Sutter Creek News

Barring a last-minute agreement in Sacramento, the state of California will start paying some of its bills with IOUs on Thursday.

Long before the term "economic stimulus" was in fashion, local businesses were getting a much-needed power punch from veteran reporter Marcia Oxford - whose ornate and enthusiastic columns have been a major part of the entrepreneurial spirit of Amador County.

Crew members from Sutter Creek's Wolin & Sons are working the soil at a future Walgreens pharmacy site at state routes 49 and 104 in Sutter Creek.

Two men sit on Main Street in Amador City in the 1950s. The Imperial Hotel sits in the background.

Imagine which California sites would end up as eBay superstars if vineyards had their own trading cards.

Above: Innkeeper Kelsey Mort, left, discusses strategy with local photo artist Laura Mah and Tracey Berkner, right, hotel owner, in the courtyard of the newly renovated Volcano Union Inn.

A truck heads down Main Street in Ione amidst cheering crowds during an Ione Homecoming Parade in the mid-1950s. Ione Homecoming was the most popular event in the city at the mid-century mark.

For more than three years, Sue Tirapelle, who passed away May 28, ran a contract station for the U.S. Postal Service out of Drytown Antiques.

Missy Raines finally has her own family of musicians. While three of the four members in the New Hip are young enough to be her sons, she carefully resists slipping into a parental role, though.

Residents of Amador City, parts of Drytown and some areas of Sutter Creek are being asked to avoid all water use if possible after 9 p.m. on Wednesday, June 17 until 7 the next morning.

Vern Farewell, seen here on the outskirts of Jackson in 1950, was Amador County's first highway patrolman.

Paul and Tracie Davis are shown with their Saturn Sky named Phoebe at a rally for Saturn owners.

Alisa Welch and Aaron Price will be married May 30, 2009 in Sutter Creek, California.

A Las Vegas motorcycle rider learned first-hand about the unexpected hazards of driving Upcountry in Amador County when a large deer jumped in front of him on May 14.

Steve Grijalva, right, stands next to Kim Moore's hospital bed as she prepares to undergo surgery.

Why is it that, despite society's outward distaste for the world's oldest profession, half the hotels in California's Gold Country cheerfully proclaim the property's heritage as a former bordello? Odder still, why is almost every bed and breakfast there decorated in "bordello chic" - even if it was only a general store in a past life? Because it's ...

On Aug. 20, 1987, the body of Jackson resident Dennis Palmer was found in a mine shaft off Middle Bar Road.

Crews competent to lay road asphalt have a total of $1.5 million speeding their way in Amador County.

Five engines from Pine Grove, Jackson, Sutter Creek and Mule Creek and one command car, Battalion 10, make up this team.

A 62-year-old Sutter Creek man was killed early Wednesday when he lost control of the minivan he was driving and careened through a cherry orchard.