Nevada County News

Stefany Lynch, 13, practices using a fire extinguisher while Kelley Craig of Nevada County Consolidated Fire Department, left, and Chris McMaster of Nevada City Fire Department look on.

Wheelchair switchbacks at the end of Independence trail. Lou Douros Thanksgiving turkey meat isn't solely responsible for adding lb's to your belly fat that last week of November.

Robert Russell, with his wife Ellen, receives Grass Valley Downtown Associations' Citizen of the Year award from Howard Levine.

Two proposals were received to run Nevada County's cash-strapped library system by the Thursday deadline imposed by officials.

Jonathan Rodriguez is found guilty Tuesday in Nevada County Superior Court in the 2008 attack on a 14-year-old babysitter.

Al Dittmann, treasurer of the NCNGRR Museum , presents John Christensen with a gift from his fellow volunteers honoring John for 26 years with the organization.

Lowell Robinson, of the Robinson Enterprises energy and timber firm in Nevada City, describes the difficulty of fulfilling state regulations at a meeting in Nevada City Friday.

A Penn Valley man and his companion remained in jail Wednesday after he allegedly attempted to break into the home of a former roommate.

Nevada County Supervisor Ted Owens, who represents the 5th District in Truckee, confirmed Thursday afternoon that he plans to run for Nevada County Assessor in next June's primary election.

Women from Grass Valley's Peace Lutheran Church are, beginning with the back row: Siri Fenson, Lorraine Maylum, Myrna Heppe, Norma Toles and Barbara Blackford; front row, Christa Benson, Ingrid Dreyer, Linda Mitchelmore, Diann Lane and Margaret Fischer.

Nevada County Assessor Dale Flippin and Treasurer-Tax Collector E. Christina "Chris" Dabis have announced they will step down at the end of the year and not run again.

A routine parole search ended with a dozen people in Nevada County jail. Detectives from the narcotics task force went to a home in the 13000 block of Winding Way in Nevada City at about 7 p.m. Monday to conduct a parole search and found five people in the house who all were under the influence of a controlled substance, said Nevada County ...

Neal Clay works on the gutter of Ike's Quarter Cafe in downtown Nevada City. Clay died of pancreatic cancer last month, and friends plan a fundraiser for his family, set for Saturday night.

The Sierra Central Credit Union had to temporarily closed due to an unknown odor that was irritating staff and customers.

The head of the Democratic Party in a Nevada county has pleaded guilty to hitting his teenage son and throwing him on the hood of a car.

Hundreds of parents, listless children and strollers lined up in front of Scotten Elementary School Tuesday afternoon for the county's first public H1N1 clinic.

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An $18,000 diamond and platinum ring is back with its owner after a Grass Valley man did some detective work.

Beverley Messner holds a photo of herself when she was 3, being steadied by the woman who eventually became her stepmother, Barbara Newman.

Police on Saturday arrested a San Francisco man in his Tahoe Donner home for alleged sexual assault on a 24-year-old woman.