Wilton News

The Wilton Miwok Rancheria, fresh from winning federal tribal recognition, has tripped alarms among Sacramento County and Elk Grove officials about effects on local communities if the tribe eventually opens a casino.

Nine years ago, 64 percent of the California electorate voted to give American Indians a monopoly on casino-style gambling.

Albert Garcia, right, talks to his brother Joe, who runs his powder-coat paint business at McClellan Business Park.

Following a generation of struggle to overturn an illegal government decision, the Wilton Miwok Rancheria celebrated the restoration of its status as a federally-recognized Indian tribe after a decision today by the US District Court for the Northern District of California.

What: Looking for something other than news about the budget to come out of Sacramento County? Too bad.

David Hartley, 53, and John Bergsma III, 49, both of Wilton , died in the crash of a 1969 fixed-wing Champion Citabria, authorities said.

Thomas P. Alexander proudly shows off the Sportsman GS-2 kit plane he had built.

Officials of the El Dorado Hills Sheriff's Department have identified Thomas P. Alexander, 60, of Wilton, CA as the pilot killed late Friday afternoon when his small plane crashed between two homes in the residential community 30 miles east of Sacramento.

A small plane, reportedly sputtering in the last moments, crashed Friday afternoon into a wooded, hilly subdivision in El Dorado Hills, killing the pilot as it slammed into a stone wall just feet from two homes.

For the past eight years, the Central Valley Rails to Trails Foundation has been working to purchase and then convert a 27-mile inactive railroad corridor, which runs through Wilton and Elk Grove, into a recreation trail, the Elk Grove Citizen reports.

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Wilton residents have been informed that California State legislation passed in 2000 is scheduled to become effective Jan.

Conservation Resources LLC has received approval from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to sell vernal pool tadpole shrimp habitat credits following the discovery of the species at a wildlife preserve in ...

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Conservation Resources LLC, the Sacramento-based habitat conservation and mitigation banking firm, said it has received approval to sell tadpole shrimp habitat credits after that federally listed endangered ...

South Boston Speedway in Virginia may seem a long way from rural Wilton, but for one Wilton resident it is a destination earned through hard work and determination.

Michael Hutchings delights as he receives a kiss from his sister, Chanai Hutchings, 12, during Michael's 10th birthday party in Elk Grove on May 30, 2001.

A driver sustained major injuries after hitting a horse in the road in Sacramento County.

The Wilton History Group kicked off 2009 at their Monday, Jan. 26 meeting by enjoying a special presentation by Ric and Jody Horner, authors of an award-winning history series on life in Sacramento County ...

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