North San Juan News

Longtime Nevada County government critic Bill Steele has announced plans to run for the soon-to-be vacant Treasurer-Tax Collector's position.

A Grass Valley man is set to be arraigned Nov. 23 in a confrontation that left another man pinned between his vehicle and a tractor-trailer. Both men claim to be the victim in the road rage incident, however.

Department of Justice officials were busy Thursday disposing of chemicals from a meth lab discovered by accident at a North San Juan residence.

By Mail Foreign Service When a brother and sister struck a coyote at 75mph they assumed they had killed the animal and drove on.

Blaze quickly contained in Peardale A garage in flames in Peardale was quickly contained by firefighters Saturday, sparing the residence to which it was attached.

The head of the coyote can be seen next to the engine of the car as volunteers worked to extricate it.

Recently I noticed on the front cover of The Union a large article detailing a sting operation performed in the North San Juan area by DEA agents and a vast array of our local law enforcement which netted a lot of cultivated marijuana growing in the green hills and valleys of our innocent community.

Police and the Internal Revenue Service searched five more properties in the North San Juan area in connection with a man accused of involvement in a large-scale marijuana growing and distribution operation.

Multiple law enforcement agencies raided indoor and outdoor marijuana grows in North San Juan last month.

Grass Valley Police Department Sunday n 6:25 a.m. - A caller from the 200 block of Sutton Way reported a dog barking all night.

Multiple law enforcement agencies raided indoor and outdoor marijuana grows Wednesday morning in North San Juan.

Charles Hilkey Jr., the North San Juan man arrested Sept. 9 during a multi-agency drug raid, has been indicted by a grand jury in U.S. District Court on charges of conspiracy, manufacturing more than 1,000 marijuana plants and conspiracy to launder money.

Nevada County Recycles has expanded the free used tire recycling event this year to all three local transfer stations - McCourtney Road, North San Juan and Washington.

A North San Juan man remains in custody after allegedly assaulting a 9-year-old boy and forcing a standoff that lasted past midnight Monday.

The board of directors for North San Juan Fire Protection District will meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday at 13200 Tyler Foote Crossing Road.

Nevada County law enforcement has tallied up the amount of marijuana seized from a rural plantation and the numbers are big.

An alleged major marijuana growing operation is being raided this morning in 10 locations in the North San Juan area by local, regional, state and federal authorities, according to the Nevada County Sheriff's Office.

A grass fire has erupted west of Grass Valley in the North San Juan area, fire officials said.

Top photo, Richard Mraz, a wetlands specialist with the state Department of Ecology, talks science with the panel and audience at the public meeting regarding proposed changes to the county's Critical Areas Ordinance, Tuesday in the San Juan Community Theatre.

Friday: I'm under the bellowing, swirling black smoke, walled on two sides by bright blue sky.