Amador County News

Amador County Sheriff's Office deputies responded to a domestic violence call just after 3 a.m. on June 26 from a woman claiming her husband had threatened to kill her.

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A dispute about finances led a Rancho Calaveras man to shoot his long-time roommate, according to the Calaveras County Sheriff's Department.

Effective July 6, Amador County will be adjusting the hours that it will be open to the public for fiscal year 2009-10. The new hours will be Monday through Thursday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., and closed on Friday.

In the early hours of June 26, Amador County Sheriff's Office deputies began surrounding the home of 88-year-old Samuel Jackson Cooper of Pioneer.

A $183,000-combination of revenue decline from sales tax and state funding elimination for transit operations has prompted the Amador County Transportation Commission board of directors to cut service on three Amador Regional Transit Service routes and absorb another route's service effective Aug.

Jun. 26--The Jackson Rancheria Band of Miwok Indians announced Thursday it has closed 50 of the 83 rooms at its hotel and will cancel all concerts after Robin Trower performs July 9. Building inspectors hired by the tribe reported fire-safety concerns with the hotel structure, said Rich Hoffman, rancheria CEO.

Submitted by SHNS on Mon, 06/22/2009 - 15:12. Amid the rolling, grape-crazy hills of California's wine country rests a golden oasis.

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

A trio of current civil lawsuits involves Amador County. Supervisors took a closed-session briefing on them Tuesday.

Avid fisherman Jack Elzer didn't even bother to take his pole during an outing with his wife this week on Jenkinson Lake.

More than $1 million out of nearly $30 million statewide in grants was distributed to the district attorneys in San Joaquin and Amador counties to help combat workers' compensation fraud.

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Although fears over the H1N1 outbreak have all but disappeared domestically in recent weeks, on June 11, the World Health Organization raised the worldwide Pandemic Influenza Alert to Phase 6 in the current swine-flu outbreak.

Steven Huntington and Tod Dorris gather up CAL FIRE memorabilia to put in display cases at the new CAL FIRE Museum.

Doug Wescott, Kurt Todden and Kam Merzlak are building a 17-foot-high replica of the Kennedy Mine headframe for this year's California State Fair exhibit.

Active efforts to determine the fate of Stockton resident Steve Leslie Sid, who disappeared June 7 from a mountain campground on the upper Mokelumne River, might conclude today.

The divestiture of VNA-Hospice of the Sierra from county rolls will highlight the Tuesday supervisorial meeting at the County Administration Center.

Amy Stewart is the author of "Wicked Plants" as well as "Flower Confidential." More Information If you go: Amy Stewart Author Amy Stewart will give an audio-visual presentation on "Wicked Plants" at 2 p.m. next Saturday at the Sutter Creek United Methodist Church Social Hall, 14 Main St., Sutter Creek.

Clinton Creek rancher Jimmy Cuneo turns out his goats on a recent evening. Cuneo's use of a pair of Great Pyrenees guard dogs has reduced what had been heavy depredation of his flock by mountain lions and coyotes.