Nevada City News

It looks like a portion of a feasibility study for the renovation of the Nevada County Courthouse will come from public money.

The Yuba River Charter School stresses love of the arts and the outdoors in a "whole child" learning program "to serve the whole world." Yet when administrators and parents for the unique Nevada County school went looking for pastoral locations for a new campus, they ran into a world of abandoned mines and toxic contamination from the region's gold ... (more)

The Sierra Sports Car Group, United Way of Nevada County and The Nevada City Chamber of Commerce are proud to announce the third annual Nevada City Foreign Car Show.

A Nevada Union High School senior can say he's done what a lot of people haven't. He has is own C-D out Seventeen year-old Ishaan Judd of Nevada City celebrated the release of his album at Center for the Arts over the weekend With his leg in a cast, he began getting serious about playing his guitar, and also started writing songs.

Nevada County has prevailed in defending the Medical Marijuana Ordinance adopted last year that was challenged in a lawsuit brought by the pro medical marijuana group, Americans for Safe Access- Nevada County Chapter.

A man whose great-great grandmother traveled to Nevada City by covered wagon will be talking about her epic journey this evening.

An escaped burn pile near Bandolier Way on Banner Mountain drew quick response from firefighters around 1 o'clock this afternoon .

Narcotics Officers served a search warrant on the residence of a Scotts Valley Road home, Monday afternoon.

This is a kid wearing 500 plastic bags, which is more or less how many every American uses in a year.

Two CHP Officers and a suspected drunk driver narrowly missed being critically injured.

Photo by Jim Beckett, The Union archives Simon Olney, left, and Jim Harte, right, are coowners of ol' Republic Brewery.

Photo for The Union by Christopher Rosacker Nevada City Hall as seen from the top of the Nevada County Courthouse, which overlooks the downtown historic district of the Sierra Nevada foothill Gold Rush town.

Submitted photo NC Rotarian Dave Denney presiding at the Noel Carter Trail Dedication at the National Hotel Saturday morning with family, friends and Rotarians.

While two California Highway Patrol officers were arresting a man for drunk driving outside of Nevada City Saturday, a second intoxicated driver crashed into the parked vehicles and nearly injured the three individuals on the side of the road.

This week, Nevada City's elected officials directed city staff to pursue an independent feasibility study in hopes of reviving the renovation of the Nevada County Courthouse, which the state "indefinitely delayed" in January despite its own 2009 report that deemed the 148-year-old facility "unsafe, substandard, overcrowded and functionally ... (more)

Photo for The Union by John Hart Foothill Flowers, 102 W Main St, Grass Valley, workers are making and delivering bouquet of flowers for Mothers Day.

Photo for The Union by John Hart United Ways 5th annual Day of Action in the Grass Valley-Nevada City that teams of volunteer their time, labor and talent to do a project to a United Way's partners agencies or other non-profit. Texas Instruments people volunteer at the Food Bank of Nevada County, Railroad Avenue, Grass Valley Friday afternoon ... (more)

What: For the 44th year, the UC Davis campus will be home to the Whole Earth Festival.

Submitted photo by Charolette Prud-Homme Woolman School Intern Sohie Brinker and student Lily Bell visit a strawberry farm this past week as part of their road trip from Davis to Oakland in search of solutions to the local and national food crisis.

Photo submitted to The Union Students from Grass Valley Charter School, Yuba River Charter School and Nevada Union High School convened at Nevada City Hall Wednesday to ask the city council to consider an ordinance to ban single-use plastic bags.