health Department closed its eight day H1N1 school vaccination program for the year.

A new section of the Coast to Crest Trail opened recently along the Mokelumne River in Calaveras County.

The Tuolumne County District Attorney's Office has charged a Valley Springs man with manslaughter in connection with the Sept.

Jeanne Boyce, the longtime leader of Calaveras County's Public Health Services Agency, in January will become the county's top administrator.

A 43-year-old Mokelumne Hill man suffered moderate injuries when he was struck from behind by a car and knocked off his motorcycle as he slowed for a road work zone on Highway 49 north of San Andreas on Thursday morning, the California Highway Patrol reported.

A little more than a week remains to nominate Calaveras County's best spots for a National Geographic-sponsored virtual and print map of top Sierra Nevada destinations.

A black-and-white image of the rustic road leading into the village of Calaveritas will grace the cover of the 2009-10 Calaveras County budget.

Power outage numbers in the Mother Lode continue to dwindle as P.G.& E. crews work around the clock to attain full restoration.

CALAVERAS COUNTY Sheriff's reports TUESDAY 4:24 p.m., Valley Springs - Someone was arrested for shoplifting on the 100 block of California Street.

The Hotel Leger is a prime destination for folks who love Gold Rush history. The hotel has operated on the site since 1851, and its prominent position on Main Street in Mokelumne Hill's well-preserved and quiet downtown gives it a stature unavailable to historic hotels that have to compete amid the hubbub of more touristed areas.

According to the CHP report Schwindt's excessive speed in a southbound direction did not allow him to negotiate a curve in the roadway.

A 50-year-old resident of Mokelumne Hill had a confirmed case of the H1N1 virus, the fifth reported such case in Calaveras County, officials said Monday.

The Calaveras County Health Department reported its fifth H1N1 virus victim of the year this afternoon.

Amid the many impassioned appeals addressed to the Calaveras County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday, it was a 10-year-old's that stood out.

Firefighters responded early Thursday morning to a structure fire that has destroyed two residences and has injured five individuals.

California Highway Patrol officials released the name of a teen killed Friday night in an alleged drunk driving accident on Highway 49 near Tuttletown.

An unidentified 19-year-old Valley Springs resident was fatally injured in a vehicle accident late Friday evening on Hwy 49 north of Rawhide Rd.