Tuolumne County News

With the support of his wife Karen, Don Foster recently underwent surgery and a 24-day hospital stay for a rare type of cancer he is battling.

To skeptics, Tuolumne County's plan to use federal stimulus funds to purchase two 30-passenger trolley-style buses for nearly $400,000 might seem impractical.

The Tuolumne County C.H.P. Maximum Enforcement Period will open this evening at six o'clock. Officer Jesse Udovich says "black and whites" will be out in full force for the 54 hour period which will end Sunday midnight.

Tuolumne County health officials Wednesday reported the county has confirmed its first case of the influenza strain formerly called the "swine flu." The case of "novel H1N1 virus" was confirmed in a girl, said Dr.

Tuolumne County has its first confirmed case of the H1N1 influenza, formerly known as swine flu.

Late Sunday evening Tuolumne County Sheriff's deputies made three arrests in one stop at the Tesoro Service Station on Hwy 108 and Rawhide Rd.

The Jamestown Elementary School Board of Trustees voted Wednesday night to adopt a budget that reflects a positive fund balance for the 2009-10 school year, but officials say they will revise it once Chinese Camp School is blended into the district.

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.

A local version of "Dancing with the Stars" will return to the Motherlode this August.

Preparations are being made for the opening of the Mother Lode Fair Friday. Amy Alonzo Rozak/The Union Democrat, copyright 2009 Gates will open at noon Friday for one of Tuolumne County's biggest events of the year - the Mother Lode Fair.

While the Calaveras County supervisors will spend a long day with a regularly scheduled meeting and continued budget hearings, the lights will be dark at the Board of Supervisors Chambers at the County Administration Center on S. Green St.

As supervisor of economic crimes for the Modesto police, Sgt. Craig Plante had a little time left in his schedule, so he decided to take a crack at a missing persons case that had been cold for eight years, according to his testimony Monday in Stanislaus County Superior Court.

Tuolumne County Sheriff Jim Mele has scheduled a Town Hall Meeting for the Groveland community Wednesday, June 24 at 6:30pm at the Community Hall.

Adele Arnold takes over as Tuolumne County's chief probation officer next month, replacing retiring chief Shirlee Juhl.

The 60th annual Tuolumne Lumber Jubilee Parade is set for an 11am Saturday start.

Tuolumne County's Visiting Nurse Association of the Mother Lode and Hospice of the Sierra services will be taken over by Sonora Regional Medical Center effective August 1st.

It was a passing of the torch this morning as retiring Tuolumne County Chief Probation Officer Shirley Juhl announced that California Superior Court Judge for Tuolumne County Eric DuTemple has appointed Adele Arnold to succeed Ms.

Not unlike Tuolumne County the Calaveras County supervisors will accept the canvass of the May 19th Special Election at their San Andreas meeting today.

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

A Marin County man arrested for being under the influence of drugs while driving children on a school field trip was found guilty last week in Tuolumne County Superior Court after nine minutes of jury deliberation.