Calaveras County News Archives

The Calaveras County Elections Office has announced the polling locations for Tuesday's Special Consolidated District Election.

The Calaveras County Council of Governments and Caltrans are now in the initial stages of the Hwy 4 Wagon Trail Realignment Project.

Jeanne Boyce will take over for Bob Lawton as the new permanent County Administrative Officer in Calaveras County.

Splatter a bit of blood on your wine label and you might just have a seasonal superstar.

The Calaveras County supervisors will close out their October meetings today with a number of items on the agenda.

Mount Wilson Observatory Superintendent Dave Jurasevich, who stayed on the mountain during most of the Station Fire, shared his unique perspective on the blaze Sunday.

A black-and-white image of the rustic road leading into the village of Calaveritas will grace the cover of the 2009-10 Calaveras County budget.

We have all heard the expression. "Never judge a book by its cover." So when you first pull up to the Lube Room, along Highway 4 in Calaveras County's town of Dorrington, do not let the rather rustic...ok really rustic exterior start to sway you to look elsewhere for a meal.

Over the past decade Calaveras County had been seeing an increase in gang activity, but recently the Sheriff's Department has noticed a slowdown.

A proposal to create an online charter school available anywhere in California will get its first hearing in the region tonight at the regular meeting of the Calaveras Unified School District board of trustees in San Andreas.

Up for a dining with a dead person? In two locations in Calaveras County brave souls can share an appetizer with an apparition, bolt down burgers with a banshee or sip fine wine with a wraith.

Bob Lawton will have been Calaveras County chief administrative officer a few days short of two years when he leaves Jan.

Effective January 11, 2009 Bob Lawton will be stepping down as the Administrative Officer for Calaveras County.

The Calaveras County Chamber of Commerce is sponsoring the second annual Economic Summit today at Calaveras High School.

Effective today, the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection lifted the suspension on burning on private land within the Tuolumne-Calaveras Unit.

Special Operations of the Calaveras County Sheriff's Department continues to prepare for what may be the worst of the remnants of the super typhoon Melor.

The CHP recorded three Saturday accidents in Calaveras County. At 6:03am 22 year old Martin Garcia of Modesto swerved his 1991 Honda Accord off Hwy 4 east of Stallion Way to avoid hitting an animal.

The Calaveras County Office of Education invites grandparents who are raising their grandchildren to a free series of talks on various relevant topics beginning Thursday.

At least, that's been the experience for Michael Machat, founder of Vampire Vineyards and a rather busy man this time of year.

Calaveras County Health Officer, Dr. Dean Kelaita, was Wednesday's KVML "Newsmaker of the Day" to discuss the latest on the H1N1 virus .

Calaveras County Transit, along with other transportation providers in California, could see an influx of cash thanks to the state Supreme Court's recent rejection of a petition for appeal from the governor that sought to solidify state raids to transportation funds.

Two people who died in a Monday morning house fire in Murphys have been identified as Robert Wight, 82, and Joanne Wight, 81, said Keith Rosa, Calaveras County deputy coroner.

The names of the two people who perished in that Monday morning Butte Mountain Rd.

Today marks the fourth day of a multi-agency search for missing hunter Devin Smith.

Search and rescue teams this morning were combing the forest near White Pines for a Douglas Flat deer hunter and father of two who went missing Monday, three weeks before he is to be married.

From his command post Sgt. Dave Seawell of the Calaveras County Sheriff's Department has just informed KVML News that Devin Smith is still missing.

The Calaveras County Coroner's Office was working late Tuesday to identify the remains of two people who died when a home on Butte Mountain Road in Murphys burned to the ground a day earlier.